Academic Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA — July 12, 2012

Chicago is Equinox Software’s kind of town. The company will make its first Special Library Association Conference appearance as exhibitors at booth #269 for the 2012 meeting.

According to Grace Dunbar, Equinox Vice President, "This is an exciting opportunity for us because SLA attendees are very tech savvy. We recognize that special libraries have specific needs for their ILS and are looking forward to showing them how flexible and cost effective open source options can be."

Farmington Hills, Mich., July 11, 2012 — Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced Business Insights: Essentials, a new resource for research on business, companies and industries built on the same intuitive platform as the recently-announced Business Insights: Global. Business Insights: Essentials will replace Gale’s long-standing Business and Company Resource Center database.

Leiden / Boston – 11 July 2012

In December 2011, Brill launched two new platforms: referenceworks.brillonline.com and bibliographies.brillonline.com. In the meantime, Brill decided to end the parallel running period. This means that the old platform, brillonline.nl, is no longer in use, and Brill’s reference works and bibliographies are available only on the new platforms.

North Bethesda, MD, July 5, 2012. LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that Family Planning - Positive Sexual Health, of Wellington, New Zealand, has chosen support from LibLime and a migration to LibLime Koha.

Dallas, TX — Amigos Library Services is pleased to welcome the following staff of the St. Louis-based Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) to Amigos. MLNC staff members officially became members of Amigos’ staff July 1, 2012, when that organization’s operations were formally merged into Amigos. They will work from Amigos’ St. Louis office.

New York, NY— LAC Group is pleased to report that legal information industry expert, law librarian and knowledge manager, Nina Platt has joined the firm’s New York office to serve as Senior Director of Legal Market Services. In her new position, Platt will work closely with other key LAC Group divisions, including Chase Cost Management (CCM), in supporting customized solutions for libraries, research services as well as expense management and contract optimization for digital content.

Editorial Introduction
Tim Lepczyk
Coordinating Editor Tim Lepczyk salutes change in this issue, welcoming new editors to the Journal and announcing his departure.

Tools for Reducing and Managing Link Rot in LibGuides
Wilhelmina Randtke and Matthew D. Burrell

Equinox Software To Provide Sneak Peak Of FulfILLment 1.0 Alpha 2 at ALA Annual!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —June 21, 2012

Launch of National Geographic Virtual Library Product Suite Announced

Farmington Hills, Mich., June 20, 2012 — Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and the National Geographic Society, one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, today announced an extended agreement to create additional library products as part of a new product suite, National Geographic Virtual Library.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —June 19, 2012