Burnout is a common problem in open-source communities that can ultimately cause anxiety, fatigue and stress to the contributors that we rely on to support the software, documentation, and outreach efforts. When left unchecked, it can also lead to contributions being ignored, missed roadmap deadlines, dropped projects, and, at its worst, key contributors leaving the community. In this talk, we’ll look at open-source burnout, using real data from the Evergreen community; review how contributors can deal with their own burnout; and, more importantly, how libraries and vendors can encourage contributions and make other key decisions to help existing contributors.
Batches, Baskets, Buckets and Carousels
Overview of the different ways to work with batches of items and bibs in Evergreen, including item status batches, item and record buckets, My Lists/Bookbags, and carousels with lots of examples and tips and tricks.
2023 Conference: Lightning Talks, Day 2
Quick 5-10 minute talks on anything Evergreen related.
Achieving Fulfillment
Evergreen has a sibling named Fulfillment, an application made to allow for wide spread and low effort interlibrary loan among libraries. Join us as we discuss the history of its shared code with Evergreen, ongoing development, what makes it special and learn if it might help you expand sharing with other libraries, regardless of ILS.
2023 Conference: Evergreen 3.10 and 3.11 New Features
New Features in Evergreen 3.9 and 3.10
The Andrea and Ruth Show returns for the latest installment of the New Features update for the past year’s Evergreen ILS releases.
Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initiative, Project Manager for Software Development, abneiman@equinoxinitiative.org; Ruth Frasur, Evergreen Indiana, Consortium Coordinator, rfrasur@library.in.gov
2023 Conference: Welcome Address and Keynote Address
The Evergreen Conference Committee is excited to announce that David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library (BPL) will be presenting the Keynote Address at the 2022 Evergreen International Conference on Data Security and Patron Privacy in today’s Library. BPL experienced a ransom ware attack in the Summer of 2021, which will form the basis of David’s Keynote remarks.
David Leonard is President of the Boston Public Library, a thriving 170-year-old institution and one of Boston’s great educational, cultural, and civic treasures. David began working at the BPL in 2009, bringing with him a wealth of experience from the technology, management, and consulting fields. Appointed President by the Library’s Board of Trustees and Mayor Martin J. Walsh in June 2016, David’s focus is on developing the BPL as a twenty-first-century institution that provides dynamic library experiences to the residents of Boston, of Massachusetts, and beyond.
David’s prior experience spans academia and the nonprofit sector as well as the IT consulting world, with roles in business development, management, and technology consulting. David is currently enrolled in a PhD program in Library Information Science at Simmons College. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and mathematics and a master’s degree in philosophy from the University College Dublin. He did further graduate work in philosophy at Boston College and was a member of the 2010 Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
You Don’t HAVE to Do It Yourself
Many options are now available for hosted Evergreen, offering a range of services from fully-supported to do it yourself. The program will explore the options, based on NOBLE’s recent experience moving away from self-hosting.
The Continuing Story of RediSRF
This will be a continuation of my 2022 conference presentation on replacing XMPP for OpenSRF. I’ll discuss how the design has evolved since the previous conference, give a general project update, and solicit feedback for how we want to move the project forward.
Standing Requirements: The Explicit and Implicit Expectations of Evergreen
The basic requirements of Evergreen as a piece of software can be succinctly described as help libraries maintain an inventory of resources that patrons can use to search and request those resources. The ramifications of that requirement include support for various workflows, but there are also a number of additional requirements.
During this presentation, Galen Charlton will discuss the full panoply of Evergreen’s standing requirements, including ones that are implicit or obscure. Accessibility, UX design, and internationalization all figure here as well as concerns specific to particular contributor communities within the project.
Attendees will leave the presentation with an understanding of the project’s standing requirements and a call to action to make the implicit explicit and managed.
Making Life Easier with NCIP
The Keystone State has long provided wide resource sharing through AccessPA, a system provided by a vendor to facilitate a union catalog. However, within the state Evergreen consortium they decided to streamline the workflow with NCIP. Join us to learn how the SPARK team and Equinox worked together to deploy a solution using NCIP with Evergreen and make life resource sharing a lot less button-click-y.
Less Work More PLAY
The PINES Library Access for Youth (PLAY) program provides preK-12 public school students access to millions of fines-free physical and digital materials offered by Georgia PINES libraries. PINES developed a secure method for importing student data provided by school districts in order to automatically create and manage library accounts, reducing barriers to access for students and reducing manual intervention from library staff. This session will go over the process of batch creating accounts in Evergreen, lessons learned, and features and improvements added along the way.
Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Permissions Are In
Permissions are essential to what *we* do, but trying to figure out what *they* do is complicated. This working session is open to all who are interested in discussing current permissions projects, brainstorming new approaches, and hopefully finding the meaning of EVERYTHING. Group work session to talk about the current status of the project and to share ideas.
Hosting Evergreen in Production
If you’re a system admin or developer you’ve likely installed Evergreen, maybe even at this very event, but do you know the ins and outs of efficiently hosting a large highly-available OpenSRF cluster? It’s not as hard as it may sound; join me as we go beyond the basic installation instructions and turn reliability up to 11.
Evergreen 3.10 and 3.11 – New Features
The Andrea and Ruth Show returns for the latest installment of the New Features update for the past year’s Evergreen ILS releases.
Consortial Communications
With over 150 member libraries in the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) consortium, striking the right balance between too much and not enough communication can be difficult. How do consortial leaders ensure that their message gets to their intended audience? When it comes to larger projects such as upgrades and launching third-party vendors, how far ahead should you plan to start preparing your users? What (free & low-cost) tools exist to ensure your communications are aesthetically pleasing and represent your consortial branding? PaILS staff Katie Greenleaf Martin and Katherine Dannehl will share tips for consistent and substantive communication to your consortium’s membership.
Circulating Seeds
When St. Thomas Library migrated to Evergreen they brought with them a collection of seeds that were seasonally refreshed and circulated. Their legacy system hadn’t had a way of easily matching their workflow for these non-traditional kind of checkouts but with Evergreen we implemented new action triggers reactors to easily handle their needs. Join us to learn about this great community service and how Evergreen was customized to meet the need.
Bib Magic
Ever needed Evergreen to have more records? Not just any records but the most tubular awesome records? Ten thousand records from a vendor, but you don’t like the raw records. They’re okay* but you wish that the 856$y had a different value and the first occurrence of the 650$2 was removed. And the 007 needs to go away. Apply scoped libraries to the 856$9. And, and and! Plus, you need these records synced up every week/month/year? What if I told you that this was possible? Not only possible, but easy! Look no further than the Bib Magic importer!
Best of Both Worlds – Bibliocommons and Evergreen
Public Libraries that want the flexibility and control of Evergreen and Open Source, but also want to create the best patron experience possible have leveraged the BiblioCommons suite of products. BiblioCommons integrates with Evergreen to provide a seamless patron experience across the catalog, website, and events management. Learn about the experience of working with BiblioCommons and Evergreen from King County Library System and hear case studies and patron feedback from Kenton County Library, Grand Rapids Library, and other libraries integrating BiblioCommons and Evergreen for the optimal experience for libraries and the patrons they serve.
Authority Fest Redux
A summary of Authority-Fest 2022, lessons learned since then, an update from the Authorities Working Group, and more brainstorming
2023 Conference: Welcome and Keynote Address – David Leonard
David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library (BPL) presents the Keynote Address at the 2023 Evergreen International Conference on Data Security and Patron Privacy in today’s Library. BPL experienced a ransom ware attack in the Summer of 2021. This experience forms the basis of David’s Keynote remarks.