Evergreen

As of version 2.0, Evergreen consists of all of the core ILS modules including:

  • acquisitions
  • serials
  • circulation
  • cataloging
  • public catalog (OPAC)
  • reporting

There have also been numerous enhancements to the following areas:

  • patron registration
  • item checkout
  • self check
  • item checkin
  • holds
  • staff interface
  • Patron's My Account
  • OPAC
  • Billing, Collections, and Fines/Fees
  • Triggered Events and Notices
  • acquisitions

The most comprehensive list of features is available at http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=feature_list_2_0.

Demo servers with the most current version of Evergreen (2.0) are available at http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_servers#community_demo_servers or watch this 5-minute screencast (version 1.6). 

Hundreds of libraries have installed Evergreen. 167 libraries selected Evergreen in 2010 alone (according to the 2010 ILS Turnover Report pulled from lib-web-cats data.)

To find out more about the community of users and developers involved with Evergreen, join the General Mailing list:  

http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general

The official project pages for Evergreen are at http://evergreen-ils.org/.