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Equinox Partners at 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference

Atlanta, Ga., June 21, 2023: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open technology development and support for libraries, will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference alongside a number of Equinox partners. The 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois from June 22 through June 27, 2023. Visit Equinox at Booth #5114 to learn about the latest updates to Evergreen ILS, Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, VuFindⓇ, and more. Full conference details are available here: https://2023alaannual.eventscribe.net/.

Equinox Partners Presenting at ALA 2023:

Friday, June 23, 2023:

“Spectrum Institute: Writing Our Own Leadership Narratives: Being a Change Agent”

- Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
- Location: Palmer House, Salon 04-06
- Presenter: Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, JD, MS, CEO/Executive Director, OhioNET
- See More: https://cdmcd.co/bYxYXG

Saturday, June 24, 2023:

“Finding a New Normal: Library Policies and Practices”

- Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Location: McCormick Place, W179b
- Presenter: Michele Fenton, Indiana State Library
- See More: https://cdmcd.co/PJrJkd

Sunday, June 25, 2023:

“We Were There Too: African Americans and the 1928 American Library Association Conference”

- Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm CT
- Location: McCormick Place, W190a
- Presenter: Michele Fenton, Indiana State Library
- See More:https://cdmcd.co/E3Xg49

“Changing the Representation of Disabilities in Description and Classification”

- Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Location:McCormick Place, W176c
- Presenter: Mackenzie Johnson, University of Prince Edward Island
- See More: https://cdmcd.co/dE9ERW

“EXPLORE: Flipping a Traditional Needs Assessment to an Opportunity Exploration to Discover Our Calling in a Pandemic Altered World”

- Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm CT
- Location: McCormick Place, W190a
- Presenter: Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, JD, MS, CEO/Executive Director, OhioNET
- See More: https://cdmcd.co/zYLk6Y

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For more information:
Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative, Inc.
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, affordable, and sustainable open source solutions. We are 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 libraries to museum and special library collections. 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 about Evergreen: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/evergreen/.

About Koha ILS
Created in 1999 by Katipo Communications for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, Koha Integrated Library System is the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide. The software is a full-featured ILS with a dual-database design (search engine and RDBMS) built to be compliant with library standards. Koha’s OPAC, staff, and self-checkout interfaces are all web applications. Distributed under the General Public License (GPL), libraries are free to use and install Koha themselves or to purchase support and development services. For more information on Koha, please visit https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/koha/.

About CORAL ERM
CORAL is an electronic resources management system consisting of interoperable modules designed around the core components of managing electronic resources for libraries and other organizations. CORAL is available as a free, open source program. To learn more please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/coral/.

About SubjectsPlus
SubjectsPlus is a user-friendly, open source, content management system for information sharing. SubjectsPlus provides tools to create information-rich subject guides, organize curated content for specific audiences in or around a research topic, and to develop and manage library websites. Originally developed by Joyner Library at East Carolina University, work has been contributed by Ithaca College Library and now the University of Miami Libraries. To learn more please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/subjectsplus/.

About Fulfillment
Fulfillment is an open source interlibrary loan management system which leverages intuitive design and efficient workflows to maximize value and impact for libraries. Fulfillment provides community members expanded access to library resources across their state and beyond their consortium. Launched in 2011, Fulfillment facilitates sharing between separate library organizations, uniting collections and information in a combined union catalog. Fulfillment is highly customizable and is compatible with any integrated library system (ILS). Fulfillment benefits from an active open source community, where it is continuously updated and supported by Equinox and the designers, users, and developers who built Evergreen ILS. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/fulfillment/.

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. To learn more, visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/aspen-discovery/.

About VuFindⓇ
VuFindⓇ is an open source discovery product for libraries and archives developed and maintained by Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library. VuFindⓇ enables library users to discover the entirety of libraries’ collections, including catalog records, journals, digital items, and more. Search results are retrieved quickly, often in a fraction of the time of an OPAC search. VuFindⓇ is open source and customizable—the interface may be configured to best meet users’ needs. For more information on VuFindⓇ visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/vufind/.

Equinox Presents on Best Practices for CORAL ERM at ALA 2023

Atlanta, GA, June 20, 2023: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce that Equinox will be presenting at the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois from June 22 through June 27, 2023. Visit Equinox at Booth #5114 to learn about the latest updates to Evergreen ILS, Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, VuFindⓇ, and more. Full conference details are available here: https://2023alaannual.eventscribe.net/.

