That does help to answer my questions. Thanks Rogan and Kathy! Look forward to reading the report.
-- Ben Sent from my Nexus 6 On Apr 1, 2016 1:29 PM, "Rogan Hamby" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ben, > > We talked about this a little in IRC but I'll go over some of the same > stuff if you don't mind, for the sake of anyone reading along. :) > > You're correct in that the community survey at this point doesn't cover > the entire community. It excludes independent developers (like Ken Cox > working on the android app), support companies (like ESI) and other types > of entities I'm surely forgetting. However, it's also our first year. > > There was a deliberate intention in it's design to stay as simple as > possible. While the community is more than the libraries using Evergreen I > don't think it's unfair to say that Evergreen is literally here for them. > In future years we do want to expand the survey both in breadth and depth. > Right now I can't say what those future versions will look like but nothing > so far as been without intent or thought for the future. > > We want to learn from this one and we want to get it off the ground. It > will be the first of an annual survey. When that time comes for the second > annual survey a challenge will be in trying to keep it concise and direct > enough to encourage as many respondents as we can. We hope we erred on the > side of ease of access this year for libraries responding to it. > > This isn't to say that we won't include other sources of data in our final > products. Git will give us a great deal of information about development. > We will look at our wonderful documentation community. We will cast our > eyes everywhere we think to. I have folders of content that Kathy has been > gathering in that vein to look at when I have some time. (probably this > weekend) > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Ben Shum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Rogan, >> >> I'm curious what the Evergreen Outreach Committee has discussed >> regarding how this data is to be used. Given that the linked survey >> appears to be very user focused at the moment, i.e. most if not all >> the questions are geared with the mindset that it applies to library >> institutions or groups who use Evergreen. But what about the rest of >> the community? >> >> I wonder if it would be helpful to clarify the intent of this survey >> as targeting the Evergreen Community's users? And whether there would >> be separate surveys or approaches used similarly to gauge (and maybe >> identify) other aspects of our community. Off the top of my head, I >> would like to see representation in any final picture of our community >> to include also developers, individuals and companies alike, along >> with the various support organizations that participate in Evergreen's >> deployment and ongoing maintenance. Documentation, translation, etc.? >> >> Just what I was thinking. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- Ben >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > The Evergreen Outreach Committee is asking anyone who can to respond to >> the >> > first annual community survey. If you are a member of a consortium we >> only >> > need one response for the entire consortium. >> > >> > The information is for an annual report that we will present at the >> > conference each year. Additionally, the information will help us have a >> > better image of the community as a whole. We will also use it to create >> > materials aimed at creating an accurate picture of our community. >> > >> > We have kept the survey short and simple and should only take a few >> moments. >> > Thank you in advance. >> > >> > The survey can be accessed here: >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5MZWBYY >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst >> > Equinox - Open Your Library >> > [email protected] >> > 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com >> > >> > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst > Equinox - Open Your Library > [email protected] > 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com > >
