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Submissions Still Open for the 2019 Evergreen Conference

The 2019 Evergreen Conference is being held in Valley Forge, PA from April 24 – 27, 2019.

The criteria for submitting program proposals for the 2019 Evergreen International Conference and the link to the submission form are available at:

https://evergreen-ils.org/conference/2019-evergreen-international-conference/2019-call-for-proposals/

There are four tracks under which you may submit a proposal:

  • End user: best practices and techniques for using Evergreen in day-to-day library operations.
  • General: programs on training, making the decision to move to Evergreen, participating in the Evergreen community, and other topics related to using Evergreen and open source software in consortial and standalone environments.
  • Management/Leadership: programs related to the administration, management, and leadership of Evergreen systems and staff.
  • Technical: topics related to system administration, software development, implementation, hardware, and integration with other software.

Instructions for Submitting Proposals:

  1. All submissions must include a session title, short description appropriate for the conference program (no more than 200 words), and the names, institutions, job titles and email addresses of those who will be presenting the material at the conference.
  2. Indicate your intended program track (End User, General, Management/Leadership, or Technical) and presumed technical expertise of your audience (None, Low, Moderate, High).
  3. List any technology requirements.
  4. Fill out the submission form – 2019 Program Submission Form
  5. The deadline for submitting pre-conference proposals is past.  The deadline for submitting all other proposals is Friday, December 7, 2018.

For a more extensive list of possible program ideas, please visit the conference website.

If you have questions regarding the submission process or questions about proposals in general, please feel free to contact the Program Committee at evergreen-conference@list.evergreen-ils.org.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Evergreen 3.1.8 and 3.2.2 released

The Evergreen community is proud to offer two new releases.  These releases incorporate work done at the 2018 Evergreen Hack-A-Way, as well as other important bug fixes.  You can download these new releases at the Evergreen Downloads Page.

3.2.2 includes the following improvements over 3.2.1:

  • Fixes a bug that blocked logging in from mobile browsers
  • Fixes a readability issue with mobile menus
  • Fixes performance issue related to grid tooltips.
  • Fixes an issue that caused some grid columns to appear empty.
  • Improves the functionality of setting a default tab of a bib record
  • The web client now remembers the most recently selected copy template
  • Adds help tips to Print Item Labels Settings tab
  • If you add or edit copies and/or volumes from the Holdings View tab, the view now automatically refreshes to show your changes.
  • Provides an upgrade to MODS 3.3 for older Evergreen installations.
  • Improves usability of Z39.50 MARC View.
  • Fixes a daylight savings time-related circulation bug.
  • Fixes a bug that caused deleted items to show up on the holds shelf.
  • Staff can now place multiple email addresses into the patron registration/ edit form, depending on the value of the ui.patron.edit.au.email.regex library setting.
  • Fixes an issue with the offline circulation module.
  • When merging two users, the non-lead account is now completely purged from the database, rather than simply being marked as deleted.
  • Fixes a bug which prevented the canceling of holds from the title record.
  • Removes incorrect copy counts from metarecord search results pages
  • Electronic resources now display in the browse interfaces
  • Restores ability to request password resets
  • The example Apache 2.4 configuration now enables remoteip.
  • Improves syntax in the fm_idl file.

3.1.8 offers the following improvements over 3.1.7:

  • Fixes a bug that blocked logging in from mobile browsers
  • Fixes a readability issue with mobile menus
  • Fixes performance issue related to grid tooltips.
  • Improves the functionality of setting a default tab of a bib record
  • The web client now remembers the most recently selected copy template
  • Adds help tips to Print Item Labels Settings tab
  • If you add or edit copies and/or volumes from the Holdings View tab, the view now automatically refreshes to show your changes.
  • Provides an upgrade to MODS 3.3 for older Evergreen installations.
  • Improves usability of Z39.50 MARC View.
  • Staff can now place multiple email addresses into the patron registration/ edit form, depending on the value of the ui.patron.edit.au.email.regex library setting.
  • Fixes an issue with the offline circulation module.
  • When merging two users, the non-lead account is now completely purged from the database, rather than simply being marked as deleted.
  • Removes incorrect copy counts from metarecord search results pages
  • Electronic resources now display in the browse interfaces
  • The example Apache 2.4 configuration now enables remoteip.
  • Improves syntax in the fm_idl file.

Thank you to the 18 contributors who worked on these releases, as well as Blake Graham-Henderson, Jane Sandberg, and Dan Wells, who coordinated this release.

Michele Morgan: Evergreen Contributor of the Month

The Evergreen Outreach Committee is thrilled to announce that our first Evergreen Contributor of the Month is Michele Morgan of NOBLE.

Michele has been involved with Evergreen since 2012, and in that time has quietly but steadily made a positive difference in the code and the community.  She has been a significant contributor to Launchpad, with 97 bug reports to her name and 175 bugs commented upon.  Michele has also authored 16 bugfix patches that are now a part of the Evergreen codebase.  

“I like things to work right,” Michele notes.  “I like writing bugs and I like trying to fix bugs.”  Michele has a reputation as a careful and thorough tester of code, and has participated in every community Bug Squashing event since their inception in 2014.

Michele’s approach is always end-user focused.  “I advocate for the end user, because I used to be one,” she says.  In her day job at NOBLE Michele serves as a Technical Support Analyst and takes calls from NOBLE’s member libraries about any Evergreen issues they’re having.  

As the front line of support for NOBLE, she gets user input firsthand and helps them to resolve problems.  She has spent most of her career on the public services side of libraries, including serving as Head of Circulation, which gives her a valuable perspective on the day-to-day workflows of library staff.

Michele can often be found in the #evergreen IRC channel, welcoming newcomers, giving advice, and tossing around ideas with other community members.  She’s always willing to help another Evergreener troubleshoot an issue in IRC.

Michele recommends that new community members lurk and listen — but not be afraid of stepping in!  “Listening is a great way to start,” she says. “Lurk in IRC, be on the lists, answer what you can. Make yourself comfortable with Evergreen.  It’s OK to say something wrong, the community is very supportive.”

Michele’s contributions and consistent helpfulness make her a great example of how individual people can be big difference-makers in open source projects.  “It’s a community effort,” she concludes. “You do what you can when you can, and it’s definitely a community effort.”

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Do you know someone in the community who deserves a bit of extra recognition?  Please use this form to submit your nominations.  We ask for your email in case we have any questions, but all nominations will be kept confidential.

Any questions can be directed to Andrea Buntz Neiman via abneiman@equinoxinitiative.org or abneiman in IRC.