Evergreen
Evergreen is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS)
originally developed by the Georgia Public Library
Service for Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES).
It is consortial-quality library software to help library users find
library materials and to
help libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials.
The software was designed for large-scale
deployment in large public library and state-wide consortium
environments. However, Evergreen is also suitable to be used in
single-branch libraries. There are hundreds of libraries that use
Evergreen.
Features include:
- Circulation: for staff to check items in and out to patrons
with a rich, flexible policy control
- Handy patron-pleasing "preminders" (courtesy notices of
due items) help books get back on time
- At-a-glance patron summary prevents needless switching
between multiple windows
- Library-defined statistical categories for patrons
- Annotate patron accounts with an unlimited number of
notes
- Flexible, customizable, template-based receipt printing
- Cataloging: to add items
to the library’s collection and input information, classifying and
indexing those items
- "Buckets" for grouping and sharing related items and
bibliographic records
- Record-merging preview
- Batch creation of volumes/copies
- Customizable label printing
- Z39.50 client
- Unlimited notes for annotating items
- Online public access
catalog (OPAC): a public catalog, or discovery interface, for
patrons to find and request books, view their account information, and
save book information in Evergreen "bookbags."
- Integration with web browsers, news aggregators, and
search engines through RSS feeds, unAPI, OpenSearch semantics, and
multiple XML and library formats for exporting data
- Sidebars for related subjects, authors, and series
- Bookbags have static URLs and dynamic content:
- Statistical Reporting: flexible, point-and-click powerful
reporting for
retrieval of any statistical information stored in the database.
- SIP 2.0 support: for interaction with computer management
software, self-check machines, and other applications
- Open Scalable Request Framework - a stateful,
decentralized service architecture that allows
developers to create applications for Evergreen with a minimum of
knowledge of its structure
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