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

Tue Mar 15 15:39:07 EDT 2016

Hi, Kathy.
We had an "emergency" closing of our library this afternoon, and in the
hubbub, I completely forgot about the chat I was signed up for today. I
will plan to join tomorrow's instead.  (It was an issue with our fire
suppression system, which went down, causing the fire alarm to go off. Then
we have to close the building and send everyone home until the system is
back online. Mainly a huge hassle.)

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>
>

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