Evergreen is a library automation program. It assists libraries in day-to-day operations such as checking out materials, keeping track of patrons, and providing a web-based library catalog. The majority of the workings of Evergreen are behind the scenes, and users (or patrons) rarely see anything behind the web catalog. The library staff, on the other hand, spend much of their day utilizing the software in order to do their jobs efficiently and effectively. Evergreen calculates due dates and loan periods. It also determines how many renewals a user may have. You can also keep track of where all the books and CD's are.
v2.8 [May 28, 2015]
1. Evergreen 2.8.2
This release contains several bugfixes improving on Evergreen 2.8.1
1.1. Circulation
Fixes an issue where a double-scan at checkin causes two holds to capture for the same item.
In patron registration, fixes a broken link in the alert informing staff that a patron with the same name already exists.
Fixes an issue where fully-paid long overdue items still appeared in the Other/Special Circulations window.
Fixes an error that appeared when staff tried to renew lost, claims returned or long overdue item.
Fixes a "Return to Record" link on the call number texting confirmation screen. The link previously broke in cases when the user was prompted to authenticate before texting.
Removes long overdue circs from the total items out count in My Account.
1.2. Public Catalog
Changes the behavior of the "Add Rows" link on the advanced search screen so that it no longer opens duplicate rows.
Removes the Bib Call Number from the query type selector.
Removes publication-specific information from a metarecord search results page
Prevents the "you have permission to override some of the failed holds" message from appearing when the user does not have permission to override holds.
Removes a stray semicolon that was appearing in browse search entries.
1.3. Client
Prevents security warnings in the staff client when Google Analytics is enabled in the catalog.
Adds scrollbars when necessary to the item status alternate view tab.
1.4. Reports
Fixes an issue where strings with apostrophes could no longer be used to filter reports.
1.5. Administration
Creates a script allowing EDI Ruby dependency installation on Ubuntu 14.04.
Fixes compatibility issues with Debian Jessie.
Removes "Safe" CPAN dependency from Debian/Ubuntu Makefile.install files.
Removes the ability for staff to edit their own user accounts.
Adds an index on authority.simple_heading.record so that full table scans aren’t needed during authority record reingest.
2. Evergreen 2.8.1
This release contains several bugfixes improving on Evergreen 2.8.0.
2.1. Acquisitions
Fixes an issue where direct charges were not disencumbered when the charge was removed from the PO or the PO was canceled.
Fixes an issue where direct charges were not calculated in the PO estimated price.
Refreshes the PO summary ammounts (spent, encumbered, estimated) each time an amount-changing event occurs.
2.2. Patron message center fixes and improvements
Fixes an issue where the user didn’t receive an ackowledgement after deleting a message.
Displays the unread message count in the page title for increased visibility.
Repositions the patron messages link to the dashboard button bar.
For messages that originate from public notes, adjusts the sending library to be the workstation library, not the home library of the note creator.
Improves styling for messages by using pre-wrap, which allows longer messages to wrap properly.
Fixes an issue where users already viewing a message cannot return to the message list by clicking on the 'Message" button in the patron dashboard.
2.3. Fine generator fixes
Fixes an issue where payment for a lost-then-returned item was not applied to overdues.
Fixes an issue where overdue fines could be doubled if both restore-overdue-on-lost-return and generate-new-overdues-on-lost-return are enabled.
2.4. Clear hold shelf checkin modifier fix
Fixes a network error that occurred when using the Clear Hold Shelf checkin modifier.
2.5. Fix Crash in Collections User Balance Summary
Previously a patron in collections that paid off all transactions would cause a crash and stop processing any balance summary file that they are supposed to appear in. Now user balance summaries can be created in full even if some users have a 0 balance.
2.6. Remove the ‡biblios.net Z39.50 target from seed data
The Z39.50 target at z3950.biblios.net/bibliographic has not worked for years, so its service definition is no longer provided in the seed data for new installations of Evergreen.
Users of existing Evergreen systems should consider removing the Z39.50 definition for ‡biblios.net. This can be done from Admin | Server Administration | Z39.50 Servers in the staff client.
2.7. Set resource limits for Clark Kent
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