The long awaited release of Evergreen 2.0 is now out and available for all to download, install, configure, and have fun with.
Evergreen 2.0 brings with an extensive list of features, including some major functions such as Acquisitions. To see the list of features, click here.
King County Library System, in Washington state, drove much of the Evergreen 2.0 development effort. King County went live on Evergreen last September. Other sites, like the PINES System in Georgia, contributed significantly to the Acquisitions development.
Bibliomation will bring our Development Partner libraries up on Evergreen 2.0 in mid-February.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Evergreen System Preview for our Libraries
Kate Sheehan, Bibliomation's Open Source Implementation Coordinator, has been showing off the Evergreen system to our member libraries these past two weeks. Her demonstrations have been well received, as she has a talent for injecting a bit of humor into them. We're building momentum for our Memorial Day migration this May!
Many of our library partners brought their laptops with them to the demonstration; Kate walked them through the Evergreen client download and installation. These clients are now connected to our Evergreen test server so that staff can familiarize themselves with the software features such as how to search for a book, place a hold on an item, check that item out, etc.
Our libraries will be Evergreen experts in no time!
Many of our library partners brought their laptops with them to the demonstration; Kate walked them through the Evergreen client download and installation. These clients are now connected to our Evergreen test server so that staff can familiarize themselves with the software features such as how to search for a book, place a hold on an item, check that item out, etc.
Our libraries will be Evergreen experts in no time!
Monday, November 29, 2010
The Coding has been Completed!
We have heard from Equinox - the coding for our K-12 schools/academics due date functionality has been completed!
The functionality centers around end-of-school year and hard due dates. One enhancement will allow schools to apply an end-of-year due date for their students' items. As the school year nears a close, no items will check out past this date. The other enhancement, the hard due date, will be used for faculty - they can check items out at any time during the school year and the items will be due at the end of the year.
For these two enhancements, Bibliomation had partnered with four library systems:
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
The functionality centers around end-of-school year and hard due dates. One enhancement will allow schools to apply an end-of-year due date for their students' items. As the school year nears a close, no items will check out past this date. The other enhancement, the hard due date, will be used for faculty - they can check items out at any time during the school year and the items will be due at the end of the year.
For these two enhancements, Bibliomation had partnered with four library systems:
- Conifer (Ontario, Canada)
- Sage Library System (Oregon)
- Kirtland Community College (Michigan)
- MassLNC (Massachusetts)
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Evergreen Software Development - News
Bibliomation's Melissa Lefebvre and Ben Shum submitted an Evergreen software enhancement that was recently accepted by the Evergreen community. Their "New Search" button has been added to versions 1.6.1.3 and 2.0. This button opens up a new Advanced Search tab from within the Evergreen staff client. It is a very nice addition!
Many people ask, "Just who are the core software committers to Evergreen?" This list of software developers is constantly expanding, but to see who currently has commit privileges to Evergreen trunk, you can go to http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing:contributors.
Bibliomation is very pleased to have our software enhancement make it into the latest releases of Evergreen!
--Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
Many people ask, "Just who are the core software committers to Evergreen?" This list of software developers is constantly expanding, but to see who currently has commit privileges to Evergreen trunk, you can go to http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing:contributors.
Bibliomation is very pleased to have our software enhancement make it into the latest releases of Evergreen!
--Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Douglas Library, North Canaan is now LIVE on Evergreen!
The Douglas Library, in North Canaan, CT, is now live on BibliOak, Bibliomation's Development Partner Evergreen system.
The Douglas Library is the seventh CT library to be brought up on Evergreen. The other six libraries are The Beacon Falls Public Library, the Douglas Library of Hebron, The Jonathan Trumbull Library in Lebanon, the Lebanon Schools, the Windham Free Library, and the Sprague Library in Baltic.
Bibliomation has three more development partner libraries to go - the Slater Library in Griswold, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village, and the Warren Public Library before we bring our development partner project to a successful close in early 2011.
If you have any questions about Bibliomation's development partner project, you can contact Melissa Lefebvre, Bibliomation's Open Source Project Manager, at mlefebvre{at}biblio{dot}org.
--Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
Bibliomation, Inc.
Middlebury, CT
The Douglas Library is the seventh CT library to be brought up on Evergreen. The other six libraries are The Beacon Falls Public Library, the Douglas Library of Hebron, The Jonathan Trumbull Library in Lebanon, the Lebanon Schools, the Windham Free Library, and the Sprague Library in Baltic.
