Public Libraries

North Bethesda, MD, December 6, 2012. LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that Arapahoe Public Library (Nebraska) has chosen LibLime Koha as their next generation ILS to replace their legacy system. Arapahoe Public Library joins the Pioneer consortium in using LibLime Koha for all collection and patron management services.

For Immediate Release
Contact: Joe Menendez
Information Today, Inc
(609)654-6266
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North Bethesda, MD, November 29, 2012-The La Veta Public Library, located in La Veta, Colorado, has joined the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and is scheduled to go live on LibLime Koha for all collection and patron management services in early 2013.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – Everyone loves to smile! This new book will definitely add a smile to your face while counting and rhyming with the loving Kudzu Kidz friends. It is a fun book for all ages to enjoy. Kudzu Kidz shine as their personalities show through each page counting up to ten with rhymes that sound like a song. Share with your family and friends!

Counting and Rhyming with Friends retails at $9.99 and is available at https://www.createspace.com/4022165.

What Is Kudzu Kidz?

North Bethesda, MD, November 20, 2012- After using the new release of LibLime Koha 4.14 with Lucene Solr for a few weeks, South Central Library System (SCLS), based in Wisconsin, has strong positive feedback for LibLime regarding the latest iteration of the open-source software. SCLS maintains a 42-member LibLime Koha union catalog with over 832,000 bibliographic records, more than 2.3 million item records, and three circulation transactions per second during peak production.

November, 2012 — Librarians Without Borders is proud to announce Jorge Chojolán’s North American speaking tour, which includes events in Toronto, London (ON), Ottawa, Montreal, and Los Angeles . Our Guatemalan partner, Jorge, is the founder and director of the Asturias Academy, a progressive K-12 school that offers education for students from low-income and indigenous families. The speaking events will focus on education reform, leadership, indigenous issues, libraries and literacy in Guatemala and take place from Nov. 11-29, 2012.

North Bethesda, MD, November 14, 2012 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces the public release of LibLime Koha 4.12.

Library Skates its Way to Victory with Unique Campaign

Farmington Hills, Mich., Nov. 13, 2012 — Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced that Auraria Library in Denver, Colorado is the winner of the Out-of-the-Box Marketing Contest, launched in September at R-Squared – The Risk and Reward Conference. Auraria Library will receive $5,000 from Gale to make its marketing idea a reality.

Charleston, SC – November 13, 2012 – BiblioBoard has been named the “Best New Mobile App” by the 12th Annual Charleston Advisor Reader’s Choice Awards. The Charleston Advisor, a journal that publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries, sponsors an annual series of awards for the best and worst electronic products of interest to libraries.

11/12/2012
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Santa Fe Indian School 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 Santa Fe Indian School's Library Media Center in Santa Fe, NM. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.