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Evergreen Indiana is a growing consortium of 69 public, school and institutional libraries located throughout Indiana that use the Evergreen ILS. Patrons of member libraries can use their Evergreen Indiana library card to view the catalogs and borrow materials from the other member libraries.

The Evergreen Indiana catalog holds over 1.5 million bibliographic records and provides access to over 2.7 million items. The catalog may be viewed at: http://evergreen.lib.in.us/.

As of November 2009, the following 49 member libraries are live on Evergreen and serve over 548,000 Indiana residents:

Additional members will migrate throughout 2009. See Evergreen Indiana Consortium Members for a complete list of the member libraries. See also Evergreen Indiana Member Map for locations and websites of member libraries.

The Evergreen Indiana project, is being funded by the Indiana State Library through Library Services and Technology Act grants. The services provided by the State Library include purchasing and maintaining the central servers, personnel costs in operating the system, training, software development, data conversion, and other related expenses.

In 2008, the Indiana State Library enlisted the services and expertise of Equinox Software, Inc. to develop a comprehensive migration strategy for Indiana libraries. With a migration strategy in place, the 20 pilot libraries elected the first Evergreen Indiana Executive Committee and commenced the development of the consortium’s policies and procedures. Evergreen Indiana's policies, as adopted by the Executive Committee, are at Evergreen Indiana Policies and Procedures.

The Evergreen Indiana Consortium has seen a steady rise in interest from all types of libraries around the state. Because of this, the Consortium has begun accepting applications from libraries seeking to migrate to Evergreen in 2009 and 2010. Requests for membership are approved by the Executive Committee at its regularly scheduled meetings. Libraries interested in joining the consortium must have board approval and submit a completed executed Membership Agreement and Code of Ethics.
For more information about Evergreen Indiana visit Information and Resources for Interested Libraries or contact Catherine
Lemmer, Evergreen Indiana Project Coordinator, at 317.234.6536, or clemmer@library.in.gov.

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