[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Evergreen Newsletter, September 2009
offerings are continuously updated, and Lyrasis plans to add more courses in the future. For comments or questions, contact Lyrasis instructors *jennifer.bielew...@lyrasis.org* or jenny.liberat...@lyrasis.org Planet Evergreen Can't get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read Planet Evergreen, an aggregator for Evergreen-related posts, at http://planet.evergreen-ils.org . Have a blog that talks about Evergreen? To add your blog to the Planet Evergreen blog aggregator, send email to Dan Scott at d...@coffeecode.net Evergreen on Facebook Evergreen has a growing Facebook group at the not-so-mnemonic address of http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 We are now posting events to this group, such as the Evergreen conference and the ALA Midwinter get-together, as well as press releases for new Evergreen libraries and systems and other related news. The group now has well over 300 members. A Few Reminders *Webinars and videos*: Don't forget the section on the Evergreen wiki devoted to community-contributed documentation and tutorialshttp://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_tutorials . Evergreen also has a Flickr set: http://flickr.com/photos/evergreen-ils/ New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! See the growing list of Evergreen libraries at: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen_libraries This list is open to all Evergreen libraries, from commercially-supported to grow-your-own. Please add your library if it's not there! Highlights from the latest additions: *North Texas Library Consortium* (NTLC) just rolled out 13 libraries on a shared catalog. Everything's bigger in Texas! Welcome aboard, NTLC! *Sitka *in British Columbia rolled out three more libraries, Gibsons District Public Library, Sechelt Public Library, and Castlegar Public Library, for a total of 24 libraries on a shared catalog. If you'd like to follow along as libraries join the Evergreen community, you can subscribe to the Equinox press release feed, which will announce most known Evergreen implementations (or follow the Facebook group mentioned above). The Equinox press release feed http://esilibrary.com/esi/news.rsswas recently tweaked to make it easier to track and share the releases. ** *Newsletter Administrivia * Feel free to forward, share, etc.! The co-wranglers for this newsletter (produced every month… sometimes earlier, sometimes later… what can we say!) are Karen Schneider, Equinox Community Librarian and John Fink, Digital Technologies Development Librarian at McMaster University.
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Basic cataloging skills for Evergreen
I realize this may be off-topic as far as some are concerned, and require multiple questions and answers, which is why I would be glad to take my conversation off-list, if that is appropriate. Raymond, your questions are very basic but not off-topic for this list. They are off-topic for the subject you had posted them to, however. :-) As Frances notes, there are some basic tutorials out there. I'd suggest that the best way to acquire records is not to attempt to enter them but to import them with Z39.50 from a good source. You still need some judgment for these records that comes with experience, but much of the time you will do better than if you entered records by hand. Kind of makes you appreciate librarians, right? :-) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Foundation survey
IAJAV (I Am Just A Vendor), but I noticed that the Koha project is running a survey for its proposed foundation. Perhaps since the Evergreen foundation is in its early planning stages, the Evergreen community might consider polling itself? Possible questions might include: * Priorities of the foundation -- such as fundraising, legal protection, neutral third-party voice, etc. * Structure of the foundation (macro) -- 501c3 (most likely), or 501c6 (a charitable structure someone mentioned) * Structure of the foundation (micro) -- how the project's members should be represented in the foundation--i.e., the structure of governance Incidentally, one question that may be a little too late is what state or country should the foundation be incorporated in to best meet its goals, but it is still worth investigation to determine what incorporating in Georgia will mean for the Evergreen community. Those interested in reading up on nonprofit organizations may find these sites useful: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=178221,00.html http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/nonprofits/index.html I would offer my services to help design this survey, if the community were interested in this path. Respectfully, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicole Engard neng...@gmail.com Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM Subject: [Koha] Koha Foundation Surveys To: Koha-Mailingliste k...@lists.katipo.co.nz, koha-devel koha-de...@nongnu.org Hello all, I am sorry for the delay, I was out of town the past few days. Per our meeting on IRC earlier this week (http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=meetingnotes09sep15), I have put together a survey with some foundation forming questions. English: http://opensource.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=68645lang=en French: http://opensource.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=68645lang=fr
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] September Evergreen Newsletter -- input wanted!
Dear all, it is nigh time for John Fink (McMasters) and I to begin to pull together the Evergreen newsletter. (Thanks to Dan Scott for his submissions!) If you have news, events, marriages, etc to share with us, please drop me a note at k...@esilibrary.com no later than Monday, September 21. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Documentation 2009 Needs Assessment Survey Results
See: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=257 Nutshell: Based on the survey results, The needs assessment group of the Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG) recommends that activities to produce single-source, XML-based project-wide Evergreen documentation commence immediately in these four areas: reports; installation, upgrading, and migrations; cataloging; and circulation. (Note: the DIG concurred at the September 9 meeting, and work has commenced.) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Relevance ranking in Evergreen -- update
This is a work in progress, but I took the notes about relevance ranking, converted them to DocBook XML, and then to HTML. (It says this is a chapter when it's really a section, but like I say... work in progress...) http://evergreen-ils.org/docs/1.6/book1/sysadmin/indexedfieldweighting.html It's extremely plain HTML, which would not be the case In Real Life. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Relevance ranking in Evergreen -- update
Hmmm... some words were chopped out of that conversion! Here it is in trac: http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS/browser/trunk/docs/1.6/book1/sysadmin/indexedfieldweighting.xml -- Karen On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Karen Schneider k...@esilibrary.com wrote: This is a work in progress, but I took the notes about relevance ranking, converted them to DocBook XML, and then to HTML. (It says this is a chapter when it's really a section, but like I say... work in progress...) http://evergreen-ils.org/docs/1.6/book1/sysadmin/indexedfieldweighting.html It's extremely plain HTML, which would not be the case In Real Life. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Any more recent doc on upgrading Re: Evergreen 1.4.0.6 released
http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=upgrading:1_4_0_to_1_4_0_6 I'll see about getting this linked from the download page, too. Done! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen's Third Birthday Imminent
Dear Evergreen Community, Next Tuesday, September 8, is the observed date for Evergreen's third birthday (officially on September 5). There will be (at least) two special communications that day from the venues of Equinox Software: * A blog post, The Evergreen Index, with interesting and amusing data and statistics about Evergreen and the Evergreen community (largest, farthest, most circs, babies born to Evergreen developers, accounts on the public wiki, etc.) * A press release and blog post announcing Evergreen's birthday If you would like to share comments, anecdotes, or statistics to include in our communications for that day, just email me at k...@esilibrary.com. If you have your own plans for celebration, maybe you'd like to share them with the community at large! Thanks, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 1.4.0.6 released
The Evergreen development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Evergreen 1.4.0.6 for download from: http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads.php Release 1.4.0.6 adds 13 bug fixes and 8 new features to Evergreen, from pop-up context menus for the MARC editor to a crucial bug fix for an issue with renewing multiple items. The release notes are available here: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=release_notes_1_4_0_6 Our deepest thanks to everyone in the Evergreen community who contributes documentation, patches, bug reports, and ideas, and lends their voices to the project. Special thanks to James Fournier of Sitka for his patch to address copy information displaying incorrectly if the organizational hierarchy was more than three levels deep. You all help make Evergreen a far stronger library system than it could ever be without you. Let us also welcome Grace Dunbar, who has joined Equinox Software as the Project Manager for Product Development. This was the first Evergreen release she has participated in, and we are delighted to have her aboard! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Evergreen Documentation Interest Group Meeting Aug 26 3 p.m. ET
(cc'ed to General, to keep folks aware that we're working in this direction.) Hot stuff at this meeting -- a review of the survey, some decisions to make about our first steps toward producing actual-factual documentation, and much more! The agenda will be out shortly. You do not have to be active in the DIG to attend. --- Earlier Message -- Your progress is terrific and we look forward to a discussion of your accomplishments and a review of the survey results! All are welcome -- active participants, fellow travelers, interested parties, open source advocates interested in establishing documentation projects elsewhere, etc. Join us for a Webinar on August 26, Evergreen DIG Meeting Aug 26 3 p.m. ET Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/227239938 Karen Schneider Paul Weiss, Evergreen DIG co-facilitators - Title: Evergreen DIG Meeting Aug 26 3 p.m. ET Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Head North, Evergreeners, for the 2010 Conference!
The Evergreen 2010 Site Nomination Committee is pleased to announce that we have made TWO selections. Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the heart of an Evergreen state, will be the site for the Evergreen 2010 conference, to be held April 21-23, 2010 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, a lovely four-star hotel with exceptionally good room rates in a great downtown district with piano bars, fine dining, and interesting things to see and do. Austin, Texas has been tapped as the potential site for Evergreen 2011 (and Texas will soon be an Evergreen state, too!). Please welcome your Evergreen 2010 International Conference committee: Bill Ott, Information Systems Manager Michele Montague, Technical Services Supervisor Elaine Bosch, Circulation Manager Marla Ehlers, Assistant Library Director Kristen Krueger-Corrado, Marketing and Communications Manager Dawn Roberts, Equinox Software Karen G. Schneider, Equinox Software A heartfelt thanks to the Evergreen 2010 Site Nomination Committee (which is staying in place through early fall to see us through the 2011 selection and contract process): Jennifer Bielewski, Lyrasis Andrea Buntz-Neiman, Kent County Library Deanna Frazee, Killeen City Library System, Texas Ben Hyman, SITKA Dawn Roberts, Equinox Software Karen Schneider, Equinox Software Cythnia Williamson, Mohawk College, Ontario Note that it is not too early to be thinking about volunteering for the 2012/2013 site selection process -- 18 - 24 months out is an excellent timeframe for considering conference sites. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] REMINDER: Evergreen Documentation Needs Assessment Survey: Please Take NLT 8/20/09
Dear folks, we have had close to 100 responses so far to this survey, but if your voice isn't one of them, we're not done yet! You have until this Thursday, August 20, 5 p.m. ET to chime in with your input. We will post an early assessment on Friday, August 21, and the survey results will be a topic of discussion at the August 26 DIG meeting. --- The Evergreen Documentation Interest Group needs your input to help prioritize its activities for the next few months. Please share the following survey link widely. We are casting a wide net -- we want input from as many roles as possible, from project coordinators to people working the front lines in libraries, and whether you are just thinking about Evergreen or running it since Day 1. Responses are due no later than 5 p.m. ET Thursday, August 20, 2009. The survey is short and easy to complete. The survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mDtin8UHNS8VcMUAGg5_2bvA_3d_3d You are encouraged to forward this to interested communities. Thanks much on behalf of the Evergreen DIG! DIG URL: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:dig -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] REMINDER: Next DIG: Thursday, August 6, 3 p.m. ET
For those on the general list who are interested in documentation -- the next Documentation IG meeting is tomorrow. cheers, Karen -- Forwarded message -- From: Karen Schneider k...@esilibrary.com Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:58 PM Subject: REMINDER: Next DIG: Thursday, August 6, 3 p.m. ET To: Public Open-ILS documentation discussion open-ils-documentat...@list.georgialibraries.org Note: the meeting is 1 hour long, but I added a half-hour just in case Paul and I had things to wrap up -- Evergreen Documentation Interest Group Join us for a Webinar on August 6 Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/943198386 Come ready to report out on progress of your workgroup. Some good-looking stuff out there on the wiki and so forth. We march along! Title: Evergreen Documentation Interest Group Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Problem reporting and tracking process (was: Books only coming up by TCN)
I promised Dan this would not be forgotten -- I'm back from the latest round of travel and raising this issue again! One of the things we discussed at the start of the Evergreen Conference hackfest was a need for a better coordination of feature enhancements as the community grows. We (core developers) were open to the idea of making better use of the community ticket system (http://svn.evergreen-ils.org/trac/ILS/report/1), but we need to figure out how to manage it (sanely, without spending all of our time munging ticket metadata and managing ticket system user accounts) as well as how to use it consistently. Right now the open tickets don't necessarily reflect what any of us are working on or towards in the community. What if -- to begin with -- we had a scheduled, focused discussion about this, for example, in an IRC channel (I offer that as a concession to the developer-types who find that the most comfortable group chat experience ;) ), where the pre-work for the discussion was to bring one idea or one example of how another project manages this? For example, I'm thinking, what if there were a pre-ticket system -- a workflow step that allowed more methodical collection and discussion of issues? Like a Drupal forum where one of the fora was specifically for bug reports, with a team that patrolled these reports to say yes, that's a bug, no, you're doing it wrong, etc. -- with bugs flowing back to the trac system managed by They Who Fix The Problems? (Notice how in that example I've suddenly moved evergreen-ils.org into Drupal -- a gal can dream, can't she?) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Pictures from the Open Source Unconference in Chicago
For those who were there (and those who weren't): http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergreen-ils/sets/72157621820495257/ This was a terrific unconference -- thanks to KCLS and Galecia Associates for a really great morning. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Monthly Evergreen communications reminder
Here's your monthly omnibus posting about the open-ils-general discussion list and other communication mechanisms for Evergreen open source library software. 1. This is the general discussion list for Evergreen open source library software. Members of this list include Evergreen users, librarians, library workers, library users, developers, fellow travelers, or people just plain curious about Evergreen. As of August, 2009, this list had 622 members. Its traffic is moderate (about 6 messages per day). 2. If you are new to this list and not highly technical, you may find at times this list gets more technical chatter than you want. Hang in there, members do post general stuff that's valuable -- newsletters, conference updates, etc. -- so let the tech stuff roll past you. (There is a list for development, but it isn't used as much as general.) 3. This list is archived in several places. These archives offer many features: ** Markmail: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/search/?q= ** Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.general 4. About the list name: Open-ILS was the first name for Evergreen (and is still found here and there in the software and other places). 5. About the list host: georgialibraries.org represents Georgia Public Library Service, the original home of Evergreen software. 6. There are several other Evergreen lists for development, documentation, and the commits to the Evergreen code (watch the Evergreen developers work in real time!). See them here at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php 7. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list, change your subscription, etc., go here: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general Other communication tools for the Evergreen community: 1. Evergreen newsletter: this is published once a month to this list and to the Evergreen blog, generally about the middle of the month. We announce the deadline a few days ahead, but it's never too early to contribute. 2. Evergreen blog: tidbits from the community are occasionally posted here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog 3. Evergreen Facebook group (over 300 members!): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 4. Evergreen calendar: http://evergreen-ils.org/calendar (send in events and we'll post them!) 5. Equinox Software is on Twitter as esilibrary (Evergreen could be there as well, if we had a group willing to manage its presence) 6. Planet Evergreen is an aggregator of blogs about Evergreen, at http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/ If you blog about Evergreen and want to be added to the Planet, just send an email to Dan Scott at d...@coffeecode.net 7. Equinox has its own blog, http://blog.esilibrary.com -- some interesting posts there from time to time (though you can pick them up from Planet Evergreen, too) Feel free to share other avenues of communication about Evergreen. Happy August! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MFHD and Evergreen webinar uploaded to Evergreen wiki
The recording for last week's webinar on Evergreen and MFHD (MARC Format for Holdings Data) is now available: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_tutorials Thanks again to David Fiander for a terrific presentation, and for the questions/conversation that followed! (I just realized MFHD is an acronym within an acronym--cool beans!) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deadline for next Evergreen newsletter -- Monday, August 3, 2009
Dear all, John Fink and I have enjoyed our little Evergreen newsletter vacay and are now back in the saddle and eager to put out the next issue. If you have events, announcements, job openings, things to brag about, Evergreen jokes and riddles (hey why not?), and so forth, shake stuff our way no later than close of business (however you define that) Monday, August 3. Thanks! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Did you submit a site nomination for Evergreen 2010?
