March 2025 - Evergreen-general

Evergreen Cataloging Interest Group – March 26, 2025
by Jennifer Weston 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

*New meeting date for Evergreen Cataloging Interest Group this month!* The Cataloging IG meeting for March has been rescheduled. We will meet on Wed, March 26, at 1pm (ET). Please note the time is one hour earlier than our usual meetings. The meeting will be recorded for any interested parties who cannot attend. *Evergreen Cataloging Interest Group* *Wednesday, March 26, 2025* *1:00pm ET* Zoom Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89440379465?pwd=TVY4anVHZmN6ZlZQRXVTM3o5eUUyZz09 Meeting ID: 894 4037 9465 Passcode: 086021 Want to dial into the call using your phone? Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kcsI1s3S9P *Agenda - *We’ll send an agenda out next week. If anyone has any discussion topics that they would like to add for this month, please let me know. We hope to see you there! Jennifer Weston, on behalf of the Cataloging IG Organizing Committee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cataloging Interest Group usually meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome. Meetings are recorded and made available to the community. For more information, please visit the Cat IG wiki at: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=cataloging:cwg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Jennifer Weston, MLIS Product and Education Manager | Assistant Operations Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative *jennifer.weston(a)equinoxOLI.org <jennifer.weston(a)equinoxOLI.org>*1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) direct: 770-709-5574 *www.equinoxOLI.org <http://www.equinoxOLI.org>*

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Evergreen Reports Interest Group Meeting - Tomorrow (3/26) at 2 PM Eastern
by Jessica Woolford 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Hi all, The Evergreen Reports Interest Group will meet tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern. Meeting details are in the agenda here: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-reports:meetings:2025-… Hope to see you there! Jessica -- Jessica Woolford (she/her) Director of Member Services jwoolford(a)biblio.org | (203) 577-4070 <203-577-4070>x105 » Help Desk: Open or Check a Ticket <https://helpdesk.biblio.org> [image: Stylized turquoise book with blue swirl around it, above text reading Bibliomation: Libraries Sharing Computerized Services] <https://biblio.org/>

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Permissions Working Group Meeting - Today at @ 3 p.m. EST
by Susan Morrison 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

Good Morning, The permissions working group meets this afternoon at 3 p.m. EST. We'll be going over new bugs and continuing the discussion on cataloging permissions. Please feel free to email me about any other topics you'd like to discuss, or add them directly to the agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1viouRcCmzmEdiSpsSkiEAS3QMNb8BrPEgXwQoO5… Thank you, Susan

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Feature/String Freeze and Merge Pause
by Andrea Buntz Neiman 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Hi all, As of today we are in Feature/String Freeze for 3.15, and we are also in a temporary merge pause while the release team cuts 3.15-beta which is expected by Wednesday this week. Thank you so much for all of the great work on the parts of developers, testers, and committers - we're very excited about 3.15! Another announcement will be sent to the list when merge pause is lifted. On behalf of the release team, Andrea Buntz Neiman Ruth Frasur Davis Martha Driscoll Jason Etheridge Llewellyn Marshall Gina Monti -- Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS (she/her) Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist Equinox Open Library Initiative abneiman(a)equinoxOLI.org <abneiman(a)equinoxoli.org> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) Direct: 770-709-5583 *https://www.equinoxOLI.org/ <https://www.equinoxOLI.org/>*

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Last Call for Participants: Special Collections Catalogers and ILS/LSP Migrations
by Hertenstein, Libby 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

---Please excuse multiple postings--- Dear Colleagues, Special collections catalogers (those who spend at least 30% of their time cataloging special collections and/or rare materials) are invited to participate in a survey related to Integrated Library System (ILS) or Library Services Platform (LSP) migration and special collections data. To participate, individuals must be over the age of 18 and currently employed as a special collections cataloger. Participants must have migrated Integrated Library Systems (ILS) or Library Services Platforms (LSP) in the last 5 years. Participation within this survey is voluntary. Participants may stop completing the survey at any time. The survey will be anonymous but not confidential. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b8U2I30vUZ49hum If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Libby Hertenstein hertenstein.9(a)osu.edu<mailto:hertenstein.9@osu.edu> 614-247-9802 Office of Responsible Research Practices hsconcerns(a)osu.edu<mailto:hsconcerns@osu.edu> (614) 688-8457 (800) 678-6251 [The Ohio State University] Libby Hertenstein Special Collections Cataloger Assistant Professor The Ohio State University University Libraries 16A Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 614-247-9802 Office hertenstein.9(a)osu.edu<mailto:hertenstein.9@osu.edu>

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Evergreen Project Board Meeting, March 20
by Andrea Buntz Neiman 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hi all, The Evergreen Project Board will meet this Thursday, March 20 2025, at 2pm ET / 11am PT on Zoom. All are welcome to attend. Agenda and connection information are here: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=governance:minutes:2025-03-20 On behalf of TEP Board, Andrea Buntz Neiman TEP Board Secretary -- Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS (she/her) Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist Equinox Open Library Initiative abneiman(a)equinoxOLI.org <abneiman(a)equinoxoli.org> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) Direct: 770-709-5583 *https://www.equinoxOLI.org/ <https://www.equinoxOLI.org/>*

