Hi Elizabeth,

Glad to hear that you are interested.  Do you have a particular area
of the documentation that you'd particularly like to focus on (e.g.
acquisitions, reports, cataloging in the Web client)?  If so, you'd
get started by:

1) Attending DIG meetings in IRC.  If you're not familiar with IRC
yet, let me know, and I'd be happy to show you the basics.
2) Reviewing the various methods of contributing documentation, and
choose the one that suits you the best [1].
3) Writing or revising the documentation in your focus area.  When you
get stuck, reach out to IRC or this mailing list for help.  If you
want to test something, but don't want to risk damaging local data,
you can use a community demo server [2].
4) Sending your documentation to this email list, and we'll work on
getting it incorporated into the official documentation.

If you don't have a particular area in mind, the steps are pretty similar:
1) Attending DIG meetings in IRC.  If you're not familiar with IRC
yet, let me know, and I'd be happy to show you the basics.
2) Selecting a documentation need from the 2.12 documentation needs
list [3] or the Web client documentation needs list [4]
3) Reviewing the various methods of contributing documentation, and
choose the one that suits you the best [1].
4) Writing or revising the documentation in your focus area.  When you
get stuck, reach out to IRC or this mailing list for help.  If you
want to test something, but don't want to risk damaging local data,
you can use a community demo server [2].
5) Sending your documentation to this email list, and we'll work on
getting it incorporated into the official documentation.

Hope this helps!

   -Jane

[1] 
https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:how-to-contribute-documentation
[2] https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=community_servers
[3] https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:2.12_needs
[4] https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:webclient

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Elizabeth Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Felicia.  I am also interested in contributing.  How do I get 
> started?
>
> Elizabeth
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Jane Sandberg
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:30 PM
> To: Documentation discussion for Evergreen software 
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Webby Icons
>
> Sounds great, Felicia.  Thanks for jumping in!
>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Felicia Beaudry 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Good afternoon, All!
>> I don't if there are already plans in place.  If not, I'd like to
>> volunteer to create the documentation. I was hoping to find a way to
>> contribute to the community, and this seems to be a good place to start.
>>
>> Felicia
>>
>> -
>> Felicia Beaudry
>> Product and Implementation Trainer
>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>> Home Office:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) Direct Phone: 470-375-1835
>> Email: [email protected]
>> Web:  http://www.equinoxinitiative.org
>> IRC: fbeaudry
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Elizabeth Davis <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I can’t remember if this was mentioned at the conference, but are there
>>> plans to document the icons used in the reports template builder?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Davis
>>>
>>> Head of Digital Services
>>>
>>> Scranton Public Library
>>>
>>> 500 Vine Street
>>>
>>> Scranton, PA 18509
>>>
>>> 570-348-3000 ext. 3050
>>>
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>>
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