Looking through the list, I want to go to nearly ALL the sessions. Can the schedule be worked out to accommodate that?
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > > On 10/23/2013 2:29 PM, Amy Terlaga wrote: > > REMINDER**** > > Deadline is October 31st**** > > ** ** > > 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**** > > ** ** > > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+**** > > Amy Terlaga**** > > Assistant Director, User Services**** > > Bibliomation, Inc.**** > > 24 Wooster Avenue**** > > Waterbury, CT 06708**** > > 203-577-4070 x101**** > > www.biblio.org**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Website <http://hagerstownlibrary.org> Our Rockin' Facebook Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary> and Stuff I'm Reading<http://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/>
