[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics

[Kelly Drake]

Thanks everyone for the encouraging response!

Yamil, the wiki page is a great idea, we can start building out our list
there.

Kelly


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu> wrote:

> Kelly,
>
> I really like this initial list of areas to consider working together
> on, and count Berklee in on this group.
>
> I just created a draft wiki page to organize the group's ideas. I just
> added a couple of sample sections for now. Anyone can feel free to
> make edits to the page. I can be contacted directly if you (or anyone)
> would like an account to make edits to this or other EG community wiki
> pages.
>
> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics
>
> Thanks Kelly,
> Yamil
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Drake <kelly at flo.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Evergreen Community,
> >
> >
> > For the past year, Fenway Libraries Online (FLO), a consortium of 10
> > academic libraries in Boston, has been considering a migration to
> Evergreen.
> > Many members of the Evergreen community met and spoke with members of FLO
> > during this year’s annual conference in Boston. Thank you for your time,
> > patience and information. All your comments and suggestions convinced us
> to
> > continue pursuing a migration to Evergreen.
> >
> >
> > Our investigation also suggested that it would be helpful to build an
> > academic interest group within the larger Evergreen community.  This
> group
> > would be focused solely on academic issues as they relate to the ILS.
> > Several existing Evergreen libraries and consortia have already expressed
> > interest in the group and we have tentatively called it "Academics for
> > Evergreen".
> >
> >
> > To be most effective, Academics for Evergreen would be composed of any
> > individuals or institutions that have an interest in enhancing the
> > academic-related functions of Evergreen. Once formed, the group will
> > identify the academic-related functions that most need attention and
> work to
> > build knowledge, consensus, and resources to move moving these issues
> > forward.  So far we have identified a few of the possible issues, such as
> > streamlined creation and management of authority records, enhanced search
> > and browse by authority, support for multiple subject heading schema,
> > improved staff workflows and possible improvements to course reserves
> > integration. This list is by no means exhaustive and needs the
> participation
> > of the Evergreen community to improve and refine it.
> >
> >
> > Please respond and let us know if you are interested, have suggestions
> for
> > moving these issues forward, or if you have any questions.
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> > Kelly Drake
> > Systems Librarian
> > Fenway Libraries Online
> > Boston, MA 02115
> > 617-442-2384
> >
> > Conference calls:
> >       Boston: 617-989-5050
> >       Toll-free: 877-532-8229
> >       Conference ID: 933794
> > Web conferencing:
> >        https://join.me/flomeeting
> >
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Yamil Suarez, MCS
> Library System Administrator/Developer
>
> Stan Getz Library
> Berklee College of Music
> 1140 Boylston St
> Boston, MA 02215
>
> ysuarez at berklee.edu
> 617-747-2617
>
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