FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —October 20, 2011

The Evergreen Conference Site Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the 2013 Evergreen International Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia April 10- April 13 2013. This marks the first time that the conference will be held outside of the United States. Equinox Software is proud to support the 2013 committee and will serve as a conference sponsor.

The King County Library System and BC Libraries Cooperative- Home of Sitka- will act as joint hosts for the annual gathering of software developers, system administrators, and end users of the Evergreen open source integrated library system.

"We look forward to welcoming hundreds of delegates from around the world with legendary Pacific Northwestern hospitality in a world-class city with tremendous social, recreational and cultural offerings."

KCLS was named Library Journal’s 2011 Library of The Year and is recognized as the busiest library system in the United States. BC Libraries Cooperative was the first consortium outside of Georgia PINES to migrate to Evergreen and has been an active voice for open source software for over 4 years. More information about the 2013 hosts can be found at www.kcls.org and http://cooperative.bclibraries.ca/

"BC Libraries Cooperative and KCLS are proud of our involvement in the Evergreen community and we are keen to provide a forum for mutual learning, networking and the continued development of Evergreen and the International Evergreen Community."

More information about the 2013 conference will be available immediately following the Evergreen 2012 Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana next April.

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.

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

Evergreen is open source software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL.

Bethesda, MD – September 28, 2011 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, and WALDO(Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) are proud to welcome the Connecticut Historical Society to the LibLime Academic Koha development group. The Society has selected LibLime Academic Koha to replace their legacy Voyager system, because of all of the functional features designed and deployed by the WALDO Development Group, as well as the cost savings in annual support, maintenance, and
hosting. LibLime will provide their professional implementation services to the Society, including project management, data migration, system configuration, and functional & administrative training.

Migrating to LibLime Academic Koha will minimize internal IT resources at the Society as LibLime Academic Koha is a completely web-based solution and LibLime will provide hosting and maintenance, using their distributed computing cloud platform.

The Connecticut Historical Society will join the WALDO Development group, an active partnership of academic and research librarians working to add functionality to LibLime Academic Koha. The ideas from the Historical Society will expand LibLime Academic Koha functionality in areas related to archival collections and other non print media.

Kate Steinway, Executive Director of the Connecticut Historical Society said "we are excited to join such a great community of research libraries and professionals interested in making access on the internet better for all of our patrons."

About the Connecticut Historical Society
The Connecticut Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit museum, library, research and educational center. Their mission is to inspire and foster a life-long interest in history through exhibitions, programs, and Connecticut-related collections, because
improving knowledge of the past enhances understanding of the present and the ability to meet the challenges of the future. Founded in 1825, the Connecticut Historical Society houses an extensive and comprehensive Connecticut-related collection of
manuscripts, printed material, artifacts and images that document social, cultural, and family history.

About WALDO
Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO) is a membership organization supporting the procurement & administration of electronic information services for libraries since 1982. Supporting over 900 member libraries, WALDO offers consortial discounts for over 5,000 products and services. For more information, please visit WALDO at www.waldolib.org or contact Rob Karen at rob@waldolib.org or (866) 579-6051 ext. 101. Other advantages of choosing a LibLime solution through WALDO include volume discounts, standard contracts, consolidated renewal and centralized billing. Participation in the LibLime discounts through WALDO is available to all WALDO members.

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, please visit LibLime at www.liblime.com, please visit PTFS at www.ptfs.com, or contact Amy
DeGroff at adegroff@liblime.com or (301)654-8088 x162.

Bethesda, MD – September 28, 2011 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, and WALDO(Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) are proud to welcome the Connecticut Historical Society to the LibLime Academic Koha development group. The Society has selected LibLime Academic Koha to replace their legacy Voyager system, because of all of the functional features designed and deployed by the WALDO Development Group, as well as the cost savings in annual support, maintenance, and
hosting. LibLime will provide their professional implementation services to the Society, including project management, data migration, system configuration, and functional & administrative training.

Migrating to LibLime Academic Koha will minimize internal IT resources at the Society as LibLime Academic Koha is a completely web-based solution and LibLime will provide hosting and maintenance, using their distributed computing cloud platform.

The Connecticut Historical Society will join the WALDO Development group, an active partnership of academic and research librarians working to add functionality to LibLime Academic Koha. The ideas from the Historical Society will expand LibLime Academic Koha functionality in areas related to archival collections and other non print media.

Kate Steinway, Executive Director of the Connecticut Historical Society said "we are excited to join such a great community of research libraries and professionals interested in making access on the internet better for all of our patrons."

About the Connecticut Historical Society
The Connecticut Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit museum, library, research and educational center. Their mission is to inspire and foster a life-long interest in history through exhibitions, programs, and Connecticut-related collections, because
improving knowledge of the past enhances understanding of the present and the ability to meet the challenges of the future. Founded in 1825, the Connecticut Historical Society houses an extensive and comprehensive Connecticut-related collection of
manuscripts, printed material, artifacts and images that document social, cultural, and family history.

About WALDO
Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO) is a membership organization supporting the procurement & administration of electronic information services for libraries since 1982. Supporting over 900 member libraries, WALDO offers consortial discounts for over 5,000 products and services. For more information, please visit WALDO at www.waldolib.org or contact Rob Karen at rob@waldolib.org or (866) 579-6051 ext. 101. Other advantages of choosing a LibLime solution through WALDO include volume discounts, standard contracts, consolidated renewal and centralized billing. Participation in the LibLime discounts through WALDO is available to all WALDO members.

