[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Monthly welcome message to open-ils* readers

[Robert Soulliere]

I wonder if it would be good to add a discussion list dedicated to lower
level installation/configuration issues which might be too technical for
the general list but not technical/sophisticated enough for the heavy
duty developer group who are working on groundbreaking research and
development? In other words, it would be a group for amateurs like me to
discuss installation issues without taking away from the critical
discussions going on regarding the long-term development of the open ILS
system. It would also make the group archives easier to search to find
if technical issues have been resolved by others. 

Robert      


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen G. Schneider" <kgs at esilibrary.com>
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:20 am
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Monthly welcome message to open-ils* readers
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org

> Hi, I'm Karen, Community Librarian for Equinox Software Inc., the 
> supportand development company for Evergreen open-source library 
> software. This
> is a monthly reminder about Evergreen's discussion lists--what they 
> are,who they are for, and a little administrivia (list archives, 
> signing off
> and on, etc.)
> 
> ** What lists are available and what are they for?
> 
> See: http://open-ils.org/listserv.php
> 
> * open-ils-general is for questions, comments, feature requests and
> discussions, community announcements, events, and other issues of a
> general nature (hence the name?). If you aren't sure where to start,
> open-ils-general is a good list to begin with. If you are new to
> open-ils-general, or haven't posted in a while, why not share a little
> about your interest in Evergreen?
> 
> * open-ils-dev is a more technically-oriented list for developers 
> workingwith Evergreen code (or thinking of working with it, curious 
> about it,
> etc.).
> 
> * open-ils-documentation is a list for people writing or revising
> Evergreen documentation (end-user, technical, training, etc.).
> 
> * open-ils-commits provides real-time, technically-oriented 
> announcementsof the most recent "commits" (that is, the permanent 
> changes to Evergreen
> software). Note: all significant changes to Evergreen are 
> summarized on
> our roadmap and posted to the Evergreen blog and discussion lists.
> 
> ** Why are these lists named "open-ils" and not "Evergreen"?
> 
> Open-ILS was the original name for Evergreen software.
> 
> ** I?d like to see another Evergreen list.
> 
> Propose one on the lists!
> 
> ** Which list do I use for suggesting new Evergreen features?
> 
> Please post feature requests to open-ils-general so we can all see and
> discuss them. If the Evergreen community approves a feature, it is 
> thenmoved to a list maintained by the core developers so it can 
> enter the
> Evergreen production pipeline. Approved features will also appear 
> on the
> Evergreen roadmap, http://open-ils.org/roadmap.php
> 
> ** How do I change my subscription options?
> 
> To sign off, suspend, or change your list options from separate 
> messagesto digest, see the mailing list pages, at http://open-
> ils.org/listserv.php
> ** How can I read the list archives?
> 
> See http://open-ils.org/listserv.php . Each list has a URL linked 
> underits description. Those URLs lead to list archives (as well as to
> subscription options).
> 
> ** Who?s using Evergreen?
> 
> Evergreen is currently in use (and was first put into production in
> September, 2006) by Georgia Library PINES, a consortium of over 270 
> publiclibraries. British Columbia has a growing Evergreen-powered 
> 18-library
> consortium named SITKA, with seven libraries already in production. 
> TheRobertson Library at the University of Prince Edward Island is 
> the first
> academic library to use Evergreen in production. Kent County (Md.) 
> PublicLibrary is also running Evergreen in production and has 
> become the first
> public library in Maryland to use an open source automation system.
> Marshall (Mo.) Public Library will be the first single-site hosted
> Evergreen library when it migrates to Evergreen in 2008.
> 
> Laurentian University is also committed to Evergreen and is 
> collaboratingwith GPLS, British Columbia, McMaster University, and 
> the University of
> Windsor on an Acquisitions/Serials module. The Michigan Library 
> Consortiumand Grand Rapids Public Library are working together to 
> develop a shared
> library system using Evergreen. And now the Indiana State Library 
> and the
> Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library (Zionsville) have announced 
> theIndiana Open Source ILS Initiative, which will use Evergreen. 
> The King
> County Library System has also put out an RFP for Evergreen 
> development,implementation, and support.
> 
> ** How can I find out more about Evergreen?
> 
> Subscribe to one of these mailing lists, see our project website
> (http://open-ils.org ), stop by the Freenode IRC network for real-time
> chat on channel #OpenILS-Evergreen, openils-evergreen (its history is
> logged ), or email our core developers at feedback at open-ils.org
> 
> ** What?s your favorite Evergreen feature?
> 
> Bookbags. Can?t get enough of them!
> 
> Thanks for reading this far... remember, these are your lists; use 
> them in
> good health!
> 
> -- 
> | 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: kgs at esilibrary.com
> | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com
> 
> 
> 
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