LISWire - Latest Releases

EBSCO Publishing Wins Silver in Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA

LISWire - Wed, 05/16/2012 - 10:22

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 16, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has been named the silver winner in Most Innovative Company of the Year in Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), the only independent international business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. EBSCO Publishing is an international company with employees around the globe and customers in nearly every country in the world.

EBSCO is the leading content provider for libraries and other institutions, offering more than 350 research databases and more than 300,000 e-books via the EBSCOhost® platform plus EBSCO Discovery Service™ — providing unparalleled access to world-renowned content in all subject areas, for researchers at every level.

EBSCO’s recent acquisitions and partnerships have augmented the company’s database offerings and extended its content leadership into new areas. Through these acquisitions and partnerships EBSCO is able to offer a superior user experience for customers.

EBSCO also provides key database content free of charge as a service to its users and libraries worldwide. Free resources are available to those interested in libraries and information technology, education and environmental efforts.

Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA honors were presented in a variety of categories, including Best Overall Company of the Year, Most Innovative Company of the Year, Enterprise Product of the Year, Small/Medium Business Product of the Year and PR Campaign of the Year. An impressive array of public and private companies representing all sectors of the economy from over 20 countries entered bid to compete in Best in Biz Awards’ inaugural EMEA program.

EBSCO Publishing’s Vice President Sales, Europe, Paul Donovan, says this award is a reflection of EBSCO’s commitment to becoming the leading online information provider. “We are extremely proud to be a silver winner in Most Innovative Company of the Year. EBSCO strives to be a leader in the industry and is dedicated to create more content, to enrich existing databases, and constantly provide new offerings for its customers.”

Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA were determined by scores from a panel of high-caliber judges from top-tier newspapers, business and technology publications, as well as broadcast outlets from 11 countries, including AMEinfo.com (UAE), ARD (Germany), Bild (Germany), Branders (Switzerland), Business Breakfast, Dubai Eye 103.8 (UAE), Drum Magazine (UK), Hospodárske Noviny (Slovakia), IAA Magazine (UAE), Irish Independent (Ireland), IT Web (South Africa), Jerusalem Post (Israel), Khaleej Times (UAE), Micro Mart (UK), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Newzglobe.com (UAE), PCM (Netherlands), PC Plus (UK), The Times (UK), Web User (UK), Xbox Plus (Brazil) and 4th String (France). Combined, the 22 judges on this year’s panel have more than 450 years of experience and have written for a total of more than 160 consumer, business, financial, trade and technology publications worldwide.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Australian Public Library Chooses Koha

LISWire - Wed, 05/16/2012 - 07:51

Shire of Derby West Kimberley has become the first local government area in Australia to choose Koha to support the delivery of its public library services.

The Shire has established public libraries at Derby and Fitzroy Crossing to support access to information services by its diverse and geographically dispersed community. CALYX information essentials has been contracted to provide Koha services including software implementation and configuration, data conversion, training and ongoing support. The system will be hosted off site in CALYX' state of the art data centre. Derby and Fitzroy Crossing Public libraries are expected to be live on Koha before July 2012.

Koha is the world's first and foremost open source library management system. Used around the world by academic, public, school and special libraries, Koha is fully featured and web 2.0 rich. Originally developed for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, Koha is now developed and maintained by a world wide community of librarians and software developers. The home of the Koha community is at http://koha-community.org .

Kate Hithersay, Library Manager for Shire of Derby West Kimberley, stated that the Shire's current library system lacks functionality and flexibility and is approaching end of life. “In selecting a replacement system, price was a factor but by no means the only consideration”, Kate said. She feels that Koha's full feature set is impressive and consistent with the Shires needs. According to Kate, the library wanted to be able to explore the product features before becoming engaged with a vendor. CALYX provided a demonstration system that enabled staff to do so in considerable depth.

According to Irma Birchall, CALYX Director, “the cloud computing model we offer will enable the Shire to save time and money, achieve scalability and flexibility with predictable costs, and to focus on reader needs rather than infrastructure. This is CALYX' first deployment of Koha to the public library sector in Australia. We used to champion Koha because of the advantages of the open source approach. Now these advantages are realised and we champion Koha's features, reliability and flexibility. We are delighted to assist Shire of Derby West Kimberley to improve the library services available to its community.”

For more information contact Irma Birchall: enquiries@calyx.net.au

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Gale and Wolper Information Services Partner to Enhance Distribution of Electronic and Print Resources to Libraries

LISWire - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 13:45

Farmington Hills, MI – May 15, 2012 – Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Wolper Information Services today announced a partnership to distribute Gale subscription products and major reference works in print and electronic form into the special library market. Wolper, the first subscription agency to sell Gale products, will expand distribution of key resources by offering them to libraries and individuals within corporations, medical and healthcare facilities, government agencies and non-profit institutions.

“We are always looking for new and convenient options to provide our customers and potential customers with access to our products,” said Frank Menchaca, executive vice president and publisher, Gale. “Through this agreement with Wolper, customers can now easily access key Gale resources and combine multiple vendor subscriptions through one source.”

