DUBLIN, Ohio, May 3, 2011—WebJunction, OCLC’s online learning community for library staff, and the ALA Learning Round Table, which promotes quality continuing education for all library personnel, will team up to offer a free, online learning and training conference August 10–11, 2011.

The conference, to include eight one-hour sessions over two days, will be hosted using the WebEx web conferencing tool, which will provide attendees with easy online access to all live sessions and the ability to interact with other attendees and presenters using text-based chat. Registration will open by June 1 when full conference details are available on WebJunction.org.

“Libraries are changing quickly and staff need more training than ever to navigate nimbly through change,” said Sharon Morris, ALA Learning Round Table President 2010–11. “This conference will help library trainers, managers and staff to find new ways to train, learn and keep up. The Learning Round Table members are excited to be working with WebJunction on this cutting-edge online conference.”

Jay Turner, a leader in developing creative e-learning solutions for libraries, will serve as keynote speaker for the conference. Mr. Turner serves on the Learning Round Table Board and is the training manager for the Gwinnett County Public Library until May 13. He will then become the new Director of Continuing Education for the Georgia Public Library Service. Mr. Turner was selected as an ALA Emerging Leader in 2008 and is also active in the Public Library Association.

Session presenters will provide practical solutions for libraries looking to implement both staff and patron training using innovative learning techniques that include formal and informal, and online and face-to-face methods. Topics will be particularly relevant to public libraries, but all library staff are welcome and encouraged to attend. Session details will be made available on WebJunction.org in the coming weeks.

With tight training and travel budgets, this free conference provides library staff an easy and affordable opportunity to learn from and network with both the WebJunction and Learning Round Table communities. Anyone unable to attend the live sessions will be able to view the recorded presentations that will be archived on WebJunction.org after the conference. Full session archives from WebJunction’s two 2010 online conferences are also available to view on WebJunction.org.

About the ALA Learning Round Table
The Learning Round Table of the American Library Association promotes quality continuing education for all library personnel. The Learning Round Table helps library staff network with other continuing education providers, serves as a source for continuing education assistance and advocates for quality library continuing education at both the local and national levels. More information, including training resources and membership opportunities, is available at www.alalearning.org.

About WebJunction
WebJunction is the online learning community for librarians and library staff. We provide information, insights, and online learning relevant to staff, their organizations, and the library field as a whole as part of our mission to foster collaboration and partnership within the library community. WebJunction is supported in part by OCLC, grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services, partners in state library agencies and other library systems and organizations, and by the library community. Launched in 2003, WebJunction is based in Seattle, Washington and Dublin, Ohio. More information is available at www.webjunction.org.

About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.

Bethesda, MD – May 3, 2011 – LibLime announces the development of ‘Patron Record Ownership’ functionality for LibLime Koha, sponsored by the Pioneer Library Consortium.

Patron Record Ownership functionality was designed for libraries who wish to have more control over their patron records, and which staff members have permissions to create, edit, and delete those records, in LibLime Koha.

This feature is especially useful for consortia that employ a union catalog, yet want each member library to maintain autonomous control over their respective patron records. Consortia with a combination of independent libraries and multi-branch systems have the need to limit patron records to the library or system to which the patron belongs.

Patron record ownership will allow for libraries to view and edit only their own patron records, while libraries in a multi-branch system will posses privileges to view and edit patron records from any of the branches in their system.

About the Pioneer Library Consortium:
The PIONEER project began back in 2007 when the Nebraska Library Commission started working with a small group of librarians formed as an Open Source ILS Task Force. These explorations culminated in a 2008 Open Source ILS Symposium convened by the Nebraska Library Commission, and by 2009 seven interested libraries received grant funds to study the possibilities of taking their libraries in a new direction to address their Integrated Library System (ILS) needs. Feeling much like pioneers, this group dubbed itself the Pioneer Consortium. At this time four of those seven original pioneers are moving forward with LibLime Koha: Grand Island Public Library, Holdrege Public Library System, Lincoln City Libraries, and St. Paul Public Library.

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 - May 2, 2011 - LibLime is excited to be participating in this year’s annual KUDOS conference (KUDOSCon 2011), being held May 2nd and 3rd at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
KUDOS is an organization consisting of libraries, developers and others who use or develop the Koha Integrated Library System.

As the industry leader in Koha implementation, support and development, LibLime is incredibly happy to be involved in KUDOSCon 2011. LibLime Project Managers will give two presentations to this year’s attendees and LibLime will be sponsoring refreshments at the vendor reception on Monday night.

The LibLime conference presentations are as follows:

OPAC Customizations for Single and Multi-URL Sites

Jane Wagner will explain how to develop OPAC customizations for single and multi-URL sites. Jane will address adding text, images, and links into the various parts of the OPAC screen; controlling the appearance with stylesheets; and setting up multiple URL configurations so that different members in a union catalog can each have their own unique OPAC interface.

SQL Tips for Koha

Beverly Church will share techniques, tips and tricks that she has learned over the years for generating SQL reports. “This presentation is geared more toward the novice user,” Beverly explained. “I hope that the tricks and tips I’ve picked up over the past 10 years will be beneficial to those new to the Koha experience.”

About LibLime, a division of PTFS
LibLime, a division of PTFS, is the global leader in professional Koha support. LibLime’s robust staff of programmers, data specialists, librarians, system administrators and project managers, provides first class 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.