Public Libraries

Huntingburg (Ind.) Public Library Becomes 28th Evergreen Indiana Library
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Norcross, GA — June 22, 2009

ROCHESTER, N.Y., JUNE 17, 2009 – Kirtas Technologies, the worldwide leader in bound-book digitization, and OCLC, a global online library service and research organization; have signed an agreement that will enable streamlined access to the ever-increasing numbers of digitized books to users of OCLC’s WorldCat and Kirtasbooks.com.

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July 12, 2009, Chicago, IL, and Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) has announced the publication of The Accidental Library Marketer, by Kathy Dempsey. The publisher is launching the title with a special book signing at the 2009 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, which takes place at Chicago’s McCormick Place West from July 9–15.

"LIBRARY JOURNAL" NAMES QUEENS LIBRARY AS 2009 LIBRARY OF THE YEAR Announcement at City Hall Shares News with All of NYC

Oscoda County Library (Mich.) Goes Live with Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — June 9, 2009

Oscoda County Library (Mich.) has gone live with Evergreen, the consortial-quality open-source library automation software. Equinox Software Inc., “The Evergreen Experts,” oversaw data migration and software configuration and will provide round-the-clock ongoing technical support.

Nine Natural Resources Canada Libraries Migrate to Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA –June 8, 2009

McGill University Library is pleased to announce a partnership with Kirtas Technologies and its Canadian partner Ristech, which will allow students, faculty and the general public to request to have books digitized and made available through the new Digitize on Demand program. The announcement will be made publicly at the Canadian Library Association’s 2009 National Conference and Trade Show being held in Montreal May 29 to June 1.

Norcross, Ga. – The Enumclaw Public Library (WA) has signed a contract with the Integrated Technology Group (ITG) to implement RFID technology to help boost efficiency and allow staff members to spend more time working one-on-one with its patrons.

The library currently maintains 50,000 items, circulates over 185,000 items annually, and has a patron base of about 12,000. ITG’s RFID technology will assist the library’s 12 staff members in their efforts to meet increasing patron needs for services. The system will also enhance the security of the library’s collection.

What do marmoset monkeys, jelly fish, humans, and Science Fiction have in common?
They all have the potential to glow green.
In a recent article in the Calgary Herald, scientists have taken the fluorescent gene found in jelly fish and spliced it with a marmoset monkey embryo; all for development in human medical breakthroughs. The result? A monkey that now glows green under a fluorescent light.