April 16th 2008
Equinox press release
See Equinox’s web site for their press release about Michigan Evergreen.
April 11th 2008
Equinox contract signed
It’s official! MLC has signed a contract with Equinox for our pilot libraries’ data conversion and migration to the Evergreen system. Now the real work begins!
April 11th 2008
Pilot libraries meeting
The Michigan Evergreen pilot libraries met in Grand Rapids on April 9 to discuss cataloging and OPAC policies and “next steps” for the project. Questions and answers generated from the pilot meeting have been posted on the Michigan Evergreen wiki page. As policies are written, we’ll add them to the wiki page as well.
Our timeline is for the Branch, Niles, and TADL to go live this summer. After successful launch of the pilot libraries, we will open Michigan Evergreen to other libraries to join. If you are interested in having a demo of Michigan Evergreen at your library, please contact 800-530-9019 Evette Atkin (ext. 152), Elaine Ross (ext. 153), or Ruth Dukelow (ext. 121).
April 10th 2008
Michigan Evergreen Wiki
We’ve added a Michigan Evergreen wiki page to the Michigan Libraries Wiki. We will post Michigan Evergreen policies, FAQs, and other project information on this wiki page.
The wiki page will also be used for posting questions about the Michigan Evergreen project and for participating libraries’ discussion.
March 19th 2008
Elaine Ross joins MLC Evergreen Staff
The Michigan Library Consortium is pleased to announce that Elaine Ross joined the MLC staff on March 17 as our new ILS Training & Support Librarian. Welcome Elaine!
Elaine brings a wealth of experience to her new position at MLC. Before joining us at MLC, she worked for Gale/Cengage (previously IAC) for 13 years as a Customer Systems Support Engineer, Manager of RFP/Bids Administration, and Senior MARC Record Specialist. Prior to that she designed and built CAVALIR Online, a statewide union catalog for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Elaine’s experience also includes training and support for VTLS, Inc., onsite in the U.S. and Europe and remotely for countries in the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, faculty teaching positions at universities in North Carolina and Virginia, and seven years at Richmond Public Library in Virginia.
In her new position as ILS Training & Support Librarian, Elaine will join Evette Atkin on the Michigan Evergreen Team. Elaine and Evette will work with Grand Rapids Public Library to migrate the pilot libraries to Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system. After the initial pilot project is completed, Michigan Evergreen will be opened up to other libraries who wish to join the shared catalog.
For information on the Michigan Evergreen project, please feel free to contact Evette Atkin, Elaine Ross, or Ruth Dukelow.
March 18th 2008
Evette Atkin Honored by LJ
MLC is pleased to announce that our Evergreen Systems Librarian, Evette Atkin, has been named a “2008 Mover & Shaker” by Library Journal. Congrats Evette!
February 29th 2008
MLC Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Michigan Evergreen Pilot Group
On February 27, MLC hosted the first meeting of the Michigan Evergreen pilot group. In addition to MLC staff Randy Dykhuis, Evette Atkin, and Ruth Dukelow, representatives were present from Branch District Library, Grand Rapids Public Library, Niles District Library, and Traverse Area District Library.
The group began preliminary discussion of cataloging and OPAC policies and will meet again in early April.
February 27th 2008
TADL Joins Pilot Group
The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) officially joined the Michigan Evergreen pilot group today. In addition to the main library and branches, TADL brings with them three independent member libraries: Interlochen Public Library, Fife Lake Public Library, and Peninsula Community Library. These four libraries join Branch District Library and Niles District Library in the pilot group.
February 18th 2008
Second Life Program on Evergreen
On Tuesday, February 12 MLC hosted a panel in SL on Evergreen! We were pleased to have speakers Don McMorris from Equinox and Tim Daniels from Georgia Public Library Service. We had a large crowd of librarians both in and out of Michigan attend this event. Click on the links below to see our speakers’ presentations. Pictures to come!
A full transcript of the discussion can be found here.
February 11th 2008
Evergreen seminar in Second Life Feb. 12
The Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) is hosting a free seminar in Second Life on Tuesday, February 12, 4pm SL time (that’s 7pm EST - Michigan time). The seminar will focus on Evergreen ILS open-source software. Our speakers will be Don McMorris from Equinox and Tim Daniels from one of the Georgia libraries using Evergreen.
The seminar will be held at MLC’s virtual building in Second Life. For SL coordinates and other information, please contact Evette Atkin, atkine@mlcnet.org or 800-530-9019 x152.