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- | ====== Evergreen Newsletter, November 2009 ====== | + | ====== Evergreen Newsletter, November/ |
//The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software// | //The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software// | ||
- | //Volume 2, Issue 10 - November, 2009// | + | //Volume 2, Issue 10 - November/December, 2009// |
- | As a reminder, we post this newsletter to the [[http:// | + | As a reminder, we post this newsletter to the [[http:// |
===== In This Issue ===== | ===== In This Issue ===== | ||
- | Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen Development and Documentation Update, Evergreen People, Evergreen Jobs, Lyrasis Evergreen Classes, New Evergreen Libraries, Planet Evergreen, A Few Reminders, Newsletter Administrivia | + | Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen Development and Documentation Update, A Booking Module for Mohawk, Evergreen People, Evergreen Jobs, Lyrasis Evergreen Classes, New Evergreen Libraries, Planet Evergreen, A Few Reminders, Newsletter Administrivia |
===== Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar ===== | ===== Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar ===== | ||
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+ | * Please come by and visit the Equinox team and learn more about Evergreen during [[http:// | ||
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+ | * The 2010 Evergreen International Conference will be held April 21-23, 2010 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids Michigan. The Conference website contains general information, | ||
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+ | Do you know of Evergreen events you'd like to share here? Please contact us at [[mailto: | ||
===== Evergreen Development and Documentation Update ===== | ===== Evergreen Development and Documentation Update ===== | ||
- | * Evergreen 1.6.0.0 released! | + | |
- | * OpenSRF 1.2.0 released! | + | * Evergreen 1.6.0.0 was released in mid-November and is already in production at a number of sites. There are [[http:// |
- | * Evergreen 1.4.0.7 released! | + | |
- | * Shawn Boyette released a preview of a BuildBot to automate testing of Evergreen and OpenSRF. See http:// | + | |
- | * [[http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/message/4ntfbshzhhmjn2tw | + | * A new minor version of the 1.4.x series was also released. This includes a number of [[http:// |
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+ | * **Evergreen Developer Workshop Now Online** | ||
+ | * Dan Scott held an Evergreen Developer Workshop at FSOSS 2009 in Toronto, Canada. Robert Soulliere from Mohawk College has [[http://www.archive.org/details/EvergreenDeveloperSeries-Fsoss2009 | ||
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+ | ===== A Booking Module for Mohawk ===== | ||
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+ | Ever since Mike Rylander presented at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference way back in 2006? 05? Mohawk has been eyeing Evergreen. We finally went live with Evergreen in July 2009. BTW, the 2010 Super Conference is full of Evergreen goodness: Dan Scott is leading a pre-conference workshop for would be EG developers, and Robert Soulliere and Cynthia Williamson will be presenting on the Mohawk experience. | ||
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+ | Prior to going live, Mohawk belonged to an ILS consortium using SIRSI’s Unicorn and felt constrained, | ||
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+ | Our big stumbling block was the inability to book video materials in Evergreen. | ||
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+ | The joy of FOSS is that we were able to go live early in the final year of our support contract with SIRSI and thus run both systems, something usually impossible during a migration because it is almost financially impossible to pay for a new system while continuing to pay for an old system. So we used EG for most things but continued to book videos and DVDs in Unicorn.We managed to get in to the Equinox development line-up with the promise that the module will be ready for the end of 2009, a good 3 months before we turn off Unicorn. | ||
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+ | Originally, we envisioned the feature to work like an enhanced hold because our current needs are strictly for bibliographic material bookings. | ||
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+ | We’re only part way through the development so we won’t share details here now. We’re just about ready to test it, the module will be shared with everyone and made available in 1.6. If you want to learn more about what Mohawk is doing with EG please come to Toronto for the OLA Super Conference and if you can’t, we’ll be sharing our presentation. Access our EG implementation here: http:// | ||
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+ | Cynthia Williamson,< | ||
+ | Collection Management Librarian,< | ||
+ | Mohawk College, Hamilton ON | ||
===== Evergreen People ===== | ===== Evergreen People ===== | ||
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===== Evergreen Jobs ===== | ===== Evergreen Jobs ===== | ||
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+ | * Equinox Software has openings for Software Developers and a Chief Operating Officer. | ||
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+ | Do you know of Evergreen related jobs that you'd like to share here? Let us know at [[mailto: | ||
===== Lyrasis Evergreen Classes ===== | ===== Lyrasis Evergreen Classes ===== | ||
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+ | Lyrasis is offering several Evergreen classes in the near future: | ||
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+ | Evergreen Circulation Module (Live Online) | ||
+ | 2/4/2010, 10: | ||
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+ | Evergreen Cataloging Module (Live Online) | ||
+ | 3/ | ||
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+ | Evergreen Administration and Reports Module (Live Online) | ||
+ | 3/10/2010, 10: | ||
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+ | To register, please see the [[http:// | ||
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+ | LYRASIS (created from a merger of SOLINET, PALINET and NELINET) has taught dozens of Evergreen classes. Lyrasis is dedicated to training and instructing Evergreen, and they welcome your comments and suggestions for courses. All of their current course offerings are continuously updated, and Lyrasis plans to add more courses in the future. For comments or questions, contact Lyrasis instructors [[mailto: | ||
===== New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! ===== | ===== New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! ===== | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Since the previous newsletter, six more library systems in Indiana migrated to Evergreen: Culver-Union Public Township Library, LaGrange Public Library, Monticello-Union Township Public Library, Paoli Public Library, Princeton-Patoka Township Library, | + | * Since the previous newsletter, six more library systems in Indiana migrated to Evergreen: Culver-Union Public Township Library, LaGrange Public Library, Monticello-Union Township Public Library, Paoli Public Library, Princeton-Patoka Township Library, |
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * The [[http:// | ||
+ | * Hekman Library at Calvin College migrated to Evergreen in December, 2009. | ||
===== Planet Evergreen ===== | ===== Planet Evergreen ===== | ||
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Can’t get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read [[http:// | Can’t get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read [[http:// | ||
- | Latest entries on Planet Evergreen: | ||
===== A Few Reminders ===== | ===== A Few Reminders ===== | ||
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Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation, | Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation, | ||
+ | Jason Etheridge, Equinox Software Inc., jason@esilibrary.com | ||
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+ | You can also reach us both at [[mailto: | ||
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+ | ===== Licensing ===== | ||
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+ | For an Internet-distributed newsletter such as this, there' |
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