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    February 5th, 2014LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    Cambridge, Mass. —February 5, 2014
    Bibliomation and the Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative will host the sixth annual Evergreen International Conference at the Boston Marriott Cambridge March 19-22. David Weinberger is set to deliver the keynote address. Registration is now open and more information about the conference can be found online at http://evergreen-ils.org/conference/eg14/.
    The four day conference will cover all things Evergreen including developer hackfests, educational sessions, and lightning talks. There will also be great opportunities for socializing with fellow Evergreen users at various social activities and dinning events at the local restaurants.
    David Weinberger is a senior researcher at Harvard Law’s Berkman Center for the Internet & Society as well as Co-Director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School. He is the author of “Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web,” “Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder,” and “Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts are Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room.” Weinberger also co-authored “The Cluetrain Manifesto” and has contributed articles to publications such as Wired, The Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, Foreign Policy, and TV Guide.

    Kathy Lussier, Project Coordinator for MassLNC, says, “Set against the technology hub of Cambridge, Massachusetts, this year's conference will feature a rich pool of talent from the Evergreen community. There will be something for everyone, including people who are just starting to learn about Evergreen, end users, and software developers.”
    About Bibliomation
    Established in 1980, Bibliomation is a member-driven, non-profit organization that provides for the technological and automation needs of 59 public libraries and 16 K-12 schools throughout Connecticut.
    Bibliomation offers a wide array of information, telecommunications, and automation services for its member libraries. These services include Evergreen, the consortial-rich open source integrated library system
    About MassLNC
    The Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative is a collaborative project among three Massachusetts library consortia, C/W MARS, MVLC and NOBLE , that are running the Evergreen Integrated Library System. The three consortia share expertise and also collaborate on shared development opportunities for Evergreen.
    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.

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    February 4th, 2014LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    eBook Religion Collection Now Available from EBSCO Information Services
    ~ Dynamic Compilation Covers Broad Range of Religious Subjects ~

    IPSWICH, Mass. — February 4, 2014 — EBSCO Information Services has released a new e-book collection designed to meet the content needs of students and scholars in their study of religion. eBook Religion Collection is subscription package of e-books featuring more than 4,100 titles from over 150 trusted publishers.

    The unique collection covers a broad range of religious subjects including philosophy, ethics, history of religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and religious texts. Content in the collection help readers explore religious beliefs, faith, cultural systems and world views.

    eBook Religion Collection is offered on an annual subscription basis with unlimited access to the content and optional downloading. Each title is offered with unlimited users allowing more users access to each title in the collection. As with all e-books available from EBSCO, eBook Religion Collection is integrated and works seamlessly with all EBSCOhost® content. Users will be able to search the collection on its own or side-by-side with other EBSCOhost databases bringing together e-books, periodicals and other content for a seamless search experience.

    EBSCO eBooks™ offers more than 500,000 e-books and audiobooks. EBSCO proactively acquires new content in critical areas, based on the dynamic needs of libraries. Accessing the EBSCOhost platform for e-books and audiobooks saves librarians training time and adds a well-known search platform to the end user’s experience. Allowing end users to search for e-books and audiobooks along with their EBSCOhost database content improves the discoverability of library collections. Lowering the cost for libraries makes the decision to focus on or add to e-book and audiobook collections easier and more cost-effective.

    EBSCO eBooks are provided with no markups and no fees and can be ordered through the EBSCOhost® Collection Manager, YBP’s GOBI3 or Ingram’s OASIS, allowing libraries more freedom to make purchasing decisions. More information about EBSCO eBooks is available at: www.ebscohost.com/ebooks.

    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 more than 500,000 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

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    February 3rd, 2014LISWire aggregatorLISWire

    Lognes, Marseille, January 27th 2014

    AFI and BibLibre announce their strategic alliance to establish of the first European center dedicated to open source software for libraries and documentation centers.

    AFI ("Agence Française Informatique", literally French IT Agency) and BibLibre are two major players in the development of open source software in the world of libraries and documentation centers. Offering a complete range of software and a fleet of more than 600 customers, the division created is immediately the #1 European player in its sector.
    Historically installed in France, the division is already present in many European countries, either directly or through local partners: Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, etc ... It will grow rapidly on this axis, and in new countries.

    It is a strategic alliance between two companies that remain independent. The merger between AFI and BibLibre is effected by the introduction of crossed investments in capital. Both companies will remain separated, shareholders and managers remain in place, all teams and resources are pooled in the operational framework of the cluster thus formed.

    The main objective of this alliance is to create a cluster fully and resolutely turned towards open source software. Offers currently carried by the two companies are enriched with new components and products that will be further announced. Communities related to each open source software will be strengthened and internationalized.
    The second objective is the ability to innovate. On a rapidly changing market (digital offering , semantic web, changing formats and offers), the group thus formed is able to make the necessary investments to provide an innovative and sustainable supply.
    The third objective is to achieve a critical size to offer to our customers even more safe and fast services. By consolidating best practices of project management, agile development, and support, we have powerful assets to complete all projects and commitments that we take.

    You can find more information on the following website : AFI and BibLibre: Union Libre

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