[evergreen-outreach] Press Release: Evergreen Supporters Collaborate on Software Improvements

[Rogan Hamby]

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On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 4:05 PM Gagnon, Ron via evergreen-outreach <
evergreen-outreach at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

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> Good afternoon,
> Here is a draft of a press release for your consideration.
>
> Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
>
> 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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> EVERGREEN SUPPORTERS COLLABORATE ON SOFTWARE IMPROVEMENTS
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> Users and supporters of the Evergreen open source library system have been
> busy of late working together to improve the software for all to use at no
> cost.
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> Seventy-four community members participated in the late October
> Hack-A-Way, held remotely this year.  Attendees spent an average of almost
> 14 hours per person in the event, which included a discussion of future
> features and saw improvements to cataloging, reports, and documentation.
> Also included was an instructional session on the Git software repository.
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> In early November, 29 community members participated in the semi-annual
> Bug Squashing Week, in which users at their desks verify issues, provide
> input and software improvements, and test and approve the improvements.
> The week produced 14 new software improvements, covering accessibility, the
> circulation, course materials, online catalog and cataloging modules and
> the public catalog.
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> The Evergreen community is made up of individuals, libraries, companies,
> and other organizations that support the Evergreen Integrated Library
> System, working together on software by libraries for libraries.
>
> Improvements made available via regular point releases, the most recent in
> early November, and are included in the major semi-annual release
> packages.  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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> 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.
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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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> --
> Ronald A. Gagnon
> Executive Director
> North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)
> Danvers, Massachusetts  01923
> 978-777-8844
> www.noblenet.org
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