Equinox will be presenting the poster “Bringing Information Together: Best Practices for Implementing CORAL ERM,” on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:30pm CT in McCormick Place, W190a. The poster is presented by Galen Charlton and Erica Rohlfs. To add the session to the ALA scheduler please visit: https://cdmcd.co/v9Q8X5

“The poster presents best practices and lessons learned by Equinox Open Library Initiative staff during the implementation of the open source electronic resource management system, CORAL,” said Erica Rohlfs, Senior Implementation Project Manager at Equinox. “In this poster, we also describe how to start the evaluation process for open source electronic resources management software and the lessons learned from the implementations we’ve done. Electronic resources management is time-intensive, and CORAL streamlines this activity for libraries. We’re excited to share the benefits of CORAL at ALA.”

Equinox will also be presenting the poster, “Leading Accessibility in Open Source Library Software,” which focuses on Equinox’s accessibility initiatives for VuFindⓇ and Evergreen ILS as part of the same poster session. It will be presented by Andrea Buntz Neiman, Stephanie Leary, Lisa Carlucci, and Angela Kilsdonk.

Equinox supports CORAL ERM among other open source solutions for libraries. To learn more about CORAL please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/coral.

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For more information:
Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative, Inc.
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, affordable, and sustainable open source solutions. We are 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 CORAL ERM
CORAL is an electronic resources management system consisting of interoperable modules designed around the core components of managing electronic resources for libraries and other organizations. CORAL is available as a free, open source program. To learn more please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/coral/.

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Equinox Announces Major Features in Evergreen 3.11

Atlanta, Ga., June 14, 2023: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is excited to announce the arrival of Evergreen 3.11, the latest release of the award-winning library software used by more than 1,800 libraries worldwide. The Equinox team contributed 9 out of 10 of Evergreen 3.11’s major features and 23 out of 60 bug fixes.

As part of Equinox’s commitment to accessibility, Equinox has been improving Evergreen’s code to better support assistive technologies. This effort includes addressing the staff administration and the staff catalog screens to make them skimmable by their landmarks and headings for users with screen readers.

“Accessible design is important for library staff interfaces as well as patron-facing services,” said Stephanie Leary, Front End Developer at Equinox. “We are excited to address some of the barriers to accessibility that have made some administrative tasks difficult for assistive technology users. We are committed to sharing our developer resources in support of accessible software for library communities.”

Evergreen 3.11 also brings a number of improvements to libraries using Evergreen including expansion of the “Did You Mean” search suggestion feature, support for new kinds of custom penalties, and important architectural improvements. More detail about these and other features can be found in the release notes here: https://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_3_11.html

“Equinox’s work for Evergreen 3.11 includes a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements that makes Evergreen faster and more efficient for library operations,” said Andrea Buntz Neiman, Project Manager for Software Development at Equinox. “For example, the new ‘Queued Ingest’ feature allows catalog and authority records to be updated in staged batches in the background – this is a huge improvement for library staff and one that addresses several long-standing community bugs. I’m really proud of this work and we’re excited to bring these kinds of infrastructure improvements to Evergreen, in addition to the more front-facing feature development work that we do.”

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For more information:
Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative, Inc.
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, affordable, and sustainable open source solutions. We are 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 libraries to museum and special library collections. 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 about Evergreen: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/evergreen/.

Equinox Presents on Open Source Accessibility at ALA 2023

Atlanta, GA, June 12, 2023: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce that Equinox will be presenting at the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois from June 22 through June 27, 2023. Visit Equinox at Booth #5114 to learn about the latest updates to Evergreen ILS, Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, VuFindⓇ, and more. Full conference details are available here: https://2023alaannual.eventscribe.net/.

Equinox is presenting the poster “Leading Accessibility Initiatives in Open Source Library Software” on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 1:30pm – 3:30pm CT at McCormick Place, W190a. The poster will be presented by Stephanie Leary, Andrea Buntz Neiman, Lisa Carlucci, and Angela Kilsdonk. To add the session to the ALA scheduler please visit: https://cdmcd.co/KGA98y.

“We are partnering with libraries, consortia, and the open source community to build a more accessible experience for those using Evergreen and VuFind®,” said Andrea Buntz Neiman, Project Manager for Software Development at Equinox. “The latest release of Evergreen makes significant improvements to screen reader support in staff interfaces, and this is only the start. We’re thrilled to work with community partners to test and deliver these features to libraries and to present these updates along with best practices at the 2023 ALA Annual Conference.”

