deployment. In that same month Phase 1 of PINES went live with 98 affiliated libraries. For the next two years other libraries saw the success of PINES, and rather than replace their outdated ILS with a new independent one, requested to join the statewide system. In 2001 Phase 2 of PINES went live with an addition 111 libraries joining the service. Evergreen development In 2004 the GPLS decided not to renew their contract with KPMG/Sirsi after being advised that under the current software no more libraries would be able to be added to the system. As a result the GPLS explored the possibility of creating their own software, and on June 4, 2004 a press release by the state librarian outlined a two-year development plan for a new PINES ILS software called Evergreen. The new ILS was completed and ready to go live in September 2006. On September 1, the Sirsi ILS was taken offline, and by September 5 Evergreen was up and running. Due to the success of Evergreen it was awarded the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration in 2007 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Since its initial release, Evergreen is now used in over 1,800 libraries around the world, including the highest-circulating library in the United States, the King County Library System. List of library systems within PINES Athens Regional Library System Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System Azalea Regional Library System Bartram Trail Regional Library System Brooks County Public Library Catoosa County Library Chattooga County Library System Cherokee Regional Library System Chestatee Regional Library System Clayton County Library System Coastal Plain Regional Library System Conyers-Rockdale Library System De Soto Trail Regional Library System Dougherty County Public Library Elbert County Public Library Flint River Regional Library System Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System Hall County Library System Hart County Library Henry County Library System Houston County Public Library System Jefferson County Library System Kinchafoonee Regional Library System Lake Blackshear Regional Library System Lee County Library Live Oak Public Libraries Marshes of Glynn Libraries Middle Georgia Regional Library System Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System Mountain Regional Library System Newton County Library System Northeast Georgia Regional Library System Northwest Georgia Regional Library System Ocmulgee Regional Library System Oconee Regional Library System Ohoopee Regional Library System Okefenokee Regional Library System Peach Public Libraries Piedmont Regional Library System Pine Mountain Regional Library System Roddenbery Memorial Library Sara Hightower Regional Library System Satilla Regional