[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen Community Survey

[Ben Shum]

That does help to answer my questions. Thanks Rogan and Kathy!

Look forward to reading the report.

-- Ben

Sent from my Nexus 6
On Apr 1, 2016 1:29 PM, "Rogan Hamby" <rhamby at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> We talked about this a little in IRC but I'll go over some of the same
> stuff if you don't mind, for the sake of anyone reading along.  :)
>
> You're correct in that the community survey at this point doesn't cover
> the entire community.  It excludes independent developers (like Ken Cox
> working on the android app), support companies (like ESI) and other types
> of entities I'm surely forgetting.  However, it's also our first year.
>
> There was a deliberate intention in it's design to stay as simple as
> possible.  While the community is more than the libraries using Evergreen I
> don't think it's unfair to say that Evergreen is literally here for them.
> In future years we do want to expand the survey both in breadth and depth.
> Right now I can't say what those future versions will look like but nothing
> so far as been without intent or thought for the future.
>
> We want to learn from this one and we want to get it off the ground.  It
> will be the first of an annual survey.  When that time comes for the second
> annual survey a challenge will be in trying to keep it concise and direct
> enough to encourage as many respondents as we can.  We hope we erred on the
> side of ease of access this year for libraries responding to it.
>
> This isn't to say that we won't include other sources of data in our final
> products.  Git will give us a great deal of information about development.
> We will look at our wonderful documentation community.  We will cast our
> eyes everywhere we think to.  I have folders of content that Kathy has been
> gathering in that vein to look at when I have some time.  (probably this
> weekend)
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Ben Shum <ben at evergreener.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rogan,
>>
>> I'm curious what the Evergreen Outreach Committee has discussed
>> regarding how this data is to be used.  Given that the linked survey
>> appears to be very user focused at the moment, i.e. most if not all
>> the questions are geared with the mindset that it applies to library
>> institutions or groups who use Evergreen.  But what about the rest of
>> the community?
>>
>> I wonder if it would be helpful to clarify the intent of this survey
>> as targeting the Evergreen Community's users?  And whether there would
>> be separate surveys or approaches used similarly to gauge (and maybe
>> identify) other aspects of our community.  Off the top of my head, I
>> would like to see representation in any final picture of our community
>> to include also developers, individuals and companies alike, along
>> with the various support organizations that participate in Evergreen's
>> deployment and ongoing maintenance.  Documentation, translation, etc.?
>>
>> Just what I was thinking.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Rogan Hamby <rhamby at esilibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>> > The Evergreen Outreach Committee is asking anyone who can to respond to
>> the
>> > first annual community survey.  If you are a member of a consortium we
>> only
>> > need one response for the entire consortium.
>> >
>> > The information is for an annual report that we will present at the
>> > conference each year.  Additionally, the information will help us have a
>> > better image of the community as a whole.  We will also use it to create
>> > materials aimed at creating an accurate picture of our community.
>> >
>> > We have kept the survey short and simple and should only take a few
>> moments.
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > The survey can be accessed here:
>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5MZWBYY
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst
>> > Equinox - Open Your Library
>> > rogan at esilibrary.com
>> > 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst
> Equinox - Open Your Library
> rogan at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com
>
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