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2.5 Lost and Long Overdue Bill Colors

 This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.5. This stylization enhancement distinguishes Lost and Long Overdue circulations that appear within the billed transactions of a patron’s account from other items that are still checked out. Within the patron’s list … Continue reading

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2.5 Sorting Money Columns in Billing Interface

This enhancment is available in Evergreen versions 2.3 -2.5. This enhancement enables Evergreen to sort money columns numerically in the billing interface. You can perform an ascending or descending sort on these columns. To view and sort patron bills, retrieve … Continue reading

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2.5 Long Overdue Penalty

This feature will be available in Evergreen version 2.5. Abstract Libraries can now configure a penalty for unpaid, long overdue items in Evergreen. When a patron exceeds the allowed number of long overdue items, a penalty will be applied to … Continue reading

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2.5 Default Values for Vandelay Item Import

This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.5. Evergreen now supports additional functionality for importing items through Cataloging → MARC Batch Import/Export. When items are imported via a Holdings Import Profile in Cataloging → MARC Batch Import/Export, Evergreen will create … Continue reading

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2.5 Patron Self-Registration

This feature will be available in Evergreen version 2.5. Abstract Patron Self-Registration allows patrons to initiate registration for a library account through the OPAC. Patrons can fill out a web-based form with basic information that will be stored as a … Continue reading

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2.5 Alternate Hold Pick up Location

This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.5 Abstract This feature enables libraries to configure an alternate hold pick up location. The alternate pick up location will appear in the staff client to inform library staff that a patron has … Continue reading

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2.5 Catalog Browse

This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.5. Abstract Catalog Browse enables you to browse bibliographic headings available in your catalog. You can click the hyperlinked bibliographic headings to retrieve catalog records that contain these headings. Also, if a given … Continue reading

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2.5 Z39.50 Search Enhancements

Abstract In Evergreen version 2.5, you will be able to search multiple Z39.50 sources simultaneously from record buckets. Using this feature, you can match records from Z39.50 sources to catalog records in your bucket and import the Z39.50 records via … Continue reading

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2.4 Storing Z39.50 Server Credentials

This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.4. Staff have the option to apply Z39.50 login credentials to each Z39.50 server at different levels of the organizational unit hierarchy. Credentials can be set at the library branch or system level, … Continue reading

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2.5 Mark an Item Long Overdue

This feature is available in Evergreen version 2.5. Marking an item Long Overdue Once an item has been overdue for a configurable amount of time, Evergreen will mark the item long overdue in the borrowing patron’s account. This will be … Continue reading

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