Equinox Announces Arcanum Public Library Live on Evergreen

August 1 , 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —August 22, 2013

Equinox Software is proud to announce that Arcanum Public Library has gone live on Evergreen as part of the growing Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL). Equinox Software oversaw data migration and will continue to provide advanced technical support for the entire COOL consortium. The COOL project received initial funding from the local libraries and an LSTA grant from the State Library of Ohio. The entire COOL catalog can be viewed online at http://www.cool-cat.org/.

The current Arcanum Public Library is located in a home that once belonged to the Ivester Family. Over the years, renovations and additions have taken place. However, the library has remained dedicated to maintaining the home and has left many areas intact for visitors to enjoy.

Shae Tetterton, Equinox Project Manager, says, “We had a wonderful collaboration of staff members from Equinox, Ohionet and Arcanum working on this project and, in my opinion, this was one of the smoothest migrations for the COOL consortium. I was also overjoyed to see a nearby COOL library, Blanchester Public, stop by on go live day to help get the library up and running. This is why I love working with the COOL libraries!”

About Equinox Software, Inc.

Founded in 2007 by the original Evergreen developers, Equinox remains deeply committed to being an active and enthusiastic voice in the open source community. Equinox's unparalleled depth of knowledge regarding libraries and library data is reflected in our services which include implementation, development, support, hosting, and educational services for both Evergreen and Koha software. For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com

About Evergreen

Evergreen is an award-winning ILS developed with the intent of providing an open source product able to meet the diverse needs of consortia and high transaction public libraries. However, it has proven to be equally successful in smaller installations including special and academic libraries. Today, almost 1200 libraries across the US and Canada are using Evergreen including NC Cardinal, SC Lends, and B.C Sitka.

For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571