Through this agreement, Wolper will be able to offer special library customers access to thousands of Gale titles and customizable subscription products, such as:
• Infotrac Custom Journals – provides access to Gale’s online full-text periodical collection. Customers can select only the periodicals most appropriate for their institution and can manipulate the search interface and functionality – important features for institutions serving populations with unique, discipline-specific reference needs.
• Gale Directory Library – an online source for authoritative directories on companies, publishers, associations and more with state-of-the-art search and export features.
• Business and Company Resource Center (soon to be known as Business Insights: Essentials) – a comprehensive, single-source database for accurate, up-to-date and in-depth business, company and industry information. Users can access business case studies, investment data, timely statistics, real time financials and more, as well as Gale proprietary titles like Market Share Reporter and Business Rankings Annual.
• RDS Business Suite – an online subscription service of highly focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, competitive intelligence, management practices, and market research information. Includes more than1,400 worldwide business sources and thousands of tables with strategic data.
• Health and Wellness Resource Center – provides access to thousands of full-text medical journals, periodicals, reference works, multimedia and more. For researchers at all levels, this resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

“We are delighted to partner with Gale, a leading e-content provider, to offer databases, as well as electronic reference and monograph products, to our customers,” said Susan Wolper, President of Wolper Information Services. “Collaborating with Gale will enable Wolper to deliver some of the most respected and highest-quality content to libraries. This partnership was formed in response to the needs and interests of librarians in all market sectors.”

To learn more about this partnership and other offerings from Gale and Wolper Information Services, please contact Kristina Massari at kristina.massari@cengage.com, Didi Yunginger at Didiy@wolper.com or visit the Wolper booth (#330) on the expo floor at the Medical Library Association conference in Seattle, WA, May 19-22.

About Cengage Learning and Gale
Cengage Learning is a leading provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions for the academic, professional and library markets worldwide. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, serves the world's information and education needs through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in their libraries, schools and on the Internet. It is best known for the accuracy, breadth and convenience of its data, addressing all types of information needs – from homework help to health questions to business profiles – in a variety of formats. For more information, visit www.cengage.com or www.gale.cengage.com.

About Wolper Information Services
For more than 35 years, Wolper has been a one-stop information management resource and the only 100% woman-owned business in the field. The company provides selection, service and savings to medical, academic, corporate, public and consortia customers. Wolper’s High Tech, High Touch® approach delivers the perfect balance of next-generation technology and time-proven, personalized service. Besides serials, Wolper also handles books, e-books, site licenses, ERM and other information solutions, both print and electronic. In 2011, Wolper was named to the EContent 100 list of “companies that matter most in the digital content industry” and Wolper’s proprietary, custom, cloud-based content management software was a finalist for the KM Promise Award from KM World magazine. Also, in 2012, Wolper received the Bronze Award for Front-Line Customer Service of the Year from the Stevie Awards. Learn more at www.wolper.com

###

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

EBSCO Publishing Releases Two New Digital Archive Databases from Collections at the New-York Historical Society

LISWire - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 09:47

~ New Archive Databases Provide a History of the People and Organizations of New York in the 19th Century and Details of Military Life During Revolutionary War~

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 15, 2012 — Gateway to America: The People, Places, and Organizations of 19th Century New York™ and Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books™ archive databases from the New-York Historical Society, are now available from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO). The archives represent the latest in EBSCO’s diverse and rapidly expanding collection of digital historical archives.

Jean Ashton, Executive Vice President and Library Director of the New-York Historical Society, says the partnership will enable a greater number of libraries to access the collections. “We are excited to make these important historical collections available to libraries and their constituents worldwide in partnership with EBSCO Publishing.”

Gateway to America: The People, Places, and Organizations of 19th-Century New York is a diverse collection of historical directories, year books, registers, member lists, organization reports, guidebooks, primary source documents and publications, and name rich sources from the New-York Historical Society. This unique collection, which includes historical maps, advertisements, and vital records, presents a history of the people and organizations of New York from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. As New York was the country's focal point of industry, trade, commerce, and immigration, this collection features materials chronicling this gateway to the United States during this influential historical time period.

Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society contains over 30,000 pages of handwritten, historically valuable material from 1748 to 1817. Orderly Books were the controlling document of the day-to-day life in the military, most notably during the Revolutionary War. They once numbered in the hundreds of thousands and only a fraction of that number still exist. This material is fully transcribed and fully searchable while viewing the handwritten documents. Detailing accounts of troops' daily life, Orderly Books contain important historical information, such as the names of unit members, troop movements, court-martial proceedings, quantities of supplies, relevant acts from Congress, the general state of morale, and other information important to the respective units. Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books provide valuable information about the important and mundane activities of soldiers' lives and are essential sources for researchers.

EBSCO provides access via its Digital Archives Viewer. The viewer brings content alive and allows users to explore, manipulate, collect, and export content. The unique functionality of the Digital Archives Viewer enables it to reproduce the best aspects of the physical library research experience while incorporating the advances in modern digital technology.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
About the New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research and presenting exhibitions and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered history of New York City and State and the country, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history.
New-York Historical is recognized for engaging the public with deeply researched and far-ranging exhibitions, such as Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America; Slavery in New York; Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society; Grant and Lee in War and Peace; Lincoln and New York; The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society; and Nueva York. Supporting these exhibitions and related education programs is one of the world’s greatest collections of historical artifacts, works of American art, and other materials documenting the history of the United States and New York.
###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Laura Washington
New-York Historical Society
laura.washington@nyhistory.org

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Equinox Software Announces Sponsorship for Literary Lions Gala

LISWire - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 13:43

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —May 14, 2012

Equinox Software is proud to announce a sponsorship for King County Library System Foundation’s annual Literary Lions Gala.