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, please visit LibLime at www.liblime.com, please visit PTFS at www.ptfs.com, or contact Amy
DeGroff at adegroff@liblime.com or (301)654-8088 x162.

Arts and Crafts Workshop for Librarians

Are you the librarian responsible for creating arts and crafts programs? Do you need new creative art project ideas for your Summer Reading Program or other events? Tired of the same ole, same ole. This is your opportunity to develop a portfolio of ideas that you can use with your Preschool through Teen visitors. Learn simple basic techniques for teaching art to all age groups of children and teens. No prior art experience required. This 4 week online workshop is taught by an art professor and experienced library performer who has first hand experience developing library art programs. Interact with other Youth Librarians from around the country and a real art professor. The online class is open 24/7. Access the online workshop at your convenience.

Instructor Valerie Colston, M.A. is an art professor and author with many years of experience developing and teaching art programs as an Art Performer at several San Diego, California local libraries. She has taught 100 Art Ideas for Teachers at the University of California, Extension in San Diego, California and a variety of Art history courses online through colleges and universities. Her 200 Projects to Strengthen Your Art Skills published by Barrons Educational Series was released April 2008.

Here's what youth librarians who have taken the class are saying about the workshop:

"In working on this workshop I have worked also on my Summer Reading Program for our library. Week 3 gave so many ideas to use that it was fun to do them and discover which ones would work well for our young patrons. I now have crafts for at least 2 of the 4 books we will read in my Youth Discussion Group. I am well ahead of the game."

"I really enjoyed answering the questions about the piece of art in the museum. I want to use some of the questions I learned this summer when we read "Chasing Vermeer" because the book deals with a piece of art."

"Thanks for all the help with one of my books for the Summer Reading Program."

"Well, I had not thought about bonding art and books together in one reading hour before, so I got new and interesting views of what to do. Thank you for the wonderful ideas.
I had a great time brainstorming ideas and reading the suggestions everyone had!
I feel I learned how to study a painting in more depth. That a painting is made up of many facets. The lines, colors and textures all blend together to make one painting."

"I gained lots of great ideas from everyone. The ideas were great and I will incorporate some of them into my programs."

"I will keep a copy of the different things I have learned in this session of the class to apply it to painting I encounter. It is exciting."

"I bookmarked several of the sites presented in the lessons which will come in handy when I get stuck for ideas. It also helps reading the other's experiences in working with library patrons in crafts events."

"Finding ideas are hard to find and this is a wealth of information for myself and the library."

"Thank you very much for the wonderful and interesting web-sites, you mentioned. There are so great ideas."

"I was delighted to find some new web sites for inspiration - many of my students love to draw and I hope to integrate some of the cartoon drawing lessons in to our weekly book club meetings, possibly in the creation of bookmarks, etc."

"It has been great having so much information all in one place. I enjoyed browsing through the many websites & links. Many are new to me. I appreciate all of your suggestions for organization, supplies, storage, recycling, and art tips & resources."

"Where do I begin! I have learned about so many resources. I really liked the online scavenger hunt, what a great idea. I also really loved the letter writing with beads."

"This week gave me a great many resources to use in our library. I really had to think for the scavenger hunt but I love the idea and did work our a hunt. I also thought the "wanted" poster was fun as well . . ."

"There really are a wealth of information and ideas to explore."

"I would recommend this class to others. After all I took this class because my supervisor recommended it to me."

This is a non-credit workshop created by Art Teacher on the Net residing in San Diego, California. Indiana Librarians have been approved to receive 12 LEU's for completing the course.

For more information Contact-Valerie Colston @ 858-453-2ART or through email at crafts@artmuseums.com or art259@hotmail.com

Sign Up Today for the October 17, 2011 workshop at http://www.artmuseums.com/youthlibrarian.htm
This is a 4 week workshop only $59.00 (USD) UK, Canadian, Australian and other currency accepted on the Pay Pal secure website.

You may purchase the class online through the secured pay pal site Library checks are also accepted upon approval.

Contact:
Valerie Colston
Art Teacher on the Net
858-453-2278
crafts@artmuseums.com
art259@hotmail.com

Bethesda, MD – September 22, 2011 – Memphis College of Art, in Memphis, Tennessee, has successfully implemented Koha with LibLime as their next generation, open source ILS. Library Director, Leslie Holland and her staff choose LibLime Academic Koha because of its rich functionality, designed by academic librarians, for academic librarians, and is eager to begin working with those academic librarians to continue development on LibLime Academic Koha.

"The Memphis College of Art has experienced unprecedented growth within both the student body and the physical campus over the last few years. The Library needed an ILS that would accommodate our addition of a resource center, be compatible and evolve with current technology, and offer more features. We were struggling with an unstable platform and needed to make a transition within a matter of weeks lest our previous system refuse to be revived that 'one last time'. LibLime was able to transition us quickly and smoothly, and now we can all rest easier knowing our library data is safe."

About Memphis College of Art
Founded in 1936, Memphis College of Art is a professional center of art and design education, dedicated to preparing individuals for lives of creating, problem solving and critical thinking. MCA offers state of the art facilities, excellent faculty, interdisciplinary programs and cutting edge exhibitions to the public and those pursuing BFA, MFA, MAT and MAArtEd degrees. It is one of only four independent, regionally and nationally accredited art colleges in the south and is the only one to offer graduate degrees. Memphis College of Art is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and masters degrees.

About LibLime, a division of PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in providing support for the Koha open source ILS. 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.