Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] generic training server with predictable data

2010-06-22 Thread Marla Ehlers
Regardless of how this is set up, an always available test server complete with training documents, dummy patrons, sample exercises with results that illustrate features of Evergreen and etc. would have saved me oodles and oodles of time when developing our training program prior to migration.

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs/Staff training/testing

2010-06-16 Thread Marla Ehlers
Grand Rapids Public Library made all of it's training materials available via the Michigan Evergreen wiki when we went live:  http://mlc.lib.mi.us/wiki/index.php/Grand_Rapids_Public_Library_Training_Documents  These are actually more a users manual that we used as written support for formal tra

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** 2010 Evergreen International Conference Budget

2010-05-19 Thread Marla Ehlers
x27;t have done it without all you conference attendees and the overall support of the Evergreen community--thanks again for making Evergreen 2010 such a success! - The 2010 Evergreen International Conference Team: Michele Montague (chair), Elaine Bosch, Marla Ehlers, Kristen Krueger-Corrado, Bill

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** 2010 Conference Survey Results

2010-05-14 Thread Marla Ehlers
tation for next year and though we know we're preaching to the choir, only the Evergreen community will feed and nurture itself . . . Thanks for a great conference everyone, and see you in Austin! Marla Ehlers, on behalf of the 2010 Evergreen International Conference Team mehl...@grpl.org *

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Where conference 2010 presentations now live

2010-04-28 Thread Marla Ehlers
The physical 2010 Evergreen International Conference may be over, but you can continue to bask in it's virtual glow at http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg10 Bill Ott has been busy adding to this page all the presentations that were submitted to the conference planning team for in

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** EG Conf Reg -2 and counting!

2010-04-07 Thread Marla Ehlers
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock . . . Nope, that's not the sound of Captain Hook's reptilian shadow haunting your dreams, but the clock ticking away on your chance to register for this year's best library open source conference, th

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** EG Conf Reg -4 and counting!

2010-04-05 Thread Marla Ehlers
Yes, the Evergreen International Conference Registration Deadline is at -4 and counting. Make sure you make the count by visiting http://www.evergreen2010.org/  Your colleagues, in fact the entire Evergreen community is counting on you coming April 21-23. See you in Grand Rapids! Marla --

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Evergreen International Conference Registration closes April 9!

2010-04-01 Thread Marla Ehlers
And no foolin'! You've had months to sit on the fence, but now's the time to commit to: meeting the top minds in Evergreen's development! continuing the conversation on open source begun at PLA last week! hearing from over 25 experts in the fields of Evergreen and open source! talking

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** a truly international Evergreen Conference

2010-03-29 Thread Marla Ehlers
I know you've all been burning to know just how truly international the Evergreen International Conference (http://www.evergreen2010.org/) on April 21-23 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will be.  I'm can assure you that the name of the conference is not an empty promise. Sure we have plenty of Amer

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Ready to be pampered at the 2010 Evergreen International Conference?

2010-03-17 Thread Marla Ehlers
Because you will be! Though Karen Schneider gave us the mandate to have the 2010 Evergreen International Conference be "a bit crunchy around the edges" when we started planning all those months ago, the conference committee has done it's best both to be crunchy and to pamper conference attende

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Evergreen Conference: Now More Value for your Money!

2010-03-12 Thread Marla Ehlers
Within the last week, the Evergreen Community has been abuzz, requesting more from their conference, and the 2010 Evergreen International Conference Committee is happy to report we're able to make it so! We're expanding hackfest day, Wednesday, April 21, to include four additional roundtable d

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Only 4 days left for Evergreen Conference Early Bird Registration!

2010-02-22 Thread Marla Ehlers
Yes, there's only 4 days left to take advantage of early bird prices for the 2nd Evergreen International Conference!  Hear keynote speakers Bill Ptacek and Eric Lease Morgan!  Meet with Evergreen developers!  Get the inside scoop on King County's million dollar IMLS grant!  Bask in the shared k

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Innovative uses of RFID

2010-01-19 Thread Marla Ehlers
ly seriously thinking about implementing RFID in the next three years and willing to do some out-of-the-box thinking regarding a project we're working on, I'd love to hear from you as well. Thanks! Marla Marla Ehlers wrote: We're building our case for RFID and we're interes

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Innovative uses of RFID

2009-12-28 Thread Marla Ehlers
We're building our case for RFID and we're interested in hearing about innovative uses for it in a library and archives setting that we won't learn about from the standard brochures and library literature. If you've come up with an innovative use (or just any use you don't think others may hav

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Only 5 Days left! Call for Presentations, 2010 Evergreen International Conference

2009-12-10 Thread Marla Ehlers
Yes, there's only 5 days left to get your proposal in and be an Evergreen speaker in Grand Rapids, Michigan--and as an Evergreen speaker, you'll join the ranks of notable library professionals Bill Ptacek and Eric Lease Morgan, the conference keynoters! You are invited to submit a presentation

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Call for Presentations, 2010 Evergreen International Conference

2009-12-02 Thread Marla Ehlers
Don't dilly dally! or shilly shally! Only 13 days left to get your proposal in and be an Evergreen speaker in Grand Rapids, Michigan! You are invited to submit a presentation proposal for the 2nd Evergreen International Conference, to be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 21-23, 2010. This

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Call for Presentations, 2010 Evergreen International Conference

2009-11-18 Thread Marla Ehlers
Be an Evergreen speaker in Grand Rapids, Michigan! You are invited to submit a presentation proposal for the 2nd Evergreen International Conference, to be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 21-23, 2010. This is your opportunity to shape Evergreen and the Evergreen Community by sharing your k