Evergreen Newsletter *The newsletter for Evergreen open source library software http://evergreen -ils.org*
*Volume 2, Issue 8 -- September, 2009 * As a reminder, we 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 Development Update, Evergreen Post-Birthday Links, Evergreen People, Lyrasis Evergreen Classes, New Evergreen Libraries, Newsletter Administrivia Out and About: An Evergreen Calendar Access 2009 (9/30-10/3): Evergreen developer Mike Rylander and Equinox project manager Shae Tetterton will be there, and there are many open source and Evergreen events there as well. See http://vre2.upei.ca/access2009/ North Carolina Library Association (10/6-10/9): Equinox Software has a booth there, come by and say hello, or ask for a demo! Indiana Library Federation (10/18-10/20): come see Equinox Software at the exhibits! If you have Evergreen-related events to add (talks, conferences, etc.), just email [email protected]. Evergreen Post-Birthday Links Evergreen celebrated its third birthday on September 5, and there were two blog posts marking the occasion: Evergreen at 3: Reflections and Memories http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=228 The Evergreen Index (with apologies to Harper's Index): http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=235 Documentation Interest Group: Onward, XML Soldiers! The needs assessment for the Evergreen Documentation Interest Group couldn't have been plainer about the future direction of the DIG. The full report is here: http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=257 "The needs assessment group of the Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG) recommends that activities to produce single-source, XML-based project-wide Evergreen documentation commence immediately in these four areas: reports; installation, upgrading, and migrations; cataloging; and circulation. (Note: the DIG concurred at the September 9 meeting, and work has commenced.)" We are forging ahead in that direction! The wiki page for the DIG has been reorganized and is easier to navigate: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:dig Meanwhile, Paul Weiss, DIG co-facilitator, has moved on to a new, non-Evergreen position, and two DIG members have volunteered to step in as facilitators, something the DIG will ratify at its next meeting in a couple of weeks (TBA on the documentation list). Thanks and good-by to Paul! Finally, a big, hearty thank you to Mike Peters (Evergreen Indiana) for setting up a test server for the DIG. Come on board--there's room for many-a-more! Email [email protected] more info. Evergreen Development Update Evergreen 1.4.0.6 and Evergreen Release Candidate 1.6.0.0RC1 both recently debuted, and the roll-outs for both, but particularly 1.6, were very smooth. See the Evergreen Roadmap for a top-level view of what’s coming in 2.0: <http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_roadmap> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_roadmap Evergreen Jobs Mohawk College (Ontario) has an opening for a library applications specialist: http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/Explore/jobs/currentjobopps/fulltimeSSopps/comp_2423.html Evergreen People * * *HIRES*: Equinox Software Inc., “The Evergreen Experts,” recently hired two more developers: Joe Atzberger and Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley. Joe's previous position was as a Koha developer for LibLime. He also worked several previous years as a Technical Specialist supporting INFOhio K-12 libraries and their migrations on SirsiDynix and MultiLIS platforms. Joe came by the library world naturally: both his parents also love books, have English degrees, and his mom is a Reference Librarian. For the past three years, Lebbeous worked for an information security firm in Cleveland, Ohio, where he primarily wrote software using open source tools. He has applied his passion for programming to diverse problems including vulnerability assessment, network perimeter management, log analysis, and more. Lebbeous also enjoys history, following college football, and video games (sometimes to his wife's chagrin). Lyrasis Evergreen Training Classes Lyrasis is offering two Evergreen classes in the near future: Evergreen Circulation Module (Live Online) 10/22/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST Evergreen Administration and Statistics Module (Live Online) 10/22/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST To register please see the Lyrasis website at: http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes%20and%20Events/Catalog/E/Evergreen %20Catalog%20Module%20Live%20Online.aspx For close to a year, Lyrasis (created from a merger of SOLINET and PALINET) has taught dozens of Evergreen classes. Lyrasis is dedicated to training and instructing Evergreen, and they welcome your comments and suggestions for courses. All of their current course offerings are continuously updated, and Lyrasis plans to add more courses in the future. For comments or questions, contact Lyrasis instructors *[email protected]* or [email protected] Planet Evergreen Can't get enough news about Evergreen open source software? Subscribe to or read Planet Evergreen, an aggregator for Evergreen-related posts, at http://planet.evergreen-ils.org . Have a blog that talks about Evergreen? To add your blog to the Planet Evergreen blog aggregator, send email to Dan Scott at [email protected] Evergreen on Facebook Evergreen has a growing 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 now has well over 300 members. 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> . Evergreen also has a Flickr set: http://flickr.com/photos/evergreen-ils/ New Evergreen Libraries: Welcome Aboard! See the growing list of Evergreen libraries at: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen_libraries This list is open to all Evergreen libraries, from commercially-supported to "grow-your-own." Please add your library if it's not there! Highlights from the latest additions: *North Texas Library Consortium* (NTLC) just rolled out 13 libraries on a shared catalog. Everything's bigger in Texas! Welcome aboard, NTLC! *Sitka *in British Columbia rolled out three more libraries, Gibsons District Public Library, Sechelt Public Library, and Castlegar Public Library, for a total of 24 libraries on a shared catalog. 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. ** *Newsletter Administrivia * Feel free to forward, share, etc.! The co-wranglers for this newsletter (produced every month… sometimes earlier, sometimes later… what can we say!) are Karen Schneider, Equinox Community Librarian and John Fink, Digital Technologies Development Librarian at McMaster University.
