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 →
Acquisitions Update
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 →
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 →
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 →
Isn’t Evergreen just for consortia with hundreds of libraries?
We get this question often at Equinox Software and we see it on occasion on the Evergreen community mailing lists and in the library blogosphere. I am a single-branch public library with about 25,000 titles. I’ve looked at the options and I really like Evergreen. But isn’t it simply ‘too big’ for my situation? It … Continue Reading about Isn’t Evergreen just for consortia with hundreds of libraries? →
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. →