This report comes to you as the software development group is in a transition period; we’ve just completed a major portion of the development project, and we’re just starting in earnest on the next. Consequently, there isn’t much news to report at this time, and I apologize for the brevity of this report.
Cataloging Demo Release
We’re very proud to announce the release of the Evergreen Cataloging (Pre-Alpha) Demo. Again, this is a pre-alpha version meant simply for demonstration and proof of concept. There are many, many bugs in this release, and it has limited functionality. The purpose for this release is to gather feedback and to determine if we’re generally heading in the correct direction. We are not looking for bug reports or detail-oriented feedback. The time for that will come later, after the Alpha release this summer.
With those caveats in mind, here are some of the specific functionalities this release contains:
February Executive Committee Report
This month, as you might imagine, has been dominated by work on the upcoming cataloging-staff client demo release. We’re progressing smoothly and steadily, and expect to reach our target release date of March 18th. Allow me to reiterate some of the features that we expect to have available in this upcoming demonstration release: