Librarians

Gale and EveryLibrary Team Up to Launch Nationwide Campaign to Promote How Libraries Support Entrepreneurship

Partnership to Raise Awareness of Services Libraries Provide for Entrepreneurs and Startups

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Cedar Park Public Library, in Texas is now live on Koha with ByWater Solutions! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 122,000 plus holdings from Symphony ILS earlier this year and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://library.cedarparktexas.gov/

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Ottumwa Public Library, in Iowa is now live on Koha with ByWater Solutions! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 59,000 plus holdings from Horizon ILS earlier this year and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://catalog.ottumwapubliclibrary.org/

Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 14 February 2019

International publisher Brill is pleased to announce the addition of the Open Access journal Contributions to Zoology to its Biology publishing portfolio. Brill has taken over the publishing responsibilities from Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Duluth, Ga., February 11, 2019: Equinox is pleased to announce the successful migration of Clearfield County Public Library, Curwensville Public Library, Joseph and Elizabeth Shaw Public Library, and the DuBois Public Library to Evergreen within the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) SPARK Consortium.

EBSCO Information Services Acquires Leading Library and Research Web Platform, Stacks Inc.
~ Web Platform Streamlines Workflows and Enhances the Library User Experience ~

Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 29 January 2019

In conjunction with the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, Brill will publish the new Open Access book series Max Planck Studies in Global Legal History of the Iberian Worlds.

EBSCO Information Services Announces 2019 Solar Grant Submissions
~ $200,000 in Grants Available for Libraries Looking to Go Green ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — January 25, 2019 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) continues its commitment to helping libraries in their sustainability efforts with the 2019 EBSCO Solar grant program. As part of the EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO is soliciting grant applications to give libraries the opportunity to “go green” by funding solar installations. EBSCO will be accepting submissions from both domestic and international libraries.

EBSCO Health Acquires HealthDecision®
~ Decision Support & Shared Decision Making Tool Added to Suite of Evidence-Based Clinical Solutions ~

Atlanta, GA - January 24, 2019 - LYRASIS and DuraSpace announce their intent to merge, forming a robust new home for Community-Supported Programs and Services.