We just heard from a site that *believed* it had submitted a site nomination for the Evergreen 2010 conference. If you didn't get a confirmation from me, your site nomination hasn't been received. The eve...@evergreen-ils.org email address is indeed working but for safety's sake, feel free to resubmit to me directly at k...@esilibrary.com. We have a couple of cool site possibilities -- but if you'd like yours to be among them, let your fingers do the walking to: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:eg10nominations The nomination process closes Wednesday, July 22. cheers -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Did you submit a site nomination for Evergreen 2010?
Will the proposed sites be put up on that page too? Just curious about where it might be, and how many pennies to start saving up. Cheers, TAra We'll let folks know when the committee has made a selection--we decided to go that route, since the site selection also includes costing out the sites, evaluating the viability of particular sites, etc. Karen -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Evergreen MFHD Webinar, Tues 7-21-09, 3-4 ET
Reminder of this terrific webinar happening tomorrow. By popular demand -- if you didn't see this program at Evergreen International Conference, or you did but you'd like to see it again, here's a (free!) live version to attend! Webinar: Evergreen ILS and MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) Presenter: David J. Fiander, Web Services Librarian, University of Western Ontario Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/238982547 This talk will... * Give some real-world examples of serial publication patterns that can be challenging to interpret, * Show how those patterns can be described using the MARC Format for Holdings Data, * Describe how most ILSs currently implement MFHD, and * Discuss the challenges faced in implementing MFHD for Evergreen open source library automation software. This is an excellent talk for libraries implementing or considering Evergreen, and for catalogers, metadata specialists, serials librarians, and other information professionals interested in MFHD. This session will be recorded and the recording placed online later the same day. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer This webinar is sponsored by Equinox Software, Inc. “The Evergreen Experts.” To learn more about Equinox, see http://esilibrary.com. To learn more about Evergreen software, see http://evergreen-ils.org. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: July 17 Deadline for Evergreen Conference 2010: Site Nominations
Just a reminder, the site nomination process for the Evergreen 2010 conference is open and we are accepting site nominations through TOMORROW, Friday, July 17, 2009. This year's conference in Athens was terrific, and it set the stage for many great user conferences to come. It is very rewarding to host a site conference -- a lot of hard work, but a gratifying experience. Instructions are here: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:eg10nominations Note that nominations are due no later than Friday, July 17 2009. No exceptions! Thanks to the committee for their hard work! Let us know if you have questions. Andrea Buntz-Neiman, Kent County Library Ben Hyman, SITKA Cythnia Williamson, Mohawk College, Ontario Deanna Frazee, Killeen City Library System, Texas Jennifer Bielewski, Lyrasis Karen Schneider, Equinox Software Dawn Roberts, Equinox Software -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Catalogue Now Live at Mohawk College!
Congrats! (And thanks, Warren!) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Reception at ALA Sun 7/12 5:30-7:30
As a reminder, Equinox Software is hosting an *Evergreen social function *on *Sunday, July 12, 5:30-7:30* at the Wine Cellar Room of the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, 1401 S. Michigan Avenue. Please RSVP to eve...@esilibrary.com if you think you might show up so we have a good head count. Hope to see you there! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Visit us at ALA Annual in Chicago, Booth 4051
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Monthly list reminder -- Evergreen communication
Here's your monthly omnibus posting about the open-ils-general discussion list and other communication mechanisms for Evergreen software. 1. Open-ils-general is the general discussion list for Evergreen open source library software. Members of this list include Evergreen users, librarians, library workers, library users, developers, fellow travelers, or people just plain curious about Evergreen. As of July 2009, this list had 621 members. Its traffic is moderate (about 6 messages per day). 2. If you are new to this list and not highly technical, you may find at times this list gets more technical chatter than you want. Hang in there, members do post general stuff that's valuable -- newsletters, conference updates, questions, etc. -- so let the tech stuff roll past you. (There is a list for development, but it isn't used as much as general.) 3. This list is archived in several places. The following archives offer many features: ** Markmail: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/search/?q= ** Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.general 4. About the list name: Open-ILS was the first name for Evergreen (and is still found here and there in the software and other places). 5. About the list host: georgialibraries.org represents Georgia Public Library Service, the original home of Evergreen software. 6. There are several other Evergreen lists for development, documentation, and the commits to the Evergreen code (watch the Evergreen developers work in real time!). See them here at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php 7. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list, change your subscription, etc., go here: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general Other communication tools for the Evergreen community: 1. Evergreen newsletter: this is published once a month to this list and to the Evergreen blog, generally about the middle of the month. We announce the deadline a few days ahead, but it's never too early to contribute. 2. Evergreen blog: tidbits from the community are occasionally posted here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog 3. Evergreen Facebook group, with over 300 members: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 4. Equinox Software is on Twitter as esilibrary (Evergreen could be there as well, if we had a group willing to manage its presence) 5. Planet Evergreen is an aggregator of blogs about Evergreen, at http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/ If you blog about Evergreen and want to be added to the Planet, just send an email to Dan Scott at d...@coffeecode.net Happy July! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Happy Hour, Sunday, 7/12, 5:30-7:30
Equinox Software is hosting an Evergreen social function on Sunday, July 12, 5:30-7:30 at the Wine Cellar Room of the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, 1401 S. Michigan Avenue. Show up, cool off, have a nibble, and talk with your friends and colleagues in the Evergreen world! Please RSVP to eve...@esilibrary.com if you think you might show up so we have a good head count. See you there! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen vendor page
This is one of those issues that is really a community discussion/decision... I'm launching it now, since I've heard people raise the question. There are a number of vendors who provide Evergreen-related services. Questions have been raised whether there should be a single page on the Evergreen site listing these vendors; how they should be listed (in what order, with what information); what kind of vendors to list (primary support? other services?); and even most crucially, who decides (a cross-project community interest group?). These are good questions worthy of discussion -- which can happen in a variety of place: on this list, in a webinar, etc. That is all -- I've done my duty. :-) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Site Nominations Solicited for Evergreen International Conference 2010
On behalf of the Evergreen International Conference 2010 site nomination committee, I am pleased to announce that the site nomination process is now open and we are accepting nominations. Instructions are here: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:eg10nominations Note that nominations are due no later than Friday, July 17 2009, 12 noon ET. No exceptions! Thanks to the committee for their hard work! Let us know if you have questions. Andrea Buntz-Neiman, Kent County Library Ben Hyman, SITKA Cythnia Williamson, Mohawk College, Ontario Deanna Frazee, Killeen City Library System, Texas Jennifer Bielewski, Lyrasis Karen Schneider, Equinox Software Dawn Roberts, Equinox Software -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Presenting about Evergreen at ALA Annual 2009?
If you're presenting about Evergreen at ALA, we can promote this on the blog, the newsletter, Facebook, etc. For example, Catherine Lemmer (Evergreen Indiana) will be speaking at the following program (for which I have yet to find a location): What Can $930 Million Do for Library Services Nationwide? The Impact and Future Directions of LSTA Saturday, July 11, 1:30 - 3:00 ASCLA SLAS Track: Administration Leadership How do states use their LSTA dollars to improve library services? In an IMLS study, Himmel and Wilson examined all of the states’ five year evaluations, and reported on the observed major trends. A panel of speakers will present new directions of states’ projects in technology infrastructure, reference and information services, special populations outreach, and literacy and reading development. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter, June 2009
Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software http://evergreen-ils.org* *Volume 2, Issue 6 -- June, 2009 * As a reminder, we will also post this newsletter to the Evergreen general discussion list (see all Evergreen lists at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) and to the Evergreen blog ( http://evergreen-ils.org/blog). Cross-posting and forwarding is encouraged. In This Issue… Evergreen Out and About, MFHD Webinar, Evergreen Conference Recap, MLA Honors Ruth Dukelow, Evergreen Development Update, Evergreen Jobs, Evergreen People, Lyrasis Evergreen Classes, Planet Evergreen, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar Also see: http://evergreen-ils.org/calendar If you have Evergreen-related events to add (talks, conferences, etc.), just email eve...@evergreen-ils.org. *American Library Association* Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois, July 9-15). Evergreen folks from all over will be exhibiting, presenting, meeting with people, and so forth! Some highlights: - Equinox Software will be at the ALA Exhibits at Booth # 4851. If you’d like to schedule an appointment for a one-on-one conversation about Evergreen, email eve...@esilibrary.com - Equinox Software is also hosting an Evergreen social function Sunday, July 12, 5:30-7:30 at the Wine Cellar Room of the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant, 1401 S. Michigan Avenue. Please RSVP to eve...@esilibrary.comif you think you might show up so we have a good head count. - In Chicago, at (but not part of) the ALA Annual 2009 Conference, there will be an open source unconference on Saturday, July 11, 9:30am-12:15pm. “This event is being put on by King County Library Systemhttp://kcls.org/and The Galecia Group http://galecia.com/ who have been working together on some OS projects http://oss4pl.org/ for the last year and a half. Our enthusiasm for Open Source Library System software continues to grow and we recognize that it is one of those the more the merrier kinds of situations. We want to hear what others are doing, tell people what we're doing, and get more people involved.” Interested? Request a wiki account at http://oss4pl2009.pbworks.com/ - Also try to catch this program (Catherine Lemmer of Evergreen Indiana will be a panelist): Saturday, July 11, 1:30 - 3:00: *What Can $930 Million Do for Library Services Nationwide?* The Impact and Future Directions of LSTA. Sponsored by ASCLA SLAS. How do states use their LSTA dollars to improve library services? In an IMLS study, Himmel and Wilson examined all of the states’ five year evaluations, and reported on the observed major trends. A panel of speakers will present new directions of state projects. *WilsWorld* (Madison, Wisconsin, July 28-29). Karen Schneider to do a plenary session and a couple other spots. Karen spoke at one of the earliest WilsWorld conferences and is excited to return! Webinar: Evergreen ILS and MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) By popular demand -- if you didn't see this program at Evergreen International Conference, or you did but you'd like to see it again, here's a live version to attend! Presenter: David J. Fiander, Web Services Librarian, University of Western Ontario Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/238982547 This talk will provide some real-world examples of serial publication patterns that can be challenging to interpret, show how those patterns can be described using the MARC Format for Holdings Data, describe how most integrated library systems currently implement MFHD, and discuss the challenges faced in implementing MFHD for Evergreen open source library automation software. Recap: Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009 What a great time that was! Approximately 150 of us gathered in Athens, Georgia for the first-ever Evergreen user conference. See the conference wiki for links to program slidesets and videos: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main#slides_and_videos To date videos have been uploaded for the opening remarks and opening and closing keynotes. These blog posts, tweets, and pictures also wrapped up events: http://www.librarian.net/tag/eg09/ http://hashtags.org/tag/eg09 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/eg09/ http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=206 And the Documentation Interest Group was formed: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:dig Ruth Dukelow Honored by Michigan Library Association The Michigan Library Association 2009 Librarian of the Year is Ruth Dukelow, of the Michigan Library Consortium. MLA noted, Ruth has been involved in many statewide projects. Indeed, like Michigan Evergreen! Read more about Ruth's successes on MLA's Professional Awards page at: http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/awards/professional Evergreen Development Update Evergreen 1.6
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Correction: Equinox Booth at ALA Annual 2009 is 4051
One wee correction to the newsletter: the Equinox booth at ALA Annual 2009 is *4051 *(not 4851). But if you do head to the wrong booth, say hi to our friends at Lyrasis and I'm sure they'll point you in the right direction! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Webinar, 3 p.m. ET 7/21: Evergreen and MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD)
By popular demand -- if you didn't see this program at Evergreen International Conference, or you did but you'd like to see it again, here's a live version to attend! Webinar: Evergreen ILS and MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) Presenter: David J. Fiander, Web Services Librarian, University of Western Ontario Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/238982547 This talk will... * Give some real-world examples of serial publication patterns that can be challenging to interpret, * Show how those patterns can be described using the MARC Format for Holdings Data, * Describe how most ILSs currently implement MFHD, and * Discuss the challenges faced in implementing MFHD for Evergreen open source library automation software. This is an excellent talk for libraries implementing or considering Evergreen, and for catalogers, metadata specialists, serials librarians, and other information professionals interested in MFHD. This session will be recorded and the recording placed online later the same day. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer This webinar is sponsored by Equinox Software, Inc. “The Evergreen Experts.” To learn more about Equinox, see http://esilibrary.com. To learn more about Evergreen software, see http://evergreen-ils.org. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Vote for Proposed Dates for Next Year's Evergreen Conference
The Evergreen 2010 International Conference committee is almost ready to launch the site nomination process. Watch for that message Wednesday! However, to avoid the graduation crush of May (while also adroitly sidestepping the crush of user groups that meet in March and April) we discussed moving the date back, with the first choice April 28-30, 2010, and the second choice May 5-7, 2010 (note, the latter date butts up against Mother's Day). You have a voice in these dates! Vote in this poll no later than 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 23: http://www.doodle.com/trgdbcatybwragd6 -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Conference Survey: Ends Today
Dear all, if you attended the 2009 Evergreen International Conference, please respond to the survey today, Wednesday, June 17, by close of business (whenever that might be for you). It's a very short, easy-to-complete survey and it will help the Evergreen community if you fill it out. You should have received the survey URL in an email from Lyrasis, one of the conference organizers. If you didn't get that email, pop me a note and I'll send you the survey URL. We have 59 responses -- not bad at all -- but for planning purposes, it would be nice to at least reach 50% on our response rate. I promise this is the last email on this subject. :-) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Three Questions for the Evergreen Community
Dear folks, three questions have come up, and as you are the community your input is advised. 1. For the conference videos (being processed right this very moment, actually), several video sites ask about licensing. Is Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike all right? 2. Also, are you all ok with the Internet Archive for the conference videos? It's free, files can be almost 2 gigs (which is about 50 minutes of an mpeg2 file, or about your average talk), and their goals seem at least congruent with Evergreen's. 3. As you may have read earlier, the Mozilla Foundation has listed Evergreen as a featured software on its site. The foundation has also asked if Evergreen would be interested in including the 'Powered by Mozilla' logo on its site. You can see the logo at: http://www.mozilla.org/poweredby Your thoughts? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Three Questions for the Evergreen Community
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Jason Etheridge ja...@esilibrary.comwrote: Though of course, the original question was about featuring the Mozilla logo *on the website* Ah, I immediately thought OPAC, not evergreen-ils.org. With the latter, we have plenty of space to give all sorts of props. Well, full disclosure, they said site. But I think only we think in terms of the OPAC. ;) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Post-conference survey
Dear all, this afternoon Lyrasis sent out the post-conference survey for the Evergreen 2009 conference. I mention this because I know we're all busy and it might be easy to overlook this message or set it aside if you weren't associating Lyrasis and Evergreen in your mind. If you attended eg09, please do take the survey as soon as you can -- it closes out the middle of next week. Cheers, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: LAST CALL for June Evergreen Newsletter, COB Today 6-08
Hey all, John Fink and I would like to wrap up this newsletter this week. If you have things to contribute, let us know! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Preferred place for installation questions?
