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

Tue Mar 15 14:47:50 EDT 2016

Hi all,

I'm sending along a reminder that our next search chat is scheduled to 
begin in the #evergreen IRC channel in 15 minutes.

Our final search chat is scheduled for tomorrow at 3 p.m. Eastern, 12 
p.m. Pacific.

Thanks!
Kathy

On 03/11/2016 12:35 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> 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
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