Just a quick entry. The slideshow for our recent talk at Code4lib 2006 is up in HTMLized form. Again, it was a pleasure to kick off the first Code4lib conference, and we hope those of you that attended had as good of a time listening as we did talking about the Evergreen project.
The Long Tail in PINES (and the larger potential)
A couple of us came across an entry in Lorcan Dempsey’s Blog about the “long tail” argument, and we started thinking about it in the context of PINES Consortium and Evergreen. So, I started digging around in the PINES data, and discovered some really interesting numbers. Over 1.9 million holds have been placed in PINES. … Continue Reading about The Long Tail in PINES (and the larger potential) →
OPAC3, Authority Control, Prototype Statistical Reporting
Evergreen development is chugging along, and we have some information and updates to pass along. As I mentioned in my previous entry, we have been spending a good deal of time moving the new server hardware into our new server hosting facility. First, allow me introduce you to three addresses:
Server Hosting Update
The largest happening lately in PINES-Evergreen land is a little place called e^deltacom. We issued an RFP for server hosting (aka “colocation”) services a while back, and e^deltacom was recently awarded the contract. Our intent in obtaining the services of such a place is to ensure that the PINES system has the best possible chance … Continue Reading about Server Hosting Update →
Evergreen Alpha Release
After approximately a year of software development, we are proud to announce the arrival of the Evergreen Alpha release! Programmers and other techies will probably want to go straight to the download area and grab a tarball. We’re very pleased with how this release turned out, and are looking forward to the comments and suggestions … Continue Reading about Evergreen Alpha Release →
June Executive Committee Report
Welcome to the summer! I realize it’s a busy time for you folks in the public libraries (with Summer Reading and all), and I appreciate the time you take to keep up with the Evergreen project. As usual, work on Evergreen is proceeding on schedule, and we expect a solid Alpha release in July. The … Continue Reading about June Executive Committee Report →