This year’s event welcomed over 500 guests and raised $208,000 to support literacy and lifelong learning programs. Bestselling author Lee Child served as key note speaker for the evening which also included a "State of the Library" report by Bill Ptacek and 11 sold out author salons.

"Equinox is rarely asked to sponsor events that directly impact literacy programs so it was a real honor for us to be able to help fund the Literary Lions Gala," said Grace Dunbar, Equinox Vice President. "We've enjoyed a great partnership with KCLS for many years and hope we have continued opportunities to give back to their libraries and their community."

About Equinox Software, Inc.

Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a leader in open source solutions for libraries. Their goal is to engage and support a rapidly growing open source community while assisting libraries in moving away from expensive proprietary vendors and products.

For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Member Votes Finalize Amigos/MLNC Merger

LISWire - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 11:53

Dallas, TX — Amigos Library Services announces that its members have voted to approve the merger of Amigos and the St. Louis-based Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC). The results of the vote were announced during the organization’s annual Amigos Member Business Meeting held May 9. The Amigos member vote follows a similar vote taken by MLNC members last month and paves the way for actions that will culminate in the formal uniting of the two organizations July 1, 2012. With the completion of the merger, the new organization – which will retain the Amigos name and maintain an additional facility in the St. Louis area – will become the largest library network west of the Mississippi River, comprised of libraries and cultural heritage institutions in 22 states.

“This is a special day for the members of both networks,” said Amigos President and Chief Executive Officer Bonnie Juergens. “We can now say ‘We are one’ as we roll up our sleeves and work together to meet the needs of both sets of members. I applaud the foresight of members of both Boards in creating this union.”

MLNC Executive Director Tracy Byerly said, “MLNC is energized by the positive vote from Amigos members! Providing new resource and service opportunities helps us meet our desired end result as we entered into merger negotiations – to best serve member libraries and fulfill our public purpose.”

About Amigos Library Services
We are one of the largest consortia of libraries and cultural heritage institutions in the United States. For more than 35 years, Amigos members have collaborated to obtain affordable services and shared library resources and knowledge. Through membership in Amigos, we collectively gain access to the latest innovations and services in the library community; pursue opportunities for continuing professional education; leverage our buying power; and preserve our rich cultural heritage. This collaboration strengthens each member’s ability to serve and lead its community in the creative and effective use of information resources.

About Missouri Library Network Corporation
The mission of MLNC is to organize and deliver to its member libraries and other contracting entities electronic services and content, and provide training in the management and use of information. Founded in 1981 to serve the needs of Missouri libraries, MLNC has grown to serve the needs of over 300 members in the Midwest region. Known for excellent customer service, flexibility and solutions that save members time and money, MLNC has shown itself to be an agile organization in a changing world. Members utilize the many continuing education opportunities; turn to MLNC for help in implementing change; and have supported the organization’s move into association management services. ###

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Ohio Public Libraries Get COOL with Evergreen and Equinox

LISWire - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 10:32

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —May 10, 2012

It’s going to be a COOL summer in Ohio. Community Library in Sunbury and Germantown Public Library are the first libraries to go live with Evergreen as part of the new Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL). Three other libraries are expected to join by the end of the summer. Equinox Software, in conjunction with OHIONET who is providing hosting and primary system administration for the consortium, oversaw data migration, provided training services, and will continue to provide advanced technical support in a continued partnership with OHIONET.

Equinox Software and OHIONET project managers migrated 16,000 patron records and 88,000 bibliographic items from Sunbury and 6,200 patron records and almost 64,000 bibliographic items from Germantown to the new COOL combined catalog which can be found online at http://cool-cat.org/. With initial funding provided by the local libraries and LSTA grant via the State Library of Ohio, three other libraries are expected to join by the end of the summer with an initial total of eight by early 2013.

“We welcome COOL to the community of more than 1,000 libraries currently running Evergreen,” said Brad LaJeunesse, President of Equinox. “The drumbeat of open source is stronger than ever as more and more libraries realize that you don’t have to settle to achieve cost savings.”

About Equinox Software, Inc.

Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a leader in open source solutions for libraries. Their goal is to engage and support a rapidly growing open source community while assisting libraries in moving away from expensive proprietary vendors and products.

For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.

About Evergreen

Evergreen is a robust, open-source integrated library system best known for its unique ability to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia. However, it has also proven equally successful scaled down for even the smallest libraries. Evergreen now supports over 1,000 libraries of every type-public, academic, special, and school media centers across 4 countries, 31 U.S. states, and 8 Canadian provinces. The Georgia PINES, King County Public Library System, SCLENDS, and NC Cardinal consortiums are all currently running Evergreen.

For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

NASIG Selects Jane Skoric for 2012 Horizon Award

LISWire - Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:10

EBSCO sponsors the 2012 Horizon Award, which gives a new information professional the opportunity to attend this year’s NASIG Annual Conference

Birmingham, Ala. — May 9, 2012 — EBSCO is pleased to congratulate Jane Skoric, cataloging and metadata librarian at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calif., on receiving the 2012 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Horizon Award. The award, sponsored by EBSCO, recognizes a promising new information professional; it covers the cost of travel, registration, and lodging for three nights while the recipient attends the NASIG Annual Conference in Nashville, June 7–10, 2012.

Each year, the Horizon Award gives a first-time NASIG conference attendee the opportunity to advance within his or her profession by networking with other attendees from a wide range of fields within the serials information chain, including vendors, publishers, and non-traditional serialists. The award encourages continued participation in NASIG conferences and events, and also includes a one-year membership to NASIG.

