EBSCO Information Services Selected to the 2014 EContent 100
~ EBSCO Continues to Make Impact on Digital Content Industry ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — December 4, 2014 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announces that it has been selected for the EContent 100 List of Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry. EContent 100 is an annual listing of companies that have had an impact on the digital industry over the past year chosen by a panel of judges. EBSCO has consecutively made the EContent 100 since the list was established in 2001.

“This year we had three new judges and lots of new companies to consider,” said Theresa Cramer, editor of EContent “We also included a new category: Big Data. These days, data is the driving force behind almost everything on the web. From the targeted ads you see while surfing your favorite sites, to the articles and videos that those sites serve up to you, data is behind it all. Congratulations to all of the companies on this year's EContent 100 List and kudos on all they contribute to the digital content industry."

The EContent 100 List can be seen at www.econtentmag.com and in the December 2014 issue of EContent.

About EContent
EContent is a leading authority on the businesses of digital publishing, media, and marketing, targeting executives and decision-makers in these fast-changing markets. By covering the latest tools, strategies, and thought-leaders in the digital content ecosystem, EContent magazine and EContentmag.com keep professionals ahead of the curve in order to maximize their investment in digital content strategies while building sustainable, profitable business models

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 6,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 650,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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

EBSCO Information Services Names Tony Zanders Vice President of Global Customer Development
~Zanders Brings Library and Higher Education Experience; Will Serve as Conduit Between EBSCO and Libraries Around the World with a focus on Technology/Software Services~

IPSWICH, Mass. — December 3, 2014 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) continues to take a customer and user-centric approach to product development, with a focus on turning ideals such as interoperability, customization and optimal usability into reality. To ensure further advances in areas of discovery, analytics, library management services, holdings management, and other critical workflow & end-user applications, EBSCO has appointed Tony Zanders as Vice President of Global Customer Development. In this role, Zanders will work to delve deeply into the needs and goals of a wide array of libraries as it relates to optimizing both front and backend software services.

Zanders, an education technology veteran and former Director at Ex Libris commented, “The core mission of libraries is to provide patrons with the best possible user experience. EBSCO’s methodical investment in talent, technology and relationships is unmatched, creating an equally unmatched level of responsiveness to the rapidly changing needs of the 21st century patron. I look forward to working one-on-one with library leaders to understand the business and user needs that will further define EBSCO’s evolving suite of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.”

EBSCO’s Executive Vice President, Sam Brooks, says Zanders brings unique experience and an understanding of what librarians expect from their technology products. “We believe that huge advancements are possible for libraries in the areas related to discovery, and Tony will help us foster two-way communication with a number of customers in North America, Europe, the Far East and beyond. We have admired Tony’s career and accomplishments, and are very pleased to bring him onto our team.”

Zanders has a strong technology background and has continually applied this expertise in the K-12 and higher education space. In addition to his years at Ex Libris, Zanders founded Applyful.com, a college discovery and research management platform which was awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013. Most recently he served as Head of Communications and Outreach at 4.0 Schools, an education innovation lab dedicated to improving the future of schools.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 6,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 650,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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

MEDIA RELEASE
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing

For Immediate Release

EDGE To Release YA SF novel "The Occasional Diamond Thief" in Spring of 2015

(Calgary, Alberta) EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing is pleased to announce the signing of YA author Jane Ann McLachlan. EDGE will release McLachlan's upcoming science-fiction novel, "The Occasional Diamond Thief", in the spring of 2015.

"We are excited to publish ‘The Occasional Diamond Thief’" says Brian Hades, owner of the EDGE imprint. "It is a fun, fast moving science fiction YA story with a mystery/save the world theme coupled with the challenges faced by 16-year-old protagonist, Kia Ugiagbe. Although this story is targeted to YA readers, it is a story to be enjoyed by all ages!"

About "The Occasional Diamond Thief"

On his deathbed, Kia's father discloses a secret to her alone: a magnificent and unique diamond he has been hiding for years. Fearing he stole it, she too keeps the secret. She learns the gem comes from the distant colonized planet of Malem, where her father caught the illness that eventually killed him.

During Kia's training to be a translator, she is co-opted by a series of events into traveling as an interpreter to Malem. Using her prowess in languages - and the ability to pick locks - Kia unravels the secret of the mysterious gem and learns what she must do to set things right: return the diamond to its original owner.

But how will she find out who that is? And how can she bear to part with this last link to her father?

About the Author

J. A. McLachlan is a former college professor who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. She released her first science fiction book, "Walls of Wind", earlier this year. This will be Ms. McLachlan's fifth book. In addition to writing science fiction, she also published a collection of short stories entitled "Connections: Parables for Today", and two ethics text books.

