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NoveList Announces New Feature for NoveList Select™ — E-Resource Recommendations
LISWire - Thu, 02/07/2013 - 12:26
EBSCO Publishing's catalog enrichment resource, NoveList Select™ has a new feature which adds e-resource recommendations that may have been hidden or hard to find directly from catalog records. The full release is below and please let me know if you have any quesitons.
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NoveList Announces New Feature for NoveList Select™ —
E-Resource Recommendations
~ New Feature Guides Patrons to Relevant E-Resources Directly from Catalog Records ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — February 7, 2013 — NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Publishing, is introducing a new feature to NoveList Select™, its catalog enrichment resource. The new feature adds e-resource recommendations to NoveList Select. The recommendations guide patrons to relevant e-resources—that may have been hidden or hard to find—directly from catalog records. This new feature will benefit libraries looking to make patrons more aware of the wealth of electronic resources available through the library.
Available free with a NoveList Select subscription, e-resource recommendations are comprehensive and vendor-neutral so libraries can promote a wide variety of resources. To ensure that patrons see a list of highly relevant resources specifically tailored to their search, professionals at NoveList have developed the recommendation strategies based on subject headings and also by the reading level of the record. Additional e-resources will be continually added to the list.
Libraries identify which e-resources they have and would like to promote from a pre-defined list. Subject headings in the e-resources are then matched with subject headings in the catalog records. This process enables patrons to see a list of highly relevant recommended e-resources when they view a record in the catalog. A list of available e-resources is available at http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/our-products/novelist-select-eresources.
Vice President of NoveList, Duncan Smith, says this new feature is a unique solution for libraries looking to promote their e-resources. “Libraries have always struggled to find ways to effectively promote their e-resources. NoveList Select brings the e-resources into a place where patrons are most likely to see them. As a result, patrons know more about what the library offers and usage of e-resources increases.”
NoveList Select is the catalog enrichment component of NoveList readers’ advisory resources. This component pulls NoveList content into a library’s catalog. NoveList Select makes reading recommendations, series information, book discussion guides, Goodreads ratings and reviews, library newsletters and events available to library patrons from within the catalog record. Patrons can find similar titles and authors based on their searches, discover more of the library’s collection and sign up for library newsletters and upcoming events.
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 375 databases and more than 350,000 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.
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Kathleen McEvoy
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(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com
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NoveList® Select Enhanced Content Added to the Koha Open Source ILS
LISWire - Thu, 02/07/2013 - 09:58
2/7/2013
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com
NoveList® Select Enhanced Content Added to the Koha Open Source ILS
ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha support, would like to join the Los Gatos Library in thanking NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Publishing, for assisting in adding NoveList content to the Koha open source ILS.
Henry Bankhead, Interim Town Librarian at Los Gatos Library stated:
“Los Gatos library is exceedingly pleased that Duncan Smith, NoveList and EBSCO were willing to contribute to the Koha development via ByWater Solutions that allows Koha libraries to integrate content from NoveList Select to add richness to our patrons’ OPAC experience. This enhanced content adds reviews from Goodreads, up to date series information, similar titles and authors as well as links to NextReads newsletters and more. Because of this integration this content is available right in our library catalog and is available to any NoveList Select customer using the Koha integrated library system. We were very thankful that Duncan recognized that this integration would be a win-win for EBSCO, for the Koha community, for Librarians and most importantly for library patrons. We hope that this example set by EBSCO will encourage other vendors to contribute to the development.”
Duncan Smith, Vice President of NoveList, shared his thanks with us:
“Thanks to the efforts of ByWater Solutions, libraries that choose Koha as their catalog solution can now easily integrate the rich content from NoveList Select into their online catalog and put expert reading recommendations and other expanded content into the place where it is most visible to library patrons. This is a great example of how libraries and their readers benefit when companies work together to support library success.”
Nicole C. Engard, Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions thanks all of those involved:
“When educating librarians about open source, I always stress how choosing Koha and open source opens you up to all kinds of new freedoms. This partnership between ByWater, Los Gatos Library and NoveList shows how multiple groups can come together to improve an open source product for the benefit of everyone using it.”
About Los Gatos Library:
Los Gatos Library, located in Los Gatos, CA., serves a population of over 30,000 residents and houses a collection of more than 100,000 volumes. The library sponsors many community activities aimed at connecting people to the world of information. Programming is offered as a library resource that provides information, education, recreation and enrichment to all. For more information please visit: http://www.losgatosca.gov
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 375 databases and more than 350,000 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 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:
With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of the enterprise class open source library system, Koha. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions’ clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: http://www.bywatersolutions.com
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Millennia Atlantic University Chooses LibLime Koha
LISWire - Wed, 02/06/2013 - 12:54
North Bethesda, MD, February 6, 2013- LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that Millennia Atlantic University (MAU), located in Doral, Florida, has gone live on LibLime Koha 4.14.
The University Library will take advantage of the Solr search engine in 4.14, full faceted support in the OPAC, an embedded New Titles list, and additional functionality for expired and cancelled holds. As with all versions of LibLime Koha since 4.8, the entire application resides in the Plack environment for enhanced performance.
About Millennia Atlantic University
Millennia Atlantic University is an institution of higher learning with undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, human resource management, healthcare administration, health information management, and paralegal studies. Millennia Atlantic University has an average class size of twelve students, which allows for close student-instructor relationships and a personalized academic experience. More information about MAU can be found at http://www.maufl.edu.
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.
