DALLAS, TX – Amigos Library Services will present a one-day online conference, “Fast-Forward>>The Future of Audio Visual Materials” Friday, September 7. The conference will cover a variety of topics, including identification of different types of media, metadata, digitization, and the preservation of originals as well as digital copies.

The Fast Forward conference brings together a group of speakers who have practical experience working with all types of collections and the issues surrounding them. Preservation and access is an immediate concern for these collections, and developing a strategy of how to deal with them is imperative. Well known speaker George Blood knows about this firsthand and will kick off the conference with his keynote.
Two concurrent sessions will run throughout the day. Among the scheduled sessions are:

• Sounds like…?:Assessment Tools for Audio/Visual Collections, presented by Ann Marie Willer of MIT
• Voices of Extremism, 1946-1980: An Extensive Audio Documentation Digitally Unveiled, presented by Patrice-Andre Prud’homme of Illinois State University
• Taking Action: Northwestern University Library’s Digital Preservation Program for Archival Audiovisual Materials, presented by Stefan Elnabli of Northwestern University
• How Can My A/V Collection Become Relevant Again?, presented by Jennifer M. Eustis of University of Connecticut Libraries
• Reeling in Your Library’s Film Materials: Identification & Care Basics, presented by Nadia Ghasedi of Washington University in St. Louis
• Solving Processing Problems by Siobhan C. Hagan of the University of California at Los Angeles
• Audiovisual Preservation You Can Hold On To, presented by Kimberly Peach of the Association of Recorded Sound Collections

For the complete schedule and to register, click here. Early bird registration ends August 24, 2012.

About Amigos Library Services - For more than 35 years, Amigos Library Services has helped its members obtain affordable services and share library resources and knowledge. Amigos is one of the largest consortia of libraries and cultural heritage institutions in the United States. Through membership in Amigos, libraries collectively gain access to the latest innovations and services in the library community; pursue opportunities for continuing professional education; leverage our buying power; and preserve the region’s rich cultural heritage. ###

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Charleston, SC– August 9, 2012 – Never before has information about our human history been so accessible to people around the world, and the innovation just keeps coming. One constant in the process of bringing primary source materials to the public has been the cooperation of different parties working toward a single goal. The Apps created to share artifacts from the British Library’s 19th Century Historical Collection are one such endeavor and are being honored next week during the world’s most prominent gathering of library professionals at the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held in Helsinki, Finland.

CCS Content Conversion Specialists, a German company, worked on the British Library’s large-scale digitization effort, which was funded by Microsoft, and helped turn 60,000 historic books from the Library’s shelves into high quality digital artifacts. Later, US-based software firm BiblioLabs created the British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App to share these works worldwide.

The British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App, available in the App Store℠, won the prestigious Publishers Innovation Award in 2012 and is used by people in more than 160 countries, without which they could not access the collection unless visiting the library in London. Recognizing the groundbreaking nature of the project, the British Library was invited for a featured session for innovative projects displayed to all IFLA attendees.

“Thousands of 19th Century books, some of which were rarely read at the Library, are now being accessed digitally by people around the world using the innovative Apps developed by BiblioLabs and utilizing the content digitized with the help of CCS’s docWorks software” said Sam Tillett, Strategic Partner Manager of the British Library. “BiblioLabs and CCS were instrumental in our efforts to digitize and distribute the Library’s valuable content in as close to it’s original form as possible.”

Continuing these innovations, the British Library has created additional digital products that provide a deeper look at thematic topics on BiblioBoard, a free iPad app also created by BiblioLabs. Each of these theme anthologies include 50 to 200 books from the Library’s 19th Century Historical Collection.

“We are proud to work with leading cultural institutions, including the British Library, to help digitize cultural objects” said Daniel Lanz, Managing Director of CCS. “Through our relationship with BiblioLabs and the ever growing usage of book format tablet devices, the benefit of digitization and structure analysis becomes obvious and perceptible in user-friendly products that provide elegant and unprecedented access to the rare and historic books housed within the British Library. We look forward to working cooperatively with BiblioLabs to share treasures from other leading institutional organizations from around the world.”

“Being recognized during IFLA’s 2012 Congress confirms that the work we are all doing together is being held as a role model in how to bring mass digitization projects to the public in a useful and engaging way. Big projects like this only work when people are focused on what they do well. CCS works with the world’s leading institutions to ensure they can easily preserve their valuable assets. We work on the end-user Applications to make it simple and easy for people to access and enjoy the materials,” said Mitchell Davis, Chief Business Officer of BiblioLabs. “Our relationship with CCS and the British Library allows digital files to come directly from the source, creating a seamless digitization and curation experience. We look forward to a long working relationship with both of our partners and are excited about the future of history online.”

About CCS Content Conversion Specialists
CCS is one of the world leaders in providing information through digitization and conversion, with specialization in the areas of Digital Library and Digital Press Review. Their renowned software, docWorks, helps companies and institutions to digitize and convert their valuable library and archival material (books, newspapers, ephemera and archive documents) for long-term preservation, easy access and better searchability. Customers include National libraries in the U.S., UK, Norway, Finland, Singapore, Netherlands or Denmark, as well as the Universities of Princeton, Harvard and Stanford, and global publishing companies Axel Springer and FAZ.
CCS is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

About the British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest research libraries. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world's largest and most comprehensive research collection. The Library's collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation and includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages. Up to 10 million people visit the British Library website - www.bl.uk - every year where they can view up to 4 million digitized collection items and over 40 million pages.

