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Explaining the Nuclear Power Plant in the Backyard to Children
Children’s Book Uses Fun Format to Teach about Nuclear Energy

Apex, NC, October 25, 2011—In the words of renowned nuclear expert Dr. Theodore Rockwell, “now kids can learn the basic facts about nuclear energy without first being scared witless.” Nutcracker Publishing Company announced today it is getting ready to  “radiate brilliance” with the release of a children’s picture book that explains the inner workings of a nuclear power plant.

Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works! by Amelia Frahm, is both educational and entertaining,  and it offers parents and educators an opportunity to teach children about nuclear energy in a fun and unbiased way.

The book is being released in the wake of Japan’s nuclear disaster and has faced criticism from anti-nuclear activists. The topic is timely, as the future of nuclear power plants is currently in question.

“I was putting the final touches on the book when Japan’s nuclear accident occurred, but I had recognized the need for this book from past experience,” said author Amelia Frahm. “After college, I was hired to do public relations at the South Texas Project Nuclear Plant.  It was after Three Mile Island and during Chernobyl.”  One of Frahm’s job assignments was to do an elementary school program.

Frahm always wished for a more creative format to explain nuclear energy to her students. Her book explains how a nuclear power plant works through the eyes of a rat and bird who believe the local nuclear power plant was designed by a cat named Penelope so she could use electricity to cook them for dinner.

Parents and educators can get a glimpse of what to expect from the book from the following video: News anchor Birderson Cooper interviewing the book’s chubby rat character as he demonstrates a fission chain reaction or as he says, “what makes anuclear power plant nu-cle-ar.”

Frahm is no stranger to writing a children’s book that deals with difficult subject matter. She previously authored the award-winning picture book Tickles Tabitha’s Cancer-tankerous Mommy.

Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works! costs $9.95 and is available from the publisher, at Barnes & Noble Bookstores, on line at Amazon.com, and at other bookstores.

About Nutcracker Publishing Company
Nutcracker PublishingCompany was founded in 2001. The company publishes children’s books that educate, entertain, and make it easier to establish a dialogue between children and adults about difficult subjects such as cancer and nuclear power. Nutcracker Publishing Company is based in North Carolina.  Crack Open a Book! Visit: www.nutcrackerpublishing.com.

Media Contact:
Amelia Frahm
Nutcracker Publishing Company
Apex, NC
919-924-2058
Amelia@NutcrackerPublishing.com

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KMWorld Magazine names WOLPERweb® one of 20 finalists for prestigious “KM Promise Award”

Easton, PA (October 24, 2011) – With today’s release of its November/December issue, KMWorld Magazine has identified WOLPERweb® as a finalist for the prestigious KM Promise Award. The award recognizes an organization that delivers the promise of the best knowledge management solution to its customers by providing innovative technology for implementing and integrating knowledge management practices into their business processes. WOLPERweb® is one of twenty finalists.

WOLPERweb® is a proprietary, cloud-based account management system of Wolper Subscription Services, Inc., and provides an intuitive, customizable dashboard for customers’ administrators and authorized users to access their subscription accounts and Wolper’s complete publication catalog, 24/7/365. The system debuted in 2001, making Wolper the first in the industry to release cloud-based subscription management software, now an industry standard.

WOLPERweb® refinements – including a major enhancement in Spring 2011 – have been engineered by Wolper’s Director of Information Technology, William Cays. “We looked outside the information industry to the global leaders in online commerce for our inspiration on design, key features and usability. This honor, along with customer feedback, tells us that we’ve hit the mark and we’re truly honored,” Cays said. “Of course, the process never stops. We’ll keep on tinkering and improving.”

Susan Wolper, President and CEO of Wolper Subscription Services, added: “I am pleased that KMWorld agrees that our software is an up-and-coming KM solution to watch. WOLPERweb® is a prime example of our company’s ethic of constant improvement. We are now on our third official version. But there are iterative improvements all along the way. We are really driven by our users’ experience and customer satisfaction. Our customers know that. Now, thanks to KMWorld, others will know it, too.”

Customers’ rave reviews of WOLPERweb® v3.0 have included remarks such as “Wolper has thought of everything when developing this tool” and “I should have questions, but the intuitive interface has answered them all.” Users agree that the learning curve is nearly non-existent.

KMWorld Magazine will announce the award-winning solution at the 2011 KMWorld Conference in Washington, DC being held November 1-3.
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Wolper Subscription Services is a one-stop information management resource and the only 100% woman-owned business in the field. For 35+ years, the company has been providing selection, service and savings to corporate, academic, medical, government, public and consortia customers. Wolper’s High Tech, High Touch® approach delivers the perfect balance of next-generation technology and time-proven, personalized service. Besides serials, both print and electronic, foreign and domestic, Wolper also handles books, e-books, site licenses, ERM, discovery and other information solutions. Wolper holds multiple diversity supplier certifications – from the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Learn more at www.wolper.com or contact Wolper at 610-559-9550 or info@wolper.com.

KMWorld Magazine names WOLPERweb® one of 20 finalists for prestigious “KM Promise Award”

Easton, PA (October 24, 2011) – With today’s release of its November/December issue, KMWorld Magazine has identified WOLPERweb® as a finalist for the prestigious KM Promise Award. The award recognizes an organization that delivers the promise of the best knowledge management solution to its customers by providing innovative technology for implementing and integrating knowledge management practices into their business processes. WOLPERweb® is one of twenty finalists.

