News

Apr. 24, 2025

PaILS is hiring!

PaILS is hiring a Support and Documentation Specialist! We are looking for someone to join our team to manage our online documentation and be a key part of the customer support & User Group experiences for SPARK members. If you…
Apr. 02, 2025

📚Welcoming Our Newest PaILS Member: Northampton Public Library!📚

We’re thrilled to announce that Northampton Public Library (NAPL) joined our Pennsylvania Integrated Library System consortium in February 2025! Here’s what they have to say about the migration process: “The entire team from Equinox and PaILS made migration completely painless.…
Oct. 24, 2024

Exciting News: SPARK is Upgrading to Evergreen 3.13 in November 2024!

Every year, the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), the proud home of the SPARK consortium, undergoes a significant software upgrade to keep our libraries running smoothly and efficiently. This year, we’re thrilled to announce that SPARK will be upgrading to…
Jun. 05, 2024

The Pennsylvania Integrated Library System & Equinox Welcome Mary S. Biesecker Public Library to Evergreen ILS

The Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), a non-profit organization that provides an open source integrated library system for Pennsylvania libraries, and Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, are pleased to…
Apr. 15, 2024

30 SPARK Libraries Expand Access to Over 1.4 million Items Through Strategic Partnerships 

The Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), which manages the SPARK library consortium, is proud to announce that 16 percent of its libraries now have direct access to an unprecedented number of items, exceeding 1.4 million resources and still growing.  For…