Hello list, I'm working with training for Open Source Open Libraries consortium in California http://opensource.califa.org/ and with the King County Library System IMLS grant. My training background is 14 years with Infopeople in California as the training person (director/mentor/coach/editor/whatever in regards to training)
I've explored some of the Evergreen and Koha online documentation. I have a lot more to explore ;) I'm still working on getting up to speed on it all and am feeling comfortable that I understand what is going on with Koha but less confident about what is going on around Evergreen. I will be attending the Evergreen conference (I did last year but wasn't so heavily involved in any specific OS project then) and am planning to talk to as many people there as possible about training and help documentation for end users (I don't know much about the development side.) I'll be presenting a session called "Getting There From Here" I'm hoping training folks will come so we can share ideas. I've put the workshop description at the end of this message for anyone who might be interested. If others are presenting at the Evergreen conference on training, I'll be there. I've got contact info for several people and am already contacting them. However, I'm interested in talking to the training people from these libraries and am hoping someone can help me with contact information. Ideally an email and phone number. 1. Shannon Dineen at Sitka 2. Someone at Michigan. These are the names I was told to start with but I'd love to know if there is someone more appropriate on the topic of training. Marty Dulkuis or Evette Atkins Thanks in advance. I look forward to meeting many of you in April, Cheryl Gould Learning Facilitator 707.776.4626 Here's the description: Whether your decision to move to Evergreen was a top-down decision or a consensus-based decision, you need to get people on board and ready to do things differently. Without a vendor to run the show, you’ll need a broader base of support from staff during migration and, to take full advantage of your new system, you’ll need staff to stay fully engaged through implementation. In this session, you'll learn some key training and communication techniques to help establish an environment where staff are eager to contribute and can’t wait to start moving away from the status quo. _______________________________________________ OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list [email protected] http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation
