[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Volcanic trouble

[Lori Ayre]

<shaking fist>  Damn you, Eyjafjallajökull!  As a US attendee, I'm very sad
to hear that we will have no Europeans. I'm sure I'm not the only one very
disappointed.

Lori Ayre

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Afelonne Doek <ado at iisg.nl> wrote:

>  Hi everybody,
>
>
>
> Here we are, behind our desks at the International Institute of Social
> History, instead of being up in the air on our way to Grand Rapids…
>
> As you may have heard, there  has been an eruption of the
> Eyjafjallajökull-volcano in Iceland, causing ash clouds over the North
> Atlantic. These clouds are resulting in the closure of all European airports
> and the cancellation of thousands of flights worldwide since last Thursday
> April 14th. Our flight has also been cancelled and the first available
> flights are expected on Friday, so there is no way we can attend.
>
> Therefore no Evergreen conference for the Dutch! For consolation we have
> already eaten all the stroopwafels, drop and Wilhelmina peppermints we
> bought to share with you at the conference.
>
>
>
> We are really sorry to miss all the interesting talks, workshops and
> opportunities to meet the Evergreen community and are hoping that we can get
> as much information as possible that is going to be shared and presented at
> the conference.
>
> Besides meeting the developers and other Evergreen users we were looking
> forward to attend a lot of sessions.
>
> We would really appreciate it if presentation slides or other material
> could be send to us, and maybe if presentations are being taped we can see
> that online.
>
> Written down below are sessions we were and are still especially interested
> in:
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>
>
> -       Authority roundtable (Hackfest: Shea Tetteron)
>
> -       Slinging Data: Data loading and Cleanup in Evergreen (Galen
> Charlton)
>
> -       So can I change the code? (Kate Sheehan)
>
> -       Evergreen Acquisitions Roundup (Bill Erickson)
>
> -       The lifecycle of an OSRF Request (Scott McKellar)
>
> -       Getting there from here (Cheryl Gould)
>
> -       My brain ‘urts! Or Evergreen SQL 101 (Mike Rylander)
>
> -       Migration and Training: Preparing your Data and your staff for
> Transition to Evergreen (Sally Fortin and Shea Tetteron)
>
> -       Managing Serials with Evergreen (Steven Putt and Daniel Wells)
>
> -       Each One Train One (Jennifer Bielewski and Jenny Liberatore)
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> Not being able to attend the conference faces us with the challenge how to
> continue our work on Evergreen.
>
> Of course we still intend to put resources and work into enhancements
> (Authorities, Record id, Serials…) and having Evergreen as our new library
> system up and running by the end of 2010.
>
> Right now we are discussing the possible other options to meet EG
> developers. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Afelonne, Marjolein and Ole
>
> International Institute of Social History
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> ..........................................................................
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>
> Afelonne Doek
>
> *Senior Information Analist*
>
> International Institute of Social History**
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>
>
> Postbus 2169, 1000 CD Amsterdam
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> Visiting address: Cruquiusweg 31, 1019 AT Amsterdam
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> * *
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> Tel: +31 20 66 858 66
>
> ado at iisg.nl
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> www.iisg.nl
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