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Subject: [Publib] Growing Evergreen: an Open-Source ILS Solution
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:48:53 -0400
From: Meg VanPatten <megv@...>
To: <Publib@...>

Growing Evergreen: an Open-Source ILS Solution
*2:00 PM - 5:00 PM***

*Wednesday, November 5, 2008*

*Saratoga, New York*

Evergreen is the open-source software developed by staff at the Georgia
Public Library Service for PINES, a regional automation system serving
275 libraries. Evergreen software has since been chosen as the ILS
solution by academic and public libraries and consortia in Michigan,
Indiana, Maryland, and Canada.
Hear the Evergreen story from one of the original developers of the
software. Learn from the PINES staff how they regard the system today.
We’ll start with this question--
What is open-source, and why should we consider it?
The story continues with—
• PINES: The roots of the Evergreen project
• Designing a system from the ground up
• The PINES consortium and Evergreen today
• The future of Evergreen
• Open source: incorporating interested libraries
• Demo of the PINES public catalog
• Demo of the staff client
• Q & A
This three-hour presentation is appropriate for staff, administrators,
and trustees from all types of libraries.

Elizabeth McKinney de Garcia is the PINES Program Director. She has been
with the Georgia Public Library Service since November 2001. Prior to
working with the Georgia Public Library Service, she worked as a
clinical librarian at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as a medical
research coordinator in Popayan, Colombia and as the Interlibrary Loan
Supervisor at the University of Louisville Health Sciences Library. She
received her MLS degree from Syracuse University.

Mike Rylander, Equinox Software, Vice President, Research and Design,
directs the overall technical design of Evergreen, and specializes in
database architecture, search and low-level systems. He has been
building large database-backed applications and enterprise monitoring
systems, as well as system administration and security tools, for nearly
a decade. As an original core developer of Evergreen, Mike has been
involved as data architect, designer and developer since the August 2004
inception of Evergreen development. He is intimately familiar with
traditional library data standards and technology such as MARC and
Z39.50, as well as emerging standards such as MODS/MADS and SRW/U.

This workshop is being presented by the Continuing Education Committee
of the New York Library Association. Participants will be awarded .3
continuing education units.

A complete listing of workshops and registration information can be
found at http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1538

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Margaret (Meg) Van Patten, MLS
Head Reference/Adult Services
Baldwinsville Public Library
33 East Genesee Street
Baldwinsville, New York 13027-2575

http://www.bville.lib.ny.us

315-635-5631 ext 206 (voice)
315-635-6760 (fax)
megv@... (e-mail)
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Allen D. Tate
Head of Computer Services
Ohio Township Public Library System
4111 Lakeshore Dr
PO Box 850
Newburgh, IN 47629
(812) 853-5468 x 313

http://www.ohio.lib.in.us/ (Library Home Page)
http://www.opensourceinlibraries.com/ (Open Source In Libraries)

The views expressed in this message are not necessarily
those of the Ohio Township Public Library System.