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    December 28th, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    12/28/2012
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    New England School of Acupuncture Goes 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, announced today that the Kelly Library at the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA) in Newton, MA is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

    ByWater Solutions completed the migration for the Kelly Library in November and will be providing ongoing Koha support and hosting services for their over 4,500 books, audio visual materials and serials.

    Jennifer Hartman, Director of Library Services, commented on their choice of Koha support by ByWater Solutions:

    “We’re very happy to have migrated to Koha with support from ByWater Solutions. We can do just about anything we like with our own system, but still have people we trust that we can turn to when we need a hand. Choosing ByWater to support Koha is what actually allowed us to make this switch as we simply don’t have the in-house resources or expertise to run an open source product on our own. The assistance and training we received during migration was outstanding, as is the day-to-day customer support.”

    Nicole Engard, Vice President of Education, commented on working with the team at NESA:

    “I always enjoy getting to train librarians to use Koha, but the group at the Kelly Library were a special treat because of their excitement. Every answered question was met with glee. I can’t wait to work closer with the team at NESA in improving and supporting Koha.”

    The New England School of Acupuncture’s customized online catalog can be viewed here: http://catalog.nesa.bywatersolutions.com.

    About Kelly Library at the New England School of Acupuncture:

    The Kelly Library supports NESA’s academic programs through a collection of books, journals, and multi-media resources on acupuncture and Oriental medicine. The library’s growing collection focuses on traditional and modern acupuncture with origins in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian cultures. The collection also includes in- depth information on Chinese herbal medicine, as well as other aspects of Oriental medicine, including works on Asian culture, philosophy, and history. In addition, the library’s holdings contain a number of science and biomedical texts, works on business practice and marketing, and materials covering a variety of alternative and complementary medicine modalities. For more information about the Kelly Library please visit, http://www.nesa.edu/library.

    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/

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    December 27th, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    North Bethesda, MD, December 27, 2012- LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that four new school libraries in the Rocky View School District (Alberta, Canada) have officially gone live on LibLime Koha. WG Murdoch School, Langdon School, Prairie Waters Elementary School, and Chestermere High School are the newest schools to go-live on LibLime Koha.

    With the addition of these four libraries, 40,587 new bibliographic records and 62,932 items have been added to the district-wide LibLime Koha Union Catalog bringing the total count to over 155,000 bibliographic records with over 342,000 items. Rocky View will be adding more school libraries throughout 2013.

    About The Rocky View School District
    Rocky View Schools serves residents to the west, north and east of the City of Calgary. The jurisdiction provides educational services to over 18,000 public students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Rocky View Schools is the fifth-largest school board in Alberta, employing more than 2,000 staff.

    About LibLime - 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.

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    December 19th, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~ EBSCO Information Services and Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) partner to provide the “Information to Inspiration” Fellowship, a unique program to support library professionals interested in informing and inspiring librarians worldwide. ~

    Birmingham, Ala. — Dec. 19, 2012 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) are pleased to announce the inaugural “Information to Inspiration” Fellowship. Designed to advance the careers of highly motivated library professionals and the field of librarianship, this unique program will provide up to $4,000 to support a library professional or a team of library professionals interested in conducting research about issues related to management of electronic resources in the ever-evolving information industry.

    “Rooted in a shared belief that our individual efforts and leadership can and will have an impact on the field of librarianship, ER&L is pleased and proud to partner with EBSCO to serve as the inaugural launch pad for the EBSCO ‘Information to Inspiration’ Fellowship, an award that will directly fund research projects by library professionals working to advance our field,” said ER&L founder Bonnie Tijerina, head of electronic resources and serials at Harvard University.

    Library professionals who wish to be considered for the fellowship must work in an academic library and have more than three years of experience with electronic resources; each applicant must submit a 250-word essay explaining how library professionals and the field of librarianship will benefit from their research on “Measuring and evaluating use, users, and usage.” Some example topics include:
    • Practical implementation and support of analysis techniques to increase usage and maximize the value of electronic resources.
    • Measuring value or impact of library resources with data.
    • Determining return on investment.

    Applications will be reviewed by a diverse team of highly respected library and information industry professionals.

    In addition to receiving funding to support their research, fellowship winners will be recognized at designated events sponsored by ER&L and/or EBSCO. The first recognition will be at the 2013 ER&L Conference, which will take place March 17–20 in Austin, Texas; if the winner attends the conference, there may be an opportunity to do a brief presentation during a Lighting Talk session.

    Click here to apply for the inaugural EBSCO “Information to Inspiration” Fellowship.