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EBSCO Publishing Creates E-book Subscription Collections for Engineering and Technology Professionals
LISWire - Tue, 02/05/2013 - 12:11
Below is a release on two new e-book subscription collections from EBSCO: EngineeringCore and ITCore. They each include thousands of e-book titles about various engineering and IT disciplines to serve the learning and research needs of engineers and technology professionals.
EBSCO Publishing Creates E-book Subscription Collections for Engineering and Technology Professionals
~ EngineeringCore™ and ITCore™ E-book Subscription Collections Provide Access
to Thousands of E-book Titles for Learning and Research ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — February 5, 2013 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released EngineeringCore™ and ITCore™ , two e-book subscription collections designed to support the learning and reference needs of engineering and technology professionals. The collections are available as annual subscriptions that give users unlimited access to all titles.
EngineeringCore provides professionals with an easy way to access e-books specific to their research and learning needs. The collection offers more than 4,200 e-book titles spanning all major engineering disciplines and covering top subjects such as biotechnology, energy sciences, industrial safety, innovation & technological advancement, materials, optics & photonics, robotics and more.
The ITCore collection contains more than 3,500 titles to support all IT needs, from expert-level programming and cybersecurity to systems administration and web design. Subjects include: mobile devices, networks and platforms; LANs and MANs; open source software; E-commerce; scripting and programming languages; and data warehousing. ITCore also features certification exam preparation guides as well as basic guides and tutorials for desktop applications and software to support staff.
The collections include thousands of titles from leading publishers, with new titles added on a quarterly basis. 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. The collections provide 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.
EBSCO Publishing Vice President of Product Management, Tad Goltra, says EngineeringCore and ITCore, like the previously released BusinessCore, are important additions to EBSCO’s e-book collections. “EngineeringCore and ITCore provide customers with access to broad subscription collections that can serve as the foundation of their working library. Customers also have the ability to add individual titles to their collections on a permanent basis, giving them the flexibility they need to assemble their optimal collection.”
As with all e-books available from EBSCO, EngineeringCore and ITCore will integrate seamlessly with all EBSCOhost® content. The EngineeringCore and ITCore subscription collection may also be integrated into organizational portals and Intranets, learning management systems (LMSs), as well as mapped to an organization’s key competencies allowing users to have easy access to relevant content wherever and whenever it is needed.
More information about e-book subscription collections is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.
About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is the world’s premier research database and e-book provider aggregator serving the content needs of corporations, associations and organizations of all types. EBSCO offers more than 350,000 e-books and a suite of more than 375 full-text and secondary research databases 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™, Academic Search® R&D, Energy & Power Source™, Sustainability Reference Center™, and Biomedical Reference Collection™, 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 and applications and used via mobile devices. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing website 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.
EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com
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BEA 2013 "new print title showcase" features Literary fiction print book THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI isbn
LISWire - Sat, 02/02/2013 - 17:57
The BEA 2013 "new print title showcase" catalog features THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI isbn 9780615685434, "KIRKUS INDIE REVIEW" says "this book offers a message of hope."
Libraries and universities can buy the print book from Ingram, and Ingram has the E-book version isbn 0615685439 for purchase and in "new content lending" program.
Tags for this book include: pink-slip serendipity, Cracker country USA folklore, love story, mystic threads, destiny driven—look for THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI in display ad March 3rd "NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW."
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Center for Jewish History to establish The Lillian Goldman Reference Services Division.
LISWire - Fri, 02/01/2013 - 19:55
CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY ANNOUNCES
$1.5 MILLION GRANT
FROM THE LILLIAN GOLDMAN CHARITABLE TRUST
TO ESTABLISH THE LILLIAN GOLDMAN REFERENCE SERVICES DIVISION
New York -- The Center for Jewish History in New York City, one of the world’s foremost centers for the intellectual and cultural exploration of the modern Jewish experience, has announced a $1.5 million grant from The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust. In honor of this support, the Center will establish The Lillian Goldman Reference Services Division.
The new Reference Services Division will adjoin the existing Lillian Goldman Reading Room, which serves as the gateway to the archival and library collections of the Center for Jewish History’s five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. With a renewed focus on the level of services it provides to visitors, the Center, located at 15 West 16th Street, will create a state-of-the-art environment for the study and exploration of Jewish history.
“This remarkable support will allow us to enhance the research experiences of thousands of scholars, students and members of the general public who come to the Center from around the world to use the partners’ collections. It will help us to continue advancing the ways in which libraries and learning institutions can best serve 21st-century publics,” stated Michael S. Glickman, Chief Operating Officer, Center for Jewish History.
The grant will support a series of changes to the space—including improvements that will help researchers to seamlessly integrate digital tools into their work—and new resources for students, teachers, scholars and other patrons who come to the Center to conduct research. At the Center, documentary filmmakers shoot rare newspapers from 18th-century Austria; artisan bookbinders develop new uses of forgotten techniques; photographers learn from Roman Vishniac’s original prints; and writers explore the unpublished works of Henry Roth. Visitors to the Center discover artifacts of individual experience—the lifeblood of the partners’ collections—and page through original records to uncover the unpublished, raw material in the loose sheets of human history.
“As an institution that is committed to education, engagement and open access to information—and one that serves both local and global communities—the Center creates opportunities for diverse audiences not only to engage with history, but also to consider its relevance to the present. The Lillian Goldman Reference Services Division will be integral to illuminating history for visitors to the Center. This support also reinvigorates Lillian Goldman’s strong legacy as an ardent supporter of institutions dedicated to higher learning and scholarship. We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to Amy Goldman Fowler, Vice Chairman of the Center’s Board, for this significant grant,” Glickman added.
