[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] a flurry of newbie questions

[Ben Shum]

Hi Tom,

Welcome and cheers to your new installation!  This mailing list can be
a great place to ask questions, so do not worry about asking them.
Though, I will caveat that by saying we may not always have the answer
to your question and as a project of volunteers it can take a little
time too (especially on weekends) ;)

Re: 1) edit default landing page -- presuming you mean the main
catalog itself, there is some general documentation available in the
official Evergreen docs.  I'll point you to a link like
http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.10/_designing_your_catalog.html ,
there are probably other pages that may prove useful too.

I'll leave the ISBN/MARC/migration-like questions for some other folks
to attempt answering if they can.  Your questions sound like you're
trying to jumpstart your collection into Evergreen data doesn't sound
unreasonable in theory, but I don't have as much practical experience
on those approaches.  Getting a good source for "quality" MARC data
can be interesting, depending on how your catalogers feel about it...

As far as community interaction goes, the mailing list is definitely
the most visible communication method we have other than IRC.  Social
media is used sometimes for dispensing project announcements, but I do
not know how often the community uses it for actual interactions.

Hope this helps a little,

-- Ben

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:49 PM, tom <scrawler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have successfully installed evergreen 2.10.1  and the staff client on a
> box I set up for the purpose. Now that I've achieved this particular
> success, I have  a gazillion random, stupid, off-topic,  and potentially
> rtfm-worthy questions about evergreen and library management. I hope I don't
> become unbearably annoying.
>
> First, I'd like to edit the default landing page to change colors, logos,
> etc. Are there guidelines? I shouldn't have any problems with html or css,
> but I was wondering if it was documented somewhere.
>
> This may be wishful thinking, but can I add titles using nothing but a list
> of isbns? I would love to generate shelf-ready spine and barcode labels
> based on such a list. I've investigated marc records and the application
> "marcedit", but gads, it's alot to process, and I was hoping evergreen could
> help.
>
> How about patron and title import from follette-destiny?
>
> I'd like to put every existing book in my library's inventory into a list by
> hand--title, author, description, and whatever else--and then get that list
> into evergreen. Many books are old enough that there is no isbn barcode to
> scan for the info.
>
> That's enough for now. Are there places other than this list and irc for
> community interaction? I'm following evergreen on google plus, but I
> couldn't find much else. I don't do facebook or twitter.
>
> Thanks, and thanks for your patience.