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December 15th, 2009LISWire
December 14, 2009 – Contra Costa County, CA – Contra Costa County
Library has been awarded a $60,000 Bay Area Library and Information Systems
(BALIS) Innovation grant to create a mobile platform that will push new and
existing library content and services -- literally -- into the hands of
cell phone users. The “Snap & Go” project will allow Contra Costa
County residents with mobile phones and a library card to access library
materials, enhanced content, and manage their accounts without having to
visit a library building or gain access to a computer.
The Contra Costa County Library is recognized nationally as a leader in
utilizing technology to improve service and reduce costs. This is the
second BALIS Innovation Grant received by the library. The previous BALIS
grant provided partial funding for the book dispensers the library has
installed at the Pittsburg/San Pablo and El Cerrito BART stations as well
as the Sandy Cove Shopping Center in Byron/Discovery Bay.The project will utilize QR (Quick Response) codes, a two-dimensional
barcode technology popular in Japan and with point-of-sale companies in the
United States, and increasingly found on product labels, billboards, and
posters, to encode information and automatically launch web-accessible
functions.
The library will develop a Mobile Patron Support System that will link
customers with cell phones to library services and information through QR
codes attached to library materials including books, DVDs, flyers, posters,
library cards, and the catalog. By taking a picture of the barcode, the
phone will launch the library’s mobile website and provide access to
three functional areas: detailed, dynamically generated information on
titles scanned including reviews, first chapters, and read-alike
information; links to library mobile web pages including hours and location
information; and links to patron account functions.
“We are thrilled that BALIS has recognized the potential of our “Snap
& Go” project to expand library service to mobile customers,” said
County Librarian Anne Cain. “This development will allow our library to
serve as a model for others, to bridge the physical, digital, and mobile
worlds and provide service beyond library walls and personal computers.”Contra Costa County is above the national average for owning wireless
devices, cellular phones and smart cellular phones according to the 2008
SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst. Contra Costa County Library serves residents
countywide with 25 locations, 3 Library-a-Go-Go book dispensers, and online
library services available 24/7 at ccclib.org. Last year almost 4 million
people visited the Contra Costa County community libraries and checked out
over 6 million items.
The BALIS Innovation program provides funding toward the implementation of
ideas or programs that offer a new service model or bring a fresh
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December 15th, 2009LISWire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — December 15, 2009
Bibliomation, located in Middlebury Connecticut, has selected Evergreen as their next-generation integrated library system (ILS). Equinox Software, the Evergreen Experts, will provide data migration, software configuration, and post-migration technical support.
Bibliomation will begin with a group of four pilot libraries Beacon Falls, Douglas, Slater, and Windham Public Libraries. Once the pilot phase is complete, other libraries in the network will migrate to Evergreen.According to Bob Molyneux, Equinox Vice-President of Business Development, “Bibliomation's commitment to Evergreen is more good news for the Evergreen community. Before its first library has implemented Evergreen, the Bibliomation staff and their libraries have become actively involved in the community and the blog of its activities (BOSS: Bibliomation and Open Source Systems) is must reading. The blog not only covers Bibliomation's work with the Evergreen community but also with other open source projects.”
About Bibliomation
Founded in 1980, Bibliomation has grown into the largest of the Connecticut networks. They operate as a member driven, non-profit organization with over 40 public and 24, K-12 libraries across the state. Bibliomation provides a wide array of information, telecommunications, and automation services in order to serve the ever changing technological needs of network’s member libraries.
For more information about Bibliomation, please visit http://www.biblio.org/.About Evergreen
Evergreen is robust, 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 sustained 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 centers. Evergreen’s rapidly expanding community is now known to power live installations in 4 countries including 10 U.S. states and 4 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 bring a comprehensive array of talent to continue improving Evergreen, the consortial, open source Integrated Library System (ILS). Equinox not only continues to develop Evergreen but, also consults, migrates, integrates, supports and offers hosting packages for libraries that prefer not to maintain local servers. Equinox also engages and supports a rapidly expanding Evergreen community.
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. -
December 15th, 2009LIS JobsLast Date:14th December 2009
Applications are invited from qualified candidates belonging to Viswakarma, Latin Catholic & OBC (other than those mentioned in items 1to 7 Sub Rule 1 of Rule 17 of Part II KS and SSR) Communities for appointment as Library Assistant in the University of Kerala.
Educational Qualifications : 1. University Degree 2. Degree in Library Science
Age : Not more than 35 years. (Upper age limit relaxable by 3 years in the case of OBC candidates.) as on 01.01.2005.
Scale of pay : Rs.8390 - 13270.
How to apply : Application forms can be downloaded from the University Website. A chalan for Rs.260/- (including application fee) to be remitted in Kerala University Fund (A) account at the University cash counter at the Kerala University Campus, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram. A crossed DD for the same amount drawn in favour of the Finance Officer, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from any SBT/SBI and payable at Thiruvananthapuram will be accepted in the case of those who resides outside, Thiruvananthapuram.
More Details: http://www.keralauniversity.edu/whatsnew/2009/notificlibraryassi13_11_09.pdf -