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.

• 2016 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.

2008 – 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 2011.

2011 – Major software upgrade from version 1.6 to 2.0

2012 – Evergreen International Annual Conference held in Indianapolis.

100th 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 Shipped2013-2014

# LIBRARY PACKAGES

1 – Evergreen Library Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL 9,961

2 – Evergreen Library Morgan Co. PL 8,804

3 Indiana University- Bloomington 7,885

4 Allen Co. PL 7,546

5 – Evergreen Library Hussey-Mayfield Mem PL 7,520

6 – Evergreen Library Jackson Co PL 7,069

7 – Evergreen Library Peabody PL 6,917

8- Evergreen Library Greenwood PL 6,597

9 Ball State University 6,597

10 – Evergreen Library Westfield Washington PL 6,593

Resources Shared – Hold Transits

• 2008: 2,794• 2009: 75,243• 2010: 165,792• 2011: 215,988• 2012: 233,967• 2013: 250,958• 2014: 264,929

Resources Shared - Transits

• 2008: 4,677• 2009: 161,631• 2010: 367,430• 2011: 500,008• 2012: 579,505• 2013: 595,493• 2014: 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

Tier Maximum Annual Operating fund Expenditure

Annual Fee 2016 Billable Rate(rollout discount of 50%)

1 $50,000.00 $0.00 $0.00

2 $100,000.00 $500.00 $250.00

3 $200,000.00 $1,000.00 $500.00

4 $300,000.00 $1,500.00 $750.00

5 $500,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,250.00

6 $750,000.00 $3,500.00 $1,750.00

7 $1,000,000.00 $5,000.00 $2,500.00

8 $1,500,000.00 $6,500.00 $3,250.00

9 >$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— http://blog.evergreen.lib.in.us/

• 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, PatronPlainfield-Guilford Township Public Library