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3.15 Feature Slush
by Andrea Buntz Neiman 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hi Community! (Belatedly) announcing the 3.15 Feature Slush. All wishlist items for 3.15-beta should have a pullrequest on them at this point. There are 37 wishlist items targeted for 3.15-beta, and 20 of them are still awaiting commit. Of those 20, 9 are signed off. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xodq5mLdU7Cjlw-gi8KYAyI6wmfGKRYUE7L… If you are a tester or core committer, please take some time this week and early next week to review outstanding wishlist items and commit them if you can! Feature freeze is currently scheduled for next Tuesday, March 18th. There's some great features both large and small lined up for 3.15 and it would be great to get as many of them in the 3.15 pipeline as possible. Thanks for your assistance, 3.15 Release Team Andrea Buntz Neiman Ruth Frasur Davis Martha Driscoll Jason Etheridge Llewellyn Marshall Gina Monti -- Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS (she/her) Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist Equinox Open Library Initiative abneiman(a)equinoxOLI.org <abneiman(a)equinoxoli.org> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) Direct: 770-709-5583 *https://www.equinoxOLI.org/ <https://www.equinoxOLI.org/>*

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Reminder: Evergreen Admin Working Group- 3/18 at 2 pm EST.
by Elizabeth Davis 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hello Everyone, Just a reminder that the Evergreen Admin Working Group will be holding their monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 18th at 2 pm EST. We'll be chatting about Documentation with Gina Monti. Connection info: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-eag:meetings:2025-0<https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-eag:meetings:2025-02-18>3-18<https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen-eag:meetings:2025-02-18> [cid:20f75a20-a376-4b49-ba98-7d00ccdff004]Elizabeth Davis (she/her), Program Manager Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) | SPARK (717) 256-1627 | elizabeth.davis(a)sparkpa.org<mailto:katherine.dannehl@sparkpa.org> support.sparkpa.org<https://support.sparkpa.org/> | support(a)sparkpa.org<mailto:support@sparkpa.org>

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Re: Register to Vote in the Evergreen Project Board 2025 Election!
by Susan Morrison 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Good Morning, This is the last day to register to vote for the Evergreen Project Board 2025 Election. Anyone who has contributed to Evergreen or is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen is eligible to vote. Please register to vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmJZ5m4VIwMUUqE21czKTAwnpM8RQKXTn… Information on the Evergreen Project Board and its function in the community can be found here: https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/. Feel free to contact me or any board member with questions about the board or the election process. Thank you! Susan, on behalf of the Evergreen Project Board On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM Susan Morrison < smorrison(a)georgialibraries.org> wrote: > Voter registration for the Evergreen Project Board 2025 Election is now > open. Anyone who has contributed to Evergreen or is employed by an > institution that runs Evergreen is eligible to vote. > > > Please register to vote here: https://forms.gle/BtofiUqeTpoCtRmm8 > > > Voter registration will end on March 18th. The election will begin on > March 25th and end on April 8th. If you are registered, you will receive an > email from Opavote.com with information on how to cast your vote. > Candidates will be announced before voting begins. > > > Information on the Evergreen Project board and its function in the > community can be found here: https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/ > > > Feel free to contact me or any board member with questions about the board > or the election process. > > > Susan, on behalf of the Evergreen Project Board > > -- > > [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service website] > <https://georgialibraries.org/> > > Susan Morrison, PINES Operations Analyst > > ------------------------------ > > Georgia Public Library Service > > 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341 > > (404) 235-7142 | smorrison(a)georgialibraries.org > > https://help.georgialibraries.org | help(a)georgialibraries.org > > [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Facebook page] > <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries>[image: logo with link to > Georgia Public Library Service Instagram page] > <https://www.instagram.com/georgialibraries/>[image: logo with link to > Georgia Public Library Service LinkedIn page] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-public-library-service/>[image: > logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Threads page] > <https://www.threads.net/@georgialibraries> > > Join our email list <http://georgialibraries.org/subscription> for > stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities. > -- [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service website] <https://georgialibraries.org/> Susan Morrison, PINES Operations Analyst ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 235-7142 | smorrison(a)georgialibraries.org https://help.georgialibraries.org | help(a)georgialibraries.org [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Facebook page] <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Instagram page] <https://www.instagram.com/georgialibraries/>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service LinkedIn page] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-public-library-service/>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Threads page] <https://www.threads.net/@georgialibraries> Join our email list <http://georgialibraries.org/subscription> for stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities.

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Git server reboot tonight at 9:00 PM EDT
by Jason Stephenson 12 Mar '25

12 Mar '25

Hello, all. The community git server (git.evergreen-ils.org) will be rebooted at 9:00 PM EDT, 6:00 PM PDT today. This is 2025-03-13 01:00 UTC. This is being done as part of regular server maintenance and updates. Cheers, Jason Stephenson

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