diff --git a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/beans/SimplePageBean.java b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/beans/SimplePageBean.java
index 417c16908313..24586ebe2950 100644
--- a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/beans/SimplePageBean.java
+++ b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/beans/SimplePageBean.java
@@ -3401,7 +3401,8 @@ public String getReleaseString(SimplePageItem i, Locale locale) {
 		     return null;
 		 if (page.isHidden())
 		     return messageLocator.getMessage("simplepage.hiddenpage");
-		 if (page.getReleaseDate() != null && page.getReleaseDate().after(new Date())) {
+		 // for index of pages we need to show even out of date release dates
+		 if (page.getReleaseDate() != null) { // && page.getReleaseDate().after(new Date())) {
 		     DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
 		     TimeZone tz = TimeService.getLocalTimeZone();
 		     df.setTimeZone(tz);
diff --git a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/producers/PagePickerProducer.java b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/producers/PagePickerProducer.java
index e9167a645f24..48ad10893696 100644
--- a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/producers/PagePickerProducer.java
+++ b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/lessonbuildertool/tool/producers/PagePickerProducer.java
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public class PageEntry {
 		String title;
 		int level;
 		boolean toplevel;
+		boolean hidden;
+		Date releaseDate;
 	}
 
 	public void setSimplePageBean(SimplePageBean simplePageBean) {
@@ -159,9 +161,9 @@ public void findAllPages(SimplePageItem pageItem, List<PageEntry>entries, Map<Lo
 		return;
 	    }
 
+	    SimplePage page = simplePageToolDao.getPage(pageId);
 	    // implement hidden. 
 	    if (! canEditPage) {
-	    	SimplePage page = simplePageToolDao.getPage(pageId);
 	    	if (page.isHidden())
 		    return;
 		if (page.getReleaseDate() != null && page.getReleaseDate().after(new Date()))
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ public void findAllPages(SimplePageItem pageItem, List<PageEntry>entries, Map<Lo
 	    entry.title = pageItem.getName();
 	    entry.level = level;
 	    entry.toplevel = toplevel;
+	    entry.hidden = page.isHidden();
+	    entry.releaseDate = page.getReleaseDate();
 
 	    // add entry
 	    entries.add(entry);
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ public void fillComponents(UIContainer tofill, ViewParameters viewparams, Compon
 		}
 
 		UIOutput.make(tofill, "html").decorate(new UIFreeAttributeDecorator("lang", localeGetter.get().getLanguage()))
-		    .decorate(new UIFreeAttributeDecorator("xml:lang", localeGetter.get().getLanguage()));        
+		    .decorate(new UIFreeAttributeDecorator("xml:lang", localeGetter.get().getLanguage()));
 
 		boolean canEditPage = (simplePageBean.getEditPrivs() == 0);
 
@@ -425,7 +429,7 @@ else if (summaryPage && entry.itemId != null) {
 		    	if (level > 5)
 		    		level = 5;
 		    	String imagePath = "/lessonbuilder-tool/images/";
-		    	SimplePageItem item = simplePageBean.findItem(entry.itemId);
+
 		    	SimplePageLogEntry logEntry = simplePageBean.getLogEntry(entry.itemId);
 		    	String note = null;
 		    	if (logEntry != null && logEntry.isComplete()) {
@@ -560,8 +564,21 @@ else if (summaryPage && entry.itemId != null) {
 
 		    }
 
-		    if (canEditPage && entry != null && entry.pageId != null && sharedPages.contains(entry.pageId)) {
-			UIOutput.make(row, "shared");
+		    
+		    if (canEditPage && entry != null && entry.pageId != null) {
+			String text = null;
+			if (sharedPages.contains(entry.pageId))
+			    text = messageLocator.getMessage("simplepage.sharedpage");
+		    	SimplePageItem item = simplePageBean.findItem(entry.itemId);
+			String released = simplePageBean.getReleaseString(item, localeGetter.get());
+			if (released != null) {
+			    if (text != null)
+				text = text + released;
+			    else
+				text = released;
+			}
+			if (text != null) 
+			    UIOutput.make(row, "shared", text);
 		    }
 
 		    // debug code for development. this will be removed at some point
diff --git a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/webapp/templates/PagePicker.html b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/webapp/templates/PagePicker.html
index 10bf85a91f60..2e08809b2e3d 100644
--- a/lessonbuilder/tool/src/webapp/templates/PagePicker.html
+++ b/lessonbuilder/tool/src/webapp/templates/PagePicker.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h4 rsf:id="heading" style="margin:10px -8px 10px;width:80%" ></h4>
                 <input type="radio" rsf:id="select" />
                 <input type="checkbox" rsf:id="select-for-deletion" class="deletebox"/>
                 <img class="status-image" alt="" rsf:id="status-image" height="18" width="18" style="" />
-                <a href="#" rsf:id="link"><span rsf:id="link-note" class="offscreen"></span><span rsf:id="link-text"></span></a><span rsf:id="shared" class="page-picker-note"><span rsf:id="msg=simplepage.sharedpage"> </span></span><span rsf:id="page1">page1</span><span rsf:id="page2">page2</span><span rsf:id="item1">item1</span><span rsf:id="item2">item2</span>
+                <a href="#" rsf:id="link"><span rsf:id="link-note" class="offscreen"></span><span rsf:id="link-text"></span></a><span rsf:id="shared" class="page-picker-note"></span><span rsf:id="page1">page1</span><span rsf:id="page2">page2</span><span rsf:id="item1">item1</span><span rsf:id="item2">item2</span>
                 <span rsf:id="item-list-toggle"><a href="#" class="itemListToggle"><img src="/library/image/sakai/icon-dropdn.gif" height="15"/></a></span>
                 <div rsf:id="itemListContainer" class="itemListContainer">
                     <ul rsf:id="itemList" class="itemList" role="menu">