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Dan Wellsd...@calvin.edu wrote: Hello Victoria, Based on my experience, the DEV list is where install questions are usually posted, but asking in the GENERAL list isn't going to raise any eyebrows, either. The traffic is still light enough in each list that I have both routed to the same inbox folder, and I frankly can't tell the difference between the two lists most of the time :) DW True, those messages do show up in either place without great harm in any direction, though I've heard from people who don't work directly in technology that the general list can be intimidating at times when it gets very chatty with technical issues. (Some people have suggested having a web board versus mailing lists... I'm just reporting what people have said.) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Documentation Interest Group
Note: this summary is being posted to the three Evergreen discussion lists (general, documentation, and development). Future discussions about the Evergreen documentation project will take place on the Evergreen documentation list (though news of note may be posted to other lists on occasion). To subscribe to open-ils-documentation (or other Evergreen lists), see http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Evergreen International Conference, close to two dozen members of the Evergreen community participated in a documentation planning discussion. Following a presentation about documentation (see notes below), the group took the following actions and (unanimously) made the following commitments: * Established an Evergreen documentation interest group, aka DIG, or even, the DIGgers * Agreed to meet regularly to plan and implement the Evergreen documentation project * Agreed that core Evergreen documentation should be based on one single-source, standards-based, open format * Agreed that DocBook was the format of choice for Evergreen documentation * Agreed that community members could contribute documentation in any format, and the DIG would convert to DocBook format as required * Agreed that the initial organizing meetings should clarify roles and tasks * Agreed that Karen Schneider and Paul Weiss would lead this project at this point in time There will be a meeting 3 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, June 10, to discuss initial roles and tasks. Meeting details will be sent out separately, via the Evergreen documentation list. Some of the earliest activities for the DIG will include establishing a timeline and a regular meeting schedule, and identifying initial tasks for project participants and recruiting for each role. Some of the preliminary groundwork for the project, once volunteers have committed to specific areas, will include identifying a core DocBook subset of tags for Evergreen documentation, writing an Evergreen style (markup) guide, developing heavily-annotated model templates, and providing toolset advice. Documentation News of Note The evergreen-ils.org website has been updated so that the Documentation list stands on its own, rather than being listed under Development. (See http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php ) Slides from the May 20 discussion are on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/evergreenils/evergreen-docs-planning-session-2009(full set) http://www.slideshare.net/evergreenils/evergreen-documentation-lightning-talk(short set) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Sending in eg09 slides and materials
Hi all, if you have eg09 slides that haven't been submitted, do send them my way. Apologies for not getting to all of them just yet -- I got to some of them this past weekend and yesterday, but I'm still digging out from the conference and frankly resting up a bit too! Also, I wrote a number of speakers this Sunday, before uploading any of the slides, to make sure it was ok to put them on Evergreen's SlideShare instance (since SlideShare is not open source and I know there have been issues in the past with toolsets used for other Evergreen activities). I've heard back from some but not all of the people I contacted. Going forward, I'll assume it's ok. If any of you DON'T want your slides going there, please let me know. Keep watchin' this space: http://www.slideshare.net/evergreenils And if you're blogging etc., use that eg09 tag! Videos will also be made available... they still need to be encoded, tweaked, and uploaded. Speaking of which... anyone have recommendations for good places to upload these videos? Thanks for your patience! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Interesting proposal about approachingEvergreengovernance
...and users' groups are for the most part, nonexistent. That differs from project to project. For example, PostgreSQL has a very vibrant user group community. Actually, a series of communities. MySQL appears to as well. Linux has hundreds. Etc. There seems to me to be a misunderstanding of how F/OSS works. One of the beauties of OSS (to me, anyway) is that it is so very out of the box. There are very few rules for how it works (beyond some basic freedom/licensing issues). This contrasts with the proprietary software world, where the rules are fairly clear. So there are many different possible approaches and few absolutes. Users don't generally get the features that they suggest unless one of the current developers (or someone with skills from the community) thinks the feature would be useful or interesting for the software to have or the user who wants the feature is willing to put up the resources to get the feature developed. (Resources here could be time, money, code, or whatever.) Volunteer programmers are under no obligation to anyone but themselves. Of course, but that doesn't rule out how a community of users (represented, for the sake of examples, by every library or organization running Evergreen) can identify development priorities and see them achieved. You are exactly right that for development to happen, money must be spent. In some ways that is the easy part. It is determining how the various users engage with the development process that presents more of a challenge. There's no bad guy here -- Evergreen's developers, in and out of the commercial side, are wonderful -- just a maturational issue common to complex organisms. In F/OSS we'd rather talk about community than users' groups. Community suggests openness and inclusion. Certainly the semantics are up for discussion (and they are not absolute -- again, where is the OSS Rulebook?), but the existence of user groups doesn't signal an us versus them point of view. It can really be the opposite -- representing a continuum of engagement. ...when you are using software that you got for free, no one is under any obligation to make it do what you want, or work the way that you want. Having that kind of power still costs money, even in Free software. Many have expressed an interest in collaborating on Evergreen's growth. That is a positive thing. Evergreen is being actively developed at present, and it also has a rapidly-growing community. For many newer Evergreen users, the idea that we can collaborate on development very openly is new, invigorating, and empowering. But frankly, it's been a couple of years since post it to a mailing list has worked for Evergreen; it's just too large and complex a community. The way most development is happening is that libraries pay for it. (Funny how that works...) Now since that is already happening, how can that be better coordinated for everyone's benefit? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Great conference!
The very first Evergreen International Conference ended yesterday at noon. It was great! Because this is a holiday weekend in the U.S., slides, pictures, etc. will likely start appearing next week (though some slides have been posted already on Slideshare, for those interested: http://www.slideshare.net/evergreenils ). If you are uploading pictures, blogging, etc., don't forget to use the tag eg09 to enhance findability. And if you have slides or pictures and aren't sure want to do with them, drop me a note and I'll help out. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Videos will be uploaded as well!
Forgot to mention that videos will be uploaded in a week or two for the opening remarks, the opening and closing keynotes, the lightning talks, and several of the programs at Evergreen International Conference 2009. Once I get the tapes converted, if there's anyone who wants to do any further tinkering (such as lifting the sound tracks from the .avi files and syncing them to slides), I'd be more than happy to make those files available. But at the very least I'll get the files encoded and uploaded. (Where? Ideas?) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Interesting proposal about approachingEvergreengovernance
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Deanna Frazee dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.uswrote: While I agree that the environment is different from dealing with a proprietary vendor, it still seems to me that adding a foundation into the mix is just adding an unnecessary layer. Is there any reason that a user group cannot be set up so that it directs development? Well, in place of directs, perhaps we could say advise, collaborate, and jointly fund. There have been governance questions (which is why the original proposal to pilot governance models arose--to test out these questions in real life before committing to a governance model). On the issue of UGs versus foundations, Deanna has a valid point that foundations for open source projects rarely coordinate development efforts. (It is easy enough to determine this from looking at other OSS projects.) For one thing, consider the board of a 501c3. Would every project have a place at that table? That would become very unwieldy very quickly. But OSS projects form foundations to do several things: serve as a neutral third-party voice of advocacy for the project; accept charitable donations; seek and be funded for grants and similar funding; and (this is sometimes all they do) protect the project's assets and entities. They don't hold the code in escrow because the code is open, but it is recognized that logos, trademarks, and other resources related to projects need to be protected, and that there is an entity that if, for example, someone violates GPL for the code, the project can take legal action. See, for example, the Mozilla Foundation: http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/ Personally, though it seems like a lot, I think Evergreen needs user groups AND a foundation (or at least an affiliate relationship that serves as a form of 501c3 status, such as the Software Conservancy). But maybe not. The key is that we find governance models that fit the community... and we can organize around our needs, without feeling compelled to follow any pattern we've seen in the past. Plus it's really, really great to see governance on the table as an item important to the community! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Brief conference report-out from Day 1 and early Day 2
For those not at the conference, Day 1 of Evergreen International Conference 2009 (eg09) was a smashing success. Attendance is around 150 (final numbers not known yet). We had three fests: all-day coding, then in the afternoon, Sysadmin Survival Training and a Documentation discussion/planning session. All three fests were very well-attended and reports out were highly positive.The vendor reception was also wonderful and the crowds were upbeat and very convivial. Today Joe Lucia gave a fiery, impassioned keynote -- we look forward to sharing it with you, which raises this comment, which is that most of the slides will be online after the conference, and some of the conference is being videotaped and will be online as well. We are busy collecting presentations and getting speakers to sign release forms. :-) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter, May 2009
Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software **http:// evergreen-ils.org* *Evergreen International Conference May 20-22, 2009 * *Conference registration: http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen* * http://solinet.net/evergreen* *Conference wiki: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main* * * Volume 2, Issue 5 -- May, 2009 As a reminder, we will also post this newsletter to the Evergreen general discussion list (see all Evergreen lists at http://evergreen -ils.org/listserv.php) and to the Evergreen blog (http://evergreen -ils.org/blog). Cross-posting and forwarding is encouraged. In Just Two Days, Trees Dance in the Forest Or at least, the first-ever Evergreen International Conference will commence in Athens, Georgia (May 20-22, 2009). More below! In This Issue… Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen Conference Preview, Lyrasis Evergreen Classes, PINES Survey Results, Planet Evergreen, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar There now really is such a thing as an Evergreen Calendar! See it here: http://evergreen-ils.org/calendar If you have Evergreen-related events to add (talks, conferences, etc.), just email eve...@evergreen-ils.org. *Evergreen International Conference *(Athens, Georgia, May 20 – 22, 2009). Our first conference! Joe Lucia and Jessamyn West will be keynoting! See more about this exciting event below. *American Library Association* Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois, July 9-15). We'll be exhibiting, meeting with people, and so forth! *WilsWorld* (Madison, Wisconsin, July 28-29). Karen Schneider to do a plenary session and a couple other spots. Karen spoke at one of the earliest WilsWorld conferences and is excited to return! *Past Conferences*: A big thank you to Sharon Herbert and all the other folks in British Columbia. Karen Schneider of Equinox gave a talk about open source and creativity that was well-attended. The informal chats with Evergreeners and fellow travelers were wonderful too. Also a shout-out to Indiana where Karen did a development update at their regional Evergreen conference. *PINES Users Heart Evergreen* Georgia PINES, the first statewide consortium powered by Evergreen open source library software, has achieved the highest-ever user satisfaction ratings in the five-year history of its annual survey. Based on the 2009 survey, 19 out of 20 respondents (95.6 percent) would recommend the Evergreen-powered PINES system to friends. (Source: Equinox press release, http://esilibrary.com/esi/newsitem.php?id=96) jbielew...@solinet.net Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009 *We're almost there! *This conference (social tag *eg09*) will bring together close to 150 Evergreen users, Evergreen advocates, people evaluating Evergreen or in the market for a new ILS, open source advocates, etc.! There's still a little space -- you can register at http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen* http://www.solinet.net/evergreen *Also see the growing conference wiki where you can sign up for rides, dine-arounds, table talks, and more (there will also be paper signup forms at the conference): http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main* Questions? Email eve...@evergreen-ils.org * By now, if you're attending, you know many of the specifics of the conference -- the programs, keynotes, Birds of a Feather, table talks, dine-arounds, lightning talks, and so forth. Here is some information gleaned from our pre-conference survey and other sources: *1*. At least half of all attendees report that they will be *blogging, tweeting, Flickring, emailing*, or otherwise reporting on the conference. *2*. Six of the sessions, plus the lightning talks and keynotes, will be * videotaped*, and these tapes will be later uploaded to the web. * * *3. *At least ten attendees are *vegetarians, *about a dozen are*international, and *8 had questions for the *keynote speakers. * *4.* The top question for the committee was *how do we get from the Atlanta airport to Athens? *(The answer, on the wiki, is to take a shuttle or share a ride. The wiki also has a *ride board*.) *5.* *Hackfest *turnout has been outstanding. Over 30 people are signed up for *Sysadmin Survival Skills*. Close to 20 people will gather to discuss documentation. A dozen people have signed up for half-hour *Meet with a Developer sessions*. And there are a good dozen folks who want to just *get together and code*! 7. In keeping with an early goal to keep the conference Ever-GREEN, there will be *SWAG bags *(donated by Equinox) which you can proudly use later on for your groceries, while the (very slick-looking) *SWAG mugs*, donated by Nelinet, will help us all reduce waste. *7. *Speaking of sponsors, let this be the first but hardly the last time we *thank our conference sponsors! Gold sponsors: *Ebsco/Novelist, Unique Management, Equinox Software, and STAT.* Silver sponsors: *BWI, ITG, 3M, Envisionware, Brodart
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Will the coding hackfest survey submissions be made available?
