[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Some questions about Evergreen about the future

[Baptiste Montoya]

Good morning members of the list,

I'm currently working on a benchmark between 4 open source ILS. 3 are very
common in french librairies : koha, pmb, openflora (formerly flora). The 4th
is Evergreen.

Why Evergreen  ? Because i like the story, the success, and the philosophy
behind this ILS.

I currently have a comparison table between the 4 ILS, but i need further
information about the future of Evergreen (i mean, short to middle term
ideas to implement).

I'm looking for someone who can answer 8 questions about some web3 features
(without surprise, Most of these features do not exist in current versions
of the other ILS tested).

Here are the questions :

- Will it be possible to Evergreen to allow the user to access comments from
other readers of other libraries or connected via a social network, during
his navigation ?
- Will Evergreen be able to recommend other records to a reader, depending
on previous loans of the reader, or based on loans related to other
anonymous readers. Will it incorporate FRBR to offer other multimedia
editions of the work ?
- Can Evergreen provide a single interface, fully integrated in the existing
websites, providing search capabilities on the site of the institution and
in the databases subscribed (federated search).
- Can Evergreen offer multiple interfaces based on audience profiles to
adjust the results and the interface. For example children, or persons with
disabilities ?
- Shall the ILS’s interface be displayed on a mobile device according to
ergonomics concerns ? Shall it be carried in a mobile version, and in iOS,
Android and - maybe - Meego applications ?
- Can Evergreen provide not only access to records of documents available in
the libraries of the network, but also to digital documents in the library,
scanned by it, or that it holds the rights via a subscription ?
- Is Evergreen able to index federate alternative sources of information ? I
mean, the indexing of databases must be done ahead to provide a fast
response time (I exclude OAI)
- Can Evergreen ensure the supply of native metadata to search engines to
allow a useful and effective referencing ?

Thanks in advance if you can help me with theses questions.

Have a good day,

BMO

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