[evergreen-outreach] For Consideration: Release 3.8 Press Release

[Gagnon, Ron]

Here is a draft of the Release 3.8 press release, suggestions welcomed.
Ron

USABILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW EVERGREEN RELEASE

Usability and interface improvements highlight Evergreen’s new Release 3.8,
the latest semi-annual software update.



Patron notes, messages and alerts are now in an improved consolidated
interface for better service.  Acquisitions also enjoys interface
improvements via a more modern interface and other usability improvements
including a new fund administration interface.



Even more options are available to customize system handling of hold
requests based on the pickup library.  Use of item cover images is expanded
in the system to the borrower’s account displays for quicker identification
of requests and loans.



Forty-seven individuals contributed code, translations, documentations,
patches, and tests to this release of Evergreen.



Evergreen continues to be the leading ILS for consortia and delivers local
flexibility and granularity of policies that no other software can match.
Evergreen 3.8 continues to deliver the most interoperability for libraries
via its truly open APIs and is available to all for download at no cost
from the Evergreen web site at <http://evergreen-ils.org/>
https://evergreen-ils.org/

Evergreen is open-source software, licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or
later.


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
978-777-8844
www.noblenet.org
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