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Weekly Update – March 28, 2011

Evegreen Executive Committee Elections:

Directors will be receiving the ballots for this year’s Executive Committee election this week.  Please return those to the Indiana State Library by April 24, 2011.  Results of the election will be announced at the Annual Meeting.

Evergreen Indiana Annual Meeting and Conference – LAST CALL FOR PROGRAMS

The Evergreen Indiana Annual Meeting and Conference will be held Friday, May 6, at Primo West in Plainfield, IN.  Registration will be $30 per person. We will begin accepting registrations in the coming weeks.

Call for Programs:

We have provided the following three general themes, to get you thinking about possible program ideas.

   1) Front line – Best practices and techniques for using Evergreen in day-to-day library operations

   2) Administration – programs targeted at managers and administrators seeking information about the feasibility, cost issues, and other topics related to using Evergreen and open source software in consortial and standalone environments

   3) Technology – Issues of interest related to system administration, software development, implementation, hardware, and integration with other software

Presentation sessions will be 45 minutes in length.  All presenters can expect a laptop with Web access and PowerPoint, and a computer projector.

*Proposal guidelines:*

   1) All submissions must include a session title, short description appropriate for the conference program (no more than 200 words), and the names, institutions, job titles and email addresses of those who will be presenting the material at the conference.

  2) Let us know of any accessibility requirements.

Please submit your proposals to Wendy Knapp (wknapp@library.in.gov) by 5:00 pm on 3/31/11.

Upcoming Webinars, Trainings, and Roundtables:

You may register for the following events on the WebJunction Indiana Calendar of Events: http://evanced.info/indiana/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

  • Evergreen Indiana 2.0 Features, April 5, 2011 @ 10:00 AM (Register by 3:00 PM TOMORROW)
  • Evergreen Indiana 2.0 Features, April 5, 2011 @ 2:00 PM (Register by 3:00 PM TOMORROW)
  • Evergreen Indiana 2.0 Features, April 6, 2011 @ 10:00 AM (Register by 3:00 PM Wednesday)
  • Evergreen Indiana 2.0 Features, April 6, 2011 @ 2:00 PM (Register by 3:00 PM Wednesday)
  • Cataloging Roundtables, April 13, 2011 @ 10:00 AM (Jennings County Public Library and West Lafayette Public Library)
  • Evergreen Indiana Circulation Training, April 14, 2011 @ 1:00 PM (Indiana State Library)
  • Evergreen Indiana Intro to Cataloging Training, April 21, 2011 @ 9:00 AM (Indiana State Library)
  • Evergreen Indiana Admin and Reports Training, April 21, 2011 @ 1:00 PM (Indiana State Library)