Applicants must be first-time attendees of the NASIG Annual Conference and hold a position working with some aspect of serials within the information profession. This year’s applicants submitted essays addressing the 2012 NASIG conference theme: “Creating Harmony from Dis-Chord.”

“I am absolutely delighted and most honored to have received the NASIG Horizon Award,” said Skoric. “I feel extremely fortunate to attend the NASIG Conference, and I very much look forward to developing relationships with experienced and insightful individuals working within the serials information community.”

EBSCO, which has helped to sponsor NASIG conferences and events for more than 10 years, is participating in the Vendor Expo at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference on Thursday, June 7, 2012.

About EBSCO
Established in 1944, EBSCO is the world’s leading information intermediary, providing consultative services and cutting-edge technology for managing and accessing high-quality content, including print and e-journals, e-packages, research databases, e-books, and more. Now more than ever, libraries and research organizations are looking for new ways to manage their collections more efficiently. EBSCO has developed the most comprehensive “e” discovery and management solutions, offering unparalleled integration to help librarians save time and money while empowering their users.

EBSCO serves clients through our 30 offices worldwide and has more than 140 librarians on staff. To learn more about products and services from EBSCO visit www.ebsco.com.

For more information, please contact:
Rossi Morris|Media Relations Coordinator|EBSCO
P: 205-980-3885|rmorris@ebsco.com
www.twitter.com/EBSCOInfoSvcs

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

LISWire - Tue, 05/08/2012 - 13:36

5/8/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, announced today that the Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

The Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University houses approximately 21,000 texts and their customized catalog can be viewed at: http://libcat.salus.edu/.

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater Solutions, commented on ByWater Solutions’ newest partner library:

“We’re always happy to welcome a new partner at ByWater and Salus University is no exception. In choosing Koha as their ILS, Salus has shown a commitment to open source and forward thinking innovation that we love to see in academic libraries. We look forward to working closely with the staff of the library to make their student’s learning experience even better through the use of open source.”

About Salus University:

Established by the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Salus University is a fully accredited academic institution offering professional and graduate degree programs in Optometry, Audiology, Physician Assistant studies, Public Health and Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired. For more information about Salus University, please visit: http://www.salus.edu

About Koha:

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha’s OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org

About ByWater Solutions:

ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions to support Koha not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Amigos Library Services Presents Online Conference – Access by Touch: Delivering Library Services Through Mobile Technologies

LISWire - Mon, 05/07/2012 - 14:40

Amigos Library Services will present a one day online conference “Access by Touch: Delivering Library Services Through Mobile Technologies” on Friday, June 8. The conference will cover a variety of topics, including developing a mobile website for your library, building a simple mobile-optimized web app, as well as practical usability checklists for mobile websites.

Corinne Hill will begin the conference by discussing re-imagining of the public library in a post-recession economy. She will examine delivering library services to a community that is becoming increasingly mobile and has an entirely new set of expectations.
Two concurrent sessions will run throughout the day. Among the scheduled sessions are:

• You’ve Got the Mobile Site for Your Library. Now What?, presented by Bohyun Kim of Florida International University Medical Library
• Building a Simple Mobile-optimized Web App Using the jQuery Mobile Framework, presented by Chad Mairn of St. Petersburg College
• Mobile Delivery of Content from a Provider’s Perspective, presented by Wanda Whitney of the National Library of Medicine
• Getting Started with Mobile Websites If You Don’t Know Code, presented by Carli Spina of the Harvard Law School Library
• Usable by Design: Practical Usability Checklist for Mobile Websites, presented by Tiffini Travis of California State University – Long Beach
• Mobile Technologies for Libraries, presented by Lori Barile of the Salve Regina University
• Developing a Mobile Website for Your Library, presented by Joel Shields of Washington Research Library Consortium

For the full schedule and sign up, go to http://www.amigos.org/mobile_tech. Early bird registration ends May 25, 2012.

About Amigos Library Services - For more than 35 years, Amigos Library Services has helped its members obtain affordable services and share library resources and knowledge. Amigos is one of the largest consortia of libraries and cultural heritage institutions in the United States. Through membership in Amigos, libraries collectively gain access to the latest innovations and services in the library community; pursue opportunities for continuing professional education; leverage our buying power; and preserve the region’s rich cultural heritage.

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

EBSCO Publishing Creates E-book Subscription Collection for Business Professionals

LISWire - Mon, 05/07/2012 - 12:21

BusinessCore™ E-book Subscription Collection Provides Access
to Thousands of E-book Titles for Corporate Learning and Research ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 7, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released its first e-book subscription collection for corporations. BusinessCore™ is designed to support the learning and research needs of business professionals. The collection is available as an annual subscription with unlimited access to the content.

The BusinessCore collection includes thousands of full text e-book titles from leading publishers. New titles will be added on a monthly basis. With BusinessCore, professionals are provided with an easy way to access e-books specific to their corporate research and learning needs. The collection provides a robust e-book experience that includes the ability to search alongside EBSCO’s industry-leading magazine and journal collections, create and add notes and bookmarks, as well as save research for future reference. Users can print, email and save chapters, or transfer them to a number of e-book readers and mobile devices including the Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook and Sony Digital Book.

