[evergreen-outreach] Press Release for Consideration

[Gagnon, Ron]

We do have the general Evergreen link, which has links to the release with
download and release notes. I think having too many links in a short
release for the general press would be more complicating than helpful.

Ron

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:50 AM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:

> +1, my only suggestion might be to include a link to the downloads page
> and/or release notes.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:20 AM <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:14 AM Frasur, Ruth <RFrasur at library.in.gov>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This looks/sounds great.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +1 from me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ruth Frasur
>>>
>>> *Evergreen Development and Support Administrator*
>>>
>>> Indiana State Library
>>>
>>> 140 N. Senate Ave.
>>>
>>> Indianapolis, IN 46204
>>>
>>> (317) 460-7556
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* evergreen-outreach <
>>> evergreen-outreach-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> *On Behalf Of *Gagnon,
>>> Ron
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2020 10:06 AM
>>> *To:* Evergreen Outreach Committee <
>>> evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org>
>>> *Subject:* [evergreen-outreach] Press Release for Consideration
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> **** This is an EXTERNAL email. Exercise caution. DO NOT open
>>> attachments or click links from unknown senders or unexpected email. ****
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Good morning, Outreachers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is a new press release for your review.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> NEW EVERGREEN RELEASE UPGRADES FUNCTIONALITY
>>>
>>> Evergreen Release 3.5 is now available.  The latest semi-annual release
>>> upgrades several important functions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The full MARC editor, billing and payment, hold notification and patron
>>> self-registration processes all have improvements for users and staff.
>>> Updates to the new prototype Angular catalog also continue.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The release includes contributions from 18 individuals and 12
>>> institutions, continuing progress through the pandemic.  The enhancements
>>> are overseen by a group of 13 committers who review and approve all
>>> software additions to core software for the general releases.  The new
>>> release was overseen by Bill Erickson, software development engineer for
>>> the King County Library System and Chris Sharp, PINES System Administrator
>>> at the Georgia Public Library Service.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Evergreen continues to be the leading ILS for consortia and delivers
>>> local flexibility and granularity of policies that no other software can
>>> match and delivers the most interoperability for libraries via its truly
>>> open APIs.   Evergreen is open-source software, licensed under the GNU GPL,
>>> version 2 or later and is available to all for download at no cost from the
>>> Evergreen web site at <http://evergreen-ils.org/>*https://evergreen-ils.org/
>>> <https://evergreen-ils.org/>*
>>>
>>> The Evergreen community is made up of individuals, libraries, companies,
>>> and other organizations that support the Evergreen Integrated Library
>>> System. 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. More than 2,000
>>> libraries around the world use Evergreen.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Ronald A. Gagnon
>>>
>>> Executive Director
>>>
>>> North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
>>>
>>> Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
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>>>
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>
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Ronald A. Gagnon
Executive Director
North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
978-777-8844
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