School Librarians

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.

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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.

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January 5, 2010

Media contact: Larry Godwin
Phone: 1-800-843-8482, ext. 2847
Email: godwin@amigos.org

Amigos Partners with Fearless Future to Offer Online Library Marketing Course

Ahmedabad, Thursday, December 31, 2009- LIBRARIAN® - Asia’s first Arabic Version of Library Management Software System “LIBRARIAN” was commissioned at American Culture Centre, Alexandria, Egypt by CR2 Technologies Ltd., Ahmedabad with their strategic partner ACML, Alexandria, Egypt.

COLUMBUS, OH - December 18, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced today that The Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut, will migrate to LibLime Enterprise Koha for their next integrated library system.

The Library's system will be installed, operated and maintained at one of LibLime's carrier-class data centers and distributed via Software as a Service on LibLime's Cloud Computing platform.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — December 15, 2009
Bibliomation, located in Middlebury Connecticut, 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.
Bibliomation will begin with a group of four pilot libraries Beacon Falls, Douglas, Slater, and Windham Public Libraries. Once the pilot phase is complete, other libraries in the network will migrate to Evergreen.

COLUMBUS, OH --December 7, 2009-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries and ASCC (Automation System Colorado Consortium in Colorado), announced today that the consortium is now live on LibLime Enterprise Koha.