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| 2 | <chapter xml:id="policy-intro" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="EN"\r | |
| 3 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">\r | |
| 4 | <title>About Policy and Best-Practice Documents</title>\r | |
| 5 | \r | |
| 6 | <para>Sitka is a group of libraries in British Columbia using the award-winning open-source\r | |
| 7 | Evergreen software as its shared Integrated Library System (ILS). Sitka is governed by the\r | |
| 8 | non-profit, member-driven <link xlink:href="http://cooperative.bclibraries.ca/"\r | |
| 9 | xlink:title="http://cooperative.bclibraries.ca/">BC Libraries Cooperative</link>. Policy\r | |
| 10 | pertaining to the operation of Sitka's Evergreen instance is developed and ratified by the\r | |
| 11 | Sitka Business Function Group (BFG), consisting of those libraries currently using Sitka's\r | |
| 12 | Evergreen (or those with a signed <emphasis>Expression fo Interest</emphasis> to join). </para>\r | |
| 13 | \r | |
| 14 | \r | |
| 15 | \r | |
| 16 | \r | |
| 17 | \r | |
| 18 | \r | |
| 19 | <para>There are two parts to this manual:</para>\r | |
| 20 | \r | |
| 21 | <formalpara>\r | |
| 22 | <title><link linkend="policy">Approved Policy</link></title>\r | |
| 23 | <para>Operational policy documents formally approved by the Business Functions Group (BFG)\r | |
| 24 | and applicable to all libraries using Sitka's implementation of Evergreen. These\r | |
| 25 | policies establish the 'ground rules' required to maintain an efficient shared Evergreen\r | |
| 26 | database. Additional Federation and local policy must be consistent with approved Sitka\r | |
| 27 | policy.</para>\r | |
| 28 | </formalpara>\r | |
| 29 | <formalpara>\r | |
| 30 | <title><link linkend="practice">Best Practices</link></title>\r | |
| 31 | <para>Operational recommendations from the BFG, Working Groups, and Sitka Support team.\r | |
| 32 | These are not binding policies but provide guidance for common Evergreen functions,\r | |
| 33 | encouraging consistency across the consortium. Some best practice documents may eventually be approved as policy.</para>\r | |
| 34 | </formalpara>\r | |
| 35 | \r | |
| 36 | </chapter>\r |