THE LILLIAN GOLDMAN READING ROOM & THE LILLIAN GOLDMAN REFERENCE SERVICES DIVISION
The Lillian Goldman Reading Room, situated underneath a skylight two stories above, brings together researchers from around the world to explore the Jewish past in a room whose perimeter is lined with open-stack material. The Reading Room is open to the public six days a week. Anyone can request access to a vast collection consisting of over 500,000 volumes and more than 100 million archival documents. Included in the collections housed at the Center are materials in 23 languages and 52 alphabet systems that represent people of different geographic, experiential, religious and secular origins. Through public computer terminals, The Lillian Goldman Reference Services Division will give visitors access to the Center’s centralized Online Public Access Catalog (www.search.cjh.org), and a robust and growing collection of electronic databases, indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works.
BACKGROUND ON THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY
The Center for Jewish History in New York City is a multifaceted organization that serves as a cultural institution, research facility and destination for the exploration of history and heritage. It is home to American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Spanning more than 600 years of history, the partners’ collections include books, documents, photographs, ritual objects, artwork, film, recordings and textiles. The Center offers cultural programming, exhibitions, symposia, lectures and performances, as well as research facilities and a genealogy institute. For more information, visit www.cjh.org.
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OCLC and FamilySearch partnership will combine resources for richer genealogy research experience
LISWire - Fri, 02/01/2013 - 14:44
OCLC and FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world, have signed an agreement that will enrich WorldCat and FamilySearch services with data from both organizations to provide users with more resources for improved genealogy research.
Under this new partnership, OCLC will incorporate data from FamilySearch’s catalog of genealogical materials into WorldCat, and FamilySearch will use OCLC cataloging services to continue to catalog its collections in WorldCat. FamilySearch will also use the WorldCat Search API to incorporate WorldCat results into search results returned by FamilySearch genealogy services.
“We’re excited to see information about FamilySearch holdings more broadly circulated, and to inform our own patrons about genealogical holdings available outside our network,” said Jake Gehring, FamilySearch’s Director of Data Operations.
“This combination of genealogical and bibliographic resources will be of enormous benefit to librarians and library users as well as genealogists,” said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. “OCLC and FamilySearch are organizations with similar goals—to connect people to knowledge and information through cooperation. We look forward to working with FamilySearch.”
FamilySearch, historically known as the Genealogical Society of Utah, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and preservation of family histories and stories, introducing individuals to their ancestors through the widespread access to records, and collaborating with others who share this vision.
The collections of FamilySearch include historic documents of genealogical value such as civil registration records; church records; and probate, census, land, tax and military records. The collection also contains compiled sources such as family histories, clan and lineage genealogies, oral pedigrees and local histories. FamilySearch has also been a pioneer in the use of technology and processes for image capture, digital conversion, preservation, online indexing and online access. FamilySearch has operated on OCLC’s OLIB library management system since 1996 to manage the vast metadata in its catalog.
FamilySearch offers a unique service to users around the world through its network of more than 4,600 family history centers. In each center, trained FamilySearch volunteers provide individualized help for family history patrons seeking access to records and the information they contain.
WorldCat is the world’s most comprehensive database of library materials. Updated at a rate of nearly one new record every second, WorldCat is a cooperatively-created catalog of items held in thousands of libraries worldwide, including public, academic, state and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. These libraries have cataloged their regular collections as well as many special collections—including digitized materials—devoted to local history. This makes WorldCat an indispensible tool for genealogy research.
Find more about FamilySearch or search its resources online at www.FamilySearch.org. More about WorldCat is on the OCLC website www.oclc.org. Search WorldCat.org on the Web at www.worldcat.org.
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DYSART & JONES ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION WITH NEW ASSOCIATES
LISWire - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:34
For Release on January 31, 2013
DYSART & JONES ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION WITH NEW ASSOCIATES
Toronto, ON – Jan. 31, 2013 – In Dysart & Jones 20th Anniversary year as a consultancy, Rebecca Jones and Jane Dysart are delighted to announce the following changes to our practice. As the complexity of libraries and the information sector increases we recognize the growing need for consulting services from professionals with a strong track record of diverse experiences. Strategically transforming organizations and developing bold, achievable plans for future success has never been more important or in more demand. In this context Dysart & Jones welcomes two new associates, library and information industry veterans Juanita Richardson and Stephen Abram.
“We’ve been so fortunate,” said Rebecca Jones. “We’ve worked with the best clients, from tiny rural public libraries to huge urban library systems and academic institutions, to charities, to corporate and government information services. We’ve stuck to our knitting. And we’ve very carefully managed our growth, aligning with Jim Morgenstern of dmA Planning & Management two years ago, and now bringing Juanita and Stephen on board. Their intelligence, experience and incredible knowledge of libraries and the information world is incredibly exciting!”
Jane Dysart notes that “D&J is taking this opportunity to expand our service offerings which have included major, international conference and client learning events, information and knowledge management consulting in the corporate and public sector, coaching, planning and facilitation in the public and academic sectors to now offer talent management (finding speakers for events) and consulting in the information industry sector.”
“Working with Dysart & Jones presents the opportunity to engage in exciting projects with real scope and to work with a team of professionals who come to the table with an array of skills and in-depth expertise from across the information industry,” said Juanita Richardson. “I am pleased to make my contribution to the D&J practice and to participate in applying the rigorous D&J processes and solutions to ensure that clients get the best outcomes every time.”
“I am so excited to finally be embarking on a new adventure in the Dysart & Jones family.” said Stephen Abram, “Their reputation for quality and transformational advice is one that I aspire to model and my many years of experience in the library, information vendor and publishing industries will be available for all.”
