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 ====== Local Admin Policies and Procedures ====== ====== Local Admin Policies and Procedures ======
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-//This is a working document that is currently being updated. Most of the Local Admin documentation is still available at [[https://pines.georgialibraries.org/documentation|PINES Documentation]]// 
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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 GPLS staff" throughout this manual) on behalf of the PINES Libraries. This role includes high-level GPLS staff" throughout this manual) on behalf of the PINES Libraries. This role includes high-level
 system administration of the PINES Integrated Library System (ILS) software ([[http://gapines.org]]); system administration of the PINES Integrated Library System (ILS) software ([[http://gapines.org]]);
-Helpdesk support ([[http://help.georgialibraries.org]]) for consortium wide policy, software, and other+Helpdesk support ([[http://help.georgialibraries.org]]) for consortium-wide policy, software, and other
 issues; providing training and documentation regarding agreed-upon policies and procedures; and other requests.  issues; providing training and documentation regarding agreed-upon policies and procedures; and other requests. 
  
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 ===== The Evergreen “LocalAdmin” Role ===== ===== The Evergreen “LocalAdmin” Role =====
  
-Some regular text+PINES staff members are each assigned a permissions profile or "role" for work within EvergreenAt the local system level, the highest-level permissions profile is LocalAdmin. (Please note that there is a distinction between the "Local System Administrator" position and the "LocalAdmin" permissions profile.) 
-<wrap indent>Some indented text</wrap+ 
-Some more regular text.+Each PINES member library system is required to have a designated "PINES Local Administrator" (LocalAdmin) who acts as the technical lead that oversees and is responsible for (along with other staff designated by the system director) receiving and communicating PINES technical and update information to local staff, managing local PINES workstation and printer configuration, creating and running statistical reports, staff account creation and maintenance, submitting GPLS Helpdesk tickets, and other assorted local duties. 
 + 
 +This role can only be assigned by PINES/GPLS staff at the request of a PINES Library Director. Evergreen allows more than one LocalAdmin staff per library system, so this role can be assigned to others as needed, though 
 +it is recommended to limit this role to only two or three trusted individuals at the most.  
 + 
 +**Certification** 
 + 
 +Due to the nature of the role and the high level of responsibility for staff account security and maintenance each LocalAdmin has, PINES has implemented a certification requirement for local administration permissions (announced October 2021). In order to be granted these permissions, a staff member must first: 
 + 
 +  - Be designated to the role by their library system director (via a Helpdesk ticket). 
 +  - Complete the [[https://my.nicheacademy.com/pines/course/9060|PINES Local Admin Certification course]] and pass the included quizzes. 
 + 
 +<note important>In order to retain permissions, LocalAdmins had to obtain their certification prior to April 30, 2022. Going forward, any staff member requesting LocalAdmin permissions will need to meet the two requirements above.</note
 + 
 +===== About Evergreen ===== 
 + 
 +Evergreen is the integrated library system (ILS) originally developed by the Georgia Public Library 
 +Service specifically for use by PINESEvergreen is open source, which means that the source code, 
 +the human-readable computer files written by programmers, is licensed to be shared freely with others 
 +for nearly any purpose. This results in some practical advantages for PINES: 
 + 
 +  * There are no licensing fees associated with downloading and installing the software. 
 +  * There is an “Evergreen Community” of developers, documentation writers, and fellow end users who, like PINES, contribute to the feature set of Evergreen to the benefit of all. PINES library staff are encouraged to participate in the larger Evergreen Community as much as possible. 
 +  * Since Evergreen was originally written to accommodate PINES policies and procedures, there are far fewer workarounds as there would be for an off-the-shelf proprietary ILS. 
 +  * PINES/GPLS staff maintain an Evergreen development queue of feature requests made by PINES librarians and directors, meaning PINES library staff still have a hand in the design of Evergreen. 
 +  * Proprietorship of the "Evergreen" name and logo is held by The Evergreen Project ([[http://evergreen-ils.org/]]) on behalf of the Evergreen Community. Evergreen is shared under the GNU General Public License (GPL) ([[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html]]), version 2 or later. 
 + 
 +Evergreen is built as a web-based client-server program. The PINES implementation of Evergreen is hosted on a server cluster, a group of servers configured to act as one server. This cluster, and its server-level software programs, is managed by PINES/GPLS staff and USG IT staff. The administration for which Local System Administrators are responsible exists in the Evergreen Staff Client. 
 + 
 +===== The Evergreen Staff Client ===== 
 + 
 +The Evergreen Staff Client is web-based and designed to run within the Firefox or Chrome web browser. Local Admins do not need to install client software, but will be required to configure and troubleshoot issues. Configuration tasks may include registering workstations, configuring browser cookie settings, and configuring printing. 
 + 
 +The PINES staff does not recommend and cannot currently support the use of Chrome OS devices (Chromebooks, Chromeboxes) for running the Evergreen Staff Client.  We do support the use of Windows 10 (or currently supported versions) and less often, Mac OS or Linux devices. 
 +===== Copying ===== 
 + 
 +This documentation was created by the Georgia Public Library Service for the PINES Program. It is 
 +licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license (CC BY-SA 2.0). A 
 +summary of the conditions of that license is here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
  
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