Library Technology Guides

Equinox welcomes Nevada Public Library to Evergreen ILS with the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed Nevada Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their migration to Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. The Nevada Public Library celebrated 100 years of service in 2017. Today it serves more than 5,032 patrons and includes 37,729 bibliographic records. Equinox provided implementation, data, hosting, support, and training services which included project management and configuration of their ILS. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Cape Girardeau Public Library to Evergreen ILS with the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed Cape Girardeau Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their migration to Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. Last year Cape Girardeau Public Library celebrated 100 years of service since its opening in 1922. Their migration to Evergreen ILS included a collection of 98,011 bibliographic records and 11,726 patrons. Equinox provided implementation, data, hosting, support, and training services which included project management and configuration of their ILS. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Mississippi County Library District to Evergreen ILS with the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed the Mississippi County Library District to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their adoption of Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Saint Joseph Public Library to Evergreen ILS with the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed Saint Joseph Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their adoption of Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. [Full Announcement].

Equinox announces major features in Evergreen 3.11. Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is excited to announce the arrival of Evergreen 3.11, the latest release of the award-winning library software used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. The Equinox team contributed 9 out of 10 of Evergreen 3.11's major features and 23 out of 60 bug fixes. As part of Equinox's commitment to accessibility, Equinox has been improving Evergreen's code to better support assistive technologies. This effort includes addressing the staff administration and the staff catalog screens to make them skimmable by their landmarks and headings for users with screen readers. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS migrates Gibsonville Public Library to NC Cardinal Consortium. MOBIUS announced that the Gibsonville Public Library successfully migrated and went live as a member of the NC Cardinal consortium, which utilizes the Evergreen Integrated Library System, on December 8, 2022. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes St Thomas Public Library to Evergreen ILS. Equinox Open Library Initiative announced that St Thomas Public Library of St Thomas, Ontario, Canada has joined the Evergreen community with support from Equinox. [Full Announcement].

Evergreen Supporters Collaborate on Software Improvements. Users and supporters of the Evergreen open source library system have been busy of late working together to improve the software for all to use at no cost. Seventy-four community members participated in the late October Hack-A-Way, held remotely this year. Attendees spent an average of almost 14 hours per person in the event, which included a discussion of future features and saw improvements to cataloging, reports, and documentation. Also included was an instructional session on the Git software repository. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS Migrates Central and Western MAssachusetts Resource Sharing (CW MARS). MOBIUS announced that CW MARS, which utilizes the Evergreen ILS, successfully migrated and went live on its MOSS (MOBIUS Open Source Solutions) hosting service on October 10, 2022. Previously, CW MARS was a self-hosted Evergreen instance. MOBIUS performed data migration services and also provides data hosting and server support to CW MARS. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS migrates North of Boston Library Exchange. MOBIUS announced that the North of Boston Library Exchange, which utilizes the Evergreen ILS, successfully migrated and went live on its MOBIUS Open Source Solutions hosting service on April 18, 2022. Previously, NOBLE was a self-hosted Evergreen instance. MOBIUS performed data migration services and also provides data hosting and server support to NOBLE. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Ralls County Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative announced the addition of Ralls County Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their adoption of Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Western Pocono Community Library and Barrett Paradise Friendly Library to the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed the Western Pocono Community Library (PA) and the Barrett Paradise Friendly Library (PA) to the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) with their adoption of Evergreen ILS. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS migrates Sampson-Clinton Public Library System to NC Cardinal Consortium. MOBIUS announced that the Sampson-Clinton Public Library System migrated and went live as a member of the NC Cardinal consortium, which utilizes the Evergreen Integrated Library System (ILS), on December 9, 2021. [Full Announcement].

Usability Improvements in New Evergreen ILS Release. Usability and interface improvements highlight Evergreen's new Release 3.8, the latest semi-annual software update. Patron notes, messages and alerts are now in an improved consolidated interface for better service. Acquisitions also enjoys interface improvements via a more modern interface and other usability improvements including a new fund administration interface. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS migrates Person County Public Library System to NC Cardinal Consortium. MOBIUS announced that the Person County Public Library System successfully migrated and went live as a member of the NC Cardinal consortium, which utilizes the Evergreen Integrated Library System (ILS), on September 16, 2021. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes Rolla Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative welcomed Rolla Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium with their deployment of Evergreen ILS, an award winning library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes James Memorial Public Library to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. Equinox Open Library Initiative, an expert leader in open source technology, development, and support for libraries, announced the migration of the James Memorial Public Library to Evergreen ILS as the newest member of the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. [Full Announcement].

MOBIUS migrates Burke County Public Library System to NC Cardinal consortium. MOBIUS announced that the Burke County Public Library System successfully migrated and went live as a member of the NC Cardinal Consortium, which utilizes the Evergreen Integrated Library System (ILS), on May 6, 2021. [Full Announcement].

Equinox migrates Wainfleet Township Public Library to Evergreen ILS. Equinox announced the migration of Wainfleet Township Public Library of Wainfleet, Ontario to Evergreen ILS, as it joins the Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (LiNC) and the international Evergreen ILS community. [Full Announcement].

Equinox migrates Clinton County Libraries to Evergreen with the PaILS/SPARK Consortium. Equinox welcomed Clinton County Libraries to Evergreen with their successful migrations to the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) SPARK Consortium. [Full Announcement].