[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposed change in Vendor Listing Policy

[Rogan Hamby]

P.S.  Autocorrect apparently doesn't like the word 'listing.'

Blame Steve Jobs :)

Excuse my brevity, sent from my iPhone 

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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
York County Library System

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 
― C.S. Lewis


> On Sep 8, 2014, at 9:23 PM, "W. Brad LaJeunesse" <brad at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> 
> Speaking as one of the vendors, I don't see a link back requirement as a burden, but rather it seems a simple reciprocal gesture. It seems totally reasonable to me. It's not like you're asking us to cut down the largest tree in the forest with a herring. [1]
> 
> I couldn't remember, so I just took a look at our website, and while we don't have a link back from any of our "services" pages, we do have a link back from our dedicated Evergreen page. We support multiple open source products, and our services are at least very similar across all of them, so we created a page for each open source community (that don't mention our services, actually) and link back to each community website from there.
> 
> So, there are some changes required on our website in order to fully comply with this proposal (as I read it, at least), but we're fine with that.
> 
> Thanks for asking for input.
> 
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DopGxUAoAY
> 
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> W. Brad LaJeunesse
> | President
> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
> | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> | email: brad at esilibrary.com
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>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> This has been a great discussion so far!
>> 
>> In addition to hearing from the general user community, I'm also interested in hearing from the vendors who are part of our community. Please let us know what you think because I think we ultimately want to strike a balance between providing useful information to our users while also not imposing an undue burden on our vendor community.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Kathy
>> Kathy Lussier
>> Project Coordinator
>> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
>> (508) 343-0128
>> klussier at masslnc.org
>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>> #evergreen IRC: kmlussier
>>> On 9/8/2014 1:28 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
>>> No, I thank you for bringing up those points and I think you're right we do seem to have a slightly differently view of the intent and so these discussions are good to have.  I hope we will hear from more folks!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>>>> Thanks again, Rogan, for the continued discussion on this.  I'm glad we're able to air our respective opinions.
>>>> 
>>>> > There was some discussion during the meeting about it being suggested
>>>> > versus required. To me those elements that make it more user
>>>> > friendly should be required or we start diluting the purpose.
>>>> 
>>>> Ah, here is where I think we're disagreeing.  From my perspective, the purpose of the vendor page is to provide a simple directory that gives our project's end users pointers toward potential vendors for support.  What happens after the user sees these listings is beyond the scope of that purpose, as I see things.  I think our responsibility from the Evergreen community side ends at making sure to the best             of our ability that the listings *on the page itself* are up-to-date and accurate.  I see a clear dividing line between that responsibility and the responsibility of the vendors to keep their web pages up to date.  I'm not generally for laissez faire policies, but in this case, it seems that vendors will do what's best to communicate their services to users without us needing to add requirements to do so.
>>>> 
>>>> Having said that, I'm satisfied that I've been heard and I'll be quiet now and let community consensus decide whether or not this requirement becomes part of our vendor listing policy.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for hearing me out,
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Sharp
>>>> PINES System Administrator
>>>> Georgia Public Library Service
>>>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>>>> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
>>>> (404) 235-7147
>>>> csharp at georgialibraries.org
>>>> http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
>>> York County Library System
>>> 
>>> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 
>>> ― C.S. Lewis
> 
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