Atlanta, Ga., November 21, 2024: Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to welcome the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County, Missouri to Evergreen ILS, Aspen Discovery, and MessageBee SMS as part of their membership with the Missouri Evergreen Consortium.
The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County consists of nine community libraries in St. Louis County, Missouri. Resource sharing within the consortium has provided their communities with access to over 700,000 volumes. Equinox provided implementation and training services during the migration and will continue to provide hosting and technical support.
The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County is the first of the Missouri Evergreen Consortium libraries to begin using Aspen Discovery. They will also be using MessageBee SMS through Equinox’s partnership with Unique Management Services.
“The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County is excited to join our cohorts in the Missouri Evergreen Consortium,” said Ashley Bryant, Director of the Maplewood Public Library and President of the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County. “Equinox was up to the task and worked closely with us to make the transition as smooth as possible. We were so pleased to be able to grant our patrons access to an additional 4 million items through the Missouri Evergreen catalog immediately upon our scheduled go-live time!”
The Missouri Evergreen Consortium is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which began in 2012. Learn more at: http://moevergreenlibraries.org/
“Open source software helps consortia provide sustainable technological support and growth,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Manager at Equinox. “The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County represents a wide range of communities, and I’m eager to see the staff and patrons grow with the consortium.”
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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 Unique Management Services
Unique Management Services has specialized in helping libraries with a wide array of communication processes since 1996. From incoming customer service to outgoing email, voice, and text messaging, Unique Management Services delivers millions of communications each month for libraries across the globe. For more information, please visit https://www.uniquelibrary.com.
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/.
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. For more information on Aspen Discovery: https://www.equinoxoli.org/products/aspen-discovery/.