School Librarians

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2009

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

Amigos to Observe Employee Learning Week December 7-11

COLUMBUS, OH - November 30, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, has announced that European University Cyprus (EUC) in Nicosia, Cyprus, has selected LibLime Enterprise Koha for their 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.

Get kids excited about reading with the national Great Scavenger Hunt ContestTM reading program (http://www.kaycassidy.com/hunt/). Adopted by more than 250 school and public libraries, The Hunt provides a monthly trivia contest for readers ages 8 – 19, based on over 300 young adult and middle grade novels. Readers select a book and answer ten trivia questions accompanied by a special note from the author. For school and public librarians in the U.S. and Canada, The Hunt provides free, year-round programming to engage kids and teens in reading week after week.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — November 23, 2009
Kirtland Community College has selected Evergreen for their next-generation integrated library system (ILS). Equinox Software, the Evergreen Experts, will provide data migration, software configuration, and post-migration technical support.
The server for the new installation will be hosted at the college and members of the Michigan Library Consortium, also powered by Evergreen, will provide training services.

COLUMBUS, OH - November 20, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, has announced that Facing History and Ourselves in Brookline, Massachusetts has selected 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 distribution is via Software as a Service on LibLime's cloud computing platform.

Enjoy Your Money! How to Make It, Save It, Invest It and Give It by
J. Steve Miller wins National Best Book Award in the category of Personal Finance.

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Norcross, GA — November 17, 2009
Evergreen Indiana continues to grow with 6 new library systems live on Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software. In total, 48 Indiana library systems are now part of Evergreen Indiana, a shared-catalog project of the Indiana State Library. The newest additions are Culver-Union Township, LaGrange, Monticello-Union Township, Paoli, Princeton-Patoka, and Westfield Washington Public Libraries.

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Grand Rapids to Host International Evergreen Conference

Contact: Kristen Corrado 616.988.5402, ext. 5438
Dawn Roberts 877.673.6457 ext. 5577

GRAND RAPIDS (November 1, 2009) Grand Rapids, Michigan has been selected as the site of the 2010 Evergreen International Conference. The conference will take place April 21-23, 2010 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. The conference is co-hosted by the Grand Rapids Public Library and Equinox Software.

I Love Costa Rica’s Rain Forest! Young Travel Writers Contest

Contest Deadline is Approaching - November 30, 2009!

Children from 5K through 5th Grade are invited to submit original stories and artwork to our I Love Costa Rica’s Rain Forest! Contest

$100 Will Be Awarded by Smart Poodle Publishing to the First Place Winners in Each Category. All Other Fabulous Prizes donated by Rand McNally’s online store at www.RandMcNally.com

For complete contest rules and prizes visit http://smartpoodlepublishing.com/contest.html

SC LENDS Welcomes Four New Library Systems Live on Evergreen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — October 27, 2009
SC LENDS, the South Carolina library resource sharing network, welcomes four new members to the consortium. Calhoun, Chesterfield, Dorchester, and York County Library Systems have gone live with Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software.