Juanita Richardson joins D&J from Richardson Jalakas & Associates – an information strategy company she founded in 1998. Juanita has experience on both sides of the information industry. Most recently, she worked for many years as Business Development Consultant for CEDROM-SNi. Prior to that, she was Manager of Licensing, Product Strategy and Client Services with InfomartDialog. Before “crossing the street”, she was Manager of the Business Information Centre for Deloitte & Touche and held positions in the Research Departments of CIBC Wood Gundy and ScotiaMcLeod. She is an instructor at Seneca College’s Library and Information Technician program and at the iSchool Institute at the University of Toronto. Bilingual, with an MLIS, MBA and vast experience in the information industry, Juanita’s past work has included: implementing corporate knowledge initiatives; advising information service companies on content and marketing opportunities; and undertaking market analyses to inform strategic planning discussions. She has served on the Board of Directors of SLA, is an active member of the Canadian Library Association, has spoken at various information industry conferences and published in industry magazines.
Stephen Abram, MLS, is a strategy, marketing and direction planning consultant for libraries and the information industry. Stephen has over 30 years’ of successful and innovative experience in libraries, surveys and research, organization development, change management, service and product, program, project and strategy development and management, and technology, marketing and promotion innovation strategy. He is a renowned library trend watcher and innovator and author of Stephen’s Lighthouse blog, one of the most popular blogs in librarianship and the information industry. He has been president of the Ontario Library Association, the Canadian Library Association and the Special Libraries Association. He received the 2011 CLA Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award in June 2011. He has held international executive leadership positions at Cengage Learning (Gale), SirsiDynix, Thomson, ProQuest Micromedia, and IHS. He has lead several libraries in the accounting & auditing, consulting, human resources, and legal spaces. He has served on the advisory boards of six LIS schools. He was listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries. He has been awarded the SLA’s John Cotton Dana Award, the AIIP Roger Summit Award, as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information iSchool at the University of Toronto where he received the 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award. He speaks internationally on innovation, technology, marketing and strategic success in libraries and the information sector. He is the author of hundreds of articles and has contributed to dozens of books including ALA Editions’ bestselling Out Front with Stephen Abram.
About Dysart & Jones Associates
For two decades Dysart & Jones has given clients expert consultation in strategic planning, organizational reviews and design, problem-solving, and conference and event planning. Planted firmly in the information marketplace, D&J helps organizations look forward and make sense of what they see. It fosters integral partnerships with clients and works together with them to turn a sea of decisions into navigable terrain towards a preferred future. As active members of numerous North American and international associations, Dysart & Jones maintain a large network of information and knowledge managers in public, academic, corporate and government libraries, associations, and organizations in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand, as well as senior executives in the information industry. D&J has worked with a wide range of clients including corporate and legal information services, global consulting firm information services, public and academic libraries, information associations, chambers of commerce, information industry suppliers and publishers.
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Media Contacts:
Rebecca Jones
(905) 731-5836
Jane Dysart
(416) 484-6129
Juanita Richardson
(416) 809-8490
Stephen Abram
(416) 669-4855
Digital photos of the D&J team are available on our website or on request: http://dysartjones.com
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EBSCO Publishing Releases New eBook Subscription Offering – eBook Public Library Collection™
LISWire - Thu, 01/31/2013 - 11:28
~ Collection Includes Over 25,000 eBook Titles Chosen Specifically for Public Libraries ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — January 31, 2013 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has released its latest e-book subscription collection focused on the needs of public library patrons. eBook Public Library Collection™ includes over 25,000 general reference e-book titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature and science & technology.
eBook Public Library Collection complements any public library’s general reference collection and includes many industry leading publishers with numerous best-selling titles. As a pre-packaged collection, eBook Public Library Collection saves libraries time by organizing titles and makes it easy for patrons to discover titles they need.
The collection will provide libraries with a substantial selection in the areas of self-help, health and fitness, games, crafts and hobbies, medical, cooking and religion. In addition to the larger concentrations listed, above, eBook Public Library Collection also features recreation and leisure, geography, commerce, finance, the family, marriage, women, folklore, social and public welfare, and home economics.
eBook Public Library Collection is offered as an annual subscription and includes unlimited simultaneous access for users, and titles are continually added at no additional cost. Each title is offered with unlimited users allowing more users access to each title in the collection. eBook Public Library Collection also offers unlimited downloads to a variety of devices .
As with all e-books available from EBSCO, eBook Public Library Collection will integrate seamlessly with all EBSCOhost® content. Users will be able to search the collection on its own or side-by-side with other EBSCOhost databases.
More information about eBooks on EBSCOhost is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks
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 375 databases and more than 350,000 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.
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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com
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See the March 3 "The New York Times Book Review" issue display ad for THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI by Author Cynthia Lynn, member of Authors Guild
LISWire - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 21:07
Participating in the promotion for print literary fiction THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI ISBN 9780615685434 are The Awesome Books bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA and The Booksellers at Laurelwood, Memphis, TN.
"The Kirkus Indie Review" says, THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI "is a book with a promosing message."
Now libraries and universities can buy THE HAUNTING AND PARADISE TAXI from Ingram—both the print and E-book version are available, also via Ingram's new "E-content lending" program.
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Literary fiction novel The Haunting And Paradise Taxi ISBN 9780615685434 featured in BEA 2013 "new print title showcase"
LISWire - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 20:45
Libraries and universities can buy Author Cynthia Lynn, member of Authors Guild new literary fiction— "a novel with a promising message" says "Kirkus Indie Review" about the uncertainty of living in a world filled with changes that come from the consequences of progress—now both in print and E-book version from Ingram.
