[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Interest in Consortium Leaders Meeting at the Evergreen Conference?

[Tyckoson, Mary Ellen]

I can’t contribute at this point since we’ll just be mid-RFP (and in the Evergreen world we’re probably only mid-sized) but I would be interested in attending.

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Mary Ellen Tyckoson
Library Program Manager
San Joaquin Valley Library System
2420 Mariposa St, Fresno, CA 93721
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From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Grace Dunbar
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:35 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Interest in Consortium Leaders Meeting at the Evergreen Conference?

Good morning,

The conference team received some inquiries this year regarding what could be done to make the conference more relevant for leaders of large consortiums .  Several of us discussed how we could facilitate some discussions without creating a completely insular standalone track of programing.

With some last minute magic from Beth Longwell, we think we can fit in "director's breakfast sessions" on Thursday and Friday mornings.  We envision these would be open roundtable sessions that would be focused on the issues primarily facing large consortiums using Evergreen.

Some ideas for topics to cover each morning would be:
attracting new libraries/retaining membership; ongoing training; managing upgrades and expectations; budgeting for IT and development; how to talk about open source to the people who control your budget, etc.

In order to ensure we have satisfactory space, please indicate your interest by replying to this email or emailing me directly.

Thanks!
Grace

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