Dan, I will try to answer your question(s) clearly. Please let me know if this works for you. 1. Submissions for the hackfest. Out of 84 survey responses, there were only three entries for hackfest suggestions, probably because the survey question was phrased to measure interest (since the committee was being careful with allocating resources), not tease out the topics. The question was: Check off any or all of these proposed hackfests (or brainfests!) you might participate in on May 20. There were four suggestions the survey offered for hackfests or brainfests: Half-day, high-level documentation discussion Meet with a Developer (half-hour time slots) Half-day Sysadmin Survival Skills Hands-on coding (Classic Hackfest) Then there was a comment box to add other ideas. Of the two relevant submissions (one was an offtopic comment), one was hooking into Evergreen--which feels consonant with the other ideas as a high-level, half- or full-day sort of project. Then there was one submission that wasn't clear it was a list of specific coding ideas: Back to the server: an accessible, crawlable, functional catalog (with AJAX as a bonus instead of an essential core) !FAIL: build a regression testing framework Stacking added content a la Ümläüt Me talk LDAP one day ISBN10/ISBN13 equivalence NOW More than MARC: indexing searching other formats M8K3.MY C8LL numbers (L355) abnormal! House of the RISing sun: native export to RefWorks et al ruby.push OpenSRF ?php echo OpenSRF; ? I think there was a suggestion in your post that in future conferences the conference find a means to collectively discuss hackfest ideas (and as someone who is not a developer I would expand that to include the anyfest concept). This is a really good idea (the mailing lists feel appropriate for that, yes?) and I would add that the Evergreen wiki already has a place for suggestions for next year's conference. We will also survey attendees after the conference but please don't hesitate to add your ideas. Regarding the time, the idea that the hackfest might reasonably start later than 9 came from a couple of developers who commented to me that they didn't really expect to get started at 9. But we have a crew on site tomorrow working hard to make sure the resources are appropriately configured and available at 9, and then it will be up to individuals to be there or not as their body clocks determine. Does that work for you? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen Does this work for you? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Dan Scott deni...@gmail.com wrote: As noted in the description of the inaugural hackfest at Access 2002 (http://www.access.uwindsor.ca/units/access/main.nsf/hackfest?OpenForm) and described in the One Big Library podcast episode about the Access 2006 hackfest (http://onebiglibrary.net/geeks/episode/006-access-hackfest), part of the magic of a hackfest is that ideas for cool projects are solicited in advance; the project ideas are unveiled at the beginning of the hackfest; participants indicate what projects they would like to tackle and self-organize into smaller groups; and then the groups work on those projects in a good-natured competition for the remainder of the day (occasionally jumping projects, moaning about connectivity or the lack thereof, and generally engaging in chaotic behaviour that nonetheless drives brilliant results). A key part of this, of course, is the project ideas. As part of the EG conference survey, I had submitted ten or so ideas for coding hackfest projects. Has someone taken responsibility for collecting all of those hackfest ideas together and making them available at the start of the hackfest? I ask only because a previous version of the coding hackfest bullet point stated that a room would be available at 9:00 but questioned whether anything would happen before 10:00 - which worries me a bit that apart from facilities, which are greatly appreciated, this hackfest might be leaning a bit too much on the chaotic side at the moment (or, alternately, it might be better called a gathering of Evergreen developers - which is fine in and of itself, but it is different from Access-style hackfests). -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Will the coding hackfest survey submissions be made available?
Ah, I understand; I failed the survey reading comprehension test by reading into it what I expected/wanted to see rather than what was intended. Well, we were feeling in the dark as well, so it's all good. :-) hackfest as used with the predominant library technology conference in Canada (Access). That could just be my ugly Canadian-centric perspective showing through, though. I wouldn't say it was geocentric; but there are many variations on the term (q.v. Google), so we were communicating at cross-purposes. Not really a question of Canadian-centricity... The latter would be the ten (not even ten-odd) specific coding project suggestions I made. Looks like the survey tool treated linefeeds as spaces, which certainly doesn't help - but I'm glad that the suggestions weren't lost. Thanks for digging them up. Without the correct linefeeds, well, it almost seemed like crazy-talk, so I'm glad there was an explanation. ;) Discussing the specific ideas on the mailing list would take away the element of surprise associated with an Access-style hackfest (I guess mine are public now), but as noted we don't have to slavishly follow the Access hackfest style. For this year, we could open the coding hackfest session by brainstorming ideas. It would be fun to bring an element of competition back to the event; maybe we could self-organize some awards (outstandingly clever project title, most obscure programming language, etc). I noticed that there's no formal timeslot for presenting the results of the hackfest, which reduces performance incentive (oh the fame! oh the spotlight!). If the other developers are interested, we could try to finagle a single lightning talk slot to summarize the hackfest results; I guess that will be up to the panel that decides which proposed lightning talks make the cut. Obviously, you would need to demonstrate excellence to the jury, but I am sure this is feasible. :) Again, thank you for contributing your ideas, and the conference committee will be on site early tomorrow to help get the site ready for Wednesday. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] forum?
Cathy asked about a forum for this list (BTW, is there a forum where I can read others' comments, questions, etc.?) -- as a reminder, this list is archived in several places: This list is archived in several places. These archives offer many features: ** Markmail: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/search/?q= ** Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.general Does that help? Karen G. Schneider Equinox Software
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Monthly Reminder, Evergreen Communications
Here's your monthly omnibus posting about this discussion list and other communication mechanisms for Evergreen software. Don't forget the upcoming communication mechanism -- the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen 1. This is the general discussion list for Evergreen open source library software. Members of this list include Evergreen users, librarians, library workers, library users, developers, fellow travelers, or people just plain curious about Evergreen. As of March, 2009, this list had nearly 600 members. Its traffic is moderate (about 6 messages per day). 2. If you are new to this list and not highly technical, you may find at times this list gets more technical chatter than you want. Hang in there, we do post general stuff that's valuable -- newsletters, conference updates, etc. -- so let the tech stuff roll past you. (There is a list for development, but it isn't used as much as general.) 3. This list is archived in several places. These archives offer many features: ** Markmail: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/search/?q= ** Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.general 4. About the list name: Open-ILS was the first name for Evergreen (and is still found here and there in the software and other places). 5. About the list host: georgialibraries.org represents Georgia Public Library Service, the original home of Evergreen software. 6. There are several other Evergreen lists for development, documentation, and the commits to the Evergreen code (watch the Evergreen developers work in real time!). See them here at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php 7. To subscribe or unsubscribe, change your subscription, etc., go here: http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general *Other communication tools for the Evergreen community* 1. Evergreen newsletter: this is published once a month to this list and to the Evergreen blog, generally about the middle of the month. We announce the deadline a few days ahead, but it's never too early to contribute. 2. Evergreen blog: tidbits from the community are occasionally posted here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog 3. Evergreen Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 (Getting close to 300 members!) 4. NEW! Evergreen calendar: http://evergreen-ils.org/calendar 5. NEW! Equinox Software on Twitter as esilibrary (Would any of you like to create/manage an Evergreen presence on Twitter? Otherwise pipe stuff our way and we'll tweet it.) Happy May, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Cataloguing: Question about editing fixed length marc fields in 1.4
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Cynthia Williamson crwbookg...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All - I'm wondering about editing the the fixed length fields in MARC in 1.4, esp the leader and 008. I'm used to having prompts and drop down choices in other ILSs and don't seem to be able to figure out the mechanics of editing these babies in Evergreen. I'm starting to scan documentation from folks like Georgia, Indiana, BC Pines, etc. as I'm assuming not much changed from earlier versions. So it may be that I'll find the answer out there somewhere but thought I'd ask if someone can describe it in a nutshell or point me to some documentation? Cynthia, have you looked at Editing Fixed Fields in Chapter 14 of the Indiana cataloging manual? http://www.in.gov/library/files/Cataloging_Training_Manual_Chapter14.pdf -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] The story of Evergreen virtual images: help wanted!
To be honest, though, all of those packaging steps require a surprising amount of time in testing and documentation to get it all right. That is indeed the crux of the issue. The images are potentially valuable to the community at large. If there were a group that wanted to help create these images -- right through the documentation and testing milestones -- that would be a plus. But given that we aren't there right now, it's a question for discussion among the community members whether the Evergreen project website should even offer images right now, given such limited resources for producing them. There's an implied suggestion of functionality that if not carried through in the images could unintentionally reflect less than positively on the community as a whole. This is not a decision Equinox can or should make... but it is certainly a good one for broad discussion (and thank you for bringing this up). -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen conference hotels -- don't delay
FYI, if you haven't reserved your rooms yet, Georgia Gameday and the Foundry Inn and Spa will release any rooms not reserved for the Evergreen International Conference 2009 by this Sunday, April 19. The final date for Hilton Garden Inn is April 28. That doesn't mean you won't be able to get a room in Athens after those dates... but not at our rates and there's no guarantee! So do not tarry -- if you're thinking of attending, reserve your room now or very shortly. For those who have already registered, we're getting great responses on the survey sent out today! Cheers, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hackfests at conference?
(Forwarded -- will check Catherine's address in a bit) -- Forwarded message -- From: Catherine Buck Morgan cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov To: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:32:55 -0400 Subject: Hackfests at conference? What happened to the hackfest schedule for conference? Thanks! -- Catherine Buck Morgan Director, Division of Innovation, Technology Library Services South Carolina State Library POB 11469, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29211 Phone: 803-734-8651 | Fax: 803-734-4757 ***cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov* cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov ***www.statelibrary.sc.gov* http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/ The South Carolina State Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. It is the keystone in South Carolina’s intellectual landscape.
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Early Bird Registration for Evergreen Conf Ends Today!
Early Bird registration for Evergreen International Conference 2009 (May 20-22 in Athens Georgia) ends today, Monday, April 13. We have over 100 folks registered so far, 2 great keynoters (Joe Lucia, Jessamyn West), 18 great programs, plus lightning talks, table-talks, dine-arounds, Birds of a Feather, and anything-fests. To register, see the conference registration site: http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen ... and to see the program lineup or learn more about the conference, see the wiki: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main Happy Monday, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Conference Early Bird Reg extended to April 13!
Dear folks, were you planning to register for the Evergreen International Conference and then realized the Early Bird deadline had slipped by? Or did you try to register and you ran into a glitch or two? Well, you're in luck, because we just extended the Early Bird registration deadline to Monday, April 13! So just mosey on over to the conference website (can you tell a bunch of us just got back from Texas Library Association's conference?) and get yourselves registered: http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen We have close to 100 people registered already, an outstanding program lineup, and many opportunities to make this first Evergreen conference truly YOUR conference! Don't delay -- we're holding this to 150 attendees and if you've been meaning to register, now is your golden opportunity to get a great deal and make sure you can attend Evergreen International Conference 2009! Also see the conference wiki, with the program lineup, local activities, and much more: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Newsletter deadline approaches!
