MI Consortium Goes Evergreen
By Michael Rogers -- Library Journal, 5/15/2008
The Michigan Library Consortium is going open source. The group announced April 14 that it has selected an Evergreen system as its next automation solution, as well as signing with Equinox Software Inc., which will “provide comprehensive library data migrations service, software configuration, consultation, and ongoing Evergreen support.”
Starting small
The consortium indicated it will “begin the conversion to Evergreen with a pilot group of libraries. Branch, Niles, and Traverse Area District Libraries will go live over the summer.” After the pilot facilities launch, other members will be invited to join. Evergreen was the brainchild of the Georgia Public Library Service for the Georgia PINES consortium but has been made available to libraries through an open source license.
