Evergreen version 1.2.3 was released August 5, 2008. New features in 1.2.3 include a Shelving Location search filter, search configuration parameters, the ability to set the per-circulation maximum fine amount to a percentage (including more than 100%) of the item price, web-based Self-Checkout functionality (Evergreen has supported SIP2 since its first release, but this is … Continue Reading about Evergreen Version 1.2.3 Released →
Community Update: New Features in 1.4 and Platform Heads-up
This post offers a heads-up about features in Evergreen 1.4, the next major Evergreen release, due out by early fall 2008, and also offers some information specific to PostgreSQL and OpenSRF. New features in Evergreen 1.4 Internationalization support for the OPAC and staff client. User interfaces, messages, currencies, dates, etc. will all be displayed according … Continue Reading about Community Update: New Features in 1.4 and Platform Heads-up →
The Evergreen Head-bob
I have been stewing about my maiden post on this blog for some time, so here goes. I presented or talked about Evergreen and open source seven times at ALA Annual 2008. (Seven times, I tell you, seven times!) It was a great experience, and part of the joy came from the many moments when … Continue Reading about The Evergreen Head-bob →
A Riff on Small
In A Riff on Big, I dealt with the skewed nature of library distributions in the United States (although the finding is more generally applicable)—that is, there few big libraries and many small libraries. Moreover, the big libraries are really, really big and the small libraries are really, really small. However, the critical question is … Continue Reading about A Riff on Small →
Measures of maximum load in PINES – update
In an earlier post, I reported on some figures measuring the then maximum transaction load levels on PINES. Two of those were from the day after Memorial Day in 2007 (that is, May 29, 2007). What happened in 2008 the day after Memorial Day (May 27, 2008)? Well, we have another busy day. May 29, … Continue Reading about Measures of maximum load in PINES – update →
So we beat on, boats against the current…
I have long puzzled over the fact that in the golden age of the library function, there has been a systematic failure of library institutions. By “library function†I refer to the functions and institutions that maintain the memory of the human species. This function includes those institutions and people who save, organize, and provide … Continue Reading about So we beat on, boats against the current… →