[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics

[Gordana Vitez]

Hi Martha and other interested academic libraries,

When we went up with Evergreen in 2010, we contracted with Alpha G for a daily patron information import program to work between Evergreen and PeopleSoft. Unfortunately, they weren't in a position to make it open source. But I wonder if it's something that many institutions are interested in, that they would be willing to work with the libraries to create a piece based on what they did that would be freely available with Evergreen? We import patron info nightly and it's pretty much seamless. I don't really worry about it and am happy with what it does.

I'm sorry if I'm not describing it well. I'm not overly technical. :-)

Thanks!
Gordana

Gordana Vitez
Library Services & Systems Coordinator
Library & Bookstore Services
Welland Campus
Niagara College
gvitez at niagaracollege.ca
905.735.2211 ext 7404
http://www.niagaracollege.ca/library

-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Martha Driscoll
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:13 AM
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics

Hi Kelly,
Another item to add to the list of issues is support for patron record loading.  We have developed scripts to load new and update on-file records, but a user-friendly interface similar to vandelay would streamline the process.  Some of our college staff would also like to manage record loading themselves.

We load student records frequently.  Some colleges provide one file at the beginning of each semester, but our community colleges provide weekly files for several weeks before and after the start of each semester.  I load 300-400 files each year for the 10 academic institutions in our consortium.

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Martha Driscoll
Systems Manager
North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, Massachusetts
www.noblenet.org

On 7/21/2014 10:11 AM, Kelly Drake 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
>
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