Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software*
*Evergreen International Conference May 20-22, 2009 http://solinet.net/evergreen * *http://evergreen-ils.org * Volume 2, Issue 2 February, 2009 Conversation Hearts! As a reminder, we will post this newsletter to the Evergreen general discussion list (see all Evergreen lists at http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) and to the Evergreen blog ( http://evergreen-ils.org/blog). Cross-posting and forwarding is encouraged. In This Issue… Evergreen Out and About, Evergreen 1.4.0.2 Available, Evergreen Conference, New OPAC Skin for 1.4, Evergreen Webinars, SOLINET Evergreen Classes, Documentation Update, Evergreen in the Czech Republic, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar *Let us know and we'll add your "out and about with Evergreen" events to this calendar! * *Code4Lib 2009* (Providence, Feb 23-26): Evergreen developer Mike Rylander and Community Librarian Karen Schneider will be at Code4Lib, as will other members of the Evergreen community. You can anticipate at at least one Birds of a Feather at this popular annual conference (see http://code4lib.org/conference). Equinox Software Inc. is a proud sponsor of Code4Lib -- now at the Gold level ($5,000). *Computers in Libraries* (D.C., March 30 - April 1) will feature a rock-out, boffo panel of Evergreen Divas: Karen Schneider from Equinox; Ruth Dukelow from Michigan Library Consortium; Karen Collier and Andrea Neiman from Kent County Library in Maryland. http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2009/ * * *Texas Library Association* (Houston, March 31 - April 3): We're exhibiting there, so scoot your boots over to booth 1115 and sit a spell with Shae, Karen, Bob, and Brad! *British Columbia Library Association *(Burnaby, April 16-18) will feature a talk by Karen Schneider on creativity and open source. http://www.bcla.bc.ca/Conference2009/default.aspx *Evergreen International Conference *(Athens, Georgia, May 20 – 22, 2009). Our first conference! Joe Lucia and Jessamyn West will be keynoting! See more about this exciting event below. *Past Conferences*: Dan Scott has two great conference posts from OLA 2009, while the Evergreen presence at ER&L 2009 -- a great conversation about open source and libraries, featuring Karen Schneider, Tim Geary, and Andrew Nagy -- was hashtagged by the Twitterverse <http://hashtags.org/tag/erl09>. http://coffeecode.net/archives/182-Project-Conifer-update-session-at-OLA-SuperConference-2009.html http://coffeecode.net/archives/2009/02/01.html Plus read on for Evergreen in the Czech Republic! Evergreen 1.4.0.2 Available! Evergreen 1.4.0.2 (the latest in the 1.4.0*) series is now available. The feature list for the 1.4.0 series is here: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=feature_list_1_4_0. See the Evergreen download page (http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php) for source code, staff client, images, and more. Have fun with the MARC record importer-exporter, the locale picker, and other great features -- it's a blast! Remember that the Evergreen staff client needs to match the server version. <[email protected]> Evergreen International Conference, May 20-22, 2009 *See* *http://www.solinet.net/evergreen Questions? Sponsorship and exhibits requests? Program submissions? Email [email protected] * The first-ever Evergreen International Conference is just around the corner! Here are the top ten tidbits about this wonderful, can't-miss conference: 1. *Takes place May 20-22, 2009* at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, a very attractive university town with great restaurants and pubs, just one hour from the Atlanta airport. *New! We have firmed up accommodations,*which are delightfully reasonable and a comfy walking distance to the Classic Center. 2. *Registration opens* Wednesday, February 18, 2009, on the conference website *http://www.solinet.net/evergreen* -- We are holding this conference to a comfortable 150 attendees, so spaces will fill fast -- don't delay! 3. *Fascinating keynote speakers*: *Joe Lucia* of Villanova University (and Vufind fame), and *Jessamyn West*, noted librarian, technology advocate, blogger/writer, and champion of open source! 4. *Call for programs closes* 5 p.m. EST on *March 2, 2009* -- programs are on three tracks: Library Administration, Front-line Users, and Tech Topics. Why not submit a program about how you're using Evergreen or plan to use Evergreen? 5. May 20 is an *all-day Hackfest* (no additional registration fee) in the comfortable environs of the Classic Center. Don't be dissuaded by the word "hack"! If you have an idea and want quiet, wired space to explore it it with other colleagues, just plan on it. We already have several happening--including at least a half-day session on documentation. 6. The conference kicks off the evening of May 21 with a *Vendor Reception *-- just enough food to replenish you before you head out into the adorable environs of downtown Athens, with its pubs and restaurants. If you're a vendor, note that this is a no-conflict event so we can give your product lots of attention! 7. May 21 - 22 features fascinating *programs*, long breaks where you can *network with peers*, a *luncheon* (no events during the luncheon, so you can spend time talking with friends, colleagues, and vendors) and a *Table Talk Breakfast * 8. *User led 5-minute lightning talks* will spark up the conference, while *Birds of a Feather sessions* offer even more opportunities to commune with like-minded peers about topics of interest. Even if you don't have a full 45-minute program to offer, you may have 5 minutes for sharing a great idea. 9. *Sponsorship *and *exhibiting *opportunities abound -- sponsor at a specific level (Gold, Silver, Platinum), sponsor one of our many events, or just exhibit! * * 10. Affordable *accommodations* (we just lined up two great but also great-priced hotels within walking distance), superb local *meal *values, and the Classic Center has *free wifi*! The 2009 Evergreen Conference is being jointly coordinated by Georgia Public Library Service, Equinox Software, SOLINET, and several others in the Evergreen community, including Catherine Lemmer of Indiana Evergreen. New OPAC Skin to be 1.4-ready! Say hello to "Craftsman," the new OPAC skin, a handsome rethinking of our original interface! Craftsman, underwritten by Georgia Public Library Service, will be available for 1.4 by the time we head to Code4Lib (late February) so we can chat it up while we're there and display it on our development server. It's already live on our demo catalog -- though you need to know where to look: http://demo.gapines.