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PINES Staff Report

PINES Staff Report. May 2019. Added Content. Added Content. Added Content. Added Content – Upcoming Review. The new Syndetics Unbound product claims to offer similar added content value to NoveList Currently we subscribe to NoveList and to Syndetics Classic

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PINES Staff Report

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  1. PINES Staff Report May 2019

  2. Added Content

  3. Added Content

  4. Added Content

  5. Added Content – Upcoming Review • The new Syndetics Unbound product claims to offer similar added content value to NoveList • Currently we subscribe to NoveList and to Syndetics Classic • We will compare Syndetics and NoveList’s products in detail this year to determine whether to keep both subscriptions

  6. GALILEO Authentication from PINES

  7. Notification Statistics Average 75,470 notices/day in April

  8. PINES App Statistics Android: 11,970 installs iOS: 10,350 installs

  9. PINES Training Update • In 2018, PINES staff did… • 318.75 hours of training, 252.5 hours of which was eligible for CE credits • To 1846 registered staff • Three PINES Mini-Conferences were held in… • Dalton • St. Simons Island • Athens

  10. Evergreen Development Update • January Rollout • Positive feedback on new features • Several libraries have already used the Emergency Closing Handler • Other Evergreen libraries are excited about the Discard/Weed function • Catalogers are all up and running with new spine & pocket label printing changes • No more white screens of death!

  11. Evergreen Development Update • MassLNC Development Initiative Projects • Acquisitions – Testing for first phase (underlying structure update to Angular) • Hold Notification Updates – Testing phase (asks patrons if they want to update existing holds when they change their notification preferences) • Currently reviewing technical specifications for sorting items by geographical proximity

  12. Evergreen Development Update • Emerald Development Projects • Bug fixing for a few remaining small issues in spine & pocket label printing • Adding Acquisitions category to Quick Reports

  13. Evergreen Development Update • Rbdigital • Installed on one of our test servers but a configuration bug has prevented us from completing setup • Waiting on configuration bugs to be fixed before we can continue testing

  14. Evergreen Bug Squashing Weeks • Three Bug Squashing Weeks scheduled for 2019: • May 20 - 24 July 29 - Aug 2 Sept 9 - 13 • No coding knowledge needed! People can participate by reviewing reported bugs, testing, and updating documentation. • If you have staff who are interested in making Evergreen better, please encourage them to participate (contact me at tmccanna@georgialibraries.org for more info).

  15. Evergreen Community Update • The Evergreen Project • Forming a 501c3 • Transition from Evergreen Oversight Board to The Evergreen Project Board • Evergreen Oversight Board: • Terran McCanna’s Term Ended • Chris Sharp and Tiffany Little were both Elected! • MassLNC Development Initiative • Wrapping up our final projects • MassLNC Development Initiative is being disbanded and reformed with a similar structure by Evergreen Indiana

  16. 2019 Evergreen International Conference April 24-27, 2019 Valley Forge, PA

  17. 2019 Evergreen International Conference • Sessions were led by Terran McCanna, Elaine Hardy, Tiffany Little, Chris Sharp, and Elizabeth McKinney • Several working groups are being started or revitalized • And as always, productive and encouraging contact with the developers and with our colleagues at all of the other Evergreen libraries

  18. 2020 Evergreen International Conference April 22-25, 2020 Atlanta, GA

  19. 2020 Evergreen International Conference April 22-25, 2020 Atlanta, GA

  20. Thank you Any questions?

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