Public Libraries

Washington County Public Library (Ky) Selects Evergreen and Equinox
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — January 28, 2010
Washington County Public Library has selected Evergreen as their next-generation Integrated Library System (ILS). Equinox Software, "The Evergreen Experts," will provide data migration, software configuration, and post-migration technical support. When Washington County Public Library goes live in the spring, it will be the first known library in Kentucky running Evergreen.

AURORA, Colo., January 26, 2010 — A Reference Renaissance 2010: Inventing the Future, co-chaired by Marie Radford and Rivkah Sass, will be held August 8-10, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. This exciting event will feature numerous presentations showcasing the latest reference trends and techniques that will give you new ideas and tools to better serve your customers. Also included are vendor exhibits, presentations specifically focused on products and services of interest to reference and information staff and plenty of opportunities for networking and sharing with colleagues.

January 25, 2010, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the publication of The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher, Third Edition by award-winning author and internet trainer Randolph “Ran” Hock.

January 25th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Partners with the Farmington Libraries for Koha Installation and Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that The Farmington Libraries, of Farmington, CT. has partnered with them for the implementation of the open source community version of the Koha integrated library system.

January 22nd, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
staff@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions’ Nicole C Engard Presents at the Southwest Florida Library Network

NEW YORK (January 20, 2010) – While many parents still persist in the belief that martial arts are for boys, the truth is that girls are actually better students than boys. So says Seni Gayong Black Warrior Sulaiman Sharif in his surprising new book, “50 Martial Arts Myths.” The 220-page, softcover book, which can be purchased from Amazon, is now available to libraries and bookstores via Ingram and Baker & Taylor.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13 January 2010

Media Contact: Terri Maguire Mertz, Amigos Library Services
972.340.2855
mertz@amigos.org
www.amigos.org

Amigos Library Services Offers Online CONTENTdm Conference

DALLAS, TX, January 13 – Amigos Library Services will present “CONTENTdm: an Amigos Online Conference” on February 19. The one day conference will include sessions focused on the practical side of CONTENTdm, as well as how to increase use of CONTENTdm collections.

January 13th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Brendan Gallagher
(888) 900-8944
info@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions and BibLibre Announce Partnership to Provide Services for Koha Users in the U.S.

ByWater Solutions and BibLibre are pleased to announce a partnership that will help meet the demands of the rapidly-growing Koha community by providing crucial support for development and migration services. ByWater Solutions’ customers will now have access to the development expertise of some of the talented individuals who helped bring us the Koha ILS ten years ago.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — January 12, 2010
SCLENDS, the South Carolina library resource sharing network, welcomes the final three members in their group of pilot libraries. Anderson County, Fairfield, and Florence public library systems have gone live with Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software.
Equinox Software, Inc., the development and support company established by the original Evergreen developers, provided support for the migrations and will now provide hosting services for the consortium as well as 24/7 technical support.

Equinox Software Welcomes Rob Herrmann and Sally Fortin to our Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA —January 11, 2010
Equinox Software, Inc., the support and development company for Evergreen open-source library software welcomes Rob Herrmann and Sally Fortin to our staff. Herrmann will serve as Sales Executive and Fortin will be our Educational Services Manager.