Evergreen Indiana Continues to Grow with 4 additional Library Systems Live on Evergreen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — October 15, 2009
Indiana has 42 library systems now live on Evergreen, a shared-catalog project of the Indiana State Library based on Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software. The new additions are Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County, Jay County, Mitchell Community, and Roachdale Public Libraries.
Equinox Software, Inc., the support and development company established by the original Evergreen developers, provides bumper-to-bumper support for migrations and is now providing 24/7 ongoing technical support.
Brad LaJeunesse, President of Equinox stated “With more and more Indiana Libraries coming on board the benefits of this consortium having resource sharing on Evergreen are truly being seen and realized.”
According to Rosalie Clamme, Director of Jay County Public Library, “We shopped for quite some time to find an upgrade to the system we have used since 1996. Until we discovered Evergreen, the muss, fuss, retraining, and expense of changing systems didn't seem to be offset by a Wow Factor. We think Evergreen has that, and our patrons seem excited about the new possibilities. They feel empowered.”

About Evergreen
Evergreen is powerful, highly scalable open-source library software. While Evergreen is best known for its unique ability to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia, Evergreen also elegantly scales down to the smallest library sites.
Since its debut in September 2006 as the software powering the 270-plus libraries of the Georgia PINES consortium, Evergreen has earned acclaim and praise from users worldwide, including a Technology Collaboration Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Evergreen now supports hundreds of libraries of every type—public, academic, special, and school media. Evergreen’s rapidly expanding community now covers 11 states in the U.S. and 3 Canadian provinces.
For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.

About Equinox Software, Inc.
Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a growing team of skilled professionals who provide comprehensive support for Evergreen, the constorial, open source Integrated Library System (ILS). Equinox develops, supports, trains, migrates, integrates, and consults on Evergreen, and engages with the rapidly expanding Evergreen community. Equinox also offers hosting packages for libraries that prefer not to maintain local servers.
For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.
Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 678-269-6113
Evergreen is open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. Evergreen and the Evergreen logo are trademarks of the Georgia Public Library Service.

Contact: Jamieson Chandler
info@textalibrarian.com
(415) 517-1707

Mosio's Text a Librarian to Power Mobile Information for Conference Attendees

San Francisco, CA – Information Today is partnering with Mosio to maximize attendee experience by offering mobile information at Internet Librarian 2009, North America's largest technology conference and exhibition for Librarians and Information Managers.

Attendees can access Internet Librarian Mobile, a mobile-optimized site containing daily programming, conference tracks and the speakers list, plus quick links to the official #IL2009 Twitter hashtag and the Internet Librarian wiki. The conference's "mobile microsite" is accessible via any web-enabled mobile device, making it available and user-friendly to as many attendees as possible. Utilizing the mobile web, there is no application to download or install.

"There's been so much discussion recently about how libraries need to go to where the users are, develop and deliver services in micro-formats, take the library mobile. We've been covering it in Computers in Libraries magazine and it's a topic on the program at Internet Librarian. Thanks to our partnership with Mosio, I'm glad to say we're going to get to give attendees in Monterey a feeling for how it can apply in a real-life setting, by taking our own thick program, micro." said Dick Kaser, Information Today's VP of Content.

Launched in January 2009 and carrier-approved on over 260 million U.S. mobile phones, Mosio's Text a Librarian enables libraries to easily implement mobile text messaging to reference and patron services. Patrons text questions to libraries from their mobile devices, and librarians respond by typing answers on a secure website. The service is now being used in nearly 100 public and academic libraries across the country. Internet Librarian Mobile was built using Mosio's MobileMicro, an upcoming feature of Text a librarian, enabling librarians to create quick and simple information pages optimized for the mobile web.

"The need for mobility is creating an interesting conundrum," said Noel Chandler, Mosio CEO and Co-Founder. "There is pressure to be relevant to the rapidly growing population of mobile information seekers, but the development and maintenance of mobile apps is too time-intensive and cost-prohibitive for many organizations. In addition, discovery of apps by users still presents a challenge. We created the MobileMicro feature to make it simple for libraries using our Text a Librarian service to have an easily-accessible mobile presence without the costs and resources required for effective mobile app development."