Yes, dearly beloved Evergreeners, it's that time again: you have until Wednesday, 4/8, 5 p.m. Eastern time to share with me all of your exciting Evergreen tidbits for our monthly Evergreen newsletter. What do you have to share? Places you've presented about Evergreen? New tricks? Training materials? Interesting services and products you've integrated with Evergreen? Have you self-implemented Evergreen? (I have been looking for a more elegant term for these sites... suggestions welcome!) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Conference registration working again -- please use new site!
Hi folks, the problems with the registration function on the Evergreen International Conference website appear to be resolved. Please note that you need to register through the NEW website, http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreenand please use THAT web address when referencing the conference. The old address will not be redirected to the new address, only to the main LYRASIS page. Please contact me immediately if you have trouble registering for the conference. Early Bird registration ends close of business Friday, April 3! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Registration link for conference broken
Dear folks, I was advised a minute ago the registration link on the Evergreen conference website is broken. I just confirmed the link is not working right. While we're getting the website unkerflummeled, I will be recommending another extension to Early Bird registration -- so if you had waited til now to register, fear not! I will go over the other website links tonight and see what else needs attention. Thanks for letting me know so fast about this problem! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.lyrasis.org/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Early Bird Deadline for EG Conference Extended to April 3
Good news: the EarlyBird deadline for the Evergreen International Conference 2009 has been extended to Friday, April 3! We tacked on several days to accommodate the fact that there are email problems with the host for this list which may prevent some list members from receiving a deadline approaching reminder for a day or two (raise your hand if you didn't get this email!). You can register here for the Evergreen conference: http://www.solinet.net/evergreen Meanwhile, we're pleased to report that we have an addition to the program lineup: Ben Hyman from BC SITKA will be presenting about SITKA's experiences with going Evergreen. See the program lineup at the conference wiki (where you can also sign up for a table talk, Birds of a Feather, dine-around, or lightning talk, etc.): http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main (Yes, we will repeat this email when we know everyone on the list will receive it. :) ) Happy Tuesday, -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen conference
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Jillian Lashmett jlash...@cumberland.lib.nc.us wrote: I have a question about the evergreen conference. I’m interested in learning more about Evergreen, would the conference be appropriate for me, or is it primarily for folks who already use it? Will there be enough basic sessions to make it worth my while, and my $125 plus travel. My library won’t pay for it because it have nothing to do with my current position. This is an excellent question! There are a number of programs on the conference line-up for people who are new to Evergreen and want to learn more about it. Here's the wiki page with the program track: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:events#programs Of these 18 programs, I would say everything in the Admin track is particularly useful for people considering Evergreen (or even just considering open source), while the first program on the Frontline Staff track, PINES: *Evergreen: Easy to Learn, Easy to Use (presented by Dawn Dale from the PINES help desk), is also an excellent introduction to how Evergreen works. Of course, for attendees with a more technical bent, the programs on the Technology track are useful introductions as well. But I'm assuming you want a high-level view of what Evergreen is, how it works, and what you need to know if you're thinking of moving to open source software in general and Evergreen specifically. Some of the most well-informed minds in the Evergreen community are sharing their expertise at this conference -- I hope we get bloggers and tweeters to help us track the sessions! * Does that help? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen conference
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Webster, Gillian (MCYS) gillian.webs...@ontario.ca wrote: Another Gillian with a question - I too am interested in the Evergreen system. I work in a government library in Ontario, and am working on finding software to transfer our catalogue over to, as we are currently using a card catalog/in-house Access database. Evergreen looks perfect, but I don't know who I can talk to about this product, and I would like to know details about the conference. For example, if I felt it was worth my while to attend, is there travel and accommodation available to those traveling from Canada? Thanks to anyone who gets back to me, even if it is to refer me to someone who I can speak with. Hi Gillian, you can email me specifically at k...@esilibrary.com or contact the conference email address at eve...@evergreen-ils.org -- I'd be happy to speak with you about the conference! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter, March 2009
Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software ** http://evergreen-ils.org* *Evergreen International Conference May 20-22, 2009 http://solinet.net/evergreen * * * Volume 2, Issue 3 March, 2009 Evergreen: A Perfect Color for St. Patrick's Day! 'Tis the luck o' the Irish to be an Evergreen user! As a reminder, we will post this newsletter to the Evergreen general discussion list (see all Evergreen lists at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) and to the Evergreen blog (http://evergreen-ils.org/blog). Cross-posting and forwarding is encouraged. In This Issue… Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen 1.4.0.3 Imminent, Evergreen Conference (Program Lineup now available!), Mark Jordan's nifty Drupal tool, Evergreen Webinars, SOLINET Evergreen Classes, Documentation Update, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar *Let us know and we'll add your out and about with Evergreen events to this calendar! * *VTLS Users Group *(Blacksburg VA, March 19) Karen Schneider from Equinox will be keynoting about open source and creativity. * * *Computers in Libraries* (D.C., March 30 - April 1) will feature a rock-out, boffo panel of Evergreen Divas: Karen Schneider from Equinox; Ruth Dukelow from Michigan Library Consortium; Karen Collier and Andrea Neiman from Kent County Library in Maryland. http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2009/ * * *Texas Library Association* (Houston, March 31 - April 3): We're exhibiting there, so scoot your boots over to booth 1115 and sit a spell with Shae, Karen, Bob, and Brad! *British Columbia Library Association *(Burnaby, April 16-18) will feature a talk by Karen Schneider on creativity and open source. http://www.bcla.bc.ca/Conference2009/default.aspx *Evergreen International Conference *(Athens, Georgia, May 20 – 22, 2009). Our first conference! Joe Lucia and Jessamyn West will be keynoting! Program lineup now available! See more about this exciting event below. *American Library Association* Annual Conference (Chicago, Illinois, July 9-15). We'll be exhibiting, meeting with people, and so forth! *WilsWorld* (Madison, Wisconsin, July 28-29). Karen Schneider to do a plenary session. Karen spoke at one of the earliest WilsWorld conferences and is excited to return! *Past Conferences*: Code4Lib, for which Equinox was a Gold Sponsor, was a terrific event. Mike Rylander and Karen Schneider were there waving the Evergreen flag. Karen monitored one of the two camcorders, swapping out 18 tapes (can you tell she was a Campfire Girl?), and when the videos are up we'll let you know. Evergreen 1.4.0.3 Imminent! Evergreen 1.4.0.3 (the latest in the 1.4.0*) series is imminent. The feature list for the 1.4.0 series is here: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=feature_list_1_4_0. See the Evergreen download page (http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) for source code, staff client, images, and more. Have fun with the MARC record importer-exporter, the locale picker, and other great features -- it's a blast! Remember that the Evergreen staff client needs to match the server version. jbielew...@solinet.net Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009 *See* *http://www.solinet.net/evergreen Also see the growing conference wiki where you can sign up for dine-arounds, table talks, etc.! http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:main Questions? Sponsorship and exhibits requests? Program submissions? Email eve...@evergreen-ils.org * The first-ever Evergreen International Conference is just around the corner! Here are the top ten tidbits about this wonderful, can't-miss conference: 1. *Takes place May 20-22, 2009* at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, a very attractive university town with great restaurants and pubs, just one hour from the Atlanta airport. *Accommodations *are delightfully reasonable business hotels a comfy walking distance to the Classic Center. 2. *Early Bird Registration continues through March 31, 2009* on the conference website *http://www.solinet.net/evergreen* -- We are holding this conference to a comfortable 150 attendees, so spaces will fill fast -- don't delay! 3. *Fascinating keynote speakers*: *Joe Lucia* of Villanova University (and Vufind fame), and *Jessamyn West*, noted librarian, technology advocate, blogger/writer, and champion of open source! 4. *Outstanding programs! Wow! We had great submissions. *Please don't forget you can also do a 5-minute lightning talk, a Birds of a Feather or breakfast table talk, or just hang with folks and discuss issues. (Dine-arounds will be great mingling opportunities as well.) You can see the full track on the conference wiki ( http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:events ), but here are the programs in a nutshell: *The Big Picture* Emily Almond, GPLS: You’re Live… Now What? Evette Atkin, Michigan Library Consortium: Ready, Fire, Aim! Lori Ayre, Galecia Group: Out of the Frying Pan Bielewski-Gregory-Tetterton
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Conference: Program Lineup and Early Bird Reminder
Dear all, the Evergreen International Conference 2009 program lineup is now up on the conference wiki! It hasn't been copyedited yet so it no doubt has errors and omissions, and it is subject to change, since sometime soon conference attendees will be able to indicate what programs they plan to attend and that will give us a chance to optimize the lineup for the fewest conflicts. But it's such a great lineup I couldn't resist sharing it. See the events page on the conference wiki: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg09:events Also see SOLINET's conference website: http://solinet.net/evergreen Also, here's another reminder that the early bird deadline for registration for the conference is March 31. After that the price goes up. You will see this news repeated in the newsletter, to be published Monday, but I wanted to end Friday the 13th on a fun note! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Volunteer for 3/17 Understanding Open Source webinar?
Hi folks, we're up to 68 registrants for next week's Understanding Open Source webinar, see http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=194 (woohoo! I'm psyched by the turnout), and though I have one extra pair of hands lined up to help, I think we could use at least one more (in webinars, holding conversation, text-chatting, and helping folks with tech issues is always a challenge, and with a larger group, even more so). If you're available Tuesday, March 17, approximately 1-3 p.m. ET (the webinar is 2-3, but that gives us some time to check in and test the equipment), drop me a note! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Last call for February's Evergreen newsletter
All aboard that's coming aboard! The Evergreen newsletter release candidate will be cut before tomorrow morning, then hopefully tested and issued as a gold release before the week is out. So if you have anything (stories, news, pictures, etc.) please do share. Thanks! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Webinar on Webinars slides and video
Today's session was terrific! Thanks to all who attended -- and especially, participated! Slides and video are here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=195 -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Last call for February's Evergreen newsletter
Um, last call for the March newsletter... I'm late but not THAT late... On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Karen Schneider k...@esilibrary.com wrote: All aboard that's coming aboard! The Evergreen newsletter release candidate will be cut before tomorrow morning, then hopefully tested and issued as a gold release before the week is out. So if you have anything (stories, news, pictures, etc.) please do share. Thanks! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Newsletter time! Items wanted
Hi folks, if you have updates for the next Evergreen newsletter, due out next week, please get them to me by Monday, 3/9, 5 p.m. Eastern time. Conference tidbits, interesting uses of Evergreen, success stories, and so forth all welcome. Pictures, links to blog posts, etc. encouraged too. The newsletter is a lot of fun to pull together -- and it's beginning to serve as a sort of historical snapshot of where we are as an open source community. Big thanks to co-editor John Fink without whom this newsletter would be late, and riddled with errors. :-) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is there a dress code for the Evergreen conference?
This is one of those posts where someone in the next room said to me, You snorted!! SOLINET has kindly provided our conference registration tool, which has had some small unintended consequences. David, you don't have to wear a dress. On the other hand, if you want to wear one, that's fine too. I would recommend a lightweight dress, with maybe a sweater for cool conference rooms, and flats. This is Evergreen International, and what's right for you is ok by the community. Now, having said that, I typically telework in a robe and fuzzy slippers, and I'm not getting THAT comfortable. But if you're comfortable in a suit... a dress... slacks... heck, a robe... we're comfortable too. That includes religious garments, etc. I am redoing the conference wiki in a big way, and will add a dress code. New link to follow. (I think it will say: Wear clothes. Yes, this is an open source conference... just not THAT open...) On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote: I'm now registered for the Evergreen conference, and I'm very excited to attend. The registration confirmation that I received from SOLINET informs me that Some events may have a list of materials or recommended dress. Please review the description for this event on the Solinet web site. So, is there a recommended dress for this event? On second reading, I don't have any dresses at all, so I would appreciate it if somebody would recommend one for me, if I am expected to wear one. - David -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Rescheduled: Understanding Open Source, Tuesday, 3/17, 2 p.m.
Note new date and time! Understanding Open Source, Tues, March 17, 2 p.m. Join us for a Webinar on March 17 about open source software! Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/813256302 (Rescheduled.) This webinar will answer the most commonly-asked questions about open source software, such as... * What does free mean? * Why are libraries using open source software? * What kind of open source software is available for libraries? * Do we have to maintain it ourselves? (Quick spoiler: no.) * What are the characteristics of good open source software? * What are some easy ways to learn more about open source software? Bring your own questions, as well! This webinar offers flexible access options. You can: 1. Use a computer headset with a microphone to both listen and speak 2. Phone in to a toll-based conference line, or 3. Liisten in on computer speakers and text your thoughts in a chat window. The session will open up 15 minutes early for people who want to practice their webinar skills or test their equipment. Title: Resched: Understanding Open Source, Tues, Mar 17 2 pm Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees: Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees: Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Program proposals selected
Dear Evergreen community folks (or as I saw it on Twitter, folx), The conference committee met today and program proposal messages are wending their way through the Interwebs as we speak. What a great batch of proposals! We're very excited about the program lineup and think you will be as well. We will have a preliminary program up on the web very soon (and note that programs may move once attendees indicate which ones they plan to attend--which those of you attending will get a chance to do!). There will be more conference activity and information in a day or two -- we're just digging ourselves out of program-proposal mode! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Great EG conference proposals flowing in!
