[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Investigating Evergreen Holds functionality in PINES

[Sarah Childs]

Very interesting--thanks for sharing!

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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3149 x13330
sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us

On 2014-03-04 13:17, Hardy, Elaine wrote:
> In 2013, Leslie St. John (a consultant with PINES) and I investigated
> Evergreen holds functionality in PINES to provide answers to questions
> from staff at PINES libraries. Key among those questions were how 
> holds
> were processed and whether that processing was in accordance with 
> PINES
> policies and needs. The white paper Investigating Evergreen Holds
> functionality in PINES and the Executive Summary present our findings 
> and
> conclusions.  They can be found at
> http://pines.georgialibraries.org/holds-white-paper
> 
> 
> 
> Please keep in mind as you look over the paper that we were testing 
> how
> PINES implements Evergreen (version 2.3) holds processing. Your 
> library or
> consortium may differ. However, we hope that the paper is useful to 
> others
> in the Evergreen community.
> 
> 
> 
> We wish to thank Kathy Lussier and MassLNC for the use of their 
> testing
> scenarios. Using them as a basis for ours saved us a good deal of 
> time.
> 
> 
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Elaine
> 
> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Ste 150
> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
> 
> 404.235-7128
> 404.235-7201, fax
> ehardy at georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org/pines