The Saskatchewan Library & Information Services Consortium (SILS) which will bring together ten separate library systems across the province plus the government agency responsible for library services officially launched this morning at RPL's George Bothwell branch.
Four systems are live already (Saskatoon Public Library, Palliser which is based in Moose Jaw, Southeast which is based in Weyburn and Regina Public Library) which together, represent over 50% of the province's population. The other systems will join by this fall creating a common user experience anywhere from Conquest to Climax. (Sorry – I had to. Can you believe that I used that actual line in some promotional copy once? It's true! 😮)
It's not quite the same “Where were you when?” moment that winning a gold medal in hockey is. But for many of the province's librarians, trustees and others involved in the process, it's the closest thing we'll have in the library world. Pretty amazing stuff!