We're seeing some great proposals flowing in for the Evergreen International Conference (May 20-22 2009). If you have a proposal idea you want to run past me before the deadline (Monday, March 2... whenever March 2 ends for you is deadline enough for us), please do ping me. I'll be happy to offer advice. Don't forget that there will be lightning talks (5-minute sessions) and on May 20 there's also space for longer, self-organized hackfests/preconferences (I will be doing two on documentation). Think of the hackfest as two half-day slots to work on a special project, teach something you've always wanted to teach, brainstorm your way through consortial policies -- whatever time (which in my life, at least, is increasingly precious). The proposals are falling nicely across the spectrum of tracks -- Tech, Admin, Frontline Staff -- but another way to look at them is newcomer versus old Evergreen hand. Whether you are new to the very idea of Evergreen and open source or have been around since the Dawn of Evergreen Time, there will be programs to match your interests. (So what is the very last hour, ET-wise, that a proposal can arrive before March 2 ends? I was in Oz last fall but can still never get that math right!) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Jessamyn West: a preview of her Evergreen conference keynote
At this blog post, http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=193 , hear this very short podcast of Jessamyn West on the value of open source software in libraries -- a quick preview of Jessamyn's talk at the upcoming Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22 in Athens, Georgia. Jessamyn is a noted writer, speaker, and pundit who also works at Metafilter. Coming soon: a short recording of Joe Lucia, our other keynote speaker! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Conference: Proposal Deadline Approaching
See the conference website: http://www.solinet.net/evergreen Program proposals for Evergreen International Conference 2009 are due Monday, March 2. We’ve seen some great proposals flow in, but we’re looking and hoping for more. Send yours in! Please don’t worry about the category — a really good program will find a home. I’m at the Code4Lib 2009 conference right now — a single-track conference in one large room — and it’s making me wonder if some of the proposals we’ve seen wouldn’t fit well as all-conference programs! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen conference programs: Why Evergreen, and how do we get there?
We on the planning committee have had some very good questions about the conference programs, and I'll quote one (almost) verbatim: Would attending this first Evergreen conference likely be useful for someone who doesn't use Evergreen now, but would like a sort-of crash-course? I'm more interested in seeing and hearing basic implementation stories and technical issues that tend to crop up in early stages of Evergreen deployment; will that be a part of the tracks? The answer: absolutely! Consider this a track-within-a-track that can cross functional lines (staff, tech, admin). Success stories, getting-started stories, how and why you selected Evergreen, the value of using Evergreen, how you made the pitch -- consider these for full programs, as well as lightning talks and even Birds of a Feather sessions where you can swap tales and tips. If you're trying to persuade stakeholders of the economic and technical feasibility of Evergreen, this is a great conference to attend. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://www.solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Registration Open for Evergreen International Conference 2009
Registration opened today for the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009, to be held in the charming, fun, affordable college town of Athens, Georgia, a straight shot from Atlanta's hub airport. To register see the conference website, http://solinet.net/evergreen or go directly to the registration page at: http://solinet.net/Classes%20and%20Events/Evergreen%20International%20Conference/Registration.aspx If you don't have a SOLINET account, you will need to create one, but that will only take a minute. (SOLINET is handling conference registration for this conference, which is jointly coordinated by SOLINET, Equinox Software, and Georgia Public Library Service.) Don't forget, program submissions are due March 2. We're seeing some good ones! Don't sweat the small stuff -- just submit. See: http://solinet.net/Classes%20and%20Events/Evergreen%20International%20Conference/Call%20for%20Submissions.aspx Remember we've got great keynote speakers -- Jessamyn West and Joe Lucia -- plus an action-packed conference schedule that includes not only traditional sage on a stage programs and panels but user-directed hackfests, lightning talks, and Birds of a Feather (oh, and pub crawls...). Early Bird Registration ends April 1, so sign up now and save your money for enjoying the Athens restaurant scene! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Program Proposal Deadline Approaching for Evergreen Conference
We're seeing some excellent program proposals float in for the first-ever Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22 2009 (see http://solinet.net/evergreen), and yes, we are planning on two half-day hackfest sessions on producing documentation. We've also had some questions: * How do I submit a program proposal? Answer: see the conference program proposal web page: http://solinet.net/Classes%20and%20Events/Evergreen%20International%20Conference/Call%20for%20Submissions.aspx ... we've kept it as simple as possible. * When are program proposals due? Answer: 5 p.m. EST, March 2, 2009 * What level of audience? Answer: just about any level. The three tracks for programs -- Admin, Tech, and Front Line -- ensure that there is a place for any program. * What category does my program go in? Answer: don't sweat that detail. Just make a best-guess and if the program is a good match for this year's conference, it will find a home. * Can it be a panel discussion or presentation? Answer: absolutely! Just remember these are 45-minute programs so you might want to keep it to two or three panelists. * What kind of setup will we have? Expect a computer projector and a laptop (or bring your own laptop). We should have online access but remember it's usually a smart idea to can your program so you aren't completely reliant on online access. * Does the program proposal need to match the conference theme, Branch out with Evergreen? Answer: no, that's not necessary, all ideas considered. * How do I submit a lightning talk idea? Answer: you can submit in advance (just send an email to eve...@evergreen-ils.org), but you can also sign up at the conference. (Lightning talks are five-minute presentations.) * What about a hackfest idea? Answer: submit it like a proposal. * What's a hackfest, anyway, and how long does it have to be? Answer: a hackfest is a concentrated work effort on a special project and it can range from a couple of hours to all day. Hackfests are traditionally used for development -- but don't let that box you in. You'll have a room, wifi access, tables, and a few hours to spend with colleagues you might not normally get f2f-time with. Do you have a usability project? Coding? Documentation? Testing? Want to hold an advocacy camp? Here's your chance! * I have other questions. Where can I ask them? Feel free to pose them here on the list but you can also email eve...@evergreen-ils.org. The Evergreen International Conference 2009 is jointly sponsored by Equinox Software, Georgia Public Library Service, and SOLINET. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open Source Webinar, 10 a.m. ET Wed. 3-18-09
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Larry Stamm lst...@mcbridebc.com wrote: Karen Schneider writes: Unfortunately, the webinar software we use doesn't support Linux. When we looked at webinar software, the products that reliably supported Linux and had other key features were very expensive for the number of attendees we need to support. (In fact, finding a product with good Mac support was a price hurdle, as well, though we were determined to offer that much, at least.) I had to laugh at this: a webinar focusing on open source software that will exclude users of the main open source operating system! I don't know squat about web conferencing, but surely there must be open source alternatives out there for hosting webinars? Larry, you sound exactly like me last fall (in fact I was expecting someone to say what you said). :-) I confidently marched into the webinar evaluation project sure, just SURE I'd find something that supported all three operating systems, and was also open source. I mean, you'd think, right? I assure you that the webinar paradox did not go unnoted... and when a product becomes more tenable, we'll give it a test drive. We've also been experimenting with workarounds (that at least connect to the screen, not over VOIP) and we welcome suggestions and ideas. Unfortunately, after a very extended tour of the product landscape, I had to conclude that the webinar-software world is like a lot of small, highly specialized industries. There is one substantive OSS product and if you told me that Microsoft invented it to give OSS a bad name, I'd believe you. Funky, unreliable, cheesy features... oy. Then there are a couple of nosebleed-expensive proprietary products that support Linux workstations but are not themselves OSS. Then there are a lot of products that support Windows, and a few that support Mac and Windows. Some are good, some not so good. The best Linux workstation support comes from by far the most expensive product, which is proprietary. So we have a month-to-month subscription to an excellent product that suffers from not extending itself to Linux workstations and is also not OSS. I am surprised to see these comments come so late, in fact, when we had been announcing webinars since last September. I have had my loins girded all this time (and let me tell you, extended loin-girding is not for wimps). I am personally not really a believer in the gift economy model. I am a believer in the benevolence model -- that open source fits into the model of enlightened, engaged decision-making and tool development, and is crucial to the future of librarianship. But we all have to pick and choose our battles. Do I use Open Office? Only when forced to. (I also hate Office 2007, just to be fair.) I also use Gmail. Does Google give me their code? Indeed they do not. I even own an iPod, even though I greatly object to the DRM models it has promoted. I would like to fix every problem I encounter, but sometimes, we do what we can and let go of the rest. Evergreen is a great example of OSS because it tipped toward being community software almost at birth. Its size and increasingly diverse community improve it every day. Our engagement in its development improve us every day, as well. It is a clear, wise choice for libraries that isn't a step down from licensed software, but in many ways a step up. As for webinar software, here's my hunch. We'll see more support for Linux workstations and perhaps serious OSS contenders as the economy continues to wallow in its misery, since people are turning more to more to online meetings and in some cases have mandates to meet electronically. This has become a much more competitive market (even the spendiest product has repeatedly lowered its prices in the past year, though it's still the BMW of webinar software) and it has a lot more interest and attention. (Oh, and at Equinox we just implemented a new CRM, and guess what? It's OSS!) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Craftsman Webinar, March 4, 10 a.m. ET
Hi folks, we have scheduled a webinar about Craftsman, the new, optional (and exceptionally good-looking) Evergreen OPAC skin, at 10 a.m. March 4, Eastern Time. The actual demo should last just under half an hour. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/231821036 Following a demo of Craftsman, Karen Schneider and Jason Etheridge of Equinox Software will field questions. This webinar offers flexible access options. You can: 1. Use a computer headset with a microphone to both listen and speak, 2. Phone in to a toll-based conference line, or 3. Listen in on computer speakers and text your thoughts in a chat window. The session will open up 15 minutes early for people who want to polish their webinar skills or test their equipment. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements: PC-based attendees Required: Windows(R) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh(R)-based attendees Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.4 (Tiger(R)) or newer The webinar software may tell you space is limited. Not true -- we can host 1000 attendees. Still, sign up early as possible so we have a head count. Thanks to Georgia Public Library Service for funding Craftsman's development! The Craftsman design is by Inward Solutions. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open Source Webinar, 10 a.m. ET Wed. 3-18-09
Unfortunately, the webinar software we use doesn't support Linux. When we looked at webinar software, the products that reliably supported Linux and had other key features were very expensive for the number of attendees we need to support. (In fact, finding a product with good Mac support was a price hurdle, as well, though we were determined to offer that much, at least.) -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen 2009/2/16 Vicki Reeves vic...@beau.org Can Linux users participate? On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 13:41 -0500, Karen Schneider wrote: Feel free to forward! Free webinar, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10 a.m. Eastern time: Understanding Open Source This is a good webinar both for newcomers to open source and for long-time advocates looking for the right elevator talk to help others understand OSS. Presented by Equinox Community Librarian Karen Schneider and Evergreen developer Jason Etheridge, this webinar will answer the most commonly-asked questions about open source software, such as… * What does free mean? What does open source mean? * How is open source software licensed? * Why are libraries using open source software? * What kind of open source software is available for libraries? * Do we have to maintain it ourselves? (Quick spoiler: no.) * What are the characteristics of good open source software? * What are some easy ways to learn more about open source software? * What are some of the common terms and expressions used with open source? You will have opportunities to pose your own questions and offer your own experiences. Reserve your seat at the Wednesday, March 18, 10 a.m. ET open source webinar: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/743850250 The session will be recorded and placed on the Evergreen wiki and blog for later access. (Evergreen is freely-available, open source library software, originally developed by Georgia Public Library Service and now used in hundreds of libraries worldwide.) You have several options for participating in this webinar. 1. Use a computer headset with a microphone to both listen and speak, 2. Phone in to a toll-based conference line, or 3. Listen in on computer speakers and text your thoughts in a chat window. The session will open up 15 minutes early for people who want to polish their webinar skills or test their equipment. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. System Requirements: PC-based attendees Required: Windows(R) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh(R)-based attendees Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.4 (Tiger(R)) or newer Webinar tips: when you log in, your microphone will be muted by default. Up to 25 people can be unmuted at any one time. If you aren't speaking, and are taking notes, you might want to mute your mike… if you are noisy, the host may mute you anyway. :-) The webinar software may tell you space is limited. Not true — we can host up to 1000 attendees. Still, sign up early as possible so we have a head count. Hope to see you there!
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Start thinking about your Evergreen conference program proposals...
