Atlanta, Ga., July 31, 2025: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to announce new development work and other community contributions completed in Q2 of 2025 for Evergreen ILS.
Equinox contributed fifty percent of the features appearing in the May 2025 Evergreen 3.15 release, and several Equinox staff, including Andrea Buntz Neiman, Galen Charlton, and Jason Etheridge, served on the release team. Andrea Buntz Neiman also served on the release team for Evergreen’s May maintenance releases (3.13.11, 3.14.6, and 3.15.1), and Jason Etheridge served on June’s maintenance release team (3.14.7 and 3.15.2). These updates can be viewed at: https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/.
Recent development included work on multi-year, multi-part projects, such as OPAC accessibility enhancements, sponsored by BC Libraries Cooperative, and support for Quipu eRENEW sponsored by the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS).
Equinox also completed the addition of payment type flags, allowing administrators more granular control over which payments are eligible for refund when a charge is voided, supported by the Kenton County Library System. These contributions will be submitted to the Evergreen community for review and consideration for the next version of Evergreen.
“Evergreen’s development cycle is well underway for 2025,” said Andrea Buntz Neiman, Project Manager for Software Development at Equinox. “The spring Evergreen 3.15 release is here, the community has networked and brainstormed new features at the 2025 Evergreen International Conference, and we are excited and looking forward to the fall release.”
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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/.