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml Evergreen Webinars ** Watch for a separate announcement on the lists and blogs, but due to popular demand, there will be two free half-hour webinars in March available to anyone who wants to attend: *Introducing Craftsman*, *the new Evergreen OPAC* *skin*, Wednesday, March 4, 10 a.m. Eastern Time *Understanding Open Source*, Wednesday, March 18, 10 a.m. Eastern TimeSOLINET Rolls Out More Evergreen Training Classes ** **SOLINET continues to offer free online Evergreen demos! The next one is March 31st (11am-noon).These free demos provide overviews of Evergreen's popular features and gives participants a chance to ask questions in a training environment. SOLINET also offers three fee-based online classes on Evergreen modules. All class times are Eastern Standard: *Evergreen Circulation*: OPAC searching, navigating the staff client, creating and maintaining patron accounts, using tools and options, check in/check out and other circulation procedures such as creating and maintaining holds. Offered March 31st (2-4pm). *Evergreen Cataloging*: This is now a 2-day class that covers creating, editing and merging records; transferring items; using buckets; and importing/exporting records. Offered March 24th-25th (10am-noon). *Evergreen Local Administration and Statistics: *A more advanced class that covers configuring Evergreen locally, setting user permissions, creating templates for printing receipts and running reports. Offered March 25th(10am-noon). To register for SOLINET's Evergreen training (including the free demo), just visit Solinet's Educational Services Registration website at http://www.solinet.net/Classes%20and%20Events/Class%20Registration.aspx For questions, contact SOLINET trainers Jennifer Bielewski and Jenny Liberatore, 1-800-999-8558 or [email protected] Documentation UpdateThe Evergreen Indiana project has updated its already-excellent cataloging documentation: http://www.in.gov/library/3381.htm Also, the Evergreen community has been exploring a documentation proposal. Have thoughts? Chime in! http://list.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-documentation /2009-January/000137.html Evergreen in the Czech Republic * * On 20th January 2009 Vaclav Jansa and Linda Skolkova presented Evergreen(with a special emphasis on their work on its localization to Czech) at the 2nd IKI conference in Prague. It was the first Evergreen presentation to a larger group of LIS professionals and professionals from related fields in the Czech Republic. The IKI (Information, Competitiveness, Innovation) conference, organized by Czech Information Society, c.a., and the Instituteof Information Studies and Librarianship, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, took place on the premises of Charles University in Prague and was attended by 120 participants. Online proceedings (consisting mostly of presentations) are available at the conference website at http://www.cisvts.cz/default.asp?ch=500&typ=1&val=87692&ids=3444 (in Czech only). Evergreen on Facebook Evergreen has a Facebook group at the not-so-mnemonic address of http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6396639614 . We are now posting events to this group, such as the Evergreen conference and the ALA Midwinter get-together, as well as press releases for new Evergreen libraries and systems and other related news. The group has over 250 members. If you're on Facebook, join our group. If you aren't on Facebook and you don't think you're the Facebook "type," give it a try. You might be surprised by who's on Facebook! A Few Reminders *Webinars and videos*: Don't forget the section on the Evergreen wiki devoted to community-contributed documentation and tutorials<http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_tutorials>, now featuring more videos from Innisfil Library. Evergreen also has a Flickr set and Delicious bookmarks: Delicious: http://delicious.com/evergreenils Flickr (see OLA pictures!): http://flickr.com/photos/evergreen-ils/ New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! Below are the newest Evergreen libraries — the Evergreen installations known to have taken place since our last newsletter in mid-January. Quite a batch! Also see the growing list of Evergreen libraries at: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen_libraries *Evergreen Indiana:* Hamilton North Public Library Ladoga Clark Public Library North Webster Library Fulton County Public Library *British Columbia SITKA: * Salmo & Rossland Libraries *Single Sites: * National Weather Center Library, Norman, Oklahoma If you'd like to follow along as libraries join the Evergreen community, you can subscribe to the Equinox press release feed, which will announce most known Evergreen implementations (or follow the Facebook group mentioned above). The Equinox press release feed <http://esilibrary.com/esi/news.rss>was recently tweaked to make it easier to track and share the releases. *Forthcoming Evergreen Libraries!* Both King County Library System (in Washington State) and Natural Resources Canada have signed contracts with Equinox. Welcome aboard! Newsletter Administrivia Feel free to forward, share, etc.! The deadline for the Evergreen newsletter is the last working day before the first of the month… feel free to submit items earlier. The co-wranglers for this newsletter are Karen Schneider, Equinox Community Librarian and John Fink, Digital Technologies Development librarian at McMaster University.
