Evergreen Indiana: Is it for your library? SAMS Conference September 18, 2015

Initiated in 2006 by the Georgia Public Library System to create a scalable catalog now shared by more than 275 Georgia libraries. Open source ILS, licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. Used by over 1000 libraries around the world. Growing development community with several active committers. Ways to get involved including bug reporting and squashing, documentation, outreach, committee work, etc Evergreen International Conference – April 20 – 23 in Raleigh, N.C.

2007 – Discussions in Central Indiana about resource sharing consortium beyond simple interlibrary loans. Georgia PINES model chosen – Hussey – Mayfield Memorial Public Library came online followed by 19 other pilot libraries 2009 – Addition of 37 library systems 2010 – 85 live libraries with over 1,000,000,000 unique bibliographic records. eIndiana Digital Overdrive Consortium [eIDC] opens with 7 initial libraries and 24 more coming on in – Major software upgrade from version 1.6 to – Evergreen International Annual Conference held in Indianapolis. 100 th member library came online.

Evergreen Indiana Mission Statement Evergreen Indiana is a community of independent libraries using the Evergreen ILS and providing a network of shared resources.

2014 IN Numbers Library Systems Active: 107 Public Outlets: 155 Counties with EI library: 60 Taxpayers Served: 1,030,052 Total EI Circulation: 8,348,826 Total Juvenile Circulation: 3,261,647 Total In-House use: 260,432 Holdings: 6,980,377 Bibliographic Records: 2,468,609 Transits Completed: 614,362

Resource Sharing: Packages Shipped #LIBRARYPACKAGES 1 – Evergreen LibraryPlainfield-Guilford Twp PL9,961 2 – Evergreen LibraryMorgan Co. PL8,804 3Indiana University- Bloomington7,885 4Allen Co. PL7,546 5 – Evergreen LibraryHussey-Mayfield Mem PL7,520 6 – Evergreen LibraryJackson Co PL7,069 7 – Evergreen LibraryPeabody PL6, Evergreen LibraryGreenwood PL6,597 9Ball State University6, – Evergreen LibraryWestfield Washington PL6,593

Resources Shared – Hold Transits 2008: 2, : 75, : 165, : 215, : 233, : 250, : 264,929

Resources Shared - Transits 2008: 4, : 161, : 367, : 500, : 579, : 595, : 614,362

Payment Program Patrons can now pay fines and fees at any Evergreen Library in the State. Patrons can make payments to their account online.

2016 Evergreen Indiana becomes member supported TierMaximum Annual Operating fund Expenditure Annual Fee2016 Billable Rate(rollout discount of 50%) 1$50,000.00$0.00 2$100,000.00$500.00$ $200,000.00$1,000.00$ $300,000.00$1,500.00$ $500,000.00$2,500.00$1, $750,000.00$3,500.00$1, $1,000,000.00$5,000.00$2, $1,500,000.00$6,500.00$3, >$1,500,000.00$8,000.00$4,000.00

Governance & Committees “The Evergreen Indiana Consortium is governed by the members for the members and adheres to the Evergreen Indiana Bylaws. The governing body, the Executive Committee, is comprised of 9 elected representatives from member libraries. Members of the committee serve a three year term, and rotating elections are carried on each year around the Annual Conference to fill the positions.” Executive Committee Patron Services Committee Cataloguing Committee eContent Committee

Conferences, Training & Member Support Regional Roundtable Meetings – Cover topics ranging from collaborative purchasing to catalog updates/improvements & policy updates. Other “hot topics” are discussed that ensure lively conversation. Webinars & Tutorials Weekly Blog— Annual Conference

What do the library users think? “I have been made happy repeatedly when my library has been able to secure books for me on a vast array of subjects from libraries in the Evergreen System. My one daughter lives near Plainfield. I often take movies/books there for granddaughters to share with me. It is not uncommon for me to accidently leave a book there and I love that they then can return the books to the Plainfield Library – an Evergreen Library member. Evergreen is win-win in my book. Take note of that pun, too! Our library is my tax dollar used wisely! The staff is caring and I do notice!” Sharon Barnett, Patron Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library