Algoma University

Algoma University, Laurentian University, the University of Windsor, and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine have officially won two provincial awards for Project CONIFER, consortial implementation of the Evergreen Integrated Library System.  The CONIFER system includes over 20 separate libraries and other resource centres:

Leddy Library, J.N. Desmarais Library, Wishart Library(Algoma University), University of Sudbury, Hearst, Bibliothèque Maurice-Saulnier, Huntington College Library, Paul Martin Law Library, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (West), HRSRH Health Sciences Library, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (East), Xstrata Process Support Centre Library, NOHIN, Instructional Media Centre, Laboratoire de didactiques, E.S.E., Vale Inco, Mines Library, Willet Green Miller Centre, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Curriculum Resource Centre, Sault Area Hospital and the Centre Franco-Ontarien de Folklore.

http://algoma.concat.ca/

The awards:

• Ontario College and University Library Association’s Award for Special Achievement
• Ontario Library Information and Technology Association’s Award for Technological Innovation

Evergreen, is the highly-scalable Open Source software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries.

Evergreen, which first launched in September, 2006 in Georgia's PINES consortium, now powers over 300 libraries of every type -- public, academic, special, school, and even tribal and home libraries -- in over a dozen countries worldwide. Evergreen has an active community that participates in its coding, documentation, and direction of the project.

For the announcements, see the Ontario Library Association Blog at the OLA site: