[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] IRC Discussions on Evergreen search

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

If you'll be joining us for our search discussion in about 30 minutes 
and are unfamiliar with IRC, I want to send along a reminder that Yamil 
Suarez is in the #evergreen channel right now to help any newcomers 
become familiar with IRC.

You can join us at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=evergreen

Thanks!
Kathy

On 03/08/2016 09:44 AM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Our first discussion starts at in about 15 minutes in the #evergreen 
> IRC channel.
>
> For those who will be participating, I have written up some ground 
> rules for the discussion that are available at 
> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=scratchpad:search:focus_groups.
>
> Please take a little bit of time to read them over before we begin.
>
> Thanks!
> Kathy
>
> On 03/07/2016 02:01 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If you are participating in the search discussions, but aren't 
>> entirely comfortable with IRC, Yamil Suarez will be hosting IRC 
>> practice times in the #evergreen IRC channel in the half-hour 
>> preceding the March 8, March 11, and March 16 discussions. If you 
>> want to spend a little time practicing IRC before the discussions, 
>> feel free to join us early. The easiest way to join the session is 
>> through the the Evergreen IRC web gateway at 
>> http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=evergreen.
>>
>> Also, I'm sending along a reminder to let us know which discussion 
>> you will be joining by signing up at 
>> http://doodle.com/poll/62g2nmkszddx4iee . We have lots of space in 
>> next week's session on March 15 and 16.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Kathy
>>
>> On 03/03/2016 09:43 AM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Apologies for the delay in getting this out. We had 19 people who 
>>> participated in the poll, and it was much more difficult to find 
>>> chat times that would work for everyone than I thought it would be. 
>>> It looks like we can accommodate everyone's schedule if we schedule 
>>> two chats next week and two chats the following week.
>>>
>>> The dates will be:
>>>
>>> Tuesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. Eastern, 7 a.m. Pacific
>>> Friday, March 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific
>>> Tuesday, March 15 at 3 p.m. Eastern 12 p.m. Pacific
>>> Thursday, March 16 at 3 p.m. Eastern 12 p.m. Pacific
>>>
>>> I'm going to ask everyone to fill out one more poll (sorry!) 
>>> http://doodle.com/poll/62g2nmkszddx4iee
>>>
>>> Please pick the discussion that you plan to attend. You aren't bound 
>>> to whatever choice you make. If things come up and you need to drop 
>>> in on another session, that's fine. And, of course, there are people 
>>> in IRC at all hours of the day who might chime in as the discussion 
>>> is happening.
>>>
>>> However, in the interest of keeping the discussion focused while 
>>> also hearing multiple viewpoints, I think we want to strive for 5 - 
>>> 10 people participating in each chat. If several time slots work for 
>>> you, and you see one has fewer participants than the others, please 
>>> go with the one with fewer participants so we can have balanced 
>>> attendance along all of the chat sessions.
>>>
>>> If you didn't fill out the first poll, you're certainly welcome to 
>>> sign up for any of these time slots.
>>>
>>> Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!
>>> Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/29/2016 04:26 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm sending out a reminder to fill out the Doodle poll at 
>>>> http://doodle.com/poll/hkdy3u5255u3rpmr if you are interested in 
>>>> talking about search in Evergreen. I'm going to set some dates 
>>>> tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Kathy
>>>>
>>>> On 02/19/2016 05:54 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> During the dev hack-a-way in November, we had a discussion 
>>>>> regarding Evergreen search. The discussion happened at the request 
>>>>> of MassLNC after we had some local discussions regarding what our 
>>>>> overall goals for Evergreen search are. We view  search as one of 
>>>>> the most important pieces of the ILS, if not the most important. 
>>>>> It's what allows our users to find those resources we spend so 
>>>>> much time cataloging so that they can then place holds on them, 
>>>>> check them out from the library, or access them in some other way.
>>>>>
>>>>> I left the hack-a-way with an action item to start a larger 
>>>>> community discussion where we could identify some high-level goals 
>>>>> for what we want Evergreen search to be and where we could define 
>>>>> what we consider to be important factors in search relevance.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to start this discussion with some focus-group-like 
>>>>> discussions in IRC where community members could identify the 
>>>>> features they like about the current search and where they see 
>>>>> room for improvement. My hope is that these discussions can help 
>>>>> us define what we consider to be an ideal search system for 
>>>>> Evergreen and allow the dev community to explore options for 
>>>>> making that ideal search system happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the discussions will work best if they are not too large, 
>>>>> so I anticipate scheduling two or three or more depending on 
>>>>> interest. If you are interested in participating, please fill out 
>>>>> the Doodle at http://doodle.com/poll/hkdy3u5255u3rpmr. I'll try my 
>>>>> best to schedule these discussions so that anyone who shows 
>>>>> interest through the Doodle poll has a chance to participate.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also talked to Yamil Suarez about scheduling some "Intro to 
>>>>> IRC" sessions ahead of time so that people who are unfamiliar with 
>>>>> IRC have a chance to learn about it before the scheduled search 
>>>>> discussions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
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