Evergreen

**Evergreen** Integrated Library System was developed using Open Source software.
 * Released under General Public License (GPL).
 * Alpha release (Online public access catalog, Cataloging, Circulation) debuted in July 2005.
 * Beta release in early 2006.
 * All [|PINES] libraries migrated to Evergreen software on September 5, 2006.
 * Transactions, user records, and item records were migrated from the former system

**Evergreen -** Cost﻿Comparison 24 Local Tech Staff $200,000/yr $0 Software Licensing $200,000/yr (included, 3 years) Hardware Support $1,500,000 $350,000 Server Hardware Vendor ILS Evergreen

**Eve﻿ ****rgreen** Benefits
 * We’re self-sustaining and control our own destiny.
 * We decide on development priorities.
 * No more difficulty trying to convince a vendor to develop important features for us (a minority customer in some ways).
 * The users of the software have direct access to the developers.

**Evergreen** Online Catalog Features
 * Streamlined searching from a single search box.
 * Google-like spell-checking and search suggestions.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ability to select specific material formats from the online catalog’s front page.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Added content, including book cover images, reviews, and excerpts.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Randomized holds that include geographic location as a factor.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scalability in anticipation of PINES growth.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Evergreen** Online Catalog Features <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In ‘My Account’, patrons can:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">change personal login name;
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">change password;
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">place, cancel, and view holds;
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">modify how they would like to be alerted of available holds;
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">view fines;
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">view address information; and
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">view Bookbags (and share them)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Evergreen** has been selected by a number of libraries and consortia, including the University of Windsor, Laurentian University, McMaster University, Kent County (MD) Public Library, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan Library Consortium, Mayfield Memorial (IN) Public Library, Indiana Open Source ILS Initiative, and British Columbia’s SITKA.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Georgia Public Library Service <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 12pt 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">[|http://gapines.org]

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 12pt 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Evergreen Libraries **

=**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Official Evergreen project website **= <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]

=**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">FAQs **= <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]

=**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">References **=
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]Weber, J (2006). "Evergreen: Your Homegrown ILS", "Library Journal", 131(20).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]List of known sites running Evergreen
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]Michigan Evergreen
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]Evergreen Indiana
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]British Columbia Sitka
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]South Carolina LENDS

=**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other links **=
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Equinox Software]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Evergreen] at [|Freshmeat]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|"Evergreen: Your Homegrown ILS - An in-house team successfully competes with commercial vendors in the library automation sphere"] [|Library Journal] article
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|"Librarians stake their future on open source"]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|PINES catalog]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Evergreen online demo server]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|The Viavility of Open Sources ILS]