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Reminder! Early Bird Conf Closes Soon!
by Gina Monti 31 Mar '25

31 Mar '25

Hi All, Early bird tickets for the 2025 Evergreen Online Conference will close on *Monday, March 31 at 5 PM*! They are currently on sale for $60. Afterwards, registration will go to full price of $80. So don't delay and get your tickets today! If you have any questions, please send a reply off list! *Click here for registration.* <https://events.ringcentral.com/events/2025-evergreen-international-online-c…> -- [image: EVGILS25artifact.png] Gina Monti (she/her) Standing Conference Committee Member

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Bot issues
by JonGeorg SageLibrary 28 Mar '25

28 Mar '25

We've been dealing with a lot of bots crawling our catalog, and overwhelming our app servers. Are any of you having the same issue, and if so what tools are you using to remedy the situation? We've already implemented geoblocking to limit traffic to the US and Canada, after being overwhelmed by queries from overseas. I've been looking at bad bot blocker as an option. -Jon

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Moderators Needed for EG Conference
by Gina Monti 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

[image: EVGILS25artifact.png] Hello Everyone, On behalf of the Conference Standing Committee, I am putting a call out to those who would like to volunteer time to moderate a session or two for the conference (and if you want to moderate more, let me know!). Moderators will be assigned to sessions to give an introduction, mention the sponsors, introduce the speakers, and assist the speakers with moderating the chat, fielding questions, and reporting/addressing technical issues if needed. If you are interested or have questions, please send me an email off list. Thank you! -- Gina Monti (she/her) Evergreen Systems Manager Bibliomation, Inc. (203) 577-4070 ext. 109 English, American Sign Language

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Git Server update tonight
by Jason Stephenson 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Hi, all. At 8:00 PM EDT tonight (5:00 PM PDT / 00:00 UTC tomorrow, 2025-03-28), I'm going to install updates on the git server and reboot it. It should only be down for a few minutes. Jason Stephenson -- Jason Stephenson (he/him) ILS Manager, C/W MARS, Inc. ------------------------------ [image: icon] jstephenson(a)cwmars.org | [image: icon]www.cwmars.org [image: icon] 508-755-3323 x 418

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Evergreen 3.15-beta is AVAILABLE!
by Ruth Davis 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Hello all, On behalf of the 3.15 release team, I am particularly pleased to announce that Evergreen 3.15-beta is available at all the usual places including, but not limited to, the https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/ page. Please be aware that this is a BETA version meant for testing and feedback. Wait! I hear you say "Did I hear FEEDBACK?" That's right. That's exactly what you heard/read. There is a Feedback Fest scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31 and run through Friday, April 4. Stay tuned to this listserv for more information on that from Terran McCanna in the coming days. Also, please check out the release notes for 3.15-beta. This is a very feature/fix rich release. But WAIT! There's more. The merge pause is now lifted. Go forth and commit (if you're a core committer). *Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator* *Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative* https://evergreencdi.org (650) 265-1193

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Reminder: Evergreen UI Interest Group meeting tomorrow - March 27, 2025
by Stephanie Leary 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Good afternoon! This is a reminder that the UI Interest Group meets tomorrow, March 27, at 2pm Eastern. The agenda is on our wiki page: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=community:ui_ig I am planning to go over UI-related bugs that need attention during Feedback Fest next week and discuss toast messages that might work better as inline form feedback. If there's something else you'd like to discuss, please let me know! Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87365620961?pwd=ekUrQnVZQk1YV1FsYlNrb1pjVWtOdz09 Stephanie Leary Front End Developer Equinox Open Library Initiative stephanie.leary(a)equinoxOLI.org https://www.equinoxOLI.org phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)

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Evergreen 3.15 Feedback Fest Next Week!
by Terran McCanna 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Hi everyone! We hope that you will be able to take a little time next week to put the proposed 3.15 release through its paces. In addition, we'll also have some additional bug fix patches applied that haven't been tested yet. I'll send out the spreadsheet with the test server information on it on Monday. Thanks everyone, Terran [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service website] <https://georgialibraries.org/> Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 235-7138 | tmccanna(a)georgialibraries.org https://help.georgialibraries.org | help(a)help.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>

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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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