[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen web page for paid support vendors
swills at beyond-print.com
swills at beyond-print.com
Tue Sep 3 11:50:12 EDT 2013
Thanks Kathy,
For the record, Beyond Print, Inc. currently supports the Maine Balsam Library
Consortium in all aspects of Evergreen-ILS from installation to customization,
as well as migration of data and on boarding of new libraries from various
legacy systems.
Steve Wills, swills at beyond-print.com
www1.beyond-print.com
On August 15, 2013 at 8:07 AM Ruth Frasur <director at hagerstownlibrary.org>
wrote:
> I like that this is short, sweet, and not to overly cumbersome with
> requirements.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org
> <mailto:klussier at masslnc.org> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> >
> > I've posted a draft policy for the community vendor listing page at
> > http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_companies:listing_policy
> > <http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_companies:listing_policy>
> > . The Evergreen Oversight Board will be discussing it at their meeting
> > tomorrow, but I wanted to share it on the general list for wider community
> > feedback.
> >
> > The policy is very similar to the one used in the Koha community since
> > there was broad support for the areas that were covered by the Koha
> > guidelines.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> > Kathy Lussier
> > Project Coordinator
> > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> > (508) 343-0128 <tel:%28508%29%20343-0128>
> > klussier at masslnc.org <mailto:klussier at masslnc.org>
> > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> > <http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier>
> > On 7/17/2013 2:58 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich wrote:
> > > > > Hello.
> > >
> > > I think that any official Evergreen community vendor listing page
> > > should be treated purely as a directory page and not anything else, with
> > > all applicable disclaimers clearly spelled out. I think that services
> > > providers who want to get listed should be required to have some level of
> > > description or at least mention Evergreen on their website. Koha's "How to
> > > get listed" page seems to be well though out.
> > >
> > > Aleksey
> > >
> > > On 2013-07-17, at 12:32 , June Caola-Stokoe < jstokoe at cwmars.org
> > > <mailto:jstokoe at cwmars.org> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > > This IS a great discussion. My thoughts veer in the
> > > > > > > direction of Open Source philosophy and how such a
> > > > > > > directory helps/hinders its' advocacy. In the interest of
> > > > > > > efficiency, it seems to make sense to have a place for
> > > > > > > organizations to express their dis/satisfaction with
> > > > > > > various enterprises or simply observe strengths and
> > > > > > > weaknesses.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> > > > <mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org> [mailto:
> > > > open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> > > > <mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org> ] On Behalf
> > > > Of Mike Rylander
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:36 PM
> > > > To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> > > > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen web page for paid
> > > > support vendors
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Kathy Lussier <
> > > > klussier at masslnc.org <mailto:klussier at masslnc.org> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > > > > > > Defining Evergreen services: I'm open to not defining
> > > > > > > > > what an
> > > > > Evergreen service is and to see how it goes. My personal
> > > > > preference is
> > > > > that Evergreen support providers not be confused with
> > > > > third-party
> > > > > services that integrate with Evergreen, even if that
> > > > > third-party
> > > > > vendor needed to learn a lot of the code to get their service
> > > > > to work
> > > > > with Evergreen. Using Rogan's example, I don't think people
> > > > > come to
> > > > > this page looking for blue tooth scanners, so those vendors
> > > > > shouldn't be listed on this page.
> > > > > > > > > Just to clarify, Iwas specifically /not/ talking about
> > > > > > > > > the bluetooth scanner-type example, about which I agree
> > > > > > > > > 100%. If the consensus is that actively involved 3rd
> > > > > > > > > party vendors should be separated from direct Evergreen
> > > > > > > > > service providers, that's fine, but I just want to be
> > > > > > > > > clear about the sort of provider I was referring to.
> > > >
> > > > Were I looking at Random OSS Project X's web site, I'd prefer to
> > > > have one "folks I can pay (after vetting) to get stuff done" page, which
> > > > seems to be how ours is used. I'd include 3rd party products from
> > > > vendors with "skin in the game" in that set.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mike Rylander
> > > > | Director of Research and Development
> > > > | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source |
> > > > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: miker at esilibrary.com
> > > > <mailto:miker at esilibrary.com> | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
> > > > <http://www.esilibrary.com>
> > > > > > > Aleksey Lazar
> > > IS Developer and Integrator - PALS
> > > http://www.mnpals.org/ <http://www.mnpals.org/>
> > > > > >
>
>
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