Bethesda, MD – February 4, 2011 – The Trillium Lakelands District School Board in Ontario, Canada has selected LibLime as their vendor to implement and support Koha for all secondary schools in the district, as their next generation, open source, Integrated Library System (ILS).

The Trillium Lakelands District School Board will be migrating the collections of the following seven secondary schools to Koha from their legacy Winnebago and Follet commercial systems:

Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School
Fenelon Falls Secondary School
Gravenhurst High School
Haliburton Highlands Secondary School
Huntsville High School
I. E. Weldon Secondary School
Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Each library will take full advantage of LibLime’s first-class implementation services. Under the guidance of a dedicated Project Manager, LibLime librarians, data specialists, and technicians will install Koha, configure the system for each school’s policies & processes, migrate their legacy data, and provide system training for the respective staffs. LibLime will provide libraries in the Trillium Lakelands school district with hosting and maintenance, using their cloud computing platform.

About Trillium Lakelands District School Board
The Trillium Lakelands District School Board, founded in 1998, encompasses the municipalities of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and the District Municipality of Muskoka in Ontario, approximately 11, 400 square kilometers. With over 18,000 students, Trillium Lakelands District School Board has 41 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools (all of which are migrating to Koha), and 6 adult education centers.

About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in open-source solutions for libraries. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, The PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.

Bethesda, MD - February 4, 2011 – The Rotunda Libraries at Simon Fraser University have contracted with LibLime to implement Koha as their next generation, open source, Integrated Library System ILS).

The Rotunda Libraries will include collections from three different organizations: Out on Campus, Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), and the Women's Centre. They have selected Koha to help them manage these collections, and they have selected LibLime to provide implementation, support and hosting services.

In the coming months, under the direction of one of LibLime’s dedicated Project Managers, LibLime librarians, data specialists, and technicians, will work to implement Koha. The libraries are automating for the first time, and will be relying on Marcive’s demonstrated expertise to convert their shelf list into Marc bibliographic records. The LibLime Project Manager will work closely with Marcive to ensure that item-specific information is correctly encoded into the bibliographic records. LibLime has worked with Marcive on prior retrospective conversions for Koha. The LibLime implementation team will work closely with staff to complete the system and module configuration followed by staff and system administration training. Once the Rotunda libraries are live on Koha, LibLime will provide annual maintenance and hosting support.

About the Rotunda Libraries
Out on Campus, SFPIRG and the Women's Centre are all part of SFU Student Groups of the Rotunda which are student-run organizations helping students to become more involved in the campus community in a meaningful way.

British Columbia-based Simon Fraser University has its main campus in Burnaby and two satellite campuses in Surrey and Vancouver. The University offers over 100 undergraduate degree programs and 45 graduate level degree programs. The University has maintained their status as one of Canada’s top 3 comprehensive universities for the past 20 years.

About LibLime, a division of PTFS
LibLime, a division of PTFS, is the global leader in Koha support. LibLime provides consulting, implementation, data migration, training, development, and maintenance/hosting services for Koha in libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is the developer of the world’s leading digital content management software, ArchivalWare, and also specializes in library staffing requirements, digitization, and systems integration. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com orhttp://archivalware.net.

Bethesda, MD – February 4, 2011 – The prestigious George School in Newton, PA has selected LibLime as their vendor of choice to implement Koha. The School is very excited to get Koha up and running to support their curriculum and research. Koha is the most widely used and fully functional open source Integrated Library System (ILS) available today.

Migrating from their legacy Winnebago system, The George School will take full advantage of LibLime’s first-class implementation services. Under the guidance of a dedicated Project Manager, LibLime librarians, data specialists, and technicians will install Koha, configure the system to The George School’s policies & processes, migrate their legacy data, and provide training to the library staff. LibLime will provide the George School with hosting and maintenance, using their cloud computing platform.

About George School
The George School, in Newton PA, is a coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9 – 12. The School enrolls over 500 students and offers an outstanding International Baccalaureate Program. Dating back to 1887, the George School campus is a true historic landmark. The George School stands by its mission; Quaker tradition and the pursuit for academic excellence offering its students the best resources to grow mentally, spiritually and socially.

About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in open-source solutions for libraries. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, The PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.

Geek the Library, a community awareness campaign designed to highlight the value of public libraries and inform the public about critical library funding issues, positively changed community perceptions about libraries in a pilot, according to a new OCLC membership report. The report, Geek the Library: A Community Awareness Campaign www.oclc.org/reports/geekthelibrary.htm, offers a comprehensive overview of the pilot campaign completed in 2010.

“The pilot experience confirmed our hope that Geek the Library can not only get people’s attention, but that it can activate an interest in local library funding,” said Cathy De Rosa, global vice president of marketing for OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative. “The campaign is bold, it’s fun and it gives libraries a unique opportunity to connect with the public and start important library funding conversations.”

• Geek the Library gets people’s attention. In just five months, more than half of surveyed residents were familiar with the campaign.
• Geek the Library encourages support. Over two-thirds of surveyed residents in both southern Georgia and central Iowa had planned or had taken an action supporting their local library, including talking to friends and family about the value of the library to the community or attending a library event.

Geek the Library was piloted in two primary regions: southern Georgia and central Iowa, with additional communities added later in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Comprehensive market surveys conducted before and after the pilot campaign, ongoing tracking of campaign elements and direct feedback from nearly 100 participating libraries confirm that the campaign not only garners attention, but it actually helps change public perceptions about the library, librarians and public library funding.

“The advertising makes a big splash, which causes people to come up and ask what it’s about when they see us at an event. It was also great to have the advertising bring up the funding issue, so it wasn’t coming directly from us,” said Art Weeks, Director of Ames Public Library in Ames, Iowa.

OCLC is currently conducting a program to help U.S. public libraries implement the campaign locally. Interested libraries can visit www.get.geekthelibrary.org for more information. Libraries adopting the campaign benefit from the results documented in the report, including an overview of the pilot implementation and strategy, results from quantitative and qualitative research conducted to test the impact of the campaign, and analysis of feedback from pilot participants.

“The Geek the Library campaign is effective because it is flexible. You can quickly personalize it to engage people of all ages,” said Laura Guenin, Public Relations Manager at Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library in Shelbyville, Indiana.

Geek the Library was developed based on the results of OCLC’s research published in From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America. The pilot campaign was funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

About OCLC
Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC is a nonprofit library service and research organization that has provided computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, e-content, preservation, library management and Web services to 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories. OCLC and its member libraries worldwide have created and maintain WorldCat, the world’s richest online resource for finding library materials. Search WorldCat.org on the Web at www.worldcat.org.

OCLC advocacy programs are part of a long-term initiative to champion libraries to increase their visibility and viability within their communities. Programs include advertising and marketing materials to reinforce the idea of the library as relevant, and market research reports that identify and communicate trends of importance to the library profession. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.

About the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Learn more at www.gatesfoundation.org.