Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] adding a page to the wiki

2012-03-28 Thread Gordana Vitez
Drupal has a section called community and under that: Online and local groups Events and Meetups Chat (IRC) Planet Drupal Community Spotlight Commercial Support Forum Mailing Lists Maybe the Community would encapsulate what we are trying to do as well? Thanks! Gordana On 3/27/2012 at 5:16

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Jim Hall
At the moment I am researching for my church. Our library (small) is looking for different software. Evergreen and Koha would both work well. Additionally, our Heritage Committee is looking for a database for our historical material. Our congregation is 175 years old, that's a lot of stuff! What

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Steve Wills
Hi Jim, One option that you might want to take a look at encorporates Evergreen-ils with a Digital Asset system is the Discovery Garden product; lib2o which you can view at http://discoverygarden.ca/lib2o I would be very interested in hearing a impartial evaulation of this solution for your

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Sally Fortin
Hi Jim, It sounds like you're working on an interesting project! Steve just made an interesting suggestion for working with digital content, and I have a few general questions that might help as you search for software to administer your church library: 1. What type of special collections

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Duimovich, George
Hello Jim, Both systems are adept and flexible enough to manage a wide variety of collections, small and large, including special collections. I don't want to discourage you from looking at Koha or Evergreen, but both systems would require your staff / volunteers to work in MARC21-based

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Jason Etheridge
I don't want to discourage you from looking at Koha or Evergreen, but both systems would require your staff / volunteers to work in MARC21-based environment, which IMHO may be a big barrier for a small volunteer-driven library looking at adopting a Koha or EG solution. Though I believe

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Can Evergreen do this

2012-03-28 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Mar 28, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Jason Etheridge wrote: I don't want to discourage you from looking at Koha or Evergreen, but both systems would require your staff / volunteers to work in MARC21-based environment, which IMHO may be a big barrier for a small volunteer-driven library looking