Raymond, I went back through your messages (I am very far behind on my lists) and think the reason you have had so few answers is that we just don't know where to start. I did look at your first question when it came through and knew I could not answer in a single email. It appears from your questions that an answer would need to explain MARC formats as well as cataloging rules -- and that is not possible over email. I apologize if I am misunderstanding; but, it sounds as though your staff needs very basic training in cataloging before they can begin to either enter records into your bibliographic database or find a vendor as a source.
Were your libraries automated before Evergreen? Is so, were they using MARC records? Do they or the school systems have trained catalogers on staff? If you do have catalogers on staff, I may be able to answer some of their questions about the functionality of the cataloging module. Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Norton" <[email protected]> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:36:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Phone Conference for Evergreen Users As a newbie I was hoping to get my questions answered on this list, but have not gotten a response yet. Is it possible they will discuss the basics of populating an Evergreen system with bib records, etc... during the conference?
