[evergreen-outreach] Proposed Release 3.9 Press Release

[Rogan Hamby]

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On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 4:27 PM Gagnon, Ron via evergreen-outreach <
evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> Here is a proposed press release for Release 3.9.  Please let me know if
> you have any suggestions.
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> Ron
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> For Immediate Release
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> For more information contact Ron Gagnon, Evergreen Outreach Committee,
> gagnon at noblenet.org, 978-777-8844
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> LOCALIZATION FOCUS OF NEW EVERGREEN ILS RELEASE
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> New localization customizations to improve service and efficiency are the
> highlights of Evergreen’s new Release 3.9, the latest semi-annual software
> update.
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> Notices can now be generated based on the preferred language of the
> cardholder.
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> The staff portal can be customized to include local links and
> documentation. Links and services are able to be added, changed or removed
> as needed locally for each library or branch to improve efficiency.
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> A new Simple Reports option focused on ease of use and simplicity is
> available in the staff client. Intended to provide an alternate access
> point for running reports, Simple Reports will coexist with the main
> Reports interface used for more complex reports.  Reports and schedules can
> be edited at any time as needed.
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> Libraries can share their carousels of cover images of new titles or
> topical displays developed for the Evergreen catalog to an external site,
> such as the library's own web site.
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> Library staff may upload a custom jacket/cover image for a given
> bibliographic record via a new interface for display in the staff client
> and OPAC, useful for local titles.
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> Evergreen can now act as an OAI-PMH data provider, exposing the catalog to
> harvesting through the OAI2 protocol for larger metadata projects.
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> Thirty-one individuals contributed code, translations, documentations,
> patches, and tests to this release of Evergreen, and 22 organizations
> supported or contributed to the release.  The Evergreen community is made
> up of individuals, libraries, companies, and other organizations that
> support the Evergreen Integrated Library System.
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> 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.
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> Evergreen continues to be the leading ILS for consortia and delivers local
> flexibility and granularity of policies that no other software can match.
> Evergreen 3.9 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 https://evergreen-ils.org/
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> Ronald A. Gagnon
> Executive Director
> North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
> Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
> 978-777-8844
> www.noblenet.org
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