About BiblioLabs, LLC
BiblioBoard was created by BiblioLabs, LLC a hybrid software-media company that created a multimedia authoring tool which enables curators and subject matter experts to discover, enhance and create new works from the wealth of licensed, open source and public domain materials available within their core database. BiblioBoard is a free iPad app containing historical anthologies that explore places, events, people and themes from across the centuries. BiblioLabs works with leading organizations around the world to create widespread commercial access to rare and interesting materials in an innovative way. To learn more about BiblioBoard, visit www.BiblioBoard.com.

Media Contacts
CCS Content Conversion Specialists:
c/o David Scherf Branding
+49 179 1439921
kontakt@davidscherf.de

BiblioLabs:
Kelly Hamilton, Director of Marketing and Communication
kelly@bibliolabs.com

Charleston, SC– August 9, 2012 – Never before has information about our human history been so accessible to people around the world, and the innovation just keeps coming. One constant in the process of bringing primary source materials to the public has been the cooperation of different parties working toward a single goal. The Apps created to share artifacts from the British Library’s 19th Century Historical Collection are one such endeavor and are being honored next week during the world’s most prominent gathering of library professionals at the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held in Helsinki, Finland.

CCS Content Conversion Specialists, a German company, worked on the British Library’s large-scale digitization effort, which was funded by Microsoft, and helped turn 60,000 historic books from the Library’s shelves into high quality digital artifacts. Later, US-based software firm BiblioLabs created the British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App to share these works worldwide.

The British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App, available in the App Store℠, won the prestigious Publishers Innovation Award in 2012 and is used by people in more than 160 countries, without which they could not access the collection unless visiting the library in London. Recognizing the groundbreaking nature of the project, the British Library was invited for a featured session for innovative projects displayed to all IFLA attendees.

“Thousands of 19th Century books, some of which were rarely read at the Library, are now being accessed digitally by people around the world using the innovative Apps developed by BiblioLabs and utilizing the content digitized with the help of CCS’s docWorks software” said Sam Tillett, Strategic Partner Manager of the British Library. “BiblioLabs and CCS were instrumental in our efforts to digitize and distribute the Library’s valuable content in as close to it’s original form as possible.”

Continuing these innovations, the British Library has created additional digital products that provide a deeper look at thematic topics on BiblioBoard, a free iPad app also created by BiblioLabs. Each of these theme anthologies include 50 to 200 books from the Library’s 19th Century Historical Collection.

“We are proud to work with leading cultural institutions, including the British Library, to help digitize cultural objects” said Daniel Lanz, Managing Director of CCS. “Through our relationship with BiblioLabs and the ever growing usage of book format tablet devices, the benefit of digitization and structure analysis becomes obvious and perceptible in user-friendly products that provide elegant and unprecedented access to the rare and historic books housed within the British Library. We look forward to working cooperatively with BiblioLabs to share treasures from other leading institutional organizations from around the world.”

“Being recognized during IFLA’s 2012 Congress confirms that the work we are all doing together is being held as a role model in how to bring mass digitization projects to the public in a useful and engaging way. Big projects like this only work when people are focused on what they do well. CCS works with the world’s leading institutions to ensure they can easily preserve their valuable assets. We work on the end-user Applications to make it simple and easy for people to access and enjoy the materials,” said Mitchell Davis, Chief Business Officer of BiblioLabs. “Our relationship with CCS and the British Library allows digital files to come directly from the source, creating a seamless digitization and curation experience. We look forward to a long working relationship with both of our partners and are excited about the future of history online.”

About CCS Content Conversion Specialists
CCS is one of the world leaders in providing information through digitization and conversion, with specialization in the areas of Digital Library and Digital Press Review. Their renowned software, docWorks, helps companies and institutions to digitize and convert their valuable library and archival material (books, newspapers, ephemera and archive documents) for long-term preservation, easy access and better searchability. Customers include National libraries in the U.S., UK, Norway, Finland, Singapore, Netherlands or Denmark, as well as the Universities of Princeton, Harvard and Stanford, and global publishing companies Axel Springer and FAZ.
CCS is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

About the British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest research libraries. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world's largest and most comprehensive research collection. The Library's collection has developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items representing every age of written civilisation and includes books, journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs, newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken languages. Up to 10 million people visit the British Library website - www.bl.uk - every year where they can view up to 4 million digitized collection items and over 40 million pages.

About BiblioLabs, LLC
BiblioBoard was created by BiblioLabs, LLC a hybrid software-media company that created a multimedia authoring tool which enables curators and subject matter experts to discover, enhance and create new works from the wealth of licensed, open source and public domain materials available within their core database. BiblioBoard is a free iPad app containing historical anthologies that explore places, events, people and themes from across the centuries. BiblioLabs works with leading organizations around the world to create widespread commercial access to rare and interesting materials in an innovative way. To learn more about BiblioBoard, visit www.BiblioBoard.com.