In addition to the accessibility improvements to Evergreen ILS, Equinox recently released an accessible theme for the open source discovery layer VuFindⓇ which meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. The Equinox theme for VuFindⓇ is available at: https://github.com/EquinoxOpenLibraryInitiative/equinox-theme-vufind.

Follow Equinox Open Library Initiative on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for the latest updates.

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For more information:
Laura Barry
Communications Coordinator
Equinox Open Library Initiative, Inc.
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, affordable, and sustainable open source solutions. We are 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 libraries to museum and special library collections. 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 about Evergreen: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/evergreen/.

About VuFindⓇ
VuFindⓇ is an open source discovery product for libraries and archives developed and maintained by Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library. VuFindⓇ enables library users to discover the entirety of libraries’ collections, including catalog records, journals, digital items, and more. Search results are retrieved quickly, often in a fraction of the time of an OPAC search. VuFindⓇ is open source and customizable—the interface may be configured to best meet users’ needs. For more information on VuFindⓇ visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/vufind/.

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. To learn more, visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/aspen-discovery/.

About Koha ILS
Created in 1999 by Katipo Communications for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, Koha Integrated Library System is the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide. The software is a full-featured ILS with a dual-database design (search engine and RDBMS) built to be compliant with library standards. Koha’s OPAC, staff, and self-checkout interfaces are all web applications. Distributed under the General Public License (GPL), libraries are free to use and install Koha themselves or to purchase support and development services. For more information on Koha, please visit https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/koha/.

About CORAL ERM
CORAL is an electronic resources management system consisting of interoperable modules designed around the core components of managing electronic resources for libraries and other organizations. CORAL is available as a free, open source program. To learn more please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/coral/.

About Fulfillment
Fulfillment is an open source interlibrary loan management system which leverages intuitive design and efficient workflows to maximize value and impact for libraries. Fulfillment provides community members expanded access to library resources across their state and beyond their consortium. Launched in 2011, Fulfillment facilitates sharing between separate library organizations, uniting collections and information in a combined union catalog. Fulfillment is highly customizable and is compatible with any integrated library system (ILS). Fulfillment benefits from an active open source community, where it is continuously updated and supported by Equinox and the designers, users, and developers who built Evergreen ILS. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/fulfillment/ .

About SubjectsPlus
SubjectsPlus is a user-friendly, open source, content management system for information sharing. SubjectsPlus provides tools to create information-rich subject guides, organize curated content for specific audiences in or around a research topic, and to develop and manage library websites. Originally developed by Joyner Library at East Carolina University, work has been contributed by Ithaca College Library and now the University of Miami Libraries. To learn more please visit: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/subjectsplus/.

Equinox Presents at the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference

Atlanta, GA, June 5, 2023: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce that Equinox will be presenting at the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois from June 22 through June 27, 2023. Visit Equinox at Booth #5114 to learn about the latest updates to Evergreen ILS, Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, VuFindⓇ, and more. Full conference details are available here: https://2023alaannual.eventscribe.net/.

Equinox’s Executive Director, Lisa Carlucci, will be speaking as part of Marshall Breeding’s session, “Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry,” on the theme of “Multiple Paths to Openness.” This session will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT. For more information about this presentation please see: https://librarytechnology.org/web/breeding/ALAExecPanel/.

“Open source software offers libraries maximum choice and flexibility. From Koha, the first open source ILS to be used worldwide, to Evergreen, the first open source system designed for complex libraries and consortia, along with FOLIO and other systems, libraries have multiple open source options to select from,” said Lisa Carlucci, Executive Director at Equinox. “This flexibility means that libraries can choose a system that will grow and evolve with them as needs change.”

Equinox will also be presenting two poster sessions as part of the conference. The first, “Bringing Information Together: Best Practices for Implementing CORAL ERM,” is a guide to implementing open source, e-resource solution CORAL ERM by Galen Charlton and Erica Rohlfs. The second, “Leading Accessibility in Open Source Library Software,” focuses on Equinox’s accessibility initiatives for VuFindⓇ and Evergreen ILS. It will be presented by Andrea Buntz Neiman, Stephanie Leary, Lisa Carlucci, and Angela Kilsdonk. Both posters will be presented on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:30pm CT in McCormick Place, W190a.