Weekly Update – March 1, 2011

Circulation News

In December the Evergreen Indiana Executive Committee voted to adjust the loan periods for all items with the Circulation Modifier “book” to circulate for 3 weeks across the entire consortium.  Only two of the 85 libraries in the consortium raised objections.  Therefore; beginning April 1, 2011, all items in Evergreen Indiana with the circulation modifier, “book,” will circulate for 3 weeks.

Evergreen 2.0 is coming March 21st!

The Evergreen 2.0 software update brings many new and improved features to the Evergreen ILS. On Sunday, March 20, Evergreen Indiana will be upgraded to the 2.0 software update. The update will allow both customers and staff to do more than ever with Evergreen.

See some of the changes that will accompany this software upgrade: Evergreen Indiana 2.0 Changes.  More documents like this one will, as well as simple instructions for upgrading Evergreen Staff Clients will be provided in the coming weeks.

 New Tutorial

When a patron returns a lost item, that item will appear in the “Items Out” screen of the patron’s record until ALL fines and fees have been resolved. See the Video Tutorial for Lost Items on: http://in.gov/library/3380.htm.