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- | ====== Some questions which aren't frequently asked, but have been asked ====== | + | ====== Some questions which aren't frequently asked (yet), but have been asked ====== |
===== I read on your website that someone used Evergreen in their personal/ | ===== I read on your website that someone used Evergreen in their personal/ | ||
+ | While this is possible, there are a few things to consider: | ||
+ | - Evergreen will likely be overkill for your needs, but can be fun to play with. | ||
+ | - Evergreen runs on Linux, so when it comes to system maintenance (performing upgrades, applying patches, backing up data, etc.), it would help to have some familiarity/ | ||
+ | - Evergreen was built by and for professional librarians, who have specialized jargon, workflows, and legacy data formats. | ||
+ | - There are single libraries that use Evergreen, but Evergreen was built for handling multiple libraries at once, and you can see that in the prevalence of library selector menus. | ||
+ | - Items in Evergreen are typically barcoded, though you could just enter their titles if you don't need to track them physically. | ||
+ | Disclaimers aside, probably the first thing you should do is download the staff client and connect to one of the [[community_servers|demo servers]]. | ||
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+ | ===== I was wondering what kind of programming skills are needed to develop the Evergreen ILS. What languages do you have to know and/or what software or other applications do people use to customize this ILS? ===== | ||
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+ | Evergreen 2.1 and earlier (circa 2011): | ||
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+ | The current OPAC makes heavy use of Javascript (including AJAX) and XML/ | ||
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+ | See the page for [[dev: |
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