Hi all ~ sorry to have missed yesterday's meeting - had to go for lockdown training (sad sign of the times).
Please put me down for: * Testing -- comparing the documents with the functions they describe I hope to get my grubby hands on a version of our db in 1.6 fairly soon so bring the draft docs. on. Karen F. On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:27:24 -0400 Karen Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > At the August 26, 2009 meeting of the Evergreen Documentation Interest > Group, based on the outcomes of our needs assessment survey, we (the DIG) > agreed that the first priorities for centralized Evergreen documentation > were these topics (with known "local" documents noted next to each > category): > > * Reports (PINEs, Sitka, Michigan have guides) > * Installation, Migration, Upgrading (a small amount of material on > DokuWiki) > * Cataloging (Indiana has extensive guides, Sitka and Michigan also have > some materials) > * Circulation (Indiana, Sitka, Michigan) > > We will base our work as much as possible on version 1.6 (with the > understanding that we'll get started with what we have until 1.6 is cut and > we can review its release notes). > > We have some loose ends we are tying up--for example, Catherine Lemmer is > working on an intellectual property statement, and Karen S. is pushing > through the styleguide as fast as she can go--but as a group, we are ready > to take this step. Thanks to everyone who helped us get to this point! > > We are now looking for people to help produce the documentation. If you are > able to commit some time over the next three months, email the DIG at > [email protected]. > > We'd like to hear from you by Wednesday, September 9, after which we'll > start forming groups and getting to work. But don't worry if you miss that > date. There's plenty of work to go around, and we'd love your help whenever > you can offer it. > > The roles that are available are: > > * Writing -- producing the documentation ("from scratch," and/or revised > from existing materials). > We're open to receiving content in any formats, such as Word or Open Office, > but of course, we'd be delighted if you produced it in DocBook XML! > > * Testing -- comparing the documents with the functions they describe > > * XML conversion -- for files that are not already in XML > > * Editorial review -- for ensuring the documentation is clear and follows > Evergreen DIG styleguide conventions > > * CSS Design -- for making the pages more attractive and user-ful > > * XML Transform and Committers -- the group that converts the files to HTML > and PDF, makes permanent changes, and uploads the files > > Onward and upward! > > > -- > -- > | Karen G. Schneider > | Community Librarian > | Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts" > | Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 > | [email protected] > | Web: http://www.esilibrary.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen Foster Collection Applications Support Specialist McMaster University Library Hamilton, Ont. Canada [email protected] (905) 525-9140 x21311 _______________________________________________ OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list [email protected] http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation
