[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics

[Kelly Drake]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the welcome! Looks like this will be fun.

I've added you list to the page:

http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics&#interested_libraries


Kelly



On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Yeah Kelly!
>
> It will be great to have more academic libraries using Evergreen.
>
> Just off the top of my head, here are some areas that I would like to see
> refined by academics.
>
> Acquisitions: Order Types.
> Types like firm orders, periodical renewals, standing orders for
> monographic series, blanket orders, multi-part monographs
>
> Acquisitions: EDI periodical renewals.
> We would really like to see electronic invoicing and ordering work for our
> EBSCO subscriptions.
>
> PAC: Academic flavor.
> It might be nice to offer a different look to the PAC that defaults to a
> fuller bibliographic description.
>
> PAC: Federated searching
> I would love to not have to spend many thousands of dollars annually, for
> EBSCO Discover.
>
> Cataloging: Volumes
> The way that volume numbering is treated in Evergreen needs to be
> revisited in the light of publications that have Fascicles/Volumes/Parts
> that need to be reflected on a single call number.
>
> Reports:
> Out of the box reports that deal with the specific kinds of statistics
> required by Accrediting Agencies.
>
> Welcome Aboard!
>
> Don
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>
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