Hi Karen,
Welcome to the group.
We are constantly in need of good wordsmiths, as well as people who
understand DocBook.
Please feel free to join us during our weekly meetings on Wednesday at
2pm Eastern on
in #fedora-meeting.
In general you'll find us hanging out in #fedora-docs so feel free to
stop by anytime.
I find it very interesting that Equinox/Evergreen is adopting the
style guide, but it's very illustrative of how open source is supposed
to work.
On a completely unrelated note - can you put us in contact with
someone at Equinox about packaging Evergreen for Fedora?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Karen Schneider <kgs(a)esilibrary.com> wrote:
A belated introduction from a lurker. (Andrew Ross, I was in Brisbane
last
fall on business. Lovely city!)
Name: Karen Schneider
Location: Florida/Georgia
Profession: Community Librarian
Company: Equinox Software Inc. ("The Evergreen Experts" -- we support
Evergreen OSS library automation software)
I have a variety of roles in the company and one emerging role is to help
shape the direction of Evergreen documentation, including selecting and
providing oversight for documentation writers on a grant project, helping to
provide direction on schemas, style guides, etc., and whatever else comes
up. We are (very likely) adopting the Fedora styleguide, discussing a move
from Dokuwiki to Docbook, integrating documentation into the development
timeline, etc.
What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past?
* I do not have a documentation background, though I have written two
technical trade books and have an MFA in writing. I have published over 100
articles, mostly industry-specific trade articles for library and technology
magazines, though also a handful of literary essays. (Yes, I think that
counts -- writing is writing, and after reviewing a series of documentation
contributions this only confirms for me that some folks have it and others
do not.)
What level and type of computer skills do you have?
* I am a generalist with typical business skills (perhaps better than
average). I have been online since 1990. I am not scared of a command prompt
but also don't seek one out if I don't have to. ;) Like most librarians I
have a good feel for structured data and for metadata.
What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface
design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc.
* I am teaching myself Docbook (next up, XSLT).
*I run a local writers' critique group (where I am informally known as their
beloved "hard**s" ;) ) and have very good editorial/review/critique skills.
If I can understand it, I can usually salvage it and can provide feedback at
every level -- detailed/directive; suggestions; general advice; etc.
* In my decades in the full-time workforce I have initiated, hired for, and
provided oversight for a variety of projects (including usability, software
development, etc.) and have been an administrator of various flavors at
various times.
What makes you an excellent match for the project?
* I don't know that I am an "excellent match" at this point. I'm
sitting
back and listening/learning. If a role opens up, I'll speak up. I'm always
happy to look at anything you want me to.
| Karen G. Schneider
| Community Librarian
| Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts"
| Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712
| kgs(a)esilibrary.com
| Web:
http://www.esilibrary.com
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