[Evergreen-web-team] Some content thoughts about the Evergreen site

jim at chicagotech.org jim at chicagotech.org
Thu Jun 2 15:05:05 EDT 2011 

Hi Bob!

I'll echo Lori's thanks for your message; great stuff!

I went ahead and added an "LIS User" role to our list of user personas, and I added a high-level content 
page aimed at LIS users to our web plan's content requirement list.  You can see the user stories here:

http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:user_stories:2011

Thanks again!
Jim

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
>  To: Evergreen Community Web Team Email List <evergreen-web-team at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>  Subject: Re: [Evergreen-web-team] Some content thoughts about the Evergreen site
>  Sent: 02 Jun '11 11:24
>  
>  Bob,
>  
>  
>  Thanks so much for the thoughtful message.  I agree with you about the
>  need for a LIS Teacher and Student persona and the overlap with Potentials.
>   
>  
>  
>  As I read the part of your blog posts, it made me wonder if you'd be
>  willing to be a content provider for the website. Either posting in both
>  places or posting on the [LINK: http://evergreen-ils.org] evergreen-ils.org
>  site instead.  I think one of the things we are going to have a hard time
>  with is finding people to develop and maintain the various sections we are
>  feel are needed....
>  
>  
>  Lori
>  
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>  On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Bb Molyneux <[LINK:
>  mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>  Hello Web Team,
>  
>  I have some observations: one about the LIS world and some comments on the
>  Website content.
>  
>  One is that I would like to suggest that two User Groups be added to the .
>  I don't know your conventions but I think something for LIS students
>  and LIS teachers. I have several reasons for suggesting this.
>  1. There are a few LIS teachers who attempt to include open source ILSs in
>  their classes. I think this is a good thing for them to be doing and would
>  that more would. Right now, I probably get most of the calls from the few
>  students working on Evergreen. I take them because I have taught in three
>  library schools and I think it important to help the next generation. It
>  will also encourage the spread of Evergreen and open source software if
>  students are familiar with both and the thinking behind open source
>  development and its value in the library world.
>  
>  2. What I can do is limited with those students now is limited. Koha with
>  Class offers a way for students to use Koha and mess with it to learn
>  functionality. Now we have documents I refer to. I would argue for an
>  equivalent Evergreen with Class. Dan Scott and I have talked about this
>  many times and it just hasn't been a priority. I see you envision a
>  sandbox. Bravo.  Maybe we can replicate them for classes. Professor Xs
>  class gets one for a semester, Professor Ys gets another.
>  
>  3. There also should be content suitable for teachers to use and assign
>  for their students. I don't think this need be a separate category of
>  content because to my mind this would largely overlap with Potentials who
>  would be investigating Evergreen. An intro page for teachers/students with
>  discussions of what is on the Evergreen Website, what its context is,
>  suitable links to sources of information, and how to set up your
>  class's sandbox.
>  
>  4. However, there will be a few students who will be interested in the
>  underlying technology and I think that the materials for Admin and
>  Developers could largely accommodate this kind of user. Things like server
>  configurations for Admin types, say, would be good I would think.
>  
>  5. Choosing an ILS. What are the criteria your library should use? We are
>  *always* getting the cost question and, frankly, it is unanswerable.
>  However, if we could constrain the choices, we might be able to do
>  something. There are a few sites where this has been discussed so links to
>  those sources, too.
>  
>  I think that perhaps a page with appropriate title for teachers and
>  students to land that has introductory material and then provides links to
>  the relevant material on the Evergreen sites would create something useful
>  and not provide too much that has to be updated constantly.
>  
>  --
>  About the Potentials and folks who are investigating Evergreen. I have
>  done a fair number of blog posts directed specifically at this kind of user
>  and students. Largely, I think this comes from having talked to individuals
>  at conferences and such and given talks to groups who are just getting
>  their sea legs with this here open source thingie. If I get a question a
>  couple of times, there is a good chance that I will do a blog post on it.
>  And I have been very concerned about folks in these groups coming to the
>  Evergreen site and not knowing which way was up. The Web site has grown by
>  accretion because everyone was busy. I am so glad you are here because it
>  needs the systematic look you are giving it. And I love the Evergreen 101
>  idea. It is needed.
>  
>  --
>  One other type of thing is pulling together variations on the same theme.
>  An example near to my heart:
>  [LINK:
>  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary]
>  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary
>  
>  The provenance of this document is that it is something I wrote in 2008
>  and Karen put it on the wiki with some additions and emendations. It is out
>  of date. Here is the current version:
>  [LINK:
>  http://blog.esilibrary.com/an-open-source-ils-glossary-html-format-v-2/]
>  http://blog.esilibrary.com/an-open-source-ils-glossary-html-format-v-2/
>  
>  Everything I have done is Creative Commons Share Alike. I think taking out
>  the Koha specific language of the current glossary and combining the two on
>  the wiki would be a step forward and reduce complexity for updating and
>  confusion for all users.
>  
>  IMHO,
>  
>  Bob
>  
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