Hi Don, Thanks for the welcome! Looks like this will be fun.
I've added you list to the page: http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics&#interested_libraries Kelly On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Donald Butterworth < [email protected]> wrote: > Yeah Kelly! > > It will be great to have more academic libraries using Evergreen. > > Just off the top of my head, here are some areas that I would like to see > refined by academics. > > Acquisitions: Order Types. > Types like firm orders, periodical renewals, standing orders for > monographic series, blanket orders, multi-part monographs > > Acquisitions: EDI periodical renewals. > We would really like to see electronic invoicing and ordering work for our > EBSCO subscriptions. > > PAC: Academic flavor. > It might be nice to offer a different look to the PAC that defaults to a > fuller bibliographic description. > > PAC: Federated searching > I would love to not have to spend many thousands of dollars annually, for > EBSCO Discover. > > Cataloging: Volumes > The way that volume numbering is treated in Evergreen needs to be > revisited in the light of publications that have Fascicles/Volumes/Parts > that need to be reflected on a single call number. > > Reports: > Out of the box reports that deal with the specific kinds of statistics > required by Accrediting Agencies. > > Welcome Aboard! > > Don > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Kelly Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dear Evergreen Community, >> >> >> For the past year, Fenway Libraries Online (FLO), a consortium of 10 >> academic libraries in Boston, has been considering a migration to >> Evergreen. Many members of the Evergreen community met and spoke with >> members of FLO during this year’s annual conference in Boston. Thank you >> for your time, patience and information. All your comments and suggestions >> convinced us to continue pursuing a migration to Evergreen. >> >> >> Our investigation also suggested that it would be helpful to build >> an academic interest group within the larger Evergreen community. This >> group would be focused solely on academic issues as they relate to the ILS. >> Several existing Evergreen libraries and consortia have already expressed >> interest in the group and we have tentatively called it >> "Academics for Evergreen". >> >> >> To be most effective, Academics for Evergreen would be composed of any >> individuals or institutions that have an interest in enhancing the >> academic-related functions of Evergreen. Once formed, the group will >> identify the academic-related functions that most need attention and work >> to build knowledge, consensus, and resources to move moving these issues >> forward. So far we have identified a few of the possible issues, such as >> streamlined creation and management of authority records, enhanced search >> and browse by authority, support for multiple subject heading schema, >> improved staff workflows and possible improvements to course reserves >> integration. This list is by no means exhaustive and needs the >> participation of the Evergreen community to improve and refine it. >> >> >> Please respond and let us know if you are interested, have suggestions >> for moving these issues forward, or if you have any questions. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> >> Kelly Drake >> Systems Librarian >> Fenway Libraries Online >> Boston, MA 02115 >> 617-442-2384 >> >> Conference calls: >> Boston: 617-989-5050 >> Toll-free: 877-532-8229 >> Conference ID: 933794 >> Web conferencing: >> https://join.me/flomeeting >> >> > > > -- > Don Butterworth > Faculty Associate / Librarian III > B.L. Fisher Library > Asbury Theological Seminary > [email protected] > (859) 858-2227 >
