Kelly, I really like this initial list of areas to consider working together on, and count Berklee in on this group.
I just created a draft wiki page to organize the group's ideas. I just added a couple of sample sections for now. Anyone can feel free to make edits to the page. I can be contacted directly if you (or anyone) would like an account to make edits to this or other EG community wiki pages. http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics Thanks Kelly, Yamil On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Drake <ke...@flo.org> wrote: > > Dear Evergreen Community, > > > For the past year, Fenway Libraries Online (FLO), a consortium of 10 > academic libraries in Boston, has been considering a migration to Evergreen. > Many members of the Evergreen community met and spoke with members of FLO > during this year’s annual conference in Boston. Thank you for your time, > patience and information. All your comments and suggestions convinced us to > continue pursuing a migration to Evergreen. > > > Our investigation also suggested that it would be helpful to build an > academic interest group within the larger Evergreen community. This group > would be focused solely on academic issues as they relate to the ILS. > Several existing Evergreen libraries and consortia have already expressed > interest in the group and we have tentatively called it "Academics for > Evergreen". > > > To be most effective, Academics for Evergreen would be composed of any > individuals or institutions that have an interest in enhancing the > academic-related functions of Evergreen. Once formed, the group will > identify the academic-related functions that most need attention and work to > build knowledge, consensus, and resources to move moving these issues > forward. So far we have identified a few of the possible issues, such as > streamlined creation and management of authority records, enhanced search > and browse by authority, support for multiple subject heading schema, > improved staff workflows and possible improvements to course reserves > integration. This list is by no means exhaustive and needs the participation > of the Evergreen community to improve and refine it. > > > Please respond and let us know if you are interested, have suggestions for > moving these issues forward, or if you have any questions. > > > Thank you, > > > Kelly Drake > Systems Librarian > Fenway Libraries Online > Boston, MA 02115 > 617-442-2384 > > Conference calls: > Boston: 617-989-5050 > Toll-free: 877-532-8229 > Conference ID: 933794 > Web conferencing: > https://join.me/flomeeting > -- -------------------------------- Yamil Suarez, MCS Library System Administrator/Developer Stan Getz Library Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St Boston, MA 02215 ysua...@berklee.edu 617-747-2617
