<div dir="ltr">+1 as well<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 6:14 PM <<a href="mailto:rogan.hamby@gmail.com">rogan.hamby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">+1<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 1:58 PM Gagnon, Ron <<a href="mailto:gagnon@noblenet.org" target="_blank">gagnon@noblenet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here is a proposed Evergreen press release for your review.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Ron</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Features in
the Evergreen library system software are assisting libraries using Evergreen cope
with the evolving service landscape forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<span>
</span>Settings can be different for different branches and locations in a
library system.<span> </span>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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 5.75pt;line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Evergreen is open-source software,
available to all to download at no cost from the Evergreen web site at <a href="https://evergreen-ils.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>https://evergreen-ils.org/</span></a></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
</div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Ronald A. Gagnon<br></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Executive Director<br></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">North Of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE)<br></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Danvers, Massachusetts 01923<br>978-777-8844<br></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.noblenet.org" target="_blank">www.noblenet.org</a></span><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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