As noted in Dan’s blog post http://open-ils.org/blog/?p=115, we’ve chosen a new path for acquisitions and serials development for Evergreen. One of the benefits of this new approach is our movement toward a more traditional development process, a process very similar to the one used in the development of the majority of Evergreen. This allows us … Continue Reading about Acquisitions Update →
logging #openils-evergreen, and writing OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION
Hi folks, Just a quick blurb to let everyone know that we’re now publicly logging the #openils-evergreen IRC channel where most of the Evergreen developers hang out for real-time chat. This was proposed by Dan Scott and informally voted upon on the mailing lists and in-channel. Here’s an excerpt of some of his rationale: …as … Continue Reading about logging #openils-evergreen, and writing OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION →
A new path for acquisitions development
In my previous post, AcqFest II: The Chronicles of Code, I described the work that we were doing with and around Woodchip – a specialization of the opentaps enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems. The post also described some of the complexity of opentaps – perhaps best demonstrated by the size of a … Continue Reading about A new path for acquisitions development →
Laurentian University and Evergreen in an academic context
I’ve been contributing to Evergreen in various ways for a long time now, and strongly hinted back in October that this was becoming more than just a personal involvement with Evergreen. Laurentian University, my employer, recently issued a press release announcing that we have selected Evergreen as our future library system. I think this is … Continue Reading about Laurentian University and Evergreen in an academic context →
AcqFest II: The Chronicles of Code
The piece that everyone wants added to Evergreen is an acquisitions system. I (Dan Scott, from Laurentian University) am one of the people trying to make that happen. What follows is a snapshot of the latest acquisitions and serials development sprint weekend. I apologize in advance for any of the activities I missed or details … Continue Reading about AcqFest II: The Chronicles of Code →
Evergreen Wins Mellon Technology Collaboration Award
The Andrew W. Mellon foundation recently named the Georgia Public Library Service a recipient of the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration (MATC) for its work on the Evergreen ILS. As part of the award, GPLS was awarded $50,000 to further the development of Evergreen. More details can be found in the press release. On behalf … Continue Reading about Evergreen Wins Mellon Technology Collaboration Award →