    About Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L)
    Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) is the effort of librarians to improve the way we collect, manage, maintain, assess, and make accessible electronic resources in an ever-changing digital environment. Founded in 2005 by Bonnie Tijerina, head of electronic resources and serials at Harvard University, ER&L is an annual physical and virtual conference focused on practical, tactical, and strategic work by e-resources management and digital services professionals to further the field. More information about ER&L can be found at www.electroniclibrarian.com.

    About EBSCO
    EBSCO Information Services—the provider of EBSCONET® Subscription Management—is the world’s leading information intermediary, offering cutting-edge technology and personalized consultative services for managing and accessing content, including e-journals, e-packages, e-books, and more. Today’s libraries and research organizations are looking for new ways to manage their collections more efficiently, so EBSCO Information Services has developed comprehensive, highly integrated management solutions to help librarians save time and money while empowering their users. EBSCO serves clients through our offices worldwide and has more than 140 librarians on staff. To learn more about products and services from EBSCO Information Services, visit www.ebsco.com.

    For more information, please contact:
    Rossi Morris
    Media Relations Coordinator
    EBSCO Corporate Communications
    www.twitter.com/EBSCOInfoSvcs
    rmorris@ebsco.com
    205-980-3885

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    December 19th, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    North Bethesda, MD –December 19, 2012 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC), a member of the Pioneer Library Consortium, has successfully migrated to and gone live on LibLime Koha 4.14.

    After joining the Pioneer Consortium and LibLime Koha in May 2012, Western Nebraska Community College staff worked with LibLime project management staff on data migration from its legacy Follett Destiny ILS, system configuration, and training.

    LibLime Koha 4.14 utilizes the Lucene Solr search engine for faster indexing of batch imports in cataloging, improved facet searching in the OPAC, and better algorithms for controlling relevancy ranking of search results. LibLime Koha 4.14 also includes enhancement to how expired and cancelled holds are managed. The Reports Page has also been updated to allow better access to pre-defined SQL queries.

    About Western Nebraska Community College
    Western Nebraska Community College is located in Scottsbluff, NE with additional campuses in Sidney, Nebraska and Alliance, Nebraska. WNCC serves over two thousand part-time and full-time students with Associate degree programs in the Arts, Applied Science, Science, Nursing, and Occupational Studies. WNCC strives to be a student centered, open access institution primarily devoted to quality instruction and public service, providing counseling and other student services intended to promote the success of a diverse student population. More information about Western Nebraska Community College can be found at www.wncc.net.

    About the Pioneer Consortium
    The Pioneer Consortium continues to expand the number of members that share the LibLime Koha union catalog. The successes of the early members of the consortium are noticed by more and more libraries around the state and the consortium membership continues to grow. One of the main attractions is access to the LibLime Koha union catalog.

    About LibLime - 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.

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    December 19th, 2012LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    ~ Users Will Have Access to Core Academic Video Collections from INTELECOM through EBSCOhost® ~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — December 18, 2012 — Online academic video collections from INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (INTELECOM) will be available from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO). The agreement will give users access to INTELECOM’s library of core curriculum video collections through EBSCOhost®, while other videos will be included in subject-specific EBSCOhost databases.

    Produced by INTELECOM, a non-profit corporation and award-winning producer of instructional media for both classroom and online learning, each video collection offers a comprehensive audiovisual survey of a different core curriculum subject. All videos are closely aligned to core course syllabi and learning outcomes and closed captioned for hearing-impaired audiences.
    Core video collections from INTELECOM include:

    • Anatomy and Physiology
    • Algebra
    • Environmental Studies
    • Health
    • History
    • Oceanography
    • Philosophy
    • Political science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology

    By making the video databases available via EBSCOhost, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world, users will have the ability to customize their searches with a variety of search options and limiters and can utilize the intuitive approach to searching online databases.

    Earlier this year, EBSCO and INTELECOM agreed to add metadata for all videos from INTELECOM’s academic video database, the INTELECOM Online Resources Network®, to the Base Index of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) and also allow mutual customers to access the full video database of more than 4,000 video clips and growing; adding a wealth of rich media to EBSCO Discovery Service.

    About INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
    INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications, a non-profit corporation operated by a joint power authority of 31 California community colleges, is a premier producer of curriculum-based academic video for online, distance and classroom learning. For more information about INTELECOM, you can visit their website at www.intelecom.org.

    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 e-books. The company provides more than 350 databases and more than 350,000 e-books. 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.

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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Public Relations Director
    (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
    kmcevoy@ebscohost.com

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