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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.

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.

Laingsburg Public Library (Mich.) Goes Live with Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — May 27, 2009

Laingsburg Public Library in Shiawassee County, Michigan 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 technical support.

Greenwood Public Library (Ind.) Goes Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA – May 11, 2009

Ovid-Elsie Area Schools (Mich.) Go Live with Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — May 8, 2009 — CORRECTION

Ovid-Elsie Area Schools in Elsie, Michigan have gone live with Evergreen, the consortial-quality open-source library automation software. Equinox Software Inc., “The Evergreen Experts,” oversaw data migration and software configuration.

Ovid-Elsie Area Schools (Mich.) Become First K-12 Library Powered By Evergreen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA – May 7, 2009

Ovid-Elsie Area Schools in Elsie, Michigan has become the first K-12 library to go live with Evergreen, the consortial-quality open-source library automation software. Equinox Software Inc., “The Evergreen Experts,” oversaw data migration and software configuration.

Georgia PINES Survey: Evergreen Delivers

MAY 6, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ATLANTA — Georgia PINES, the statewide consortium powered by Evergreen open source library software, has achieved the highest-ever user satisfaction ratings in the five-year history of its annual survey. Based on the 2009 survey, 19 out of 20 respondents (95.6 percent) would recommend the Evergreen-powered PINES system to friends, according to Chris Sharp, PINES Program Manager.

MAY 6, 2009 – For several years, Kirtas Technologies has provided digitizing systems, services and software to university and public libraries, corporations, government agencies, and other organizations requiring outstanding quality digital images for their rare and out-of-print books, manuscripts and other important documents.

Equinox Software and PTFS Europe Form Evergreen Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA – May 5, 2009

EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing allows readers to see into the future with an “electronic brain”… but are we the first to find this technology?

The BBC recently reported that Britain has developed an “electronic brain” — a web technology that not only revolutionizes the way individuals surf the net, but the way knowledge is gathered.