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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Please excuse multiple
postings.<br>
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On Tuesday, June 5th, the Selover Public Library went live with
Evergreen on the Consortium of Ohio Libraries shared catalog.<br>
COOL is made up of independent libraries that are striving to provide
innovative library services while being more efficient <br>
with diminishing public resources. Selover is the third of eight
libraries that are tagged to be added in the next few months. Members
currently on Cool <br>
are Community Library in Sunbury, Germantown Public Library and Selover
Public Library. The next libraries scheduled to migrate are Cardington
Public <br>
Library and Mt. Gilead Public Library in August 2012.<br>
<br>
Selover is excited and pleased with the transition to the COOL Catalog,
it provides easier access to a much larger collection of library
materials.<br>
Joining the consortium also allows greater convenience for library
patrons who can now pick up and drop off materials as several local
libraries.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Evergreen, the open
source ILS originally developed by PINES
(Public Information Network for Electronic Services) for the Georgia
Public
Library Service, <br>
is used by over 1,000 libraries across 31 states, 4 countries,
and 8 Canadian provinces. This count only includes reported
installations, as
anybody is free to <br>
download, install and try it out for their library.</font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> The new Consortium of Ohio
Libraries, initially funded by an
LSTA grant and local library funding, is hosted <br>
and administered by OHIONET in
conjunction with the member libraries. Please visit<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://info.cool-cat.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://info.cool-cat.org</span></a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for more information about the
Consortium, or take <br>
a look at the catalog directly at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.cool-cat.org/"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.cool-cat.org</span></a>.</font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">If
you have any questions about Evergreen or joining COOL, please feel
free to
contact me at </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Selover
Public Library, <a href="mailto:lylesu@oplin.org">lylesu@oplin.org</a>
419-768-343l </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">or
contact the consortium's president Chauncey Montgomery, Director of
the Community
Library in Sunbury <a
href="mailto:montgoc1@oplin.org?subject=COOL%20Information"><span
style="text-decoration: none;">montgoc1@oplin.org</span></a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span> 740-965-390l. Tony Bandy is
the Technology <br>
Specialist at OHIONET in charge
of supporting COOL. He is also available to answer questions about the
consortium at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:tonyb@ohionet.org?subject=COOL%20Information"><span
style="text-decoration: none;">tonyb@ohionet.org</span></a><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or 800-686-8975, ext. 19.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suzi Lyle<br>
Director<br>
Selover Public Library<br>
31 State Route 95 Box 25<br>
Chesterville, OH 43317<br>
419-768-3431<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lylesu@oplin.org">lylesu@oplin.org</a><br>
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