Comments on: NELA-ITS Spring Program 2007 - Joshua Ferraro http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-joshua-ferraro or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: open-ils blog » Blog Archive » Lies, Damned Lies, and Library Automation Software http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-joshua-ferraro#comment-21893 open-ils blog » Blog Archive » Lies, Damned Lies, and Library Automation Software Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:01:41 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=133#comment-21893 [...] Here’s more on a blog post: [...] [...] Here’s more on a blog post: [...]

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-joshua-ferraro#comment-21801 Brian Herzog Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=133#comment-21801 Jason, thank you for this information. I think the best way for librarians to break through the mysteries of open source software is to hear from actual developers. If you are ever in Massachusetts, I'd love to have you into the library to talk to us. Jason, thank you for this information. I think the best way for librarians to break through the mysteries of open source software is to hear from actual developers. If you are ever in Massachusetts, I’d love to have you into the library to talk to us.

]]> By: Jason Etheridge http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-joshua-ferraro#comment-21712 Jason Etheridge Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:11:59 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=133#comment-21712 Hi guys, friendly Evergreen developer here. :) I just wanted to point out that the "1 library system" running Evergreen in production today is actually a consortium of 265 libraries, and that we designed the software to scale from the very beginning without kludges and that we push control to whatever level in the organization hierarchy is desired (for example, for a consortium like PINES, no central agency wants to manage the closed dates and hours of operation for hundreds of libraries, not to mention copy locations, statistical categories, surveys, etc. ;) However, with PINES, some things are _configured_ to be uniform in order to cater to a common patron experience). Cheers! -- Jason Hi guys, friendly Evergreen developer here. :) I just wanted to point out that the “1 library system” running Evergreen in production today is actually a consortium of 265 libraries, and that we designed the software to scale from the very beginning without kludges and that we push control to whatever level in the organization hierarchy is desired (for example, for a consortium like PINES, no central agency wants to manage the closed dates and hours of operation for hundreds of libraries, not to mention copy locations, statistical categories, surveys, etc. ;) However, with PINES, some things are _configured_ to be uniform in order to cater to a common patron experience).

Cheers!

– Jason

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