Hello! I've been lurking on this list for several weeks and thought I should introduce myself. My name is Shirley Lew and I'm teaching a course, Library Automation & Systems, at the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies (SLAIS) program at UBC this term - course web site is here http://blogs.ubc.ca/libr551/blog/. The course is using an instance of Evergreen for teaching and learning purposes, provided for us by the Sitka Consortium in British Columbia. For the majority of students, this is the first opportunity they will have had for hands-on exploration of an open source ILS. They're curious and excited to see what Evergreen has to offer, for good reason!
The major course assignment this term involves evaluating some of the functionality of Evergreen (specifically the circulation module) and comparing it with Koha for Class, the other ILS system to which we have access. I will be encouraging students to subscribe to this listserv, both to observe the discussion and to ask questions as they get to know the system. This discussion list is clearly a very supportive and collegial one, so I thank everyone in advance for any help/support you can offer students who may ask questions. - Shirley
