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   1 Evergreen Documentation
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   8 Introduction
   9 ============
  10
  11 About This Documentation
  12 ------------------------
  13
  14 This guide was produced by the Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG),
  15 consisting of numerous volunteers from many different organizations. The DIG
  16 has drawn together, edited, and supplemented pre-existing documentation
  17 contributed by libraries and consortia running Evergreen that were kind enough
  18 to release their documentation into the creative commons. Please see the
  19 <<attributions,Attributions>> section for a full list of authors and
  20 contributing organizations. Just like the software it describes, this guide is
  21 a work in progress, continually revised to meet the needs of its users, so if
  22 you find errors or omissions, please let us know, by contacting the DIG
  23 facilitators at docs@evergreen-ils.org.
  24
  25 This guide to Evergreen is intended to meet the needs of front-line library
  26 staff, catalogers, library administrators, system administrators, and software
  27 developers. It is organized into Parts, Chapters, and Sections addressing key
  28 aspects of the software, beginning with the topics of broadest interest to the
  29 largest groups of users and progressing to some of the more specialized and
  30 technical topics of interest to smaller numbers of users.
  31
  32 Copies of this guide can be accessed in PDF and HTML formats from http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/.
  33
  34 About Evergreen
  35 ---------------
  36
  37 Evergreen is an open source library automation software designed to meet the
  38 needs of the very smallest to the very largest libraries and consortia. Through
  39 its staff interface, it facilitates the management, cataloging, and circulation
  40 of library materials, and through its online public access interface it helps
  41 patrons find those materials.
  42
  43 The Evergreen software is freely licensed under the GNU General Public License,
  44 meaning that it is free to download, use, view, modify, and share. It has an
  45 active development and user community, as well as several companies offering
  46 migration, support, hosting, and development services.
  47
  48 The community’s development requirements state that Evergreen must be:
  49
  50 * Stable, even under extreme load.
  51 * Robust, and capable of handling a high volume of transactions and simultaneous users.
  52 * Flexible, to accommodate the varied needs of libraries.
  53 * Secure, to protect our patrons’ privacy and data.
  54 * User-friendly, to facilitate patron and staff use of the system.
  55
  56 Evergreen, which first launched in 2006 now powers over 544 libraries of every
  57 type – public, academic, special, school, and even tribal and home libraries –
  58 in over a dozen countries worldwide.
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  64 Software Installation
  65 =====================
  66
  67
  68 Introduction
  69 ------------
  70
  71 This part will guide you through the installation steps installation or
  72 upgrading your Evergreen system. It is intended for system administrators.
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  90 System Configuration and Customization
  91 ======================================
  92
  93 Introduction
  94 ------------
  95
  96 The Evergreen system allows a free range of customizations to every aspect of
  97 the system. Use this part of the documentation to become familiar with the tools
  98 for configuring the system as well as customizing the catalog and staff client.
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 189 ==============================
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 192 Introduction
 193 ------------
 194
 195 This part of the documentation deals with general Browser Client usage including
 196 logging in, navigation and shortcuts.
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 285 Introduction
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 345 Cataloging
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 348 Introduction
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 431 ===========
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 433 Introduction
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 466 Reports
 467 =======
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 469 Introduction
 470 ------------
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 496 Using the Public Access Catalog
 497 ===============================
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 502 Evergreen has a public OPAC that meets WCAG guidelines (http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag), which helps make the OPAC accessible to users with a range of disabilities. This part of the documentation explains how to use the Evergreen public OPAC. It covers the basic catalog and more advanced search topics. It also describes the ``My Account'' tools users have to find information and manage their personal library accounts through the OPAC. This section could be used by staff and patrons but would be more useful for staff as a generic reference when developing custom guides and tutorials for their users.
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 530 Developer Resources
 531 ===================
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 533 Introduction
 534 ------------
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 536 Developers can use this part to learn more about the programming languages,
 537 communication protocols and standards used in Evergreen.
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 552 Getting Data from Evergreen
 553 ===========================
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 555 Introduction
 556 ------------
 557
 558 You may be interested in re-using data from your Evergreen installation in
 559 another application.  This part describes several methods to get the data
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 578 [appendix]
 579 Admonitions
 580 ===========
 581
 582 * Note
 583
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 586 * warning
 587
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 589
 590 * caution
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 598 [index]
 599 Index
 600 =====
 601