In several days we're going to do all-out publicity for the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22 in Athens, Georgia ( http://solinet.net/evergreen). Honestly, we're just nailing down hotel rooms first (nice places at great rates, btw). Meanwhile, it's not too early to start thinking about -- or even better, submitting -- program proposals for the conference. The deadline is March 2, but we're open to them any time! We'll have 45-minute presentations or panels in three tracks: Library Adminstration, Front-line users and Tech Topics. - Library Administration: programs targeted at managers and administrators seeking information about the feasibility, cost issues, and other topics related to using Evergreen and open source software in consortial and standalone environments - Front-line users: Best practices and techniques for using Evergreen in day-to-day library operations - Tech Topics: Issues of interest related to system administration, software development, implementation, hardware, migrations, and integration with other software You are welcome to match your program to the conference theme, Branch Out with Evergreen, but it's not necessary. We are open to submissions that demonstrate innovative uses of Evergreen, promote Evergreen usage, educate about open source in libraries, offer best practices for installing, configuring, or using Evergreen, highlight OSS products congruent with Evergreen, or otherwise help contribute to the growing body of knowledge shared by the Evergreen community. Accepted submissions will be offered space in one of our concurrent sessions. Each concurrent session will run 45 minutes, with five more minutes for QA. *Note: *There will be at least one program slot reserved for 5-minute Lightning Talks on any Evergreen topic. You will be able to sign up for lightning talks at the conference. Evergreen developers are also invited to an all-day Hackfest on Wednesday, May 22. All presenters can expect a laptop with Web access and PowerPoint, a computer projector and a microphone. All sessions will be recorded and shared with the global Evergreen community. *Proposal guidelines:* 1. All submissions must include a session title, short description appropriate for the conference program (no more than 200 words), and the names, institutions, job titles and email addresses of those who will be presenting the material at the conference. 2. Note your intended track (Tech, Administration and Front Line Users). 3. Let us know of any accessibility requirements. Please send a copy of your proposal by 5 p.m. EST on March 2, 2009 to eve...@evergreen-ils.orgeve...@evergreen-ils.org?subject=submission:%20Evergreen%20International%20Conference. You will receive a confirmation message. Acceptance emails will be sent before March 16, 2009. The Evergreen International Conference is jointly sponsored by Georgia Public Library Service (proud founder of Evergreen), Equinox Software and SOLINET. -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] new member
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Shota Murtskhvaladze shota...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all I am new member of evergreen community. I am from Georgia. our team at the I. Chavchavadze State University wants to use evergreen to automatize processes in our library. Thank you Shota+ Welcome, Shota! Will your team be installing Evergreen soon? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com | Be a part of the Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009! | http://solinet.net/evergreen
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation proposal -- input requested
Some terrific ideas! I admit that I am really a noob myself in this arena and running as fast as I can to learn more... the idea of a documentation hackfest appeals in part because it forces some larnin'. ;) A two-part hackfest, even better. People who will help organize such an event -- priceless. (Looks around...) Concur on the model chapter idea, though would almost rather it be something that was about Evergreen, even a small topic. (For those of you who can remember back this far, think Fanny Farmer Junior Cookbook. Or for those who homebrew, think how the classic brewing texts walk you through a real recipe.) The idea of encouraging XML but not dampening the ardor of those for whom even a friendly XML editor is a barrier is a good one. I was asked yesterday if we really, really needed XML, or if we couldn't just get by on Dokuwiki and text-based documentation. I think Dan Scott made a great argument why this is not the case two years ago in his original proposal. A really strong XML structure tends to guide the style of the documentation as much as anything else. Also, the possibilities for translation, formatting, and reuse are much better if it's in XML. I would say, from looking around, that the majority of serious OSS projects use XML-based documentation. Also, and this won't seem odd to people who spend hands-on time with both, I think XML is actually easier to learn and create than wiki-based documentation -- even if you aren't using a GUI. Wiki syntax is highly bespoke and laborious; XML at least makes sense. Karen G. Schneider On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Duimovich, George george.duimov...@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca wrote: Agree - that would be a great idea. It would be nice, but not realistic to expect all contributed documentation to be submitted in DocBook format. Still, building some capacity and familiarity can only help move this forward. A little boost with the learning curve, and some focus on exposing core elements, practices, etc. would be of interest. We're wanting to see some core investment made into professional documentation (e.g. dedicated staff at ESI and with any large sponsored EG projects, etc.), but it would also be helpful for those whose organizations may from time to time contribute code, plug-ins, etc. that merit more than a snippet of documentation. I would suggest that if such a session takes place, that there be a model chapter and/or section (even just in Greek text if need be) that demonstrates the use of core elements of interest from the DocBook standard, and formatted according to whatever appropriate stylesheet, etc.. So how to express code, use communications devices like tips callouts, etc. in a 3-5 page document. And for the advanced, we could also go into to interact it with subversion, automation to multiple formats, etc. At the very least, once a model documentation sample is available (as Greek text or preferably a real sample), any group contributing code could then use it as kind of a template to follow, thereby bringing doc contributions up a notch in terms of quality, consistency etc. and the barrier to using DocBook down a notch. So for the conference, perhaps we could look to walk away from it with a few more eyes familiarized with a basic overview of documentation toolbox, and also a nice sample template to have available for those who may be able to make contributions. cheers, George Duimovich NRCan Library / Bibliothèque RNCan -- *From:* open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Karen Schneider *Sent:* January 30, 2009 9:37 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation proposal -- input requested The conference idea (slaps forehead) that's inspired! That sounds like at least one program -- heck it could even be a Hackfest, a kind of gonzo instruction class involving installing a free open source XML editor, applying templates, working in XML, etc. (There's no reason Hackfests need to be limited to development!) thanks, Catherine! Thoughts from others in the community? Karen S. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Catherine Buck Morgan cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov wrote: Karen, I was reading this last night and checking out Docbook. To say this is a timely topic would be an understatement… I love the title, by the way—The Book of Evergreen. One thing that stood out particularly was the ability to translate the documentation to word and pdf. (I've decided I'm the tween generation… remember and appreciate the good old paper manual, like the convenience of online contextual documentation, but still want to be able to scribble my notes in the margins of how it really works for my system…. ) I really think you're on the right road with the XML platform. Using (or an intro to) Docbook might be a good topic
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation proposal -- input requested
The conference idea (slaps forehead) that's inspired! That sounds like at least one program -- heck it could even be a Hackfest, a kind of gonzo instruction class involving installing a free open source XML editor, applying templates, working in XML, etc. (There's no reason Hackfests need to be limited to development!) thanks, Catherine! Thoughts from others in the community? Karen S. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Catherine Buck Morgan cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov wrote: Karen, I was reading this last night and checking out Docbook. To say this is a timely topic would be an understatement… I love the title, by the way—The Book of Evergreen. One thing that stood out particularly was the ability to translate the documentation to word and pdf. (I've decided I'm the tween generation… remember and appreciate the good old paper manual, like the convenience of online contextual documentation, but still want to be able to scribble my notes in the margins of how it really works for my system…. ) I really think you're on the right road with the XML platform. Using (or an intro to) Docbook might be a good topic for the conference… --Catherine. -- Catherine Buck Morgan Director, Division of Innovation, Technology Library Services South Carolina State Library POB 11469, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29211 Phone: 803-734-8651 | Fax: 803-734-4757 cmor...@statelibrary.sc.gov www.statelibrary.sc.gov The South Carolina State Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. It is the keystone in South Carolina's intellectual landscape. *From:* open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Karen Schneider *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:47 AM *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group; Evergreen Development Discussion List; Public Open-ILS documentation discussion *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation proposal -- input requested Hi folks, two weeks back there were a flurry of posts about an Evergreen documentation project plan. I will plan a webinar for a conversation about this proposal, but if you have thoughts to share on or off the list, your input would be very welcome. Input could range from Yes, that's a good idea -- carry on to I suggest X about Y to This is the most ghastly proposal I have seen in my X years working in libraries. This is the proposal: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddzqk523_264f2vk5vpn Note that there are any kind of top-level decisions to be made, with corollary activity that follows, and it's not even a given we call the documentation The Book of Evergreen (especially if it turns out to be in volumes...). That has been its working title, and in the absence of better ideas, etc. etc., but a discussion about the title would also be timely. Also, Betty Ing, a documentation intern at Project Conifer, has published a comparison of Style Guidelines for Fedora and Book of Evergreen. For those who missed her post (to the documentation list) I published her cross-walk here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqvVF5hSEbDO6MlrXHXxDUg This crosswalk reinforces the suggestions in the proposal. We've seen some excellent documentation emerging from various parts of the Evergreen community, and channeling it into an intentional project integrated with larger Evergreen efforts would be excellent. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation proposal -- input requested
Hi folks, two weeks back there were a flurry of posts about an Evergreen documentation project plan. I will plan a webinar for a conversation about this proposal, but if you have thoughts to share on or off the list, your input would be very welcome. Input could range from Yes, that's a good idea -- carry on to I suggest X about Y to This is the most ghastly proposal I have seen in my X years working in libraries. This is the proposal: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddzqk523_264f2vk5vpn Note that there are any kind of top-level decisions to be made, with corollary activity that follows, and it's not even a given we call the documentation The Book of Evergreen (especially if it turns out to be in volumes...). That has been its working title, and in the absence of better ideas, etc. etc., but a discussion about the title would also be timely. Also, Betty Ing, a documentation intern at Project Conifer, has published a comparison of Style Guidelines for Fedora and Book of Evergreen. For those who missed her post (to the documentation list) I published her cross-walk here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqvVF5hSEbDO6MlrXHXxDUg This crosswalk reinforces the suggestions in the proposal. We've seen some excellent documentation emerging from various parts of the Evergreen community, and channeling it into an intentional project integrated with larger Evergreen efforts would be excellent. -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter, January 2009
Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software* *http://evergreen-ils.org * ** Volume 2, Issue 1 January, 2009 Double the fun! As a reminder, we will post this newsletter to the Evergreen general discussion list (see all Evergreen lists at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) and to the Evergreen blog ( http://evergreen-ils.org/blog). Cross-posting and forwarding is encouraged. In This Issue… Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen 1.4.0 To Debut, New OPAC Skin on Demo, SOLINET Classes, Evergreen Conference, Documentation Update, New Developers, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia. Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar *Let us know and we'll add your out and about with Evergreen events to this calendar! * *ALA Midwinter 2009 *(Denver, Jan 23 - 27): Visit Equinox Software at Booth 522, sit in on a demo, or mingle with fellow travelers at an Evergreen social function (informally called Birds of a Feather Nosh Together) Saturday, January 24, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, at a very nice locale near the Denver convention center. RSVP to eve...@esilibrary.com*. See the Equinox booth demo schedule here: http://blog.esilibrary.com/2009/01/07/equinox-at-ala-midwinter-exhibits-demos-yummo-noshes/ * *Ontario Library Association 2009* (Toronto, Jan 28-31): http://www.accessola.com/superconference2009/ Evergreen galore! Expect a Birds of a Feather get-together, plus enjoy the Evergreen-related programs. Dan Scott has an excellent post describing the Evergreen programs at OLA: http://coffeecode.net/archivessoir%C3%A9e/171-An-Evergreen-track-at-the-OLA-SuperConference-2009.html *Electronic Resources Libraries* (Los Angeles, Feb 9 -12): Hello, California! Equinox Community Librarian Karen Schneider will participate on an ILS discussion panel. http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2009 *Code4Lib 2009* (Providence, Feb 23-26): Evergreen developer Mike Rylander and Community Librarian Karen Schneider will be at Code4Lib, as will other members of the Evergreen community. You can anticipate at at least one Birds of a Feather at this popular annual conference (see http://code4lib.org/conference). Equinox Software Inc. is a proud sponsor of Code4Lib at the Silver level ($2,500). *Computers in Libraries* (March 30 - April 1) will feature a rock-out, boffo panel of Evergreen Divas: Karen Schneider from Equinox, Ruth Dukelow from Michigan Library Consortium, and Karen Collier and Andrea Neiman of Kent County Library in Maryland. http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2009/ *British Columbia Library Association *(Burnaby, April 16-18) will feature a talk by Karen Schneider on creativity and open source. http://www.bcla.bc.ca/Conference2009/default.aspx *Evergreen International Conference *(Athens, Georgia, May 20 – 22, 2009). Our first global conference! See more about this exciting event below. Evergreen 1.4.0 Gold Debuts Soon Evergreen 1.4.0 Gold (the official release for 1.4.0) will be released by the end of January. The feature list is here: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=feature_list_1_4_0. See the Evergreen download page (http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) for the source code. Remember that the Evergreen staff client needs to match the server version. New OPAC Skin Debuts! Craftsman, the new OPAC skin, a handsome rethinking of the design funded by Georgia Public Library Service, is now live on our demo catalog -- though you need to know where to look: http://demo.gapines.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml Note that some functionality for demo may be missing when you look at demo, because demo is running a more current version of Evergreen than was available when the design project began. But by early February we will have skins for both 1.2.3.* and 1.4.* SOLINET Rolls Out More Evergreen Training Classes ** **SOLINET continues to offer free online Evergreen demos, January 21st(2-3pm), February 12 th (10-11am) and March 31st (11am-noon).These free demos provide overviews of Evergreen's popular features and gives participants a chance to ask questions in a training environment. SOLINET also offers three fee-based online classes on Evergreen modules. All class times are Eastern Standard: *Evergreen Circulation*: OPAC searching, navigating the staff client, creating and maintaining patron accounts, using tools and options, check in/check out and other circulation procedures such as creating and maintaining holds. Offered February 3rd (10am-noon) and March 31st (2-4pm). *Evergreen Cataloging*: This is now a 2-day class that covers creating, editing and merging records; transferring items; using buckets; and importing/exporting records. Offered January 29th-30th (2-4pm) and March 24 th-25th (10am-noon). *Evergreen Local Administration and Statistics: *A more advanced class that covers configuring Evergreen locally, setting user permissions, creating templates for printing receipts and running reports. Offered February 4th(2-4pm) and March 25
