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| //Volume 2, Issue 10 - November/December, 2009// | //Volume 2, Issue 10 - November/December, 2009// |
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| As a reminder, we post this newsletter to the [[http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php|Evergreen general discussion list]] as well as to this blog. Cross-posting and forwarding are encouraged. | As a reminder, we post this newsletter to the [[http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php|Evergreen general discussion list]], development list, and the [[http://evergreen-ils.org/blog|Evergreen blog]]. Cross-posting and forwarding are encouraged. |
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| ===== In This Issue ===== | ===== In This Issue ===== |
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| ===== 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://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/2010/index.cfm|ALA MidWinter]], January 15-18, 2010, booth # 2064 |
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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, schedule, exhibitor information, sponsorship information, a link to the Grand Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau, a link to the Amway for online reservations, and a link to the registration site. Please join us for an exciting 3 days of learning, sharing, networking, and fun in Grand Rapids! http://www.evergreen2010.org/ |
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| | Do you know of Evergreen events you'd like to share here? Please contact us at [[mailto:newsletter@evergreen-ils.org|newsletter@evergreen-ils.org]] |
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| ===== Evergreen Development and Documentation Update ===== | ===== Evergreen Development and Documentation Update ===== |
| * Evergreen 1.6.0.0 released! | * **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-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=feature_list_1_6_0 | many new features]], including Google Book Preview, easier OPAC customization with BibTemplate, located URIs, improvements to the Z39.50/SRU server, and a preview of Acquisitions. You can find Evergreen 1.6.0.0 on the [[http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads.php |downloads page]], along with the newly-released OpenSRF 1.2.0 and a staff client build for Windows. |
| * Evergreen 1.4.0.7 released! | |
| * Shawn Boyette released a preview of a BuildBot to automate testing of Evergreen and OpenSRF. See http://testing.esilibrary.com/ for a preview (Warning: Firefox 3.5+, Chrome, or Safari required to view site at the moment). | * **Evergreen 1.4.0.7 released!** |
| * [[http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/message/4ntfbshzhhmjn2tw |Robert Soulliere has uploaded videos of Dan Scott's Developer Workshop at FSOSS]], 2009, splitting the talk into 9 segments ranging from 4 to 18 minutes each. | * A new minor version of the 1.4.x series was also released. This includes a number of [[http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/ChangeLog-1.4.0.6-1.4.0.7 |bugfixes]] and is available on the [[http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads.php |downloads page]]. |
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| | * **New BuildBot** |
| | * Shawn Boyette released a preview of a BuildBot to automate testing of Evergreen and OpenSRF. See http://testing.esilibrary.com/ for a preview (Warning: Firefox 3.5+, Chrome, or Safari required to view site at the moment). |
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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 |uploaded videos of the workshop to Archive.org]], splitting the talk into 9 segments. Dan has also put his workshop materials online. There's an [[http://open-ils.org/~denials/workshop.html |HTML version]] with written details and, for the extra keen, there's a also [[http://open-ils.org/~denials/workshop.tar.gz |a tarball]] that contains the HTML version **plus** the code used in the examples and Dan's slides. If you're a new developer that wants to obtain more in-depth knowledge of Evergreen, this is a great place to start. |
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| ===== A Booking Module for Mohawk ===== | ===== A Booking Module for Mohawk ===== |
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| ===== Evergreen Jobs ===== | ===== Evergreen Jobs ===== |
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| | * Equinox Software has openings for Software Developers and a Chief Operating Officer. Please visit [[http://esilibrary.com/esi/careers.php|http://esilibrary.com/esi/careers.php]] for more information. |
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| | Do you know of Evergreen related jobs that you'd like to share here? Let us know at [[mailto:newsletter@evergreen-ils.org|newsletter@evergreen-ils.org]] |
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| ===== Lyrasis Evergreen Classes ===== | ===== Lyrasis Evergreen Classes ===== |
| ===== New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! ===== | ===== New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! ===== |
| * [[http://evergreen.lib.in.us/ |Evergreen Indiana]] | * [[http://evergreen.lib.in.us/ |Evergreen Indiana]] |
| * 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, and Westfield Washington Public Library. These migrations bring the number of [[http://evergreen.lib.in.us/ |Indiana libraries online]] with Evergreen up to 48! For more information, see the [[http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/newsitem.php?id=119 |press release]]. | * 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, Syracuse Turkey Creek Township Public Library, Vermillion County Public Library, Waveland Brown Township Public Library, West Lafayette Public Library, Westfield Washington Public Library, and Wolcott Community Public Library. These migrations bring the number of [[http://evergreen.lib.in.us/ |Indiana libraries online]] with Evergreen up to 53! For more information, see the [[http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/newsitem.php?id=119 |press release]]. |
| | * [[http://sitka.bclibrary.ca/ |BC SITKA]] |
| | * The [[http://tnrd.catalogue.bclibraries.ca |Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System]] became Sitka's 25th site. With 13 branches and 1 bookmobile, TNRD is the largest system on Sitka's instance of Evergreen so far. |
| | * Hekman Library at Calvin College migrated to Evergreen in December, 2009. |
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| ===== Planet Evergreen ===== | ===== Planet Evergreen ===== |
| Can’t get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read [[http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/|Planet Evergreen]], an aggregator for Evergreen-related posts. Have a blog that talks about Evergreen? To add your blog to the Planet Evergreen blog aggregator, send email to Dan Scott at **dan@coffeecode.net** | Can’t get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read [[http://planet.evergreen-ils.org/|Planet Evergreen]], an aggregator for Evergreen-related posts. Have a blog that talks about Evergreen? To add your blog to the Planet Evergreen blog aggregator, send email to Dan Scott at **dan@coffeecode.net** |
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| Latest entries on Planet Evergreen: | |
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| ===== A Few Reminders ===== | ===== A Few Reminders ===== |
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| Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation, Inc., terlaga@biblio.org | Amy Terlaga, Bibliomation, Inc., terlaga@biblio.org |
| Jason Etheridge, Equinox | Jason Etheridge, Equinox Software Inc., jason@esilibrary.com |
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| | You can also reach us both at [[mailto:newsletter@evergreen-ils.org|newsletter@evergreen-ils.org]] |
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| | ===== Licensing ===== |
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| | For an Internet-distributed newsletter such as this, there's arguably an implied license for what you can do with and how you can distribute the newsletter. Going forward, we'd like to produce this newsletter under an explicit license, the [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike]] license, which is an open "copy-left" license similar to that used by Evergreen. If you contribute content that is copyrighted or copyrightable, please let us know if you do not agree to have it released under this license. Thanks! |
