Equinox Software Inc. and NELINET Partner on Evergreen Open Source ILS Solution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA – February 3, 2009

Equinox Software is pleased to announce a partnership with NELINET, a non-profit membership cooperative based in New England, on an Evergreen open source consortial ILS solution for its member libraries.
“We are hearing that many libraries would like to embrace an open-source ILS solution but lack the expertise or resources to implement it,” said Tim Rivard, Senior Consultant, Resource Sharing for NELINET. “By partnering with Equinox, ‘The Evergreen Experts,’ we are excited to be able to provide that support to our libraries. In addition, we hope to use the collaborative power of NELINET’s membership community to improve and educate adopters of the Evergreen ILS.”
“Shared consortial catalogs are the obvious wave of the future, both for powerful resource-sharing and to help libraries band together financially during economic crisis,” said Brad LaJeunesse, Equinox company president. “Evergreen has the capabilities and the forward development path to not only meet the needs of today’s libraries, but be there for them as their services evolve. This relationship with NELINET is win-win all around.”
Equinox and NELINET are currently working with libraries and library groups in NELINET interested in hosting, support, and training on the Evergreen ILS system. NELINET has also formed the Spruce Open Source Collaborative—a cooperative partnership of NELINET, key vendors and the membership to encourage the adoption of open-source library software in New England.

About Evergreen
Evergreen is consortial-quality, open-source library software initially developed to support Georgia PINES, a resource-sharing consortium with over 270 public libraries. Evergreen was designed from the ground up to be robust, fault-tolerant, service-oriented, and standards-based. Evergreen nimbly evolves to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia, while elegantly scaling down to the smallest library sites.
The growing, multinational Evergreen development community has shepherded Evergreen through a series of carefully-planned releases that have further strengthened Evergreen’s consortial capabilities while adding popular and useful functionality. Evergreen 2.0, due out in 2009, will add acquisitions, serials, and reserves to Evergreen’s outstanding functionality.
From its debut in September 2006, Evergreen has earned acclaim and praise from users worldwide, including a Technology Collaboration Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional Evergreen implementations include consortial projects such as Michigan Evergreen, British Columbia SITKA, and Evergreen Indiana, and libraries such as Kent County Public Library in Maryland, Marshall Public Library in Missouri, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the National Weather Center Library in Norman, Oklahoma. For more information about Evergreen, visit http://evergreen-ils.org

About Equinox Software, Inc.
Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a growing team of skilled developers and other professionals who provide comprehensive support for Evergreen, the consortial-quality, open source integrated library system (ILS). Equinox develops, supports, trains, migrates, integrates, and consults on Evergreen, and engages with the rapidly expanding Evergreen community. Instead of one-size-fits-all support, Equinox works closely with libraries to ensure Evergreen is implemented in the manner that best fits their individual needs.
In addition to support, custom development and integration services, Equinox offers complete Evergreen hosting packages for libraries wishing to outsource their ILS infrastructure. Equinox also provides consulting services for libraries seeking more insight into the value proposition of open source software. For more information, visit http://esilibrary.com

About NELINET, Inc.
NELINET is a non-profit membership cooperative of nearly 600 academic, public and special libraries in the six New England states. NELINET works collaboratively with members to shape the future of New England libraries in the evolving information environment. NELINET invites museums, archives and historical societies to become members. NELINET invites museums, archives and historical societies to become members. For more information, see http://nelinet.net.

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571
For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.

Evergreen is open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. Evergreen and the Evergreen logo are registered trademarks of the Georgia Public Library Service.