WOLPERweb® is a proprietary, cloud-based account management system of Wolper Subscription Services, Inc., and provides an intuitive, customizable dashboard for customers’ administrators and authorized users to access their subscription accounts and Wolper’s complete publication catalog, 24/7/365. The system debuted in 2001, making Wolper the first in the industry to release cloud-based subscription management software, now an industry standard.

WOLPERweb® refinements – including a major enhancement in Spring 2011 – have been engineered by Wolper’s Director of Information Technology, William Cays. “We looked outside the information industry to the global leaders in online commerce for our inspiration on design, key features and usability. This honor, along with customer feedback, tells us that we’ve hit the mark and we’re truly honored,” Cays said. “Of course, the process never stops. We’ll keep on tinkering and improving.”

Susan Wolper, President and CEO of Wolper Subscription Services, added: “I am pleased that KMWorld agrees that our software is an up-and-coming KM solution to watch. WOLPERweb® is a prime example of our company’s ethic of constant improvement. We are now on our third official version. But there are iterative improvements all along the way. We are really driven by our users’ experience and customer satisfaction. Our customers know that. Now, thanks to KMWorld, others will know it, too.”

Customers’ rave reviews of WOLPERweb® v3.0 have included remarks such as “Wolper has thought of everything when developing this tool” and “I should have questions, but the intuitive interface has answered them all.” Users agree that the learning curve is nearly non-existent.

KMWorld Magazine will announce the award-winning solution at the 2011 KMWorld Conference in Washington, DC being held November 1-3.
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Wolper Subscription Services is a one-stop information management resource and the only 100% woman-owned business in the field. For 35+ years, the company has been providing selection, service and savings to corporate, academic, medical, government, public and consortia customers. Wolper’s High Tech, High Touch® approach delivers the perfect balance of next-generation technology and time-proven, personalized service. Besides serials, both print and electronic, foreign and domestic, Wolper also handles books, e-books, site licenses, ERM, discovery and other information solutions. Wolper holds multiple diversity supplier certifications – from the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Learn more at www.wolper.com or contact Wolper at 610-559-9550 or info@wolper.com.

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Norcross, GA —October 24, 2011

The North Bay Public Library in Ontario has gone live with Evergreen as their next generation library automation software. Equinox Software oversaw installation and data migration and will continue to provide technical support for the new system.

Galen Charlton, Equinox Director of Support and Implementation, says, “We look forward to working with the Blue Sky Consortium and give Kudos to North Bay Public Library for paving the way for the newest Evergreen Consortium”

Located in northeastern Ontario, the North Bay Public Library houses over 200,000 bibliographic items and provides services for 37,000 patrons. Their new catalog can be viewed online at http://webpac.city.north-bay.on.ca.

Rebecca Larocque, Head of Information Services for North Bay Public Library, says, "We're very excited to be a part of the growing Evergreen community, and to be a part of the future of the ILS. The staff put in so much hard work to get us here, and I couldn't be more pleased with their progress. I look forward to our future on Evergreen."

About Evergreen

Evergreen is a robust, open-source integrated library system best known for its unique ability to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia. However, it has also proven equally successful scaled down for even the smallest libraries.
Since its debut in September 2006, the software has sustained the 280-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 over 1,000 libraries of every type-public, academic, special, and school media centers. Evergreen’s rapidly expanding community includes libraries across 4 countries including 31 U.S. states and 8 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 services for Evergreen and Koha. These services include software development, consulting, training, legacy data migration, 24x7 technical support, and system hosting. Equinox also engages and supports a rapidly expanding open source community.

For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571

Evergreen and Koha are open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. Evergreen and the Evergreen logo are trademarks of the Georgia Public Library Service.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —October 24, 2011

The North Bay Public Library in Ontario has gone live with Evergreen as their next generation library automation software. Equinox Software oversaw installation and data migration and will continue to provide technical support for the new system.

Galen Charlton, Equinox Director of Support and Implementation, says, “We look forward to working with the Blue Sky Consortium and give Kudos to North Bay Public Library for paving the way for the newest Evergreen Consortium”

Located in northeastern Ontario, the North Bay Public Library houses over 200,000 bibliographic items and provides services for 37,000 patrons. Their new catalog can be viewed online at http://webpac.city.north-bay.on.ca.

Rebecca Larocque, Head of Information Services for North Bay Public Library, says, "We're very excited to be a part of the growing Evergreen community, and to be a part of the future of the ILS. The staff put in so much hard work to get us here, and I couldn't be more pleased with their progress. I look forward to our future on Evergreen."

About Evergreen

Evergreen is a robust, open-source integrated library system best known for its unique ability to meet the needs of very large, high-transaction, multi-site consortia. However, it has also proven equally successful scaled down for even the smallest libraries.
Since its debut in September 2006, the software has sustained the 280-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 over 1,000 libraries of every type-public, academic, special, and school media centers. Evergreen’s rapidly expanding community includes libraries across 4 countries including 31 U.S. states and 8 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 services for Evergreen and Koha. These services include software development, consulting, training, legacy data migration, 24x7 technical support, and system hosting. Equinox also engages and supports a rapidly expanding open source community.

For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com

Press contact: Corinne Hall, corinne@esilibrary.com, 770-709-5571

Evergreen and Koha are open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. Evergreen and the Evergreen logo are trademarks of the Georgia Public Library Service.