[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics

[Dale McClure]

Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island is interested
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:11 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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Dale
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