Cynthia Lynn's writing experience as a journalist includes specializing in travel writing, Travel Guides, No More Hotels In Paris & No More Hotels In Rome received 5-star reviews ("Library Journal" "The Philadelphia Inquirer"), and Cynthia Lynn has written special interest features, her travel updates have been distributed to NPR stations, and she's contributed to a number of travel books and publications.
The Haunting And Paradise Taxi is a nostalgic remembrance narrative with a dash of Americana folklore—locale is in northwest central Florida native "Cracker country"—the storyteller is the once fun loving big apple city reporter Clarissa Max who receives a pink slip but finds another kind of life when she serendipitously lands in Citrusville. The man Clarissa leaves behind won't let her go and it may be love or lust, but at Ed's Diner the greens simmering in a ham hock sauce are the specialty with aging Crackers talking about sinners who aren't willing to give up sinning and end up on a raft going toward the falls.
Among the cast of characters Clarissa introduces are old timer Nellie Charmin who spouts about a Paradise Taxi that takes the willing to change where they have to go, the forgetful Henry Benson knows the winds of progress bring more than the scattering of oak leaves from the town's ancient oak trees, and retiree Letty Lovelace looking for a man that is a traveling companion has a friend called Max who is the catalyst for a mystic spinning of fateful threads leading Clarissa toward another kind of destiny that includes a haunting.
The HAUNTING And Paradise Taxi Library of Congress Number: 2012915387
print ISBN: 9780615685434
LIBRARY/UNIVERSITY DISTRIBUTION via Ingram "print on demand"
E-book ISBN 0615685439 (same as print version) Ingram E-books
& the Ingram "New E-book Lending content" platform
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Norwood Public Library Joins LibLime Koha and the Colorado Library Consortium
LISWire - Wed, 01/30/2013 - 18:05
North Bethesda, MD, January 31, 2013- The Norwood Public Library, located in Norwood, Colorado, has joined the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and is scheduled to go live on the AspenCat LibLime Koha union catalog.
The Norwood Public Library staff will work with LibLime Project Management in the upcoming months to migrate bibliographic, item, and patron data from their legacy ILS system to the LibLime Koha application. Norwood Public Library will enjoy autonomy within the CLiC union catalog, as LibLime Koha includes support for local ownership of patron records, local ownership of items records linked to communal bibliographic records, and OPAC group searching for pre-designated collections. Norwood Public Library patrons will also benefit from resource sharing in the consortium, which is managed by the expanded functionality in the Holds Queue service.
About Norwood Public Library
Located 33 miles west of Telluride, Norwood sits opposite the 12,700 foot Lone Cone Mountain that towers over Wright’s Mesa. Norwood Public Library provides reference services; fax and copy services; computer work stations; internet connectivity; and access to e-books, audio books, and music downloads for the citizens of this town in San Miguel County.
About the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)
CLiC, headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, serves over 400 libraries throughout the state. 35 of these libraries are part of the AspenCat LibLime Koha union catalog. Currently the database includes close to 545,000 items. Resource sharing is one of the key components of the system with libraries requesting over 1,200 items from each other every month. Requests are growing as more patrons discover how easy it is to request an item not held at his or her home library. CLiC is committed to maintaining AspenCat as a fully featured, patron-focused system. In partnership with the Colorado State Library, they have added links to external databases (EzProxy), Plinket-hosted website access, and SWIFT interconnectivity. They are also currently offering a cooperative purchase for downloadable audio books from Recorded Books, and ebooks from 3M Library Cloud system. For more information, please contact Shannon O’Grady at 303-422-1150 or SOGrady@clicweb.org.
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.
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Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy Tour Coming to a Library Near You
LISWire - Mon, 01/28/2013 - 13:07
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Bill Harmer
PHONE: (734) 612-5405
E-MAIL: williamharmer@yahoo.com
Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy Tour
Coming to a Library Near You
DETROIT, MI | January 25, 2013–Make your library the home for the very best in stand-up comedy this summer by
booking the Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy Tour featuring comedians Bill Hildebrandt and Kevin Kramis.
With his energetic, innovative, and hilarious perspective on everyday life, Bill Hildebrandt has headlined clubs, casinos,
and college, and corporate shows for more than 25 years. He has shared the stage with many of today’s top acts,
including Judy Tenuta, Rita Rudner, and Rosie O’Donnell. Hildebrandt has opened for several classic rock & roll bands,
such as Huey Lewis and the News and the Doobie Brothers, to name a few. For 12 years, he has worked in Las Vegas on
a regular basis at the renowned comedy club at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
Hildebrandt will be joined on the Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy Tour by Kevin Kramis. Kramis performs more than
45 weeks per year, is a regular in Las Vegas, and writes material for a number of comedians. A veteran comic noted for
his universal appeal, with stage presence and off-beat improvisations that captivate and involve audiences, Kevin has
performed everywhere from major arenas to a maximum-security prison. He has opened for Tim Allen, Jeff Foxworthy,
Three Dog Night, and others.
Together, their 60-minute, high-energy, side-splitting act will showcase quick wit and quirky fun for all ages. Definitely
not your grandfather’s library experience, the Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy Tour is sure to be your community’s
funniest summer attraction!
For more information or to book the duo for your library, call Bill Harmer at (734) 612-5405 or e-mail
williamharmer@yahoo.com. View photos, video and bios of the comedians on the Dewey Decibel Stand-up Comedy
Tour Facebook page, facebook.com/deweydecibelstandupcomedytour.
About Bill Harmer
Hailing from the Best Small Library in America for 2008, Bill Harmer is the Director of the Chelsea District Library in Chelsea, Michigan.