EBSCO Publishing Vice President of Product Management, Tad Goltra, says the new collection adds to the e-book options EBSCO is making available. “Customers now have the option to purchase subscription access, add to their permanent collection, or use a mixture of both to meet their business reference needs.”

BusinessCore
The BusinessCore collection offers more than 5,600 e-book titles and presents detailed, in-depth coverage of a wide variety of business topics including: leadership & management, marketing, project management, business communications, finance & accounting, human resources and sales. The collection also provides many authoritative titles on more specialized subjects such as: mergers & acquisitions, green business, strategic planning, negotiating, time management and corporate learning materials.

Annual subscription is the latest way EBSCO enables corporate libraries to add e-books to their collection. Corporate libraries or learning departments are also able to purchase titles to add to their permanent collection, lease titles they only need for a short time, and place other titles in a collection to be purchased only if/when users need them (Patron Driven Acquisition).

As with all e-books available from EBSCO, BusinessCore will integrate seamlessly with all EBSCOhost® content. The BusinessCore subscription collection may also be integrated into corporate portals and Intranets, learning management systems (LMSs), as well as mapped to an organization’s key competencies. Customers thus have easy access to relevant content wherever and whenever needed.

More information about eBook subscription collection is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database aggregator and e-book provider serving the content needs of corporations, associations and organizations of all types. EBSCO offers a suite of more than 350 full-text and secondary research databases and 300,000 e-books providing content from tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers. Databases provide information for areas ranging from research & development and corporate learning to departmental and industry-specific topics. EBSCO’s product lines include proprietary databases such as Business Source® Corporate Plus™, Business Book Summaries™, Learning Centers™, Business Basics™, Academic Search® R&D, Nonprofit Organization Reference Center™, and Health Library™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world, and may be integrated into corporate intranets, portals and learning management systems. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com.

EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset Now Available via EBSCO Discovery Service™ from EBSCO Publishing

LISWire - Fri, 05/04/2012 - 10:40

~ Metadata from Millions of Open-Access Catalog Records from Harvard Library Available to EBSCO Discovery Service™ Users ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 4, 2012 — The Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), from EBSCO Publishing. EBSCO Discovery Service users are able to search millions of Harvard Library catalog records in the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service. The addition of these valuable resources from Harvard Library adds to the rapidly growing content available to EDS users.

Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset contains 12 million open-access catalog records from Harvard’s 73 libraries. The metadata in the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset has been created, acquired and modified over decades and includes bibliographic information for books, videos, audio, images, manuscripts and maps. These unique records consist of information describing works—including creator, title, publisher, date, language, and subject headings—as well as other descriptors usually not available to end users.

Harvard’s collection is now visible to users of EDS along with a growing list of publishers and other content partners that are taking part in EDS to bring more visibility to their content.

The EDS Base Index represents content from approximately 20,000 providers (and growing) in addition to metadata from another 70,000 book publishers, representing far more content providers and publishers than any other discovery service.

EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customized index of an institution’s information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box—searching made even more powerful because of the quality of metadata and depth and breadth of coverage.

EBSCO Discovery Service is quickly becoming the discovery selection for many libraries (www.ebscohost.com/discovery/eds-news), and an obvious partner for content providers. Because the service builds on the foundation provided by the EBSCOhost® platform, libraries gain a full user experience for discovering their collections/OPAC—which is not typical in the discovery space. Further still, in the many universities and other libraries where EBSCOhost is the most-used platform for premium research, users are not asked to change their pathways or habits for searching. There’s simply more to discover on the familiar EBSCOhost platform, and the same can be said for library administrators who can leverage their previous work with EBSCOadmin™.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries Continues to Add Members

LISWire - Wed, 05/02/2012 - 09:09

5/3/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries Continues to Add Members

The Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries (VOKAL), is a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium dedicated to creating a shared catalog and Integrated Library System. The project took flight in late 2007 with the installation of 3 stand-alone Koha instances to replace the libraries' legacy Follett systems and another 4 libraries automating into Koha through 2009.

In 2010, VOKAL launched Vermont's first union catalog hosted and supported by ByWater Solutions with the majority of the implementations being undertaken in-house by the talented and forward-thinking VOKAL implementation team made up of:

Amy Boisvert of the Jerico Town Library,
Wendy Hysko of the Brownell Library
Kim Peine, of the Dorothy Alling Library
Richard Pritsky, of the Carpenter Carse Library and the recipient of the 2010 Sarah Hagar Award for outstanding service and support to Vermont's libraries.

Since that time more than 30 libraries have been migrated to that system.

Despite the announcement of the VT State library going towards an Evergreen ILS sometime in 2013, VOKAL already has roughly 8 additional libraries slated to be migrated into their Koha union catalog by the end of 2012.

Mary Danko, Board President at Green Mountain Library Consortium and Library Director at Hartland Public Library, commented about the ability to accomplish the VOKAL initiative with so few resources:

"I think it is because we have such great volunteers and collaborative libraries. Our Implementation Team is wonderfully bright and they are also tons of fun to work with. By keeping the attitude light and fun any challenge can be met. Every VOKAL meeting I've attended I have left smiling.

Our libraries share their knowledge and expertise so generously with each other. Everyone is happy to have visitors come and see the system in action.

You know I often think of the risk these libraries took in going with such unknowns. Nobody had ever done an open source ILS in Vermont and nobody had every done a multiple town consortium catalog in Vermont. The first libraries were pioneers going into so much unknown territory, but they set out with passion and determination; and the journey still continues."

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater commented on VOKAL's success and ByWater's long standing relationship with them:

"The VOKAL project was one of our first partnerships as a new company on the ILS scene. The relationships we have formed with members of the VOKAL team are ones that will last a lifetime, and we look forward to every implementation meeting we attend.

The most amazing thing about the VOKAL project from our point of view is that these libraries had a need that was not being fulfilled, and instead of waiting for someone else to take care of that need they formed a bond with each other and did it for themselves. We love seeing this happen, as the ideas behind open source champions these very actions.

What the VOKAL implementation accomplished not only takes a huge amount of time and commitment, as these individuals took on the responsibilities of managing a consortium in addition to their day jobs, but it also takes courage and initiative. We are not at all surprised by the popularity of this group in Vermont, as people are naturally drawn to those who show the qualities demonstrated every day by this group."

About the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries:
In late 2007, the Stowe Free Library, the Carpenter Carse Library, and the Kimball Public Library met to explore a replacement ILS for Follett, the system that was then in use at all three libraries. After exploring many options, the group decided, along with Norwich Public Library, to replace their outdated standalone systems with Koha. Subsequently, Jericho Town Library, Warren Public Library, Joslin Memorial Library and Marlboro Elementary School automated their libraries with Koha, replacing their manual card catalogs. In May of 2008, the group chose VOKAL - the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries - as the name for the group and the project.

VOKAL has since grown to over 35 libraries, all of whom are contributing funds to the consortium to provide additional design and programming services to create a tailored version of Koha — simple, sleek, easily viewable on dial-up. VOKAL has now implemented a consortium version of the ILS and has been migrating member libraries to the shared system. For more information about VOKAL, please visit: http://gmlc.wordpress.com/koha-project/

About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha’s OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies--XHTML, CSS and Javascript--making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org/

About ByWater Solutions:
ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions to support Koha not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com/

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Brill acquires Foreign Law Guide

LISWire - Tue, 05/01/2012 - 13:01

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) – 1 May, 2012

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, is pleased to announce that it has acquired all publication rights to the Foreign Law Guide. As of today, the Foreign Law Guide will be published under the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff imprint out of Brill’s Boston office.

Founded in 1988 by editors Thomas H. Reynolds and Arturo A. Flores, the Foreign Law Guide has established itself as the leading online guide to foreign law. The essential service reports on more than 170 jurisdictions worldwide and is an unparalleled resource for researching primary and secondary sources of law. The continued participation of the founding editors within a new and expanded editorial team will provide continuity in editorial policy and standards. Brill will invest in the design and implementation of a new content platform engineered to enhance the overall user experience.

Hans van der Meij, Publishing Director International Law at Brill, comments “We are extremely pleased to have been able to acquire this prestigious database, which is highly praised for its usefulness by law schools and corporate law firms alike. The Foreign Law Guide is a perfect fit for our portfolio.”

“We were looking for a good and solid home for our database, a publisher with the will and capacity to build on its reputation and to invest in a new online platform,” adds Thomas Reynolds. We are very pleased to remain involved as editors in the new editorial team and look forward to the continued development of the Foreign Law Guide.”

"We look forward to working with Brill and seeing our life's work grow in substance and its technology,” says Arturo Flores “We feel Brill is well matched to this opportunity and wish to thank our loyal users for their long standing and continued support."

For more information about subscriptions and renewals please contact sales@brillonline.com. For more information on this media alert, contact Hans van der Meij: meij@brill.nl.

About BRILL (brill.nl)
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, BRILL is a leading international academic publisher in the fields of Ancient Near East and Egypt, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, contemporary History and History of War studies, Biblical and Religious Studies, Slavic Studies, Language & Linguistics, Biology, Human Rights and Public International Law. With offices in Leiden and Boston, BRILL today publishes more than 175 journals and around 600 new books and reference works each year. All publications are available in both print and electronic form. BRILL also markets a large number of research collections and databases with primary source material. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. BRILL is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV. For further information please visit www.brill.nl.

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

EBSCO Announces 2012 MLA Annual Meeting Grant Recipients

LISWire - Mon, 04/30/2012 - 11:04

EBSCO helps four emerging health sciences information professionals attend the MLA Annual Meeting

Birmingham, Ala. — April 30, 2012 — The Medical Library Association (MLA) has awarded grants sponsored by EBSCO to four librarians to assist with travel and conference-related expenses to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle, May 18–23, 2012. The awards of $1,000 each are presented annually to librarians who are early in their careers and currently employed in a health sciences library.

This year’s recipients are:
• Aleta C. Embrey, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Washington, D.C.
• Aleshia C. Heckel, Herman M. Baker, MD Memorial Library, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, Ind.
• Alisha H. Miles, Simon Schwob Medical Library, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Columbus, Ga.
• Jennifer S. Walker, Laupus Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.

These librarians will be recognized at an awards luncheon that will be held on May 21, 2012, during the MLA Annual Meeting. They will join more than 2,000 fellow health information professionals at this year’s meeting, which provides an opportunity for health sciences librarians to present and discuss paper, posters, applied research, and important issues related to health sciences information management.

To be considered for the award, applicants must be currently employed in a health sciences library and have two to five years of experience. Each candidate must complete an application form and write a short essay answering the question: “What do you expect to gain professionally and/or personally by attending the MLA Annual Meeting?”

