[evergreen-outreach] Proposed Press Release

[Gagnon, Ron]

Here is a proposed Evergreen press release for your review.

Ron


Features in the Evergreen library system software are assisting libraries
using Evergreen cope with the evolving service landscape forced by the
COVID-19 pandemic.

Evergreen’s Emergency Closing Handler enables libraries to quickly and
easily shift due dates and hold shelf expiry dates to the next day the
library is open and not increment fines while the library is closed.  Settings
can be different for different branches and locations in a library system.  The
Evergreen system can also extend patron expiration dates and hold
expiration, presently requiring separate administrator actions, but
targeted for adding to the Emergency Closing Handler in a later release.

The pandemic has forced the cancellation of the annual Evergreen
International Conference in late April, but a virtual conference is being
planned in late May to capture the community energy and cooperation that
helps to make Evergreen the leading ILS for consortia, used by over 2,000
libraries around the world.

During the shutdowns, libraries, organizations and individuals that improve
and support Evergreen are continuing to do just that, with the next new
software release, 3.5, expected in late April.

Evergreen is open-source software, available to all to download at no cost
from the Evergreen web site at https://evergreen-ils.org/  Evergreen is
highly-scalable software that helps patrons find library materials and
helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter
how large or complex the libraries.

-- 
Ronald A. Gagnon
Executive Director
North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
978-777-8844
www.noblenet.org
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