[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers

[Bearly, Sean]

I'm Sean Bearly from Newport Beach Public Library. Our library is
hosting ILS demos for Southern California SirsiDynix Horizon and Dynix
classic customers in light of their recent decision to abandon
development of Horizon. Newport Beach would also like to learn more
about open source ILS products. A few other libraries in the area have
also expressed an interest. How would I go about getting demos of
products that don't have vendors?

Sean Bearly
Newport Beach Public Library
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-717-3820


-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
LaJeunesse, Brad
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:42 PM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers


Hi Frank,

Blair, Frank wrote:
>  Hi Brad,
>  
> I'm Frank Blair, an ILS administrator up in Charlotte, North
> Carolina.  Thanks for asking for questions...
>  
> I'm here because I heard about the project and wondered what kind of
> server cluster you run to support 200+ different library systems 
> throughout the state of Georgia.    I wondered what kind of hardware 
> specs your servers meet, and if it is true that it all runs on debian?
I did a blog entry on the hardware before... let me dig it up... here it
is:

http://open-ils.org/blog/?p=56

Yes, all of our production machines are Debian.

>  
> Also, if a library system was going to create a position to contribute

> to an open ILS, what would the job description look like...or if 
> several libraries were going to contribute code as 'part' of a staff 
> member's duties, what skills would be most desired.
I'll leave this question for one of the developers.

--Brad

>  
>  
> Thanks
> Frank
>  
>  
>
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>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:44:44 -0500
> > From: bradl at georgialibraries.org
> > To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > You know, there are 226 subscribers to this list. That's really 
> amazing.
> > So, anyone care to break the ice and introduce themselves? It's
awfully
> > quiet in here. I'm sure someone has something more interesting to
say
> > than I do. :)
> >
> > Well, ok, fine, twist my arm... I'll go first and introduce myself.
I'm
> > Brad LaJeunesse, one of the instigators behind the Evergreen project
> > here at the Georgia Public Library Service. I'm not a software
> > developer, but rather a systems administrator type, and I am
primarily
> > responsible for the servers that support the PINES consortium's
> > installation of Evergreen. I'm also a degree-toting professional 
> librarian.
> >
> > In addition to my sys-admin duties, I also act as a project manager
for
> > the Evergreen software development project, yet I will readily admit
> > that kind of work is not exactly my forte. There's just some sort of
> > similarity between being a 'project manager' and a 'cruise
coordinator'
> > that I just can't get my head around. (Trust me, you never want to 
> be on
> > a cruise that I've coordinated.) Thankfully I have a great team to
work
> > with.
> >
> > So, with my introduction out of the way, why are we all here? Well,
ok,
> > you're all here because you've heard of Evergreen, are interested in
> > Evergreen, something like that... or you're just in the wrong place.
:)
> > I'm here because this was my crazy idea, so I'm stuck. But the rest
of
> > you-- what do you want to talk about? What questions do you have?
What
> > do you want to see on this mailing list?
> >
> > If you wish to remain anonymous and send questions/comments directly
to
> > me, I'd be happy to post them back to this list for you.
> >
> > Look forward to hearing from ya'll. If no one speaks up, I'll be
forced
> > to resort to more devious measures, such as singing karaoke.
> >
> > --Brad
> >
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