EBSCO Information Services Announces Winner of the 2016 EBSCO Charleston Conference Scholarship
~ Heidi Tebbe of North Carolina State University Earns EBSCO Scholarship ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — October 6, 2016 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announces that Heidi Tebbe, the Collections & Research Librarian for Engineering and Data Science, from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., is the winner of the 2016 EBSCO Charleston Conference Scholarship. The scholarship will pay for Tebbe to attend the 35th Annual Charleston Conference, which will take place in Charleston, South Carolina from October 31 – November 5.

In keeping with the conference’s theme of, “Roll with the Times or the Times will Roll Over You,” scholarship applicants were asked to submit a short essay in which they described what their library will be like in five years. Tebbe’s essay depicted the university’s campus in 2021 as having a diverse group of student “makers” taking part in the school’s makerspace, librarians actively learning the plethora of new technologies in order to help students and HoloLaptops, which, as Tebbe explains, do not exist…yet.

EBSCO has sponsored a Charleston Conference scholarship for the past five years. Funds are used by the winning librarian for conference registration and related expenses. Judges for this year’s scholarship were Katina Strauch, Addlestone Library of the College of Charleston’s ‎Assistant Dean for Technical Services and Collection Development; Rick Anderson , J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah’s Associate Director for Scholarly Resources and Collections; and Kittie Henderson, EBSCO’s Subscription Services Divisions’ Vice President and Chief Librarian.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 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 900,000 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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The American University in Dubai Goes Live on ByWater Solutions and Edutech Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that The American University in Dubai,  is now live on the Koha open source integrated library system.

ByWater Solutions completed the migration of the Libraries' more than 240,000 titles from their Millennium system and is providing ongoing support services to the library in cooperation with Edutech, a library services provider located in the United Arab Emirates. The local team at Edutech will be providing onsite support services to the library as well as handling all tier one support requests. The AUD Library's customized online catalog can be viewed at: http://koha.aud.edu/

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater commented on the Library's move to Koha:

"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with the AUD Library for their implementation and ongoing Koha support. We are very excited to see the explosive growth of interest for Koha in the Middle East and we look forward to a long a productive relationship together. Our partnership with Edutech ensures that the library will receive the highest quality onsite service while still taking advantage of the experience of ByWater's highly trained Koha experts."

About the AUD Library:
The Library at the American University in Dubai provides books,  academic journals and electronic resources to enrich the university’s educational program. The AUD’s Library’s  English language collection  is approximately 240,000 volumes, both print and e-books. The Library provides access to around  34 online  databases offering  over 30,000 full-text journals, magazines, international newspapers and e-resources. The Library also provides more than  250 print journals, magazines and newspapers. The collection is  tailored to benefit disciplines in which AUD grants degrees.

AUD’s library staff is committed to the student. Their knowledge of information resources, professionalism and willingness to assist, provides a learning environment where students feel comfortable knowing they can always receive help. Professional library staff  instructs students  on the best search techniques and offer advice about which resources to use for their  academic work. Course-integrated library sessions are provided to ensure that students develop the skills needed to research the full range of information resources. Experienced library staff is on duty  daily until closing and on weekends to provide research assistance.  See more at: http://www.aud.edu/library

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,HTