[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Setting up a stand-alone ILS in northern Haiti

[David Harmeyer]

Hi all, this is my first post to the list.

I've been a librarian at Azusa Pacific University (10,000 students,
Christian liberal arts, 1/2 undergrad, 1/2 masters and doctoral students)
in southern California for 21 years.

I directed creating a 10,000 volume library in Ethiopia back in 2005-6
using something called Right On Programs (a stand-alone PC-based ILS). But
sadly the folks at their last location (in New York) have not responded to
my many calls, faxes and emails.

I'm now in need of stand-alone ILS to catalog and run circulation for a
3,200 volume health science library going to northern Haiti in a couple of
weeks (the request is to use Dewey Decimal Classification). Stand-alone
because Internet is quite irregular (if at all) in the final location of
the collection.

At a recent library directors meetings of other colleges and universities,
Evergreen was highly recommended. So here I am.

Three questions:
1) What version of Evergreen should I download on a small network of
computers (3-4 PC network)?
2) Does Evergreen print spine, pockets and card labels?
3) Anyone else working on Evergreen in Haiti?

Appreciate your Help!

Dave


Dave Harmeyer, M.L.S., Ed.D.
Library Faculty and Professor
Azusa Pacific University
Marshburn Library, 105

(626) 815-6000, ext. 3255
dharme...@apu.edu

Maximizer • Strategic • Learner • Achiever • Belief

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] standalone interface

[Bill Erickson]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM Terran McCanna 
wrote:

> We're using it with PINES. Our local instructions are here:
>
> https://pines.georgialibraries.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=circ:circulation:offline
>
> We disabled the button to download the offline patron list because it
> would not work, so we're missing the old functionality of being able to
> check for accounts with bad statuses,
>

And as a heads up, this bug should help with the block list issues (among
other things):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1775719

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] standalone interface

[Terran McCanna]

We're using it with PINES. Our local instructions are here:
https://pines.georgialibraries.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=circ:circulation:offline

We disabled the button to download the offline patron list because it would
not work, so we're missing the old functionality of being able to check for
accounts with bad statuses, but the rest of it actually works a bit better
than the old system. (For instance, you can see a preview of the offline
transactions before you upload them now.)

Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org

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On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Kathy Lussier  wrote:

> Hi Diane,
>
> Offline circ is available, and it looks like the documentation for using
> it in the web client has been created - http://docs.evergreen-ils.or
> g/reorg/3.1/circulation/_introduction_2.html.
>
> Evergreen uses something called web service workers to store information
> for offline use. This is the same technology that allows people to use
> Google docs and other web applications offline. All of the transactions you
> perform while offline are stored in a database in your browser.
>
> I hope this helps!
> Kathy
>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Diane Disbro 
> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon -
>>
>> What is the status of a standalone interface for the web client? How can
>> there be a non-web dependent interface for a web based program?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Diane Disbro
>> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
>> Union Branch
>> Scenic Regional Library
>> 308 Hawthorne Drive
>> 
>> Union, MO 63084
>> 
>> (636) 583-3224
>> ddis...@scenicregional.org
>>
>
>

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] standalone interface

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Diane,

Offline circ is available, and it looks like the documentation for using it
in the web client has been created - http://docs.evergreen-ils.
org/reorg/3.1/circulation/_introduction_2.html.

Evergreen uses something called web service workers to store information
for offline use. This is the same technology that allows people to use
Google docs and other web applications offline. All of the transactions you
perform while offline are stored in a database in your browser.

I hope this helps!
Kathy

-- 
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org


On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Diane Disbro 
wrote:

> Good afternoon -
>
> What is the status of a standalone interface for the web client? How can
> there be a non-web dependent interface for a web based program?
>
> Thank you.
> Diane Disbro
> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
> Union Branch
> Scenic Regional Library
> 308 Hawthorne Drive
> 
> Union, MO 63084
> 
> (636) 583-3224
> ddis...@scenicregional.org
>

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New England area Bug Squashing Day - September 12

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

As many of you know, Evergreen Bug Squashing Week is scheduled for the week
of September 10.

We are planning to hold a New England/Northeast-area Evergreen
libraries meetup on Wednesday, September 12 for people who want to squash
bugs in the company of other Evergreeners.

By meeting in the same location for Bug Squashing Day, our hope is that
people will be able to truly focus on bug squashing activities. It will
also give people an opportunity to learn about the Evergreen bug
wrangling process from experienced community members and to ask
questions as they go along.

CW MARS in Worcester, MA is hosting this meetup. If you are interested in
attending, please send me a direct
email to let me know. For more information about Bug Squashing Day, see
https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:bug_squashing

I hope to see some of you there!

Kathy

-- 
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128kluss...@masslnc.org

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web Client and Load Balancer

[Jason Stephenson]

Martha,

It depends on if you're using a proxy or not.

If you're not using a proxy, you need to configure port 7682 similar to
how 443 is configured.

If you're using a proxy, it should just work, but we don't use a proxy,
so I can't testify to that.

HtH,
Jason

On 08/06/2018 09:41 AM, Martha Driscoll wrote:
> We are running release 3.0.9 and I can connect to the web client if I
> browse directly to one of my application servers.  When I try to login
> via the load balancer I get the login screen but when I try to login it
> just refreshes the login screen.
> 
> Is there something that needs to be configured for the web client to
> work through a load balancer?  We are using the pound load balancer and
> I have backends setup for port 443. 
> 
> Martha Driscoll, Systems Manager
> North of Boston Library Exchange
> www.noblenet.org 
> 
> 

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Web Client and Load Balancer

[Martha Driscoll]

We are running release 3.0.9 and I can connect to the web client if I
browse directly to one of my application servers.  When I try to login via
the load balancer I get the login screen but when I try to login it just
refreshes the login screen.

Is there something that needs to be configured for the web client to work
through a load balancer?  We are using the pound load balancer and I have
backends setup for port 443.

Martha Driscoll, Systems Manager
North of Boston Library Exchange
www.noblenet.org