We are interested in being part of the group here. I’d love to see an easier user interface for the reporting features. Our IT guys are great but it’s difficult to have to ask them to run reports for statistics, inventory, collection analysis, etc.
Francene Lewis Head of Collection Management Hekman Library Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Donald Butterworth <don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu<mailto:don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu>> 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 <ke...@flo.org<mailto:ke...@flo.org>> 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 don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu<mailto:don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> (859) 858-2227<tel:%28859%29%20858-2227>