Praise for J. A. McLaughlan

"J. A. McLachlan is a terrific writer - wry and witty, with a keen eye for detail. I've been following her work with interest and delight since 2003. In a world where young-adult fiction is booming, 'The Occasional Diamond Thief' propels McLachlan to the front of the pack.” -- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of "FlashForward"

"The Occasional Diamond Thief" will be available in Canada on April 15, 2015, and in the US on May 15, 2015.

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For additional information, please contact:
Janice Shoults
Marketing and Events
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
P.O. Box 1714, Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 2L7
Email: events@hadespublications.com
Phone: 403-254-0160

Or Jane Ann McLachlan:
Email: jamclachlan@golden.net
Phone: 519-888-7276

"The Occasional Diamond Thief"
978-1-77053-075-1
$14.95

12/02/2014
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
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Thirteen ByWater Partner Libraries Bring Features to Koha 3.16

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, has upgraded their partner library systems to Koha 3.16! Koha 3.16 includes 6 new features, 197 enhancements to existing features, and 390 fixes. Thirteen of ByWater’s Koha partner libraries sponsored developments in this release.

ByWater and the Koha community thank the following libraries for their contributions to Koha 3.16:

• Display date of lost or missing in Items Details sponsored by Marlboro College Library
• Sort display of staged/imported MARC records by “match” column sponsored by Arnold Library, Brooklyn Law School Library, and Edward Neisser Library
• SIP2 Fee Paid and Fee Paid Response support sponsored by Galecia Group
• ISBN Normalization sponsored by North Central Regional Library
• Suspend/unsuspend individual holds in OPAC sponsored by Roseville Public Library
• Add a search facet for home library sponsored by Roseville Public Library
• Loan checkins can be backdated to an arbitrary date sponsored by The Farmington Libraries
• Add link to Edit Items from record details sponsored by American Falls District Library
• Fee processing changes added as separate staff permission sponsored by Corpus Christi Public Libraries
• Speed up checkout via Ajax sponsored by American Falls District Library, North Central Regional Library, Northeast Kansas Library System, Roseville Public Library, Southeast Kansas Library System, and Washoe County Library System (Officially pushed into 3.18 but backported to 3.16.4)

In addition to the partner sponsored developments, Koha 3.16 includes:

• There is now the ability to use different templates for notices based on how the notice is to be sent. For example, is now possible to use different wording for email and SMS hold notifications.
• Users can now unselect active facets when refining search results.
• Search history can be now displayed and managed in the staff interface.
• Creating orders from staged files now offers much more flexibility.
• The public reports service can now accept report parameters.
• There is experimental support for Plack for development use.
• The index update script can now operate as a daemon, allowing the indexes to be updated within seconds of a catalog record getting updated.

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:

With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of the enterprise class open source library system, Koha. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions’ clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: http://www.bywatersolutions.com

EasyBib Integrates with EBSCO Resources
~ Direct Citation Exporting from EBSCO Resources to EasyBib is Now Possible ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — December 2, 2014 — EBSCO information Services and EasyBib have made it possible to directly export citations from EBSCO resources to EasyBib. The integration creates an effortless way for students and researchers to ethically use their resources.

EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking and research tools. It is an accurate, fast and comprehensive way for educators to teach students how to become effective and organized researchers. EBSCO provides research content through hundreds of databases and historical archives as well as the ability to explore the library’s collection through a single search box via EBSCO Discovery Service™.

With the EBSCO integration with EasyBib, library users simply have to select the article they want to cite from one of the hundreds of EBSCO databases, historical archives or EBSCO Discovery Service and click on the EasyBib option in the export process. The user’s EasyBib account will open and allow the citation to be imported.

EasyBib Co-CEO and Co-Founder Neal Taparia says that the integration with EBSCO resources follows EasyBib’s dedication to improve the product and partner with the best resources available. “Our commitment to providing the best citation and research management tool is further improved with this recent integration. As one of the foremost database and discovery technologies in the world, EBSCO is an ideal partner in our goal to provide the best tools and resources to educators worldwide.”

According to EBSCO Senior Director of Product Management Harry Kaplanian, the ability to export citations to EasyBib helps to support information literacy and proper research habits. “EBSCO helps library users access content from many sources. The integration with EasyBib allows those users to give proper credit to those sources easily when using the widely used and helpful research management tool, EasyBib.”

About EasyBib
EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools that are easy-to-use and educational. EasyBib is not only accurate, fast, and comprehensive, but helps educators teach and students learn how to become effective and organized researchers.
EasyBib is a service of Imagine Easy Solutions, a tiny company that makes big products. Learn more here.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 6,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 650,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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