Equinox Announces 2025 Q4 Project Contributions to Evergreen ILS

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Atlanta, Ga., January 26, 2026: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce Q4 development and community contributions for Evergreen ILS.

Recent projects for Evergreen included a wishlist feature to create hold policies based on Library Groups. This project also added the ability to clone a Circulation Policy, a long-desired tool. Equinox staff performed additional work integrating the Quipu eRENEW product with Evergreen, building on work earlier in the year for Quipu eCARD. Partners for these projects included the Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative (ECDI) as well as the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS).

“We are proud of the work we contributed in the last quarter of 2025,” said Andrea Buntz Neiman, Project Manager for Software Development at Equinox. “The joint development effort between Equinox and the Evergreen community to bring the best features to libraries is at the heart of Equinox’s mission and we are grateful to our partners who work with us to make it possible.”

Equinox staff serving on maintenance release teams for Evergreen in Q4 included Galen Charlton and Andrea Buntz Neiman. Learn more about recent releases at: https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/.

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Laura Barry
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About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the successor to Equinox Software, Inc. Equinox’s mission as a nonprofit is to promote and support a thriving ecosystem for open source library communities in order to provide libraries worldwide with innovative open source solutions. Equinox is devoted to reducing barriers to library technology and services, expanding library access to open source software, and providing high quality technology, consulting, and support services. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxOLI.org.

About Evergreen
Evergreen Integrated Library System is an award winning and trusted library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. Evergreen ILS is a web-based and mobile-friendly system which provides attractive, easy to use interfaces for library acquisitions, administration, cataloging, circulation, OPAC, reports, course reserves, and serials functionality.

Evergreen ILS is an enterprise level system designed to manage a scalable catalog shared across libraries, including large public and academic library consortia. While designed for large collections, Evergreen is suitable for libraries of any size and type from government to museum and special collection libraries. Its flexibility enables libraries to configure policies and settings that work best for their communities and to maintain ownership of their library and systems data.

For more information on Evergreen: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/evergreen/.

Equinox Partners with Unique Management Services to Launch MessageBee SMS for Homer Public Library

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Atlanta, Ga., January 20, 2026: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce that the Homer Public Library is live on MessageBee SMS through a partnership between Equinox and Unique Management Services (Unique).

“MessageBee SMS expands the range of text-communication options available to Homer patrons,” said David Berry, Director of Homer Public Library. “Equinox provided technical support to link automatic patron notifications, such as hold notices and card-expiration alerts, to Unique’s MessageBee service.”

Homer Public Library was founded in the 1940s and serves the community of Homer, Alaska on the Southern Kenai Peninsula. Equinox has been working with the Homer Public Library since 2023.

“MessageBee improves the patron experience and simplifies library workflows, increasing user satisfaction,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Manager at Equinox. “We are excited to help make available MessageBee’s SMS offerings alongside Unique Management Services to Homer Public Library.”

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Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative
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laura.barry@equinoxOLI.org
877.OPEN.ILS (877.673.6457)

About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the successor to Equinox Software, Inc. Equinox’s mission as a nonprofit is to promote and support a thriving ecosystem for open source library communities in order to provide libraries worldwide with innovative open source solutions. Equinox is devoted to reducing barriers to library technology and services, expanding library access to open source software, and providing high quality technology, consulting, and support services. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxOLI.org.

About Unique Management Services
Unique Management Services has specialized in helping libraries with a wide array of communication processes since 1996. From incoming customer service to outgoing email, voice, and text messaging, Unique Management Services delivers millions of communications each month for libraries across the globe. For more information, please visit  https://www.uniquelibrary.com.

Equinox Welcomes Greenville Public Library to Aspen Discovery and Evergreen ILS with the Consortium of Ohio Libraries

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Atlanta, Ga., January 12, 2026: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce that the Greenville Public Library has joined the Evergreen ILS and Aspen Discovery communities as part of their membership with the Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL).

“Greenville Public Library is excited to have Evergreen and Aspen Discovery! Staff here are thrilled with the ease of this transition made possible by the excellent support staff from Equinox,” said Joanna Brown, Supervisor and Youth Services Programmer at Greenville Public Library. “Patrons will now have access to so many more options; we couldn’t be happier with our experience.”