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Documentation style proposal
Dear folks, Betty Ing, a documentation intern at Project Conifer, has published a comparison of Style Guidelines for Fedora and Book of Evergreen. For those who missed her post (to the documentation list) I published her cross-walk here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqvVF5hSEbDO6MlrXHXxDUg Betty said, I would suggest adopting Fedora (it has addressed many multilingual concerns) and including a style sheet to supplement Fedora in areas where there was additional guidance from Evergreen. In this way, a potential documentation contributor would only need to consult Fedora and a style sheet, which we can continue to update as required. Please have a look at the attached spreadsheet and provide any feedback by Tues. Jan. 20, if possible. The larger proposal she refers to I just slapped up in GDocs. It had been making the rounds of various stakeholders in the Evergreen community, but since she mentions it I might as well roll it out: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddzqk523_264f2vk5vpn Note that there are any kind of top-level decisions to be made, and it's not even a given we call the documentation The Book of Evergreen (especially if it turns out to be in volumes...). But thanks to Betty for doing that cross-walk (which I just peeked at a minute ago) and we look forward to your input! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Last call for January newsletter
Well, the post-holiday train wreck pretty much ensured the Evergreen newsletter would be delayed. If it's out by the 14th, that's still before the middle of the month, right? Anyway, if you have any last tidbits for the newsletter, it is going out, no foolin', by Wednesday, so get your stuff to me no later than Tuesday, Jan 13, 5 p.m. Eastern time. Thanks!! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter submissions due Wed Jan 7 2009
Hi folks, this newsletter is published to this discussion list and to our blog. You can read back issues here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?cat=16 Bon appetit! Karen G. Schneider On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Tim Jordan t...@pcs-alaska.com wrote: Is this going to be a digital newsletter? Where will we get it? Thank you, Tim Karen Schneider wrote: As we are in the mid-holiday-season Cone of Confusion, soon to be followed by Oh No, I'm Back at Work Day (1/5/08), I'm pushing the Evergreen newsletter submission deadline to close of business Wednesday Jan 7, for a projected Friday, Jan 9 pub date. As with earlier issues, the January newsletter will feature the latest migrations, releases, interesting-things-done-by-Evergreen-libraries, heartwarming pictures, upcoming events, and more. Don't feel limited to the strictly-technical! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen discussion list archives
The original list archives for the Evergreen discussion lists stopped updating after October 22, some of us recently learned. A helpdesk ticket has been entered for this. But, you have Markmail access to the general/dev/docs archives for that period, thanks to Randy Metcalfe who at the Access Birds of a Feather recommended Markmail's free archiving service. Yay Randy! Also, thanks to Dan Scott and others, Gmane has been archiving at least a couple of the lists for a while. Markmail: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/search/?q= (Wasn't quite clear if there was a single point of entry for Gmane, but you can see the dev archives at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.devel ) (Not that I know nuthin', but I keep thinking if Markmail can find it then the georgialibraries.org lists didn't stop archiving -- they just didn't create the web archives. Time will tell.) -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: k...@esilibrary.com | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Newsletter, December 2008
layer (aka public catalog, aka OPAC) is very close to debuting on the development server—by early next week, if all is well. A HUGE thanks to Georgia Public Library Service, which is funding this design work. Watch for the announcement! SOLINET Evergreen Training Classes an Instant Hit SOLINET's Evergreen classes and guided tours have been a smashing success, thanks to members and support from Equinox/Evergreen. A number of students have attended the online courses (Evergreen Circ and Evergreen Cataloging) since these classes first launched in October, with reported great results. The next scheduled class is Evergreen Admin and Statistics, to be held online December 17th. Every month, SOLINET also offers a guided tour and demo of Evergreen—absolutely free of cost! Participants range from those who have migrated to Evergreen and those who are interested in all Evergreen can do. SOLINET is developing a new Evergreen class this winter: an advanced cataloging class focusing on batch importing and buckets. SOLINET's Evergreen instructors are Jennifer Bielewski and Jenny Liberatore. For more information on classes, contract for classes, to recommend a class or questions in general, please contact the trainers at 800-999-8558 or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] They'd love to hear from you! For more about SOLINET's Evergreen training offerings, see: http://www.solinet.net/Classes%20and%20Events/Tracks/Open%20Source%20Evergreen%20Software%20Track.aspx Evergreen Conference, May 20-22, 2009 We won't rehash every detail in this blog post http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=176 , but the Evergreen conference planners have a great line-up for this first-ever global Evergreen conference. The conference will take place at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, a very attractive university town with great restaurants and pubs, just one hour from the Atlanta airport. As planned so far, Evergreen conference activities include a day-long hackfest, a vendor reception, three program tracks (Tech, Admin, and The Front Line), keynotes, lightning talks, Birds of a Feather sessions, networking dinners, pub crawls, and pleasantly long breaks between events so you can network with friends old and new. A webpage is imminent. Please do comment if you have questions about the conference or events you'd like to see happening. Start thinking about the hackfest, lightning talks, programs, Birds of a Feather, or other events that YOU can make happen at this conference! The 2009 Evergreen Conference is being jointly coordinated by Georgia Public Library Service, Equinox Software, SOLINET, and several others in the Evergreen community, including Catherine Lemmer of Indiana Evergreen. Documentation Update We have made progress on all four active documentation projects (more are imminent). Soon notices will go out on the Evergreen discussion lists and related lists requesting feedback on this documentation. The four topics in work right now are reports, cataloging, acquisitions, and the importer-exporter. If you would like to be included in reviewing drafts of this documentation as it proceeds, watch the lists/blogs or reply to this newsletter. We continue to investigate using DocBook for the formal documentation and appreciate the feedback we have to date for using this format. Evergreen on Facebook Evergreen has a Facebook group at the not-so-mnemonic address of http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 . We are now posting events to this group, such as the Evergreen conference and the ALA Midwinter get-together, as well as press releases for new Evergreen libraries and systems and other related news. The group has over 200 members. If you're on Facebook, join our group. If you aren't on Facebook and you don't think you're the Facebook type, give it a try. You might be surprised by who's on Facebook! Evergreen Down Under Karen Schneider, Equinox Community Librarian, spoke about open source and the history of openness in libraries at five state libraries in Australia, crisscrossing this huge country with fellow presenter Lizanne Payne of Washington Library Research Consortium. The good news of Evergreen was well-received by librarians and library workers in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne. See the Evergreen Flickr set for pictures ( http://flickr.com/photos/evergreen-ils/ ) and why not share a few of your own? A Few Reminders *Webinars and videos*: Don't forget the section on the Evergreen wiki devoted to community-contributed documentation and tutorialshttp://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_tutorials. *Evergreen 2.0*: As noted earlier, development for Evergreen 2.0 (planned to include acquisitions, serials, and reserves) is on an intentionally slow track through early January while the Evergreen developers focus on other development priorities, but will resume production for a roll-out targeted by late May, 2009. In the meantime, if you haven't done so already, see
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question for consortiums
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Karen Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know who I'm talking to, SITKA, Pines. Since you have been there, done that, do you have a list of the things that had to be agreed on by all vs the things that can be configured at a System or Branch level? ~~~ Karen Foster Karen F., just to be clear, are you talking about what's capable in Evergreen versus consortial/local decisions by SITKA and PINES (and for that matter Indiana and Michigan)? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Newsletter deadline reminder
Just a reminder, if you have anything for the next Evergreen newsletter, due out next Monday morning, please do share it by close of business Wednesday. The newsletter will feature new Evergreen libraries, community documentation and videos, links to related blog posts, updates on releases (1.4 and acquisitions), and anything else useful and interesting -- people tidbits are always nice. Just let me know! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 1.4rc2 Staff Client Now Available
Last night the Evergreen developers released the Windows staff client for 1.4rc2. I have taken a brief look at it -- just long enough to play with the record importer/exporter, edit MARC on a record, use the Z39.50 multi-target client, toodle with the circ functions, etc. It's on the download page at http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads.phphttp://evergreen-ils.org/downloadsand we'd love it if you fired it up and walked it around the block! Note: without additional, advanced configuration*, the 1.4rc2 staff client only works against a 1.4rc2 *server.* So in other words, to explore the 1.4rc2 staff client: * Point it against the development server, running 1.4rc2 (dev.gapines.org) * Point it against a local installation of 1.4rc2* * Use it with the VMWare image of 1.4rc2, when it becomes available* The 1.4 staff clients will NOT work at present with demo.gapines.org, currently running 1.2.4 When you use the Evergreen staff client, you may see certificate notices (Unable to verify * as a trusted site) and under some circumstances, such as accessing My Accounts through the staff client, you may see UNSAFE warnings. You can safely approve access to these. * This will be obvious to the Evergreen digerati, but to work with the 1.4rc2 staff client, the 1.4rc1 server would need an explicit symlink in /openils/var/web/xul/ for rel_1_4_0_0_rc2 . -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items for Evergreen newsletter due Tues., Nov 25
Dear folks, For the next issue of the Evergreen newsletter, please submit any items to me by the end of the day (whenever that might be for you in your time zone...), Tuesday, November 25. To see the last newsletter: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=173 As with the last issue, the newsletter will feature: - New Evergreen libraries - Development news - Interesting stuff emanating from Evergreen libraries and developers - Upcoming events (and recent events) - Links of interest - Other topics as assigned ...thanks! -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: Evergreen installation question
With Larry's permission I'm forwarding this to the list -- even if I could
answer his question I'm about to get kicked off a hotel computer :-)
Karen G. Schneider, Equinox Community Librarian
(Currently in Melbourne, Australia)
-- Forwarded message --
From: Larry G. Wapnitsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:02 AM
Subject: Evergreen installation question
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am installing Evergreen on a Debian system in a VM. I have followed all
the instructions, yet when I try to run srfsh, I get the following error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ srfsh*
*Unable to bootstrap client for requests*
This is the output from the diagnostic:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Evergreen-ILS-1.2.3.1/Open-ILS/src/support-scripts$
./settings-tester.pl*
*LWP::UserAgent version 2.033*
*XML::LibXML version 1.69*
*XML::LibXML::XPathContext version 1.69*
*XML::LibXSLT version 1.59*
*Net::Server::PreFork version 0.90*
*Cache::Memcached version 1.15*
*Class::DBI version 0.96*
*Class::DBI::AbstractSearch version 0.07*
*Template version 2.14*
*DBD::Pg version 1.49*
*Net::Z3950::ZOOM version 1.25*
*MARC::Record version 2.0.0*
*MARC::Charset version 1.0*
*MARC::File::XML version 0.88*
*Text::Aspell version 0.04*
*CGI version 3.15*
*DateTime::TimeZone version 0.42*
*DateTime version 0.35*
*DateTime::Format::ISO8601 version 0.06*
*DateTime::Format::Mail version 0.2901*
*Unix::Syslog version 0.100*
*GD::Graph3d version 0.63*
*JavaScript::SpiderMonkey version 0.19*
*Log::Log4perl version 1.07*
*Email::Send version 2.181*
*Text::CSV_XS version 0.23*
*Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Big version 2.01*
*Tie::IxHash version 1.21*
* *
*Checking Jabber connection*
** Jabber successfully connected*
* *
*Checking database connections*
** WARNING: Deprecated password element used for the reporter entry.
Please use pw instead.*
*DBI connect('dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432','postgres',...)
failed: FATAL: password authentication failed for user postgres*
* at ./settings-tester.pl line 216*
** /opensrf/default/reporter/setup :: Unable to connect to database
dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432, user=postgres,
password=postgres*
** /opensrf/default/reporter/setup :: Unable to connect to database
dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432, user=postgres,
password=postgres*
*SCALAR(0x870c2fc)*
*Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at ./settings-tester.pl
line 243, DATA line 29.*
*Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
./settings-tester.pl line 244, DATA line 29.*
*Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
./settings-tester.pl line 245, DATA line 29.*
** ERROR: /opensrf/default/reporter/setup :: Database
dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432 has encoding instead of
UTF8 or UNICODE.*
* * ERROR: Language 'plpgsql' is not enabled in the target database*
* * ERROR: Language 'plperlu' is not enabled in the target database*
* * ERROR: Language 'plperl' is not enabled in the target database*
** /opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.storage/app_settings/databases ::
Successfully connected to database
dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432*
* * Database has the expected server encoding UTF8.*
** /opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.cstore/app_settings :: Successfully
connected to database dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432*
* * Database has the expected server encoding UTF8.*
** /opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.reporter-store/app_settings ::
Successfully connected to database
dbi:Pg:dbname=evergreen;host=localhost;port=5432*
* * Database has the expected server encoding UTF8.*
* *
*Checking database drivers to ensure driver matches language*
** OK: Pg language is undefined for reporter base configuration*
** OK: Pg language is perl in
/opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.storage/language*
** OK: pgsql language is C in /opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.cstore/language
*
** OK: pgsql language is C in
/opensrf/default/apps/open-ils.reporter-store/language*
* *
*Checking libdbi and libdbi-drivers*
*locate: /var/cache/locate/locatedb: No such file or directory*
*Libdbi postgres driver not found*
* *
*Checking hostname*
* * OK: found hostname 'ph-wks-debtest.wrtdesign.com' in hosts section of
opensrf.xml*
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~/Evergreen-ILS-1.2.3.1/Open-ILS/src/support-scripts$*
I'd take a snapshot of the VM, but I use this one as a blank template and am
limited on server space right now.
Thank you in advance for your help.
*Larry G. Wapnitsky*
IT Support Administration Coordinator
*Wallace, Roberts Todd, LLC*
http://www.wrtdesign.com/1700 Market Street
28th Floor
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1700+Market+Street%2C28th+Floor%2CPhiladelphia%2CPA+19103hl=enPhiladelphia,
PA 19103
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*Work:* 215.430.5068
*Fax:* 215.732.2551
*Email:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hackfest space planning?
For next May's Evergreen Conference in Athens, Georgia (see this post: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=168 ) the question has come up (well, from me, actually) about how much space we need and the ideal room arrangements for the day-long hackfest on May 20. Given recent hackfests (Code4Lib, Access, etc.) can I get some input -- space, room arrangements (round tables?), and of course, any technology requirements--good strong wifi? More than that? Comments? -- -- | Karen G. Schneider | Community Librarian | Equinox Software Inc. The Evergreen Experts | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 | E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
