In 2013, Leslie St. John (a consultant with PINES) and I investigated Evergreen holds functionality in PINES to provide answers to questions from staff at PINES libraries. Key among those questions were how holds were processed and whether that processing was in accordance with PINES policies and needs. The white paper Investigating Evergreen Holds functionality in PINES and the Executive Summary present our findings and conclusions. They can be found at http://pines.georgialibraries.org/holds-white-paper
Please keep in mind as you look over the paper that we were testing how PINES implements Evergreen (version 2.3) holds processing. Your library or consortium may differ. However, we hope that the paper is useful to others in the Evergreen community. We wish to thank Kathy Lussier and MassLNC for the use of their testing scenarios. Using them as a basis for ours saved us a good deal of time. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines
