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PINES Staff Report

Stay informed with the latest Evergreen development updates, bug squashing weeks, community news, and upcoming conferences. Learn about new features, bug fixes, and community initiatives in the Evergreen library system.

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PINES Staff Report

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  1. PINES Staff Report May 2019

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  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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