He was named one of Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” for 2009. Bill created the Rock & Roll Library Tour, bringing live music
from the band the High Strung to libraries all over America since 2005. Bill conducts workshops and gives presentations around
the country on topics including outreach, programming, and strategic planning.
In August of 2006, in a segment touting the Library Tour, Bill and the High Strung were featured on National Public Radio's This
American Life. Listen here>>
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Five local libraries honored for offering cutting-edge services
LISWire - Mon, 01/28/2013 - 10:13
For Immediate Release
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 12:06
Contact: Jazzy Wright [4]
LITA , Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), Washington Office (wo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Library Association (ALA) recognized five libraries for offering cutting-edge technologies in library services [5], honoring programs in Boston, New York, Tucson, Ariz., Orlando, Fla. and Le Roy, N.Y.
The recognition, which is presented by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy and the Library & Information Technology Association (LITA), showcases libraries that are serving their communities using novel and innovative methods. Libraries or library service areas selected will be highlighted through various ALA publications and featured in a program at the ALA Annual Conference [6] in Chicago, June 27-July 2, 2013.
“This year’s winners represent creative and cost-effective engagement with technology trends, including BYOD (bring your own device), augmented reality, e-government, crowd-sourcing and online learning,” said Marc Gartler, branch manager, Madison Public Library, who chaired the selection subcommittee. “We are excited to recognize these fantastic projects and believe they have the potential to be replicated by many libraries across the country.”
Mobile Digital Learning Tools, Boston College High School’s (BCHS) Corcoran Library, Boston
The Corcoran Library [7] is “meeting students where they are” through their mobile initiative designed to showcase the library’s online resources through mobile sites and apps optimized for mobile searching. BC High adopted a new cell phone policy that allows students to use their cell phones for research purposes in the library. Librarians orient students to the new mobile resources through the school iPads and the students’ smart phones. The aim is to foster an understanding of how these digital learning tools can enhance student information literacy experiences. The initiative can be replicated by other libraries in schools that are either BYOD (bring your own device) or 1:1 programs by reviewing the library’s website.
German Traces NYC, Goethe-Institut New York Library with Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science, New York City
The Goethe-Institut and Pratt Institute teamed up to develop German Traces NYC [8]. This mobile experience uses an augmented reality app to allow learners to explore German cultural heritage in New York City. After downloading the app, users can simply hold up their mobile phones and view archival photos layered on top of the images visible through the phone’s camera. The mobile experience also features archival documents, photographs and multimedia narratives to bring U.S. history to life. It allows users to create a custom walking tour via GPS and access multimedia content. Finally, users can add their own stories to the German Traces webpage. More than 19,000 people visited the website in the year since launch.
Guide on the Side, University of Arizona (UA) Libraries, Tucson, Ariz.
With the launch of Guide on the Side [9], the UA Libraries turned 12 years of lessons learned developing e-learning tools into an open-source software package that librarians worldwide can download and use to quickly and easily create online, interactive tutorials based on principles of authentic and active learning. The key: a WYSIWYG interface that reduces or eliminates the need for programming assistance and provides considerable time savings. The UA Libraries have developed more than 25 tutorials using the tool, and these tutorials received nearly 73,000 uses in one year. Other libraries have installed the software, begun creating tutorials and joined a discussion group to continue improving the software.
Right Service at the Right Time App, Orange County Library System, Orlando, Fla.
OCLS’ Right Service at the Right Time [10] (RS/RT) mobile optimized website addresses a growing need in public libraries to aid library patrons seeking government assistance, which increasingly is accessible only online. RS/RT uses a database-driven decision-making engine to connect people in need of government and non-profit public services with the appropriate provider. Need areas addressed include family assistance, healthcare, housing, jobs and transportation. The site was based on feedback from users who access the Internet solely with mobile devices, and it currently offers four language versions. In 2012, the service expanded from five to 36 Florida counties, and it had more than 10.3 million total page views.
WEBOOKS, Genesee Valley Educational Partnership School Library System, Le Roy, N.Y.
Genesee Valley addressed two needs of rural schools with its crowd-sourced WEBOOKS: improved access to digital content and a way to do this at a time of devastating budget cuts. The library system created a Drupal website that allowed librarians across 22 school districts to pool together a portion of their individual library materials aid, while maintaining control over spending through a participatory selection process. By purchasing together, the system was able to buy more e-books than each would have been able to afford individually, and the project demonstrated to administrators that the libraries are working together to find creative solutions. Several districts provided additional funds because of the promise of the project.
Additional information is available at http://www.ala.org/offices/oitp/cuttingedge [5]
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CCC Forges Partnership with Amigos
LISWire - Fri, 01/25/2013 - 12:21
Copyright Clearance Center Announces Partnership with
Amigos Library Services
Leading Provider of Licensing and Content Solutions Expands Reach in the Academic Marketplace
Danvers, Mass. – Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing and content solutions, has announced a partnership with Amigos Library Services, one of the largest library service networks in the nation.
Amigos is a not-for-profit consortium of more than 800 US libraries across 22 states that provides access to the latest innovations and services, continuing education, vendor discounts, and professional advice to the library community.
This partnership extends Amigos’ content and licensing offerings and gives its members value-added services on top of CCC’s licensing and content solutions. Amigos’ academic library members can now pay for article purchases from CCC’s Get It Now solution through their Amigos Deposit Account. In addition, academic institution members receive a discount on the service fee when they purchase CCC’s Annual Academic Copyright License through Amigos.
Get It Now is an easy-to-implement, cost-effective, always-on service that gives library patrons instant access to unsubscribed journal content from leading publishers. The Annual Copyright License provides users with a single, multi-use license for their institution, allowing faculty, researchers and staff to share content across campus with ease.
