North Bethesda, MD, January 15, 2014- The Portage County Public Library (Portage), comprised of 4 branches in Portage Country, Wisconsin, will soon participate in the South Central Library System (SCLS) LibLime Koha union catalog for all collection and patron management services.

The Portage library staff will work with the SCLS ILS Support Team members and LibLime Project Management to migrate bibliographic, item, and patron data from their legacy ILS system. Portage staff will enjoy autonomy within the LibLime Koha union catalog, as LibLime Koha includes support for local ownership of patron records, local ownership of items records linked to communal bibliographic records, and OPAC group searching for pre-designated collections. Portage library patrons will also benefit from other functionality in the software sponsored by SCLS. With the addition of Portage, there will be over 3.5 million records in the SCLS LibLime Koha union catalog.

About Portage County Public Library
The Portage County Public Library is the learning place for a diverse community, inspiring all people with the love of reading and learning, advancing the pursuit of knowledge, and enhancing the quality of life of all patrons. The Library provides equal opportunity to access information, high quality materials, programs, and online resources to the meet the community’s needs for lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, and intellectual stimulation.

About South Central Library System
The South Central Library System is a consortium of 53 member libraries that works to provide the best possible service to the public. SCLS assists its member libraries with sharing materials, providing members with guidance and direction in technology solutions, and supplying them with the training and expertise to cope with constantly changing technologies and demands for service. SCLS is a sponsor of many key features that have allowed LibLime Koha to be a feature-rich and innovative ILS solution. SCLS is an active leader within the LibLime Koha user group and works to help all LibLime customers benefit from their innovative ideas and services.

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.