Weekly Update — June 30, 2015
Mission Statement Update
When Evergreen Indiana began back in 2008, it was a grand undertaking to create a new portal for resource sharing among Indiana libraries. Seven years later, we’ve grown into a community that supports one another, coordinate our efforts for procurement, training, and outstanding patron service, and, of course, share a LOT of resources (printed materials, databases, econtent, and more)! At the June meeting, the Executive Committee voted on new language for our mission statement which reflects how we’ve changed and matured. We are now putting it to the vote! Libraries will be receiving official ballots over the next few days for a Bylaws revision. We encourage all members to review and respond as quickly as possible as all Bylaws changes require a supermajority to pass.
Our existing mission statement:
The purpose of Evergreen Indiana is to provide a multi-library shared integrated library system.
The proposed mission statement:
Evergreen Indiana is a community of independent libraries using the Evergreen ILS
and providing a network of shared resources.
Library Settings Correction: Autovoiding Bills
Many of you were incorrectly told that the lost and lost processing autovoid settings were tied to the library system that processed the circulation. It has been determined that these settings are applied to the holdings of the owning library. Libraries that have been holding lost materials that were remotely circulated pending owning library approval may CKI without concern of violating the owning library’s policies.
Deadlines
The barcode pool buys are shifting to the first full week of each month. Please check your stocks now in preparation for the July pool next week.
Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities
July 14
Spring/Summer 2015 Cataloging Roundtable: MARC for Newbies, 10am-Noon, Webinar. (1 TLEU)