Good afternoon everyone, We recently received a request from one of our member libraries to add our consortium, NC Cardinal, to the Hemlock library catalog app. First I must admit I had never even heard of this app until we received this request, and I have no experience with it myself. According to the library that made this request, patrons were previously able to use the app, but now specific consortia have to be listed in a dropdown menu in the app, and NC Cardinal is not currently included in that list. I have tried to look into what adding our consortium to the app would actually entail, but I am not finding much. One of our concerns is the potential cost, if any, associated with doing this. Do other consortia use this app? If so, what has your experience been with it? How did you add your consortium to the app? Is it subscription based, a one time fee, or free? Any information you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. William C. Szwagiel NC Cardinal Project Manager State Library of North Carolina william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov<mailto:william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov> | 919.814.6721 https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal 109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600 The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________ Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official.
Hi Will, PINES uses a slightly customized version and our patrons (and staff) absolutely LOVE it. I believe Ken Cox, the app developer, is on this list, but you can email him at kenstir@gmail.com for implementation details. On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM Szwagiel, Will via Evergreen-general < evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone,
We recently received a request from one of our member libraries to add our consortium, NC Cardinal, to the Hemlock library catalog app. First I must admit I had never even heard of this app until we received this request, and I have no experience with it myself. According to the library that made this request, patrons were previously able to use the app, but now specific consortia have to be listed in a dropdown menu in the app, and NC Cardinal is not currently included in that list.
I have tried to look into what adding our consortium to the app would actually entail, but I am not finding much. One of our concerns is the potential cost, if any, associated with doing this. Do other consortia use this app? If so, what has your experience been with it? How did you add your consortium to the app? Is it subscription based, a one time fee, or free?
Any information you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
*William C. Szwagiel*
NC Cardinal Project Manager
State Library of North Carolina
william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov | 919.814.6721
https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal
109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600
The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
*Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.*
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HI Will PaILS has our SPARK consortium listed in the app for those who want to use it. We don't have any customization, so I don't think it cost us anything. I use it personally and find it easy to use as a patron. [cid:f442a28d-0f4a-431d-aaf9-a5c75e3c6e7d]Elizabeth Davis (she/her), Program Manager Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) | SPARK (717) 256-1627 | elizabeth.davis@sparkpa.org<mailto:katherine.dannehl@sparkpa.org> support.sparkpa.org<https://support.sparkpa.org/> | support@sparkpa.org<mailto:support@sparkpa.org> ________________________________ From: Terran McCanna via Evergreen-general <evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2025 3:21 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> Cc: Terran McCanna <tmccanna@georgialibraries.org> Subject: [Evergreen-general] Re: Hemlock App Hi Will, PINES uses a slightly customized version and our patrons (and staff) absolutely LOVE it. I believe Ken Cox, the app developer, is on this list, but you can email him at kenstir@gmail.com<mailto:kenstir@gmail.com> for implementation details. On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM Szwagiel, Will via Evergreen-general <evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org>> wrote: Good afternoon everyone, We recently received a request from one of our member libraries to add our consortium, NC Cardinal, to the Hemlock library catalog app. First I must admit I had never even heard of this app until we received this request, and I have no experience with it myself. According to the library that made this request, patrons were previously able to use the app, but now specific consortia have to be listed in a dropdown menu in the app, and NC Cardinal is not currently included in that list. I have tried to look into what adding our consortium to the app would actually entail, but I am not finding much. One of our concerns is the potential cost, if any, associated with doing this. Do other consortia use this app? If so, what has your experience been with it? How did you add your consortium to the app? Is it subscription based, a one time fee, or free? Any information you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. William C. Szwagiel NC Cardinal Project Manager State Library of North Carolina william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov<mailto:william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov> | 919.814.6721 https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal 109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600 The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________ Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. _______________________________________________ Evergreen-general mailing list -- evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> To unsubscribe send an email to evergreen-general-leave@list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:evergreen-general-leave@list.evergreen-ils.org>
Like PINES, Missouri Evergreen uses a slightly customized version of the app with Ken Cox as well. We have always been pretty pleased with it. As some of our libraries have started to implement Aspen and their app, there was great relief that the apps were pretty similar in capabilities. What are JCL staff reading? Check it out on our blog, JCL Reads <https://jclreads.blogspot.com/>! On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM Terran McCanna via Evergreen-general < evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
Hi Will,
PINES uses a slightly customized version and our patrons (and staff) absolutely LOVE it. I believe Ken Cox, the app developer, is on this list, but you can email him at kenstir@gmail.com for implementation details.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM Szwagiel, Will via Evergreen-general < evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone,
We recently received a request from one of our member libraries to add our consortium, NC Cardinal, to the Hemlock library catalog app. First I must admit I had never even heard of this app until we received this request, and I have no experience with it myself. According to the library that made this request, patrons were previously able to use the app, but now specific consortia have to be listed in a dropdown menu in the app, and NC Cardinal is not currently included in that list.
I have tried to look into what adding our consortium to the app would actually entail, but I am not finding much. One of our concerns is the potential cost, if any, associated with doing this. Do other consortia use this app? If so, what has your experience been with it? How did you add your consortium to the app? Is it subscription based, a one time fee, or free?
Any information you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
*William C. Szwagiel*
NC Cardinal Project Manager
State Library of North Carolina
william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov | 919.814.6721
https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal
109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600
The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
*Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.*
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Hi Will, A couple more details that haven't been mentioned: * The list in question is at https://evergreen-ils.org/directory/libraries.json and anyone with write access can add your consortium. I don't know who has write access; I don't. * That list is used by the Hemlock Android App <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kenstir.apps.hemlock>. There is no equivalent generic iOS app; it has to be customized to your consortium. I can do that or you can do that; it's open source. If I do it, you pay me for my time and there are no subscription fees. Docs and links to the code can be found at https://kenstir.github.io/hemlock-docs/ Regards, Ken On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM Szwagiel, Will via Evergreen-general < evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone,
We recently received a request from one of our member libraries to add our consortium, NC Cardinal, to the Hemlock library catalog app. First I must admit I had never even heard of this app until we received this request, and I have no experience with it myself. According to the library that made this request, patrons were previously able to use the app, but now specific consortia have to be listed in a dropdown menu in the app, and NC Cardinal is not currently included in that list.
I have tried to look into what adding our consortium to the app would actually entail, but I am not finding much. One of our concerns is the potential cost, if any, associated with doing this. Do other consortia use this app? If so, what has your experience been with it? How did you add your consortium to the app? Is it subscription based, a one time fee, or free?
Any information you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
*William C. Szwagiel*
NC Cardinal Project Manager
State Library of North Carolina
william.szwagiel@dncr.nc.gov | 919.814.6721
https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal
109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600
The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
*Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.*
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-- -Ken
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