Some stakeholders in the Evergreen community have an immediate need for writers who can produce well-written documentation for acquisitions services in library automation software. Librarians and other library workers who use, configure, or manage library acquisitions systems are the audience for this documentation. This is freelance work to begin in September, 2008 and be completed … Continue Reading about Freelance work for acquisitions documentation writers →
Congrats to not one, but two other Open Source ILSs
First I’d like to welcome NewGenLib to the virtual family of FOSS ILSs. In truth, we’ve known about them for a while and have been looking at their serials interfaces during our ACQ/SER design, but now that eIFL is covering them, well… 😉 It’s great to see another entrant, and one that has already found … Continue Reading about Congrats to not one, but two other Open Source ILSs →
BC Pines Growth
Posting an announcement from Jacqueline van Dyk from the British Columbia Pines Project: Greetings, I am pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd Evergreen pilot site in BC, Powell River Public Library. Their online catalogue can now be viewed at: http://powellriver.catalogue.bclibrary.ca/ Joining Prince Rupert and Fort Nelson on the system, the collective holdings for … Continue Reading about BC Pines Growth →
PLA and an Evergreen Users Group, Birds of a Feather gathering?
Hi folks, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in gathering together to talk about Evergreen during the Public Library Association’s National Conference (http://www.placonference.org/) in March? Most of the Evergreen developers will be there and we can arrange for a meeting space. The notion is that anyone interested in the project (software, … Continue Reading about PLA and an Evergreen Users Group, Birds of a Feather gathering? →
PINES Consortium welcomes Lake Blackshear Regional Library
Just a quick post to announce PINES has grown by another library system: Lake Blackshear Regional. The PINES consortium has now grown to 49 library systems comprised of over 275 physical locations. The database has also grown: PINES is up to 9.3 million items and 1.8 million active users. PINES had over 17 million circulations … Continue Reading about PINES Consortium welcomes Lake Blackshear Regional Library →
Indiana Open Source ILS Initiative
The Indiana State Library and the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library (Zionsville) have announced the Indiana Open Source ILS Initiative. They are embarking on a statewide project to implement Evergreen in a fashion similar to the Georgia PINES consortium. More information can be found in the announcement. Congratulations, and welcome to the community!