Essays are judged by five MLA members, all of whom are appointed by the president of MLA. This year’s jury was chaired by Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, Remington College of Nursing, Lake Mary, Fla., and included Janice Cox, Indiana University School of Dentistry Library, Indianapolis; Beth Hill, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Wash.; Katherine Rickett, Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.; Jean Siebert, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa.; Michelle L. Zafron, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Additional information about the grant and application process for is on the MLA website: http://mlanet.org/awards/grants.

About MLA
Founded in 1898, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is a nonprofit, educational organization of more than 1,100 institutions and 3,600 individual members in the health sciences information field. MLA is committed to educating health information professionals, supporting health information research, promoting access to the world’s health sciences information, and working to ensure that the best health information is available to all.

About EBSCO
Established in 1944, EBSCO is the world’s leading information intermediary, providing consultative services and cutting-edge technology for managing and accessing high-quality content, including print and e-journals, e-packages, research databases, e-books, and more. Now more than ever, libraries and research organizations are looking for new ways to manage their collections more efficiently. EBSCO has developed the most comprehensive “e” discovery and management solutions, offering unparalleled integration to help librarians save time and money while empowering their users.

EBSCO serves clients in more than 200 countries through our 30 offices worldwide and has more than 140 librarians on staff. To learn more about EBSCO’s products and services, visit www.ebsco.com.

For more information, please contact:
Rossi Morris | Media Relations Coordinator | EBSCO
www.twitter.com/EBSCOInfoSvcs
P: 205-980-3885

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Lane Library at Ripon College Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

LISWire - Fri, 04/27/2012 - 07:59

4/27/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Lane Library at Ripon College Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, announced today that the Lane Library at Ripon College is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

The Lane Library at Ripon College houses approximately 185,000 items and their customized catalog can be viewed at: http://catalog.ripon.bywatersolutions.com

Carl Ziebell, Technical Services Librarian and Andrew Prellwitz, User Services Librarian and Lane Library Chair, had this to say about their decision to choose Koha with support from ByWater Solutions:

“Lane Library at Ripon College made the decision to switch to Koha hosted by ByWater Solutions in 2011, because we felt that it was a good philosophical match with Ripon’s DIY ethic. Koha provides the flexibility the library staff needs and the web 2.0 tools students desire. The updated interface has impressed our students, faculty and staff alike and continues to improve due to the flexibility of open source. We’re excited to be a part of the Koha community and we look forward to the many developments to come.”

About Ripon College:

Ripon College is a liberal arts and sciences college located in the small city of Ripon, Wisconsin. Founded in 1851, Ripon is a blend of tradition and innovation. Small-group seminars are held in beautiful century-old buildings with windows that look across our lovely tree-shaded campus. Our students, numbering about 1,100, come from most of the states and from countries around the world. We offer a wide variety of residences, from traditional residence halls to apartment-style living, and more than 90% of our students choose to live on campus. Ripon students participate in more than 70 campus organizations, and they compete in 23 varsity sports. They study off-campus, too, taking part in research programs, internships, and study abroad.For more information about the Ripon College, please visit: http://ripon.edu

About Koha:

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha’s OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org

About ByWater Solutions:

ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions to support Koha not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

The Pioneer Consortium adds Papillion Public Library to LibLime Koha

LISWire - Thu, 04/26/2012 - 16:34

North Bethesda, MD, April 26, 2012. The Sump Memorial Library in Papillion, Nebraska has joined the Pioneer consortium in using LibLime Koha for all collection and patron management services. The Sump Memorial Library staff worked with LibLime Project Managers to migrate bibliographic, item, and patron data from their legacy Follett ILS system.

About the Sump Memorial Library
The city of Papillion first began providing library services to its citizens in 1921. The Sump Memorial Library provides access to materials and services to help community residents meet their personal, educational, and leisure needs. The library serves as the technology and information access center for the community. Special emphasis is placed on popular materials, supporting students at the kindergarten through high school academic levels and stimulating preschoolers’ interests in reading and learning.

About the Pioneer Consortium
The Pioneer Consortium continues to expand the members in the LibLime Koha union catalog. The successes of the early members of the consortium are noticed by more and more libraries around the state and the consortium membership continues to grow. One of the main attractions is access to the LibLime Koha union catalog.

About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in providing support for the Koha open source ILS. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, the PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

Continuing Education Modules Added to Rehabilitation Reference Center™

LISWire - Thu, 04/26/2012 - 14:15

~ Modules Designed to Support Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists with Their Continuing Education ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — April 26, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has added continuing education (CE) modules to Rehabilitation Reference Center™ (RRC), an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. Nineteen continuing education modules are currently included in Rehabilitation Reference Center and there are plans to increase that number over time.

The CE modules are designed to assist physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists satisfy their CE credits online. Each CE module consists of course material, an interactive review and a competency test with a certificate of successful completion. The modules can be accessed by clicking on the “New Continuing Education Modules” link in the Spotlight section of RRC.
CINAHL Information Systems, a division of EBSCO Publishing, has obtained accreditation for the physical therapy courses from the Pennsylvania State Board of Physical Therapy and the Florida State Board of Physical Therapy. In addition, twenty-four states recognize accreditation in other states, so these courses can also be received by the licensure board for continuing education purposes in these states: Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
EBSCO plans to seek accreditation in other states where continuing education for physical therapists is required.
CINAHL Information Systems is an accredited continuing education provider, from IACET (International Association for Continuing Education and Training). The accrediting bodies for occupational therapy and speech therapy, AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association) and ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) respectively, accept continuing education from IACET providers. Thus occupational therapists and speech therapists across the United States, can take these CEs for supporting their licensure.
For more information about Rehabilitation Reference Center and EBSCO’s other point-of-care resources please go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/pointOfCare/point-of-care-resources.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database and e-book aggregator, offering a suite of more than 350 full-text and secondary research databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all medical professionals (doctors, nurses, medical librarians, social workers, hospital administrators, etc.). The company’s product lines include proprietary databases such as CINAHL®, DynaMed™, Nursing Reference Center™, Patient Education Reference Center™, Rehabilitation Reference Center™, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source™ and SocINDEX™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as MEDLINE®, PsycARTICLES® and PsycINFO®. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com.

