I have alluded in several posts to the disparities one finds in looking at distributions of library data. By “distributions†I am talking here about making observations and generalizations when one looks at all the data from a set of libraries. I am going to discuss a fact of library life we all know about, … Continue Reading about A Riff on Big →
“We want to emulate the PINES experience”
One of the interesting aspects of working with Evergreen is the phone calls from large consortia or state libraries wishing to start large resource sharing networks like PINES. I believe there was a latent demand by the library community–particularly from library users–for ILS software capable of managing large networks that has now been met by … Continue Reading about “We want to emulate the PINES experience” →
Measures of maximum load in PINES
I was curious about how many circulations PINES had on the biggest day on record. And that led to our asking: which hour and which minute had the most circs? Maximum circs by DAY: 96,326 – May 29, 2007 Maximum circs by HOUR: 11,305 – May 29, 2007, 11 AM Maximum circs by MINUTE: 548 … Continue Reading about Measures of maximum load in PINES →
Every reader his or her book; Every book its reader.
Lorcan Dempsey’s post Evergreen and Pines refers to a Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) report Use of Georgia’s public libraries continues to rise in Internet Age and echoes one I made earlier here entitled Save the time of the reader. Briefly, all three deal with increases in the use of Georgia Public libraries generally and … Continue Reading about Every reader his or her book; Every book its reader. →
Save the time of the reader
Evergreen went live over the Labor Day weekend in 2006. How are the users of PINES adapting to the new ILS? The results of this preliminary analysis show rapid growth in use of PINES libraries. We only have fragmentary data from before the change but the following table shows changes in selected measures of use … Continue Reading about Save the time of the reader →
For you Facebook users
Did you know that there’s a Facebook group dedicated to your favorite ILS? The Evergreen “Open-ILS” Automated Library system group is an informal virtual social gathering of Evergreen fans, devotees, and users. If you have a Facebook account (or are looking for a reason to set one up), we invite you to join the group. … Continue Reading about For you Facebook users →