[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Your assistance needed: review the reorganized documentation

Jane Sandberg sandbej at linnbenton.edu
Thu Sep 14 23:33:49 EDT 2017


Very good suggestion, Remington.  I went ahead and added the "Using
the Public Access Catalog" chapter to all the manuals you mentioned.
Keep the great suggestions coming!

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Terran McCanna
<tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
> +1 to Remington's suggestion
>
> (And I've said it before, but I'll say again that I really like the
> direction these changes are going!)
>
> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> 404-235-7138
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Remington Steed <rjs7 at calvin.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Jane,
>>
>> Thanks for your work on this!  I added some suggestions to the clean-up
>> wiki page and wanted to explain briefly, in case others have a better idea.
>> I would want these new "books" to include everything that a user needs to
>> perform the stated role in Evergreen.  For example, the chapter "Using the
>> Public Access Catalog" should be included in each book so that staff in any
>> role can quickly get their search questions answered without having to open
>> the "Public Catalog" book.  Another example might be viewing report output
>> (if a section is created for that), since users of all types might need to
>> do that.
>>
>> Thoughts anyone?
>>
>> Remington
>>
>> --
>> Remington Steed
>> Electronic Resources Specialist
>> Hekman Library, Calvin College
>> http://library.calvin.edu/
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION
>> [mailto:open-ils-documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
>> Of Jane Sandberg
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:59 AM
>> To: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software
>> <OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION at list.georgialibraries.org>
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Your assistance needed: review the
>> reorganized documentation
>>
>> Dear Documentation enthusiasts,
>>
>> We are one step closer to re-arranging our official documentation into
>> several manuals that better meet the needs of specific audiences
>> within our community.  The most current version of these manuals can
>> be found under "Master" at http://docs-testing.evergreen-ils.org/
>>
>> At this point, we need your help reviewing the reorganized manuals.
>> Whether you are just starting with Evergreen or you are already a
>> power user, please find a chapter, section, or entire manual that
>> interests you and add your feedback to this wiki page:
>> https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:reorg:clean_up
>>
>> The following feedback would be very helpful:
>>
>> * what's missing from the manual you reviewed
>> * what doesn't fit in that particular manual
>> * problems with the manual's structure, flow, etc.
>> * points of confusion, typos, out-of-date material, etc.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions!  If you don't have an
>> account on the wiki, send me an email and I can get you set up. :-)
>>
>> Thanks for engaging in this important work!
>>
>>    -Jane
>>
>> --
>> Jane Sandberg
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> Linn-Benton Community College
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