The Southern University Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) has selected EBSCO Information Services as an e-book supplier. Participating members will be able to easily obtain EBSCO eBooks in a streamlined format.

The press release is below and is also available online at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/SUPC/eBooks/prweb11216130.htm and on the EBSCO website at: http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/ebsco-ebooks-chosen-as-vendor-...

EBSCO eBooks™ Chosen as Vendor for SUPC Members
~ Academic Libraries in England Now Able to Access EBSCO eBooks™ ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — October 10, 2013 — EBSCO eBooks™ from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been chosen as an e-book supplier for higher education libraries in England. Members who participate in this joint consortia agreement will be able to select e-books from EBSCO’s extensive collection including nearly 500,000 e-books and audiobooks.

This agreement enables members of the Southern University Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) to easily obtain e-books from EBSCO in a streamlined format. EBSCO eBooks give users the best possible search experience by offering the ability to discover e-books and audiobook titles alongside databases and other digital content in one search experience.

Susan Wright, Head of SUPC, who manages this framework agreement, says, “We strive to provide members with e-book solutions they need and our agreement with EBSCO helps us meet the demands and expectations of our diverse customer base.”

With EBSCO eBooks, academic libraries will be able to integrate e-book content into course assignments and direct students to chapter or section content. A dedicated landing page on the EBSCO eBook platform includes Advanced Search Options, Browsing Options and Search History.

EBSCO eBooks are available for purchase on an individual basis as well as in Subject Sets, Featured Collections and Custom Collections with a growing number of purchase, lease and subscription options as well as patron driven options. EBSCO eBooks represents a deep collection of e-book content that is accessible via a variety of devices. EBSCO proactively acquires new content in critical areas, based on the dynamic needs of libraries. Visit: http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks for more information.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading provider of resources for libraries including EBSCONET®, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and 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. EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and nearly 470,000 e-books plus subscription management services for more than 360,000 unique titles including more than 57,000 online titles. 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. For more information, visit the EBSCO Web site at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO 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
Vice President of Communications
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebsco.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Duluth, GA —October 9, 2013

Equinox Software is proud to announce that Historic Deerfield Library is now live on Evergreen. Equinox oversaw data migration and staff training and has been contracted to provide ongoing technical support for the library’s Evergreen installation.

The Historic Deerfield Library is a research library operated with the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Much of their 23,000 item collection has ties to local ownership and is focused on local history and life in early New England.

Shae Tetterton, Equinox Project Manager, says, "It was a pleasure working with Heather and David. Having a background in special libraries, I enjoyed exploring their unique collection. This is a wonderful addition to the Evergreen community and for Equinox."

About Equinox Software, Inc.

Equinox was founded by the original developers and designers of the Evergreen ILS. We are wholly devoted to the support and development of open source software in libraries, focusing on Evergreen, Koha, and the FulfILLment ILL system. We wrote over 80% of the Evergreen code base and continue to contribute more new features, bug fixes, and documentation than any other organization. Our team is fanatical about providing exceptional technical support. Over 98% of our support ticket responses are graded as “Excellent” by our customers. At Equinox, we are proud to be librarians. In fact, almost half of us have our ML(I)S. We understand you because we *are* you.

We are Equinox, and we’d like to be awesome for you.

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

About Evergreen

Evergreen is an award-winning ILS developed with the intent of providing an open source product able to meet the diverse needs of consortia and high transaction public libraries. However, it has proven to be equally successful in smaller installations including special and academic libraries. Today, almost 1200 libraries across the US and Canada are using Evergreen including NC Cardinal, SC Lends, and B.C Sitka.

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

10/8/2013
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Northern New Hampshire Library Cooperative Chooses ByWater Solutions' Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that Northern New Hampshire Library Cooperative (NNHLC) is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

ByWater Solutions completed the migration for the Northern New Hampshire Library Cooperative this summer and will be providing ongoing Koha support and hosting services to them. Their custom OPAC can be viewed at http://nnhlc.bywatersolutions.com

Jay Rancourt, Library Director at Cook Memorial Library spoke of the migration process and the library's future with Koha:

"The migration to Koha was both challenging and rewarding. It was very helpful to have three of us consulting and collaborating as we built our customizations and learned Koha's functionality. I particularly appreciate the layering of detail to explore. My circulation staff have a simple, user-friendly interface with which to do their jobs, whereas the library director as 'superlibrarian' has access to the whole system and all its permutations. I'm looking forward to learning about future upgrades."

Mary Cronin, Library Director at Madison Library added:

"As 'superlibrarian', I welcome learning what makes the system tick, and having the freedom to experiment before committing to changes. Koha's flexibility as a system for our new cooperative has generated valuable discussions of policies and procedures along with the philosophy that guides them. Patrons like the improved account interface, and are just starting to grasp the benefits of a shared catalog. From conversations that have already happened, I feel that patron feedback (and enthusiasm) will guide a lot of decisions as our three libraries develop our cooperative relationship."

