1. PINES Staff Report
May 2019

2. Added Content

3. Added Content

4. Added Content

6. Added Content – Upcoming Review
The new Syndetics Unbound product claims to offer similar added content value to NoveList
Currently we subscribe to NoveList and to Syndetics Classic
We will compare Syndetics and NoveList’s products in detail this year to determine whether to keep both subscriptions

7. GALILEO Authentication from PINES

8. Notification Statistics
Average 75,470 notices/day in April

9. PINES App Statistics
Android: 11,970 installs
iOS: 10,350 installs

10. PINES Training Update In 2018, PINES staff did…
hours of training, hours of which was eligible for CE credits
To 1846 registered staff
Three PINES Mini-Conferences were held in…
Dalton
St. Simons Island
Athens

11. Evergreen Development Update
January Rollout
Positive feedback on new features
Several libraries have already used the Emergency Closing Handler
Other Evergreen libraries are excited about the Discard/Weed function
Catalogers are all up and running with new spine & pocket label printing changes
No more white screens of death!

12. Evergreen Development Update
MassLNC Development Initiative Projects
Acquisitions – Testing for first phase (underlying structure update to Angular)
Hold Notification Updates – Testing phase (asks patrons if they want to update existing holds when they change their notification preferences)
Currently reviewing technical specifications for sorting items by geographical proximity

13. Evergreen Development Update
Emerald Development Projects
Bug fixing for a few remaining small issues in spine & pocket label printing
Adding Acquisitions category to Quick Reports

14. Evergreen Development Update
Rbdigital
Installed on one of our test servers but a configuration bug has prevented us from completing setup
Waiting on configuration bugs to be fixed before we can continue testing

15. Evergreen Bug Squashing Weeks
Three Bug Squashing Weeks scheduled for 2019:
May July 29 - Aug Sept
No coding knowledge needed! People can participate by reviewing reported bugs, testing, and updating documentation.
If you have staff who are interested in making Evergreen better, please encourage them to participate (contact me at for more info).

16. Evergreen Community Update
The Evergreen Project
Forming a 501c3
Transition from Evergreen Oversight Board to The Evergreen Project Board
Evergreen Oversight Board:
Terran McCanna’s Term Ended
Chris Sharp and Tiffany Little were both Elected!
MassLNC Development Initiative
Wrapping up our final projects
MassLNC Development Initiative is being disbanded and reformed with a similar structure by Evergreen Indiana

17. 2019 Evergreen International Conference
April 24-27, 2019
Valley Forge, PA

18. 2019 Evergreen International Conference
Sessions were led by Terran McCanna, Elaine Hardy, Tiffany Little, Chris Sharp, and Elizabeth McKinney
Several working groups are being started or revitalized
And as always, productive and encouraging contact with the developers and with our colleagues at all of the other Evergreen libraries

19. 2020 Evergreen International Conference
April 22-25, 2020
Atlanta, GA

20. 2020 Evergreen International Conference
April 22-25, 2020
Atlanta, GA

21. Thank you
Any questions?