“We are pleased to be working with a trusted partner that has a longstanding reputation for providing value to member libraries,” said Miles McNamee, Vice President, Licensing and Business Development, CCC. “Both organizations share a common vision of creating innovative solutions for academic libraries.”
“We’re excited to be offering CCC’s products and services like Get It Now to our member libraries,” said Gerrye McEntire, Manager, Member Discount Services, Amigos Library Services. “Amigos adds value to Get It Now through integrated billing and convenient purchasing.”
CCC enters into partnerships with leading organizations to offer corporate, academic and publisher customers a broad set of solutions that simplify copyright compliance and access to content.
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EBSCO Publishing Increases E-book Content for Academic Libraries
LISWire - Fri, 01/25/2013 - 11:36
Over 110,000 e-books Now Available in eBook Academic Collection™
IPSWICH, Mass. — January 25, 2013 — eBooks on EBSCOhost® from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) continues to grow as thousands of e-books have been added to the eBook Academic Collection™ —increasing the number of e-books to more than 112,000. eBook Academic Collection supplies full-text
e-books covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from technology, science and engineering to the humanities and social sciences.
Since its release, eBook Academic Collection has continued to grow and offers academic institutions a vast array of e-books to complement their collections. The breadth of multidisciplinary e-book titles available in this collection enables students and researchers to find information relevant to their research needs.
EBSCO Publishing’s Senior Director of eBook Products, Ken Breen says this collection is re-inventing the e-book subscription model in the academic space with its size and more importantly, the quality of publishers and titles. “We know there is a large demand for e-books at the academic level and we wanted to create a collection that would meet the needs of every student. For this reason we have, and will continue to, expand the collection. We also have a librarian-informed selection policy in place that ensures that each title is of high quality and relevant to the academic market. As a result, eBook Academic Collection has been very well received in the marketplace today.”
eBook Academic Collection is offered on an annual subscription basis with unlimited access to the content, and unlimited downloads if the library makes them available. Each title is offered with unlimited users allowing more users access to each title in the collection. As with all e-books available from EBSCO, eBook Academic Collection is integrated and works seamlessly with all EBSCOhost® content. Users will be able to search the collection on its own or side-by-side with other EBSCOhost databases.
Annual subscription is one of the ways EBSCO enables libraries to add e-books to their collection. Libraries are also offered a growing number of purchase and lease options as well as patron driven options. E-books are available on an individual basis as well as in Subject Sets, Featured Collections and Custom Collections. eBooks on EBSCOhost represents a deep collection of e-book content that is accessible via a variety of devices. eBooks on EBSCOhost are provided with no markups and no fees and can be ordered through the EBSCOhost® Collection Manager or YBP’s GOBI3 allowing libraries more freedom to make purchasing decisions More information about eBooks on EBSCOhost is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.
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 375 databases and more than 350,000 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.
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OCLC and Gale expand partnership
LISWire - Thu, 01/24/2013 - 18:58
OCLC and Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, have agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local, and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform.
OCLC and Gale have been offering access to some of Gale’s most popular databases to mutual subscribers through the WorldCat Local discovery and delivery service. This new agreement will enable OCLC to index metadata and full text for all Gale databases and scholarly archives and make them discoverable through WorldCat Local for mutual subscribers.
In addition, Gale and OCLC will identify metadata that could be made discoverable to any user through OCLC WorldShare Platform applications, making it possible for libraries to better manage these resources—from selection and acquisition, to circulation and access.
“Discoverability of our products is critical to serving the needs of our end users. We’re excited to work with OCLC and expand access to our content for users around the world,” said Frank Menchaca, Executive Vice President, Research Solutions, Cengage Learning.
“This expanded partnership builds on the success of our previous work with Gale to provide access through WorldCat Local to some of Gale’s most popular databases,” said Chip Nilges, OCLC Vice President, Business Development. “This new agreement is a significant step forward in our effort to make the full range of library resources accessible through the WorldShare Platform. We are very pleased to be able to continue our work with Gale to provide access to the content our member libraries—and library users—want most.”
Gale will work with OCLC to register all its collections, including the Gale Virtual Reference Library platform and the Gale In Context collections, within the OCLC WorldShare Platform. Gale and OCLC will index for discovery all full text associated with e-books and periodicals in the collections. Gale will provide OCLC with updated Gale Knowledge Base profiles and library holdings information for all collections, making them fully discoverable and easily accessible to mutual subscribers.
Gale and OCLC will also identify metadata from these collections that can be made discoverable to users around the world through WorldCat.org, the OCLC website that offers access to the global catalog for discovery of library materials.
The OCLC WorldShare Platform is a global, interconnected Web architecture that supports OCLC services and applications, and provides flexible, open access to library data through APIs and other Web services. Libraries, developers and partners can use this data to build and share applications that streamline and enhance their local library workflows. Adding metadata from Gale databases and archives to the WorldCat knowledge base, for example, enhances the ability of library staff to select, acquire and manage their Gale content, using both OCLC applications and other applications in their workflow.
About Cengage Learning and Gale
Cengage Learning is a leading educational content, software and services company 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 OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. More than 74,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
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Michael Panzer named Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system
LISWire - Thu, 01/24/2013 - 18:55
Michael Panzer, formerly Assistant Editor, has been named the 10th Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system.
Mr. Panzer, who becomes the first DDC Editor-in-Chief from outside the United States, replaces Joan S. Mitchell, who has retired after serving with distinction in the position since 1993.
Mr. Panzer joined OCLC in May 2007 as Global Product Manager of Taxonomy Services, and was appointed Assistant Editor of the DDC in March 2009. From 2002 to 2005, he headed the technical team that translated Dewey into German. He was the first member of a Dewey translation team to be appointed Assistant Editor.