Internet Librarian Mobile is the first mobile microsite built using Text a Librarian’s MobileMicro feature. To access the site, attendees text message the word INTLIB to 66746 from any web-enabled phone. Mosio will be using feedback from Information Today and conference attendees to improve the feature, currently in alpha stages of development. Beta launch of MobileMicro is scheduled for late fall 2009, adding it to the growing list of Text a Librarian features, which includes RefStart - a web-based reference application giving librarians customizable one-click access to reference tools, search, web 2.0 sites and popular social networks.

###
About Mosio's Text a Librarian
Accessible by over 260 million U.S. mobile phones, Text a Librarian is a mobile reference service technology developed specifically for libraries. Built on Mosio's award-winning mobile questions and answers platform, Text a Librarian enables libraries to reach more patrons on the go through their mobile phones. For more information regarding Text a Librarian, please visit www.textalibrarian.com.

About Information Today, Inc.
Information Today, Inc. (ITI) is a leading publisher and conference organizer in the field of technology and technology applications in today’s enterprise. Information Today publications include Streaming Media magazine, CRM magazine, KMWorld magazine, Database Trends and Applications magazine, EventDV magazine, and EContent magazine. ITI’s annual conferences include Enterprise Search Summit, Streaming Media East/West, WebSearch University, and SpeechTEK. Website: www.infotoday.com

POMONA, CA. — October 5, 2009 -- Auto-Graphics, Inc. (OTCBB: AUGR) (Pink Sheets: AUGR), a technology innovator providing library automation solutions for over 36 years, today announced that Grant County Public Library in South Dakota has selected AGent VERSO™ for their integrated library system (ILS). They will be upgrading to AGent VERSO from a Winnebago Spectrum system provided by Follett and have opted for the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery method, which provides full system support and maintenance, allowing them to focus on expanding patron services without the additional cost and complexity of addressing technical support issues. By utilizing the SaaS option, they will automatically be upgraded to the latest version of the system without any additional expenses.

“AGent VERSO was the most versatile and user-friendly system we evaluated for patrons. The web-based system is especially helpful to reach rural areas where 24/7 access is extremely important. Also, the Auto-Graphics’ team was extremely helpful and patient in accommodating our library's individual needs,” says Robin Schrupp, library director. “This is a giant step for our library and we are very excited to have the opportunity to utilize this technology and expand our services to meet the needs of our community...and beyond!”

Grant County Library will also be receiving AGent Iluminar™, Auto-Graphics’ next generation user interface, built using the open source Adobe Flex® framework and employing innovative, attention-grabbing display technologies such as 3D Flip and Cover Flow book jacket display, as well as enhanced drag & drop functionality and the ability for end users to modify their own user experience through “My Lists” and “My Account” customization options.

About Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics has been a technology innovator for more than five decades, providing data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. For over 36 years, Auto-Graphics has helped libraries of all sizes become more efficient and patron-centric. The AGent integrated product suite – currently used by more than 6,000 libraries in North America – is comprised of AGent Iluminar™ a next generation patron user interface; AGent VERSO™ a complete integrated library system; AGent Resource Sharing™ a robust interlibrary loan and consortial borrowing solution; and AGent Search™ a powerful federated search application. AGent products are standards-compliant, built with an open systems architecture and are available via the Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted delivery model. For more information, please visit www.auto-graphics.com.

SOMERDALE, NJ, October 8, 2009: Library Automation Technologies, Inc. (LAT), a leader in library automation products, is pleased to announce it has updated its entire product line to allow libraries the ability to “communicate” with patrons via digital signage capability. This will take form as a free upgrade to all existing customers.
Without affecting the existing operation and patron interface, this upgrade allows existing self-serve systems to function as “digital signs” during their idle times.

This not only enhances the libraries’ ability to market its array of services and activities, but it also minimizes unnecessary hardware and staff expense to do so. By using an already provided LAT-Central™ Enterprise Management System (provided free of charge to all LAT customers), the library can control signage content of each individual system or in blocks. The content can be changed at any time.

Oleg Boyarsky, President and CEO of LAT commented "Libraries are changing and are evolving with the times. Like commercial enterprises, libraries must now market their value to their patrons. Instead of buying monitors, computers or creating a separate infrastructure to do that, we allow them the same capability using the equipment they already have; and, by the way, it’s FREE.”

