The King Goes Open Source

The King County Library System (KCLS) went live with Evergreen open source software in late September, 2010.  KCLS serves the population around the Puget Sound area of Washington state and has one of the highest circulation rates in the world (some 1.2 million items per year).  The two links below relate to that event. 

The first is a blog from Lori Ayre about the Evergreen go live process - this blog contains some interesting video of everybody working on this huge project. 

http://www.galecia.com/blogs/lori-ayre/documenting-king-county-library-system-going-live-evergreen

This second link is to a brief article in The Seattle Times reporting on some patron's attitudes toward the new system.  The article is from 2011.  Although the article has a negative title, the statements from the King County librarians and staff put the process and results in a more realistic light.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014085833_library31m.html