•Tad Mindeman •Director of Library Services

•Covenant College

•Lookout Mountain, Georgia

Great Expectations How & Why One Small College Library Has

Embraced WMS as a Tool to Achieve its Mission (and do other cool stuff)

OCLC

Global Council

November 9, 2011

Presentation Overview

• Who is Covenant College?

• Why did it move to WMS?

• What was the migration experience like for an early adopter?

• How has WMS impacted the Covenant library staff?

• What are some future opportunities & possibilities using WMS?

Background on Covenant College

Already in the Clouds

Kresge Memorial Library

Room with a View

Why Move to WMS?

http://www.cloquetchurch.com/following-directions

LibQual+ Results: Overall Adequacy

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Affect of Service Information Control Library as Place

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Migrating as an Early Adopter

Impact on the Covenant Library Staff

To Infinity & Beyond Anticipating the Future

One More Nice View

Questions?

Comments?

tad.mindeman@covenant.edu

706.419.1434