Hi Terran,
I just want to jump in to say I think a presentation on KPAC would be
positively received by the community. There are not many sites that have
implemented KPAC, so I don't know that you could get a panel together,
but I think a presentation either on your own or in conjunction with
another KPAC site might work.
Our consortia here have asked questions about the technical side of
implementing KPAC, but we've also had questions about the process of
incorporating input from youth services staff, deciding on the topics
that will be reflected, etc. I could see a presentation focusing on
either side of the equation as being useful.
Kathy
On 10/14/2013 11:45 AM, McCanna, Terran wrote:
Hi Amy,
I am working on modifying the out-of-the-box KPAC for use with PINES. We are
still working out some bugs and haven't rolled it out yet, but you can see it
on a test server here for now: http://test.gapines.org/eg/kpac/home
Chris Sharp suggested that I do a conference session on it, but as I am brand
new to the development community and have never been to an Evergreen Conference
before, I'm not sure whether something like this would work better as a panel
(or perhaps a joint session with Bibliomation?), or whether I should do it
alone and go into a little more technical detail about which files I modified,
etc.
I would appreciate any suggestions that you might have on what would be of most
interest to the attendees.
Thank you!
Terran
Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30345
404-235-7138
[email protected]
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From: "Amy Terlaga" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2014 Conference Call for Proposals
(REMINDER)
REMINDER TO ALL / SEEKING PROGRAM PROPOSALS
Only 1 month left!
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The Evergreen 2014 Conference Program Committee is still accepting proposals to
present at the conference!
The theme of this year's conference is "Together We Grow." The conference will
be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts from March 19-22, 2014.
There are three programming tracks, and we hope to have a broad spectrum of
programming within these tracks.
* End user: best practices and techniques for using Evergreen in day-to-day
library operations.
* General: programs on administration, training, making the decision to move to
Evergreen, participating in the Evergreen community, and other topics related
to using Evergreen and open source software in consortial and standalone
environments.
* Technical: Topics related to system administration, software development,
implementation, hardware, and integration with other software.
We are also seeking proposals for longer, two-to-three-hour tutorials to
provide in-depth instruction in an area of interest. We would like this year's
conference to include one tutorial on a technical topic and another one
targeted for end users.
This year, the Program Committee is trying something new for the selection
process. All submitted proposals will be posted for the community to review.
After the submission deadline, we will then give prospective attendees the
opportunity to let us know which sessions they would be likely to attend. This
community feedback will be one factor in the Program Committee’s selection
process. The committee will also weigh other criteria in the selection process,
including accommodating the needs of the various audiences attending the
conference.
The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2013.
Full guidelines and instructions are available on the Evergreen web site at
http://evergreen-ils.org/conference/eg14/proposals/.
We look forward to the submissions!
Kathy Lussier
Posted on behalf of the Evergreen 2014 Conference Program Committee:
Anoop Atre, Equinox
Shauna Borger, Evergreen Indiana
Grace Dunbar, Equinox
Kathy Lussier, MassLNC (chair)
Chris Sharp, Georgia Public Library Service
Ben Shum, Bibliomation
Tim Spindler, C/W MARS
Yamil Suarez, Berklee College of Music
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE
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Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Avenue
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-577-4070 x101
www.biblio.org
