The Evergreen ILS
Evergreen is an enterprise-grade open-source Integrated Library System initially created by the Georgia Public Library Service to support the PINES Consortium. Evergreen was built from the ground up as a flexible, fault-tolerant system capable of supporting the workload of large library systems and consortia. Boasting a wealth of standards-compliant methods to access and control your data, Evergreen is a robust platform that evolves with the needs of your library.
- Relevance-ranked search results
- Format and edition Metarecords
- Sharable patron bookbags
- Patron self-service interfaces
- Title and Metarecord level holds
- Vendor-independent added content integration
- RSS/ATOM feeds from any search
- OpenSearch and unAPI integration
- Circulation, Cataloging, and Statistical Reporting
- Tabbed interface for efficient workspace management
- Integrated and extended OPAC view - records are seen as the patrons see them
- Built-in z39.50 client
- MARC21 compliant
- Granular and flexible permission subsystem
- Locally defined organizational hierarchy
- Limitless business logic and workflow customization
- SIP2 support for 3rd party devices such as selfcheck machines
- XML and JSON Web Service gateways
- OpenSearch 1.0 and 1.1
- unAPI retrieval
- Ability to export in MARCXML, MODS, OAI_DC and many other XML formats
- Gain the support of a vibrant and active world-wide support and development community
- It's your data - Free yourself from the lock-in of proprietary systems
- Benefit from other users' customizations and contributions
- Evergreen can never be locked away