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IPSWICH, Mass. — May 16, 2012 — EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has been named the silver winner in Most Innovative Company of the Year in Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), the only independent international business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. EBSCO Publishing is an international company with employees around the globe and customers in nearly every country in the world.

Shire of Derby West Kimberley has become the first local government area in Australia to choose Koha to support the delivery of its public library services.

Farmington Hills, MI – May 15, 2012 – Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Wolper Information Services today announced a partnership to distribute Gale subscription products and major reference works in print and electronic form into the special library market.

~ New Archive Databases Provide a History of the People and Organizations of New York in the 19th Century and Details of Military Life During Revolutionary War~

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 15, 2012 — Gateway to America: The People, Places, and Organizations of 19th Century New York™ and Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books™ archive databases from the New-York Historical Society, are now available from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO). The archives represent the latest in EBSCO’s diverse and rapidly expanding collection of digital historical archives.

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Duluth, GA —May 14, 2012

Equinox Software is proud to announce a sponsorship for King County Library System Foundation’s annual Literary Lions Gala.

This year’s event welcomed over 500 guests and raised $208,000 to support literacy and lifelong learning programs. Bestselling author Lee Child served as key note speaker for the evening which also included a "State of the Library" report by Bill Ptacek and 11 sold out author salons.

Dallas, TX — Amigos Library Services announces that its members have voted to approve the merger of Amigos and the St. Louis-based Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC). The results of the vote were announced during the organization’s annual Amigos Member Business Meeting held May 9. The Amigos member vote follows a similar vote taken by MLNC members last month and paves the way for actions that will culminate in the formal uniting of the two organizations July 1, 2012.

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Duluth, GA —May 10, 2012

EBSCO sponsors the 2012 Horizon Award, which gives a new information professional the opportunity to attend this year’s NASIG Annual Conference

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Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, announced today that the Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

Amigos Library Services will present a one day online conference “Access by Touch: Delivering Library Services Through Mobile Technologies” on Friday, June 8. The conference will cover a variety of topics, including developing a mobile website for your library, building a simple mobile-optimized web app, as well as practical usability checklists for mobile websites.