Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) seeks a consultant to assessthe implementation of the Evergreen open-source integrated library system (ILS) implementations in Massachusetts. MBLC wished to understandthe value that the Massachusetts Libraries Network Cooperative (MassLNC) brings to the Commonwealth. MassLNC is a cooperative of two automated library resource sharing networks: CW/MARS and NOBLE . Both networks have in common the same open source ILS, Evergreen . A third Evergreen network, MVLC , left MassLNC in July, 2016. MassLNC coordinates software development and other forms of inter-network cooperation between members. MBLC would like to assess the effectiveness and value that MassLNC brings to its members, as well as a more general evaluation of Evergreen as solution for Massachusetts libraries.