###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

EBSCO Publishing Enhances eBook Offerings with 39 New Subject Sets

LISWire - Thu, 04/26/2012 - 14:13

~Convenient Collection Management Options and E-book Content
in Key Subject Areas Now Available~

IPSWICH, Mass. — April 26, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) continues its commitment to enhancing the quality of the e-book user experience while simplifying collection development with the release of 39 new e-book Subject Sets. These sets provide libraries with convenient ways to begin or expand their e-book collections with current, reputable content from leading publishers.

The latest e-book Subject Set releases span key collection areas, including arts & humanities, business & economics, career & education, health & medical, personal growth & how-to, science & technology and social sciences. In response to increased demand from libraries, EBSCO has augmented its offerings in career & education, business & economics and health & medical titles, while enhancing and expanding content in the key areas most sought after by library users.

The 39 new Subject Sets now available include:

• Accounting
• Aging & Gerontology
• Allied Health
• American Contemporary Issues
• Biology & Life Science
• Business
• Career Choice
• Career Improvement & Professional Development
• Communication and Mass Media Collection
• Community College Companion Collection
• Criminal Justice Collection
• Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Disaster Management
• Diseases & Conditions
• Earth Sciences Collection
• Economics Collection
• Education Collection
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Emergency Medicine
• Environment Collection
• Finance
• Green Business
• Humanities Collection
• Leadership & Management
• Literary Criticism
• Natural & Alternative Medicine
• Nursing
• Pediatrics
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Philosophy Collection
• Race & Ethnicity
eBook Subject Sets are convenient, prepackaged sets of titles chosen to meet libraries’ needs for new content on popular, in-demand topics. EBSCO’s Collection Development Team of librarians uses tailored knowledge to create collections and Subject Sets for libraries. To date, EBSCO has created a total of 163 eBook subject sets—representing more than 2,500 titles. All Subject Sets from EBSCO include titles published within the past two years, and have no title duplication among current or past Subject Set offerings.

eBooks on EBSCOhost
eBooks on EBSCOhost offers nearly 300,000 e-books and audiobooks. EBSCO proactively acquires new content in critical areas, based on the dynamic needs of libraries. EBSCO has recently released EBSCOhost Collection Manager, a collection management tool that allows users to search, browse, build lists, and order e-books quickly and easily. More information is available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/manage-order/ecm.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, and e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and nearly 300,000 e-books. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

###
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Manager
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases

MPLC Fills the Licensing Gap with Umbrella License® for Public Libraries

LISWire - Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:55

Los Angeles, CA – The Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC), an independent copyright licensing agency, is introducing its Umbrella License for Public Libraries to supplement any existing license to show movies. Nevada State Library and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System in New York are among the charter clients for this License, which allows libraries to show movies and other programs in a copyright compliant manner.

The License gives libraries the performance rights to show movies, popular children’s programs, educational documentaries, and other audiovisual content for entertainment and educational purposes. Studios and producers covered by the License are 20th Century Fox, as well as 390 children’s, specialty and documentary producers including Scholastic Entertainment, Hit Entertainment, Discovery Channel, A&E, The History Channel, Sony Pictures Classics, and other producers that are not represented by any other licensing company. Once licensed, movies can be obtained from any legitimate source. For example, movies can be rented, streamed or downloaded and shown without any further reporting.

MPLC’s License is facility-based, providing libraries with copyright coverage whether a librarian, library patrons or guests are showing or watching videos. A library is covered whether a local independent film club watches a movie during their monthly meeting, or if a patron borrows a DVD and watches it on one of the on-site computers at the library.

Under Federal Copyright Law, a public performance license is required to show copyrighted material for any and all exhibitions of motion pictures and other programs outside of the home. Regardless of whether or not an admission fee is charged, this legal requirement applies equally to for-profit and non-profit facilities, including public libraries.

“During difficult economic times, many turn to the library as a source of entertainment and education. Libraries often use motion pictures such as the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies to attract patrons by complementing book clubs and enhancing children’s programs. In order to show many of these types of videos, a license is required for 20th Century Fox, which is a top producer of children’s book adaptations, as well as other producers that create children’s and educational programming,” said PJ Kuyper, President of the MPLC. “We developed this License to allow libraries to complement any existing license, and to insure comprehensive copyright compliance.”

About the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

The Motion Picture Licensing Corporation was established more than 25 years ago by motion picture executives to provide public access to the work of the creative community without copyright infringement. The MPLC is the world leader in motion picture copyright compliance, supporting legal access across five continents and more than twenty countries. The MPLC provides licenses to more than 250,000 facilities in the United States and over 450,000 worldwide. More information can be found at www.mplc.org

Categories: LISWire - Latest Releases