[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Subject: identifying all existing documentation

[Tara Robertson]

Really good point Bill. I'll add it to the Documentation Interest Group page
(http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:dig).

Thanks to folks who have sent your documentation that's not on the web. If
you've got stuff please let us know about it!

Cheers,
Tara

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Bill Hudson
<bhudson at lancasterlibraries.org>wrote:

> >Good quality documentation saves users time; makes it easier for new users
> to install, understand, and use Evergreen; and minimizes duplication of
> effort.
>
> And it makes Evergreen more appealing as a viable choice for a larger
> number of libraries. When we evaluate software/hardware internally, the
> quality of the documentation gets a fair amount of attention, whether the
> product is open source or not. Poor documentation can dramatically reduce
> the usability/value of complex systems and that impedes adoption rates. Good
> documentation will help alleviate "some" of the fear inherent in going open
> source. Without it, Evergreen will remain the choice of the bravest, the
> geekiest and/or OS fanboys (and girls :-) And while we all like living in
> the land of the brave, the geek and the fanboy, the faster Evergreen becomes
> mentioned in the same sentence as III and SirsiDynix, the better for us AND
> our patrons (read taxpayer).
> BH
>
>
>
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