Bibliomation has three more development partner libraries to go - the Slater Library in Griswold, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village, and the Warren Public Library before we bring our development partner project to a successful close in early 2011.
If you have any questions about Bibliomation's development partner project, you can contact Melissa Lefebvre, Bibliomation's Open Source Project Manager, at mlefebvre{at}biblio{dot}org.
--Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services
Bibliomation, Inc.
Middlebury, CT
Friday, September 17, 2010
Bibliomation Speaking Engagements
We're spreading the good news about Evergreen!
Here are a couple of speaking engagements Bibliomation staff are involved in:
PaLA - Pennsylvania Library Association Conference
October 25th - "Evergreen Open Source Library Systems - Coast to Coast"
I'll be speaking along with Jed Moffitt of KCLS, Elizabeth McKinney of Georgia PINES, and Jim Corridan of Evergreen Indiana. The conference is in Lancaster, PA. I've never been to Lancaster before and I hear that it's lovely so I'm really looking forward to this trip.
More information on the conference program can be found here.
ALA 2011 - New Orleans
Melissa Lefebvre, Bibliomation's Open Source Project Manager, will be speaking with Jenny Turner of PALS (Minnesota) and Shae Tetterton, Project Manager for Equinox, Inc., about their Evergreen migration project experiences. The title of their program is "Project Manager's Jambalaya: 1 part MLS, 1 part open source, and a whole lot more!" This program is being sponsored by LITA.
Come check us out!
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga, Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
Here are a couple of speaking engagements Bibliomation staff are involved in:
PaLA - Pennsylvania Library Association Conference
October 25th - "Evergreen Open Source Library Systems - Coast to Coast"
I'll be speaking along with Jed Moffitt of KCLS, Elizabeth McKinney of Georgia PINES, and Jim Corridan of Evergreen Indiana. The conference is in Lancaster, PA. I've never been to Lancaster before and I hear that it's lovely so I'm really looking forward to this trip.
More information on the conference program can be found here.
ALA 2011 - New Orleans
Melissa Lefebvre, Bibliomation's Open Source Project Manager, will be speaking with Jenny Turner of PALS (Minnesota) and Shae Tetterton, Project Manager for Equinox, Inc., about their Evergreen migration project experiences. The title of their program is "Project Manager's Jambalaya: 1 part MLS, 1 part open source, and a whole lot more!" This program is being sponsored by LITA.
Come check us out!
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga, Assistant Director, User Services
terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
Monday, September 13, 2010
Migration Preparations are Underway!
Our Evergreen servers have arrived! There are 18 servers in total, with enough power and room to handle our member libraries, plus room for growth!
We're just now working out the details of our migration plan. Melissa Lefebvre, our Open Source Project Manager, is sketching out our time line as I write this. We plan to bring our libraries up on a version of Evergreen 2.0, the release that King County is coming up on later this month. We'll start with our ten development partners - we will move them over to the new servers sometime in early 2011. Then we'll bring in the East Haven Public Library. We hope to have them up on Evergreen in early March. Then we'll focus all of our energies on migrating our 48 public libraries off of Horizon and onto Evergreen by Memorial Day weekend. After that, we'll move the Bridgeport Public Library and its branches over later next summer. Lastly, we'll make sure that our 19 K-12 schools are up on Evergreen in time for the new school year, September 2011.
Whew! That should keep us busy for the next year!
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga, Assistant Director, User Services
Bibliomation, Inc. / terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
We're just now working out the details of our migration plan. Melissa Lefebvre, our Open Source Project Manager, is sketching out our time line as I write this. We plan to bring our libraries up on a version of Evergreen 2.0, the release that King County is coming up on later this month. We'll start with our ten development partners - we will move them over to the new servers sometime in early 2011. Then we'll bring in the East Haven Public Library. We hope to have them up on Evergreen in early March. Then we'll focus all of our energies on migrating our 48 public libraries off of Horizon and onto Evergreen by Memorial Day weekend. After that, we'll move the Bridgeport Public Library and its branches over later next summer. Lastly, we'll make sure that our 19 K-12 schools are up on Evergreen in time for the new school year, September 2011.
Whew! That should keep us busy for the next year!
--Amy
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Amy Terlaga, Assistant Director, User Services
Bibliomation, Inc. / terlaga{at}biblio{dot}org
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