Lori is exactly correct about the main audience and purpose for the getting started guide as far as I see it. It seems we get quite a few questions from people about how to get started with implementing Evergreen, or if Evergreen is right for them in the fist place. It would be great to be able to provide them with a concise guide to help them answer these questions and plan for a migration to Evergreen with a few walk-throughs of the basic steps to installation and configuration to help get them off the ground.
Robert Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS Digital Systems Librarian Mohawk College Library [email protected] Telephone: 905 575 1212 x3936 Fax: 905 575 2011 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre [[email protected]] Sent: October 20, 2012 1:31 PM To: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Fwd: [Announce] Call for Proposals for Doc Sprint Summit v2.0 My belief is that there are some libraries out there that would consider moving to Evergreen on their own if there was just a bit more documentation for them to rely upon, especially to get started. So, the target audience is the library with a sharp SysAdmin type person who is thinking about Evergreen but who doesn't have a ton of time to spend figuring out how to get started. But if he or she could get started more easily, would quickly learn that Evergreen is a very viable alternative for their library and will eventually take the ball and run with it at their organization. Meaning they will set up a demo for their libraries to show them what can be done with Evergreen and start talking to them about options for migrating off their system to Evergreen (going it along, contracting with someone, etc). Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre <mailto:[email protected]>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Oct 18, 2012, at 15:17 , Dan Scott wrote: > In that vein, Robert's suggestion for a getting started guide would be > an appropriately-sized standalone project that would also be able to be > integrated into our existing documentation after the fact. I think that > would have particular value if there was also a focus on the "Getting > started with a production system" section; in the IRC channel we've > noted that there are all kinds of knobs to tweak and tune that new sites > trip over. It would be a real win to come away with a book that closes > that gap. Who would be the target audience for this guide? Alexey Lazar PALS Information System Developer and Integrator 507-389-2907<tel:507-389-2907> http://www.mnpals.org/ _______________________________________________ OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation This E-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the individual or entity named in the message. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If this communication was received in error, please notify the sender by reply E-mail immediately, and delete and destroy the original message. _______________________________________________ OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION mailing list [email protected] http://list.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-documentation
