11/10/2015
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ByWater Solutions Welcomes Jessica Zairo as Koha Educator

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha support, is happy to welcome Jessica Zairo as ByWater's newest Koha Educator. Jessica will join the ByWater team assisting partners with and educating partners on their Koha Open Source ILS.

Jessica has both graduate and undergraduate degrees in Library Science. She received her MLIS from the University of South Florida and undergraduate degree from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. She has worked as a Law Librarian and as Member Services Coordinator for an 18 county library consortium in Florida. She has worked and trained with libraries of all sizes and types. Her primary professional interests are advocacy, outreach and training library staff on everything from technology to project management and customer service techniques.

Jessica commented on her recent decision to join ByWater Solutions:

"I am ecstatic to be joining the ByWater team! I am excited to educate people on open source and Koha and look forward to supporting our partners here at ByWater."

Melissa Lefebvre, Operations Manager, commented:

"We are all very excited to have Jessie join our team. Her enthusiasm and energy for empowering libraries is invigorating and infectious. We know that her excitement for helping libraries will not only put migrating libraries at ease during training but will also get them excited for their move to Koha."

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

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

YBP Library Services and University of Chicago Work
Together to Improve Kuali OLE Acquisition Workflow
~ OLE GobiAPI Was Developed to Improve the Efficiency of
the Ordering Process for Kuali OLE and GOBI Users ~

CONTOOCOOK, N.H. — November 9, 2015 — Libraries using Kuali OLE and GOBI (Global Online Bibliographic Information) from YBP Library Services will be able to use a new functionality that will streamline the acquisitions process. The OLE GobiAPI will allow the real-time transfer of bibliographic and order details for all print and electronic orders placed via the GOBI platform.

Developed by the University of Chicago on behalf of the OLE project, The OLE GobiAPI provides comprehensive OLE order data mapped from any field in the GOBI order screen. This saves librarians from having to manually transfer the order information from GOBI to Kuali OLE and from loading daily MARC files, giving them immediate access to order information in OLE. This process also allows GOBI to harvest a library’s OLE order number for display in GOBI and subsequent invoice matching.

YBP Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations Mark Kendall says that YBP, an EBSCO company, continuously works to develop ways to make systems more efficient for libraries and ultimately, improve the experience of library users. “We are committed to working with our partners to improve technologies that will enhance acquisition and technical workflow efficiencies. The OLE GobiAPI will not only provide substantial value to YBP’s OLE customers but will also allow librarians to spend less time updating and maintaining internal systems, and more time helping library users.”

Kendall adds that YBP’s involvement in the development of the OLE GobiAPI is in line with EBSCO’s support of open resource integration through technology development. “EBSCO made a decision to fully open APIs for YBP’s GOBI services earlier this year to allow libraries the flexibility to choose the systems that work best for them without giving up functionality that is important to them.”

“One of Kuali OLE’s core values is to develop a next generation ILS environment that leverages integration with external vendor systems,” says James Mouw, Associate University Librarian for Collection Services. “We at Chicago are pleased to have a flexible platform like OLE that allowed for a very easy integration. We very much look forward to GobiAPI’s streamlining one of our major acquisitions flows.” The Library will offer its API development for incorporation into the base product pending approval by the project’s Functional Council. The programming funded by Chicago and developed by HTC Global Services will allow other OLE partners seamless integration with YBP’s GOBI and will be easily adaptable for use with other vendors who support the API standard.

This improved process will be available in the coming weeks. University of Chicago Systems Analyst Stuart Miller, and YBP Library Services Vice President, Academic Service Integration Ann-Marie Breaux, will discuss the analysis and development process for OLE GobiAPI during Kuali Days on Thursday, Nov. 12, starting at 3:45 p.m. at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas.

About Kuali OLE and the University of Chicago Library
Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) is the first open source system designed by and for academic and research libraries for managing and delivering intellectual information. OLE went into production at the University of Chicago Library in July 2014. The Library is a founding member of the OLE project and continues in its role as an active development partner. University of Chicago Library Director and University Librarian Brenda Johnson is Chair of the OLE Board.

About YBP Library Services
YBP Library Services provides print and digital content, supporting collection management and technical services to academic, research and special libraries throughout the world. GOBI, YBP's acquisition and collection development interface, provides access to more than 13 million titles. YBP has 300 employees with customers in 63 countries and is headquartered in Contoocook, N.H., USA. For more on the company, visit www.ybp.com.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 8,000 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 750,000 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 Expands its Non-English Scholarly Resources with Fuente Académica™ Plus
~ Largest Collection of Scholarly Journals from Latin America, Spain and Portugal ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — November 3, 2015 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) introduces Fuente Académica™ Plus, a non-English, full-text resource than includes a comprehensive collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Fuente Académica Plus provides a significantly larger collection of content that other non-English scholarly resources available online.

Fuente Académica Plus is a valuable tool for academic researchers as it contains more than 1,500 full-text publications and continuously expanding back files. It provides exceptional scope with a wide range of subjects including:

• Agriculture
• Biological Sciences
• Economics
• History
• Law
• Literature
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Religion
• Sociology

This new resource builds on the coverage of EBSCO’s well-received Fuente Académica Premier™ database and provides more than 500 additional scholarly journals. Fuente Académica Plus makes it possible for institutions to access expanded international coverage as their needs and budgets warrant.

Fuente Académica Plus is the ‘go-to’ resource for quality research relating to trends impacting the Latin American community. Many Latin American scholars and scientists publish in their native language and Fuente Académica Plus provides exposure and access to their research. EBSCO fully supports the growth of national journals and is committed to making non-English scholarly articles readily available to its global users.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 8,000 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 750,000 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