Hi all,
As we mentioned in the program submission guidelines, we are trying
something new this year for the selection process. After the submission
deadline, we will 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.
As we have received conference proposals, I have been posting them to
the Evergreen wiki at
http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=conference:2014:proposals. I
invite everyone in the community to start reviewing the proposals that
have been submitted. If you have been on the fence about submitting a
proposal on a particular topic and don't see that topic addressed in the
current batch of proposals, now might be the time to pull your own
proposal together.
I am really excited about the proposals we have received so far and am
looking forward to a great conference in March!
Thanks all!
Kathy
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
[email protected]
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
On 10/23/2013 2:29 PM, Amy Terlaga wrote:
REMINDER
Deadline is October 31^st
The Evergreen 2014 Conference Program Committee is 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/.
<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
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