“Michael Panzer is well known and widely respected in the worldwide Dewey and Semantic Web communities,” said Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC. “We look forward to his making the DDC ever more useful, to paraphrase Melvil Dewey, in new and imaginative ways.”
Mr. Panzer served on the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group, and is currently a member of the W3C Provenance Working Group.
Prior to joining OCLC, Mr. Panzer worked at Cologne University of Applied Sciences, where he was team leader of CrissCross, a research project funded by the German Research Foundation focused on mapping SWD, DDC, RAMEAU, and LCSH. He has an MA from Heinrich Heine University (Düsseldorf) in German Literature with a minor in Information Science. He also attended the University of California, Davis, on a four-month research scholarship.
Joan Mitchell officially retired as Dewey Editor-in-Chief on January 18. She has been closely affiliated with the DDC since 1985, when she became a member of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee. She chaired the committee from 1992 until her appointment as Dewey Editor in 1993. Prior to joining OCLC in 1993, she was Director of Educational Technology at Carnegie Mellon University and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. She has also held various positions in academic and special libraries.
Under Ms. Mitchell’s editorship, OCLC published the following DDC editions: 21st in 1996, 22nd in 2003 and 23rd in 2011. In addition, she expanded the DDC’s electronic publications, including Dewey for Windows and WebDewey, a Web-based product with a generic user interface script to support access to Dewey data in different languages. Most recently, the DDC has been released as linked data.
Ms. Mitchell also oversaw the translation of various versions of the DDC into 18 languages and development of various mappings and crosswalks to the system. She visited 30 countries on six continents on behalf of Dewey. While at OCLC, she co-authored two books, wrote 30 scholarly papers for publication, and gave over 120 presentations in venues around the world.
In 2005, the American Library Association awarded Ms. Mitchell the Melvil Dewey Medal, which recognizes distinguished service to the profession of librarianship.
“During Joan’s editorship, the editorial team has continuously re-imagined the DDC in form, content and use to keep up with new and emerging technologies,” said Mr. Jordan. “She has made enormous contributions to global librarianship. It has been a great privilege to work with Joan, and the talented team she has assembled will serve the global library community well for years to come.”
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Perry-Lecompton Community Library Joins NEKLS and Chooses ByWater Solutions’ Koha Support
LISWire - Thu, 01/24/2013 - 10:39
1/24/2013
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com
Perry-Lecompton Community Library Joins NEKLS and Chooses ByWater Solutions’ Koha Support
ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha support, is happy to welcome the Perry-Lecompton Community Library to the Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS).
In mid September, Perry-Lecompton Community Library joined the NExpress Shared Regional Catalog, with the addition of 6,600 items. The library is the forty-first public library to join NExpress. The shared catalog, which will hit one million items in 2013 with the addition of its first school library members in April, now services over 110,000 patrons in northeast Kansas.
Brendan Gallagher, CEO, commented on the newest addition to the NEKLS shared Koha system:
“The NExpress shared catalog is the perfect example of how open source can bring people and libraries together. In addition to choosing an open source ILS, Perry-Lecomption has agreed to share and collaborate with area libraries and that makes the team at ByWater Solutions very excited.”
About the NExpress Shared Catalog:
The NExpress automation service enables libraries of all types and sizes to provide rapid and direct access to shared library resources through a technically advanced library automation system at a reduced cost, with training, technical support and software enhancements provided by NEKLS. The NExpress service is an web-based automation service that features flexible searching, item availability status, and the ability for library users to directly place requests for items in the collection of any participating library, with delivery by courier to the patron’s local library. For more information please visit: http://www.nexpresslibrary.org
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:
With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of the enterprise class open source library system, Koha. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions’ clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: http://www.bywatersolutions.com
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Copyright Clearance Center Announces Partnership with Amigos Library Services
LISWire - Wed, 01/23/2013 - 17:18
Copyright Clearance Center Announces Partnership with
Amigos Library Services
Leading Provider of Licensing and Content Solutions Expands Reach in the Academic Marketplace
Danvers, Mass. – Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing and content solutions, has announced a partnership with Amigos Library Services, one of the largest library service networks in the nation.
Amigos is a not-for-profit consortium of more than 800 US libraries across 22 states that provides access to the latest innovations and services, continuing education, vendor discounts, and professional advice to the library community.
This partnership extends Amigos’ content and licensing offerings and gives its members value-added services on top of CCC’s licensing and content solutions. Amigos’ academic library members can now pay for article purchases from CCC’s Get It Now solution through their Amigos Deposit Account. In addition, academic institution members receive a discount on the service fee when they purchase CCC’s Annual Academic Copyright License through Amigos.
Get It Now is an easy-to-implement, cost-effective, always-on service that gives library patrons instant access to unsubscribed journal content from leading publishers. The Annual Copyright License provides users with a single, multi-use license for their institution, allowing faculty, researchers and staff to share content across campus with ease.
“We are pleased to be working with a trusted partner that has a longstanding reputation for providing value to member libraries,” said Miles McNamee, Vice President, Licensing and Business Development, CCC. “Both organizations share a common vision of creating innovative solutions for academic libraries.”
“We’re excited to be offering CCC’s products and services like Get It Now to our member libraries,” said Gerrye McEntire, Manager, Member Discount Services, Amigos Library Services. “Amigos adds value to Get It Now through integrated billing and convenient purchasing.”
CCC enters into partnerships with leading organizations to offer corporate, academic and publisher customers a broad set of solutions that simplify copyright compliance and access to content.
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