The letter contained the requirement that the contract would only be signed if the system DRA had just installed at UCLA proved effective.
According to Lee, DRA's attempts at UCLA were "less than successful."
And during the winter of 1999-2000, the Steering Committee and the Library Council went back to the drawing board.
They turned back to Ex Libris, which by that time had begun expansion into the U.S. Finally, in November of 2000, a contract was signed with Ex Libris. The release date would be 2002.
The Last Stage
Just planning the training will take about a year. The committee in charge of staff training is slated to begin the process this summer.
"We will sit through a training program provided by the vendor and then decide how to shape that program and apply it to our unique situation," said Julie Wetherill, the head of the training committee.
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