The Greenville Public Library was founded in 1856 by the Greenville Ladies Library Association. They have joined COOL, a membership organization of libraries in the state of Ohio that utilize Evergreen ILS. The consortium is supported by OhioNet, a 501(c)(3) that provides consulting, continuing education, cooperative purchasing, and systems and data support to its member libraries. Equinox has been working with COOL and OhioNet since 2011.

“Collaborating with libraries is at the heart of our mission,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Manager at Equinox. “Bringing Evergreen and Aspen Discovery together offers patrons a powerful and easy to use combination of features and we are excited to welcome Greenville Public Library to COOL.”

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Laura Barry
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Equinox Open Library Initiative
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laura.barry@equinoxOLI.org
877.OPEN.ILS (877.673.6457)

About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the successor to Equinox Software, Inc. Equinox’s mission as a nonprofit is to promote and support a thriving ecosystem for open source library communities in order to provide libraries worldwide with innovative open source solutions. Equinox is devoted to reducing barriers to library technology and services, expanding library access to open source software, and providing high quality technology, consulting, and support services. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxOLI.org.

About Evergreen
Evergreen Integrated Library System is an award winning and trusted library solution used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. Evergreen ILS is a web-based and mobile-friendly system which provides attractive, easy to use interfaces for library acquisitions, administration, cataloging, circulation, OPAC, reports, course reserves, and serials functionality.

Evergreen ILS is an enterprise level system designed to manage a scalable catalog shared across libraries, including large public and academic library consortia. While designed for large collections, Evergreen is suitable for libraries of any size and type from government to museum and special collection libraries. Its flexibility enables libraries to configure policies and settings that work best for their communities and to maintain ownership of their library and systems data.

For more information on Evergreen: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/evergreen/.

About Aspen Discovery
Aspen Discovery is an open source discovery layer that powerfully gathers all of a library’s resources together into a single search. Aspen Discovery provides comprehensive access to the entirety of a library’s holdings, pulling in data from the ILS and licensed databases. For more information on Aspen Discovery: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/aspen-discovery/.

Porter County Public Library System Joins the Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium’s Aspen Discovery services with Equinox

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Atlanta, Ga., January 5, 2026: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to welcome Porter County Public Library System to Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium’s Aspen Discovery services with Equinox hosting and support.

Aspen Discovery is a highly customizable, open source discovery layer designed to make library collections more accessible and engaging for patrons. The Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium (Evergreen Indiana) added Aspen Discovery services for its members with Equinox in 2024.

“Porter County Public Library System has been using Aspen Discovery since 2021 and we have been really pleased with the positive impact it has made for patrons,” said Elizabeth Hager, Collections Coordinator at Porter County Public Library System. “In moving to Equinox hosting and support alongside Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium, our patrons will continue to enjoy the powerful search and functionality Aspen Discovery offers.”

Evergreen Indiana is a growing consortium of libraries throughout Indiana that are using Evergreen ILS and Aspen Discovery. The Indiana State Library provides funding in addition to technical support, training, and software development of Evergreen ILS on behalf of its member libraries.

“Aspen Discovery is popular both with patrons who value its ease of use and librarians who embrace its tools to highlight and unify their resources,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Manager at Equinox. “It makes having a customized, branded web based library presence simple. We are excited to support Porter County’s Aspen Discovery system.”

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Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative
EquinoxOLI.org
laura.barry@equinoxOLI.org
877.OPEN.ILS (877.673.6457)

About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the successor to Equinox Software, Inc. Equinox’s mission as a nonprofit is to promote and support a thriving ecosystem for open source library communities in order to provide libraries worldwide with innovative open source solutions. Equinox is devoted to reducing barriers to library technology and services, expanding library access to open source software, and providing high quality technology, consulting, and support services. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxOLI.org.

About Aspen Discovery
Aspen Discovery is an open source discovery layer that powerfully gathers all of a library’s resources together into a single search. Aspen Discovery provides comprehensive access to the entirety of a library’s holdings, pulling in data from the ILS and licensed databases. For more information on Aspen Discovery: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/aspen-discovery/.