Media Contacts
CCS Content Conversion Specialists:
c/o David Scherf Branding
+49 179 1439921
kontakt@davidscherf.de

BiblioLabs:
Kelly Hamilton, Director of Marketing and Communication
kelly@bibliolabs.com

8/9/2012
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Palco and Lucas Public Libraries join CKLS and Go Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, is happy to welcome the Palco and Lucas Public Libraries to the Central Kansas Library System. Palco and Lucas Public Libraries are now live on their installations of the Koha integrated library system with continued support by ByWater Solutions.

The CKLS Pathfinder Central now includes 38 libraries in 17 counties in central Kansas, the shared public catalog can be viewed at http://catalog.ckls.bywatersolutions.com.

Maribeth Turner, CKLS Technology Consultant, commented on the addition of the newest consortia members:

“The Central Kansas Library System is excited to announce the addition of two small, rural libraries to our Koha ILS consortia catalog “Pathfinder Central”. The automation project was partially funded with a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

The project is ongoing as we continue to add barcodes to the catalog, but both libraries will soon be fully online and sharing resources with 38 other Pathfinder Libraries and libraries across the state of Kansas.”

About the Central Kansas Library System:
The Central Kansas Library System supports library services in 17 counties, covering 13,988 sq. miles with a total population of 187,750. Counties served include: Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa Pawnee, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, and Smith counties.

The mission of the Central Kansas Library System is to help member libraries give their patrons what they want by extending library service to the unserved and improving library service where it already exists.

The goal of the Central Kansas Library System is to respond to needs articulated by member librarians and trustees through specific programs that offer a level of sevice not affordable in local communities. CKLS pools resources and used modern technology to help local librarians serve their patrons better. CKLS also offers direct services to rural residents and those who need special services because of disability. Anyone living within the System boundaries can get the library materials they want by using the collections of local libraries or by contacting CKLS directly. For more information please visit: http://www.ckls.org

About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha’s OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org/

About ByWater Solutions:
ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions to support Koha not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com/

~YBP Library Services to Offer Additional Access Options for eBooks on EBSCOhost® Allowing Librarians to Better Select and Manage Their eBook Orders through GOBI3~

IPSWICH, Mass. — August 2, 2012 — Librarians accustomed to selecting and managing their eBook collections through GOBI3 from YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, now have additional access options for the more than 320,000 eBook titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost®. EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and YBP have expanded the EBSCO eBook models that are available in YBP’s acquisition and collection development interface.

EBSCO Publishing Senior Director of eBook Products, Ken Breen, says working with YBP to make EBSCO’s eBook content available via multi-user and Demand-Driven Acquisitions (DDA) options through GOBI3 is part of EBSCO’s commitment to provide more choice to librarians and their patrons. “We know having top content available without any fees or markups is important to our library customers. Now, making the content more accessible within an established library workflow is another way EBSCO is giving our customers what they’ve requested. eBooks are a priority for EBSCO and we will continue to make them available where and when libraries need them.”

EBSCO customers have long been able to order eBooks through GOBI3 using the single user (1U) model. The upgraded access provides more flexibility to library selectors acquiring titles from eBooks on EBSCOhost through GOBI3. In addition to single user, the integration includes three user (3U) and unlimited user (UU) access models, as well as Demand-Driven Acquisitions. eBooks from EBSCO are all available with no fees and no markups, making it as convenient and cost-effective as possible for librarians adding to their collections.

Senior Vice President of Sales at YBP Mark Kendall says, “YBP’s unique value proposition is to build bridges between digital content providers such as EBSCO, publishers, and the libraries and consortia YBP serves. Our work together with EBSCO will provide libraries with more platform choices and flexibility to acquire the content they and their patrons require.”

Since adding eBooks to EBSCOhost, EBSCO has worked to improve access and the availability of titles and options for librarians to choose how collections are developed. Having eBooks on EBSCOhost titles available through GOBI3 allows selectors to view and select eBooks through the library's existing workflow. Librarians will be able to select single user and multi-user access (1U, 3U and UU), as well as choose titles to make available through DDA, allowing libraries to pre-select titles that are only purchased when patron usage determines need.

More information is available at www.ebscohost.com/ebooks and www.ybp.com.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the producer of EBSCOhost®, the world’s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and eBooks. The company provides more than 350 databases and more than 320,000 eBooks. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service (www.ebscohost.com/discovery). For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

About YBP Library Services
YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor company, provides books and supporting collection management and technical services to academic, research and special libraries in the Americas, Asia, Middle East, Australia and the Pacific Rim. GOBI3, YBP's acquisition and collection development interface, provides access to more than 10 million titles. YBP is located in Contoocook, NH, USA. For more on the company visit: www.ybp.com.

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Media Contacts:
Kathleen McEvoy
EBSCO Publishing
Public Relations Director
(800) 653-2726 x 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

Mark Kendall
YBP Library Services
Senior Vice President of Sales
(800) 258-3774 x 3196
mkendall@ybp.com