The Evergreen community is pleased to announce the release of version 2.8.0 of the Evergreen open source integrated library system. It can be downloaded from
http://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/ New features and enhancements of note in Evergreen 2.8.0 include: * Acquisitions improvements to help prevent the creation of duplicate orders and duplicate purchase order names. * In the select list and PO view interfaces, beside the line item ID, the number of catalog copies already owned is now displayed. * A new Apache access handler that allows resources on an Evergreen webs server, or which are proxied via an Evergreen web server, to be authenticated using user’s Evergreen credentials. * Copy locations can now be marked as deleted. This allows information about disused copy locations to be retained for reporting purposes without cluttering up location selection drop-downs. * Support for matching authority records during MARC import. Matches can be made against MARC tag/subfield entries and against a record’s normalized heading and thesaurus. * Patron message center: a new mechanism via which messages can be sent to patrons for them to read while logged into the public catalog. * A new option to stop billing activity on zero-balance billed transaction, which will help reduce the incidence of patron accounts with negative balances. * New options to void lost item and long overdue billings if a loan is marked as claims returned. * The staff interface for placing holds now offers the ability to place additional holds on the same title. * The active date of a copy record is now displayed more clearly. * A number of enhancements have been made to the public catalog to better support discoverability by web search engines. & There is now a direct link to “My Lists” from the “My Account” area in the top upper-right part of the public catalog. * There is a new option for TPAC to show more details by default. For more information about what’s in the release, check out the release notes, which can be found at http://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_2_8.html To add a personal note, many people have contributed to this release, but I would particularly like to thank release manager Bill Erickson for his work on this release. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org
