Not an academic library, but this seriously warms my public library heart.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Yamil Suarez <ysua...@berklee.edu> wrote: > 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 > -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Website <http://hagerstownlibrary.org> Our Rockin' Facebook Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary> and Stuff I'm Reading <http://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/>