Evergreen ILS
Open Source Library Software
The past 5 days have been super-busy, as anyone who has migrated ILS’s knows. Bottom line: we made it. PINES is running on Evergreen. We really appreciate all of the well-wishes and support we received during this stressful time.
We’re planning on writing up a full post-mortem on the migration and go-live as soon as things slow down around here.
http://www.zazzle.com/evergreenils
This is the Zazzle store front for official Evergreen ILS merchandise. All goods are individually printed and shipped on demand with ethically sourced products. The community gains 5% of the purchase cost of each item as revenue. We have a handful of products already and are always looking for more ideas!
Attention, Evergreen users/followers/consider-ers! Step up to the plate and participate in the Perceptions 2008 International Library Automation Survey, produced by library-automation industry pundit Marshall Breeding.
Marshall’s 2007 survey received “a total of 1,779 individuals from 47 different countries.” That’s a good start, but this survey would benefit from higher turnout. While the latest survey doesn’t mention a due date, a conversation with Marshall indicated that he would be closing out the survey by mid-January (as in, two more weeks), so don’t let this slide.
A strength of Marshall’s survey is that it probes perceptions and attitudes — not simply the opaque body count of who’s using what, but the satisfaction levels with products and services. This means that the Perceptions survey can reach below the surface and pull up trends that may not be visible — such as libraries that may not be in a position to migrate to a new ILS today or tomorrow, especially if they are distracted by the train wreck of our current economy, but are strongly considering open source software in the future.
Happy New Year to all of us in the Evergreen community!