SOMERDALE, NJ, March 18, 2010: Library Automation Technologies, Inc. (LAT), a leader in library automation products, is pleased to announce strategic alignment with iTeam Resources, Inc. (iTeam) a respected leader in time and print management and Fee & Fine solutions for libraries. Not only has this cooperation resulted in a number of new ongoing product developments and options, but it has already extended the capabilities of existing LAT products to allow any device to become a print/time/Fee & Fine manager via LAT-Total™ option.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — March 18, 2010
Pioneer Library System has selected Evergreen as their next-generation Integrated Library System (ILS). Pioneer will migrate all of its 42 public libraries to Evergreen with a planned implementation date of late summer, 2010. Equinox Software will provide data migration, software configuration, and post-migration technical support.
~As eBooks become mainstream, NetLibrary users to benefit from
expanded eContent integration~
DUBLIN, Ohio/Ipswich MA, March 17, 2010 — OCLC and EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) have signed an agreement whereby EBSCO will purchase the assets of the OCLC NetLibrary Division and the rights to license a select number of vendor-owned databases currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch service. The purchase includes the NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook platform as well as operations and infrastructure in Boulder, Colorado.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Rebekah Darksmith
Sales & Marketing Director
University of California Press, Journals + Digital Publishing [email protected]
510-643-0952
Society of Architectural Historians Launches Bold Electronic Initiative in Partnership with University of California Press and JSTOR
SOMERDALE, NJ, March 12, 2010: Library Automation Technologies, Inc. (LAT), a leader in library automation products, is pleased to announce the release into production of the next generation model of its popular allCIRC™ system, the allCIRC-X™, that combines 100% media theft security with complete load / unload patron self-service and a full-featured book self-check in a smaller portable footprint with greater capacity, significantly faster throughput, higher value and new features.
Marlboro College Partners with ByWater Solutions for Koha Implementation
ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Marlboro College, of Marlboro, VT. has partnered with them for the installation and support of the community version of the Koha integrated library system.
University of Chicago Press Joins Current Scholarship Program
The University of Chicago Press and JSTOR announced today that they will join forces in the Current Scholarship Program. Scheduled to launch early next year, the program will bring scholarly content from leading not-for-profit publishers to a single integrated platform, making its use more innovative, efficient, and affordable for faculty, students, librarians and publishers.
On March 10, 2010 appropriations committees in the Florida House and Senate adopted positions eliminating all funding for Florida’s State Aid to Public Libraries program. http://flstateaid.blogspot.com/
We are now looking for Volunteers to protest at the Florida State Capitol Building,
400 South Monroe Street in Tallahassee on Tuesday March 16, 2010. If you are interested in holding a sign in protest of the State Aid to Libraries being reduced to zero dollars please contact me at [email protected]
We are very pleased to announce that seven new publishers have recently joined the Current Scholarship Program. While work continues to sign additional publishers and titles to the Program, with these new partners, libraries will be able to license and provide their users with access to the current issues of at least 100 journals on the JSTOR platform beginning in 2011.
The publishers that recently joined the Program include:
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Michigan Historical Review, Central Michigan University