About Northern New Hampshire Library Cooperative:
The Northern New Hampshire Library Cooperative (NNHLC) was formed in January, 2013 by Directors and Trustees of the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth, the Jackson Public Library, and the Madison Library. For more information, please visit: http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/nnhlc/

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/

For the second straight year, EBSCO has earned a Learning in Practice Award from Chief Learning Officer Magazine. EBSCO was recognized for creating superior learning content.

The press release is below and can also be found online at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013CLO/Award/prweb11205867.htm and on the EBSCO website at: http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/ebsco-information-services-hon...

EBSCO Information Services Honored by Chief Learning Officer Magazine
~ EBSCO Wins Excellence in Content Award ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — October 8, 2013 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) received a prestigious Learning In Practice Award from Chief Learning Officer magazine. The company was awarded the Bronze Excellence in Content Award for its accomplishments in creating superior learning content. This is the second year in a row that EBSCO has received this recognition.

The 2013 Learning In Practice Awards were announced at special awards ceremonies during the Fall 2013 Chief Learning Officer Symposium in Palm Springs, Calif., which attracted more than 300 top corporate learning executives from around the world to discuss long-term learning strategies for creating and sustaining high performance.

Tad Goltra Vice President of Product Management says “We are honored with this recognition as a winner in the Excellence in Content category. EBSCO strives to support organizational effectiveness by providing best practices content from industry thought leaders, including journal articles, eBooks, book summaries, and videos. When mapped to customers’ key competencies, we provide a unique, on-demand solution that supports and sustains formal and informal learning programs.”

"The Learning In Practice Awards were established to recognize transformational and visionary leaders in enterprise education," said Norm Kamikow, president and editor-in-chief of the Human Capital Media Group., which publishes Chief Learning Officer magazine. "More than 200 top learning executives and solution providers were nominated by their peers in 15 categories. These finalists are the industry leaders who truly champion innovation and transform it into learning and value for their organizations."

EBSCO and the other 2013 Learning In Practice Award winners will be featured in a special report supplement to the December issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.
About Human Capital Media Group
The Human Capital Media Group (HCM) is the largest integrated media company serving the human capital, management and workforce development industries. The company publishes Chief Learning Officer, Diversity Executive, Talent Management and Workforce magazines and conducts critical industry research through the Human Capital Media Advisory Group. HCM also operates one of the most widely referenced online industry resources, HumanCapitalMedia.com.
HCM leverages its award-winning editorial content with innovative integrated media products, including targeted newsletters, webinars, interactive websites, special print and online supplements, resource guides, industry research and benchmarking, a vendor directory, as well as live and online conferences that bring together international audiences to network and discuss leading-edge strategy and best practices in the industry. HCM partners with recognized industry experts to provide thought-provoking feature articles, news, opinions and insights through its award-winning publications, events and e-media and give human capital professionals the business intelligence and knowledge they need to succeed in new and changing markets.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) serves the organizational learning needs of more than 100,000 corporations and institutions around the globe with innovative products and robust content from industry thought leaders. EBSCO’s flagship learning product, Leadership & Management Learning Center™ is a turnkey learning solution with pre-populated, highly-relevant content including corporate training videos, business e-books, journals, employee training material, business book summaries, case studies, comprehension tests and much more. EBSCO’s learning solutions are powered by EBSCOhost® and may be accessed via dedicated portals, learning management systems (LMSs), or mobile devices. For more information visit EBSCO’s website at http://www.ebsco.com

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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Vice President of Public Relations
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebsco.com

Taylar Ramsey
Marketing Coordinator
Human Capital Media Group
312-676-9900 ext. 208
tramsey@humancapitalmedia.com

North Bethesda, MD, October 3, 2013- LibLime, a division of PTFS, will be exhibiting this year at the 2013 GEOINT Symposium. The Symposium will be in Tampa this year from October 14 – October 16. LibLime will be demonstrating the latest version of LibLime Academic Koha for research and academic libraries. Please stop by Booth 401 to see this version and to also get a sneak preview of the ‘coming soon’ new LibLime Discovery Layer.

About the GEOINT Symposium
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is the only organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building a stronger GEOINT Community across industry, academia, government, professional organizations, and individual stakeholders.



With more than 200 Sustaining Member organizations and a growing number of individual members, USGIF is proud of its steady growth. As a not-for-profit educational foundation, USGIF strives to bring together the community at-large and support life-long learning that will ensure a robust cadre of professionals and a healthy tradecraft now and in the future.

Each year since 2004, GEOINT Symposia have brought together an exciting agenda of keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions and provided attendees a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts, share best practices, and uncover the latest developments from government, military and private-sector leaders. This mix of community leaders with a ever-growing exhibit hall featuring the industry’s top solutions and capabilities brings attendees and exhibitors back year after year.

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.