LAT-Max™, LAT-MAXine™ and LAT-MAXwell™ is a family of self-service machines for libraries based on FlashScan™ technology. By providing multiple form-factors all with a same patron interface and multiple finishes, the machines allow libraries to take advantage of the modern self-service technology regardless of their physical space constraints. Coupled with an array of impressive features and capabilities, such as on-demand, field-upgradable RFID capability, desensitization support, wireless networking, included multi-language support, as well as over 400+ features and settings, these machines are installed in 100’s of libraries worldwide and have gained a solid, industry leading reputation for value. allCIRC™ product line is an extension of the FlashScan™ technology that allows total CD/DVD media security while simultaneously providing self-service for their patrons.

For more information about LAT's technology and all library products, jump to: www.LATcorp.com

Library Automation Technologies Inc., (LAT) founded in 2001 has installations in hundreds of libraries throughout the United States. LAT's sole mission is to help libraries and data centers to work better, smarter and more securely. LAT’s innovation earned the firm the coveted “#1 Fastest Growing in South Jersey, 2005” by the Philadelphia Business Journal, as well as a “Finalist in the Family Business of the Year, 2006” award presented by Farleigh Dickinson College. LAT further continues its growth expanding into automation by delivering products to retail and medical industries.

# # #

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Oleg Boyarsky / CEO, please call Robert Baker at: 856-566-4121 or e-mail Robert at: Bob@LATcorp.com

“#1 FASTEST GROWING FIRM IN NJ, 2005” 2 EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE, SOMERDALE, NJ 08083
PHILADEPLHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL PHONE: 856.566.4121 FAX: 856.346.9099
www.LATcorp.com

Equinox Software, Inc. and Biblibre Announce Partnership for Evergreen Support in Europe
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — October 12, 2009
Equinox Software Inc. and Biblibre are pleased to announce a partnership for Evergreen support in Europe. Evergreen, the consortial, open source library automation software, has an increasingly strong presence in North America, with many Evergreen libraries contracting for support and other services through Equinox Software. The partnership between Equinox Software and Biblibre provides a local company to assist European libraries with Evergreen implementations and technical support.
Bob Molyneux, Equinox Software Vice President of Business Development says “"We are very pleased to be working with Biblibre in exploring options for Evergreen among its potential customers. Biblibre's work in open source, particularly with Drupal and Koha, has given it an enviable reputation in practical implementation of open source solutions in libraries."
Nicolas Morin, CEO of BibLibre, says “Equinox is a natural partner for us as we feel both companies share a good amount of the same DNA: a young and very rapidly growing company, founded by people coming in large part but not exclusively from within the library itself, who set up shop with a mission to support libraries with Open Source software. We've been successful with this in Europe in the last few years and Equinox has been equally successful in the US.
“We feel that this relationship significantly extends the network of OS vendors working together to foster OS software in libraries, thus giving us all, collectively, more expertise, more tools, more skills and more knowledge to better serve libraries: none of us is or indeed intends, I think, to because one of the vendor behemoth of libraryland, but collectively OS communities can nevertheless become a powerful presence in this realm and we feel that this partnership with Equinox is an important step in that direction”.
About Evergreen
Evergreen is powerful, highly scalable open-source library software. While Evergreen is best known for its unique ability to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia, Evergreen also elegantly scales down to the smallest library sites.
Since its debut in September 2006 as the software powering the 270-plus libraries of the Georgia PINES consortium, Evergreen has earned acclaim and praise from users worldwide, including a Technology Collaboration Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Evergreen now supports hundreds of libraries of every type—public, academic, special, and school media—in 12 states and 2 countries.
For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.
About Biblibre
Biblibre is located in France and has been supporting open source library software installations in Europe for the past five years. Their expertise and services have grown to include development, hosting, technical support, migration support, staff training and software maintenance.
For more information about Biblibre, see http://www.biblibre.com/english/
About Equinox Software, Inc.
Founded by the original Evergreen designers and developers, Equinox Software is a growing team of skilled professionals who provide comprehensive support for Evergreen, the consortial, open source Integrated Library System (ILS). Equinox develops, supports, trains, migrates, integrates, and consults on Evergreen, and engages with the rapidly expanding Evergreen community. Equinox also offers hosting packages for libraries that prefer not to maintain local servers.
For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.
Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 678-269-6113
Evergreen is open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. Evergreen and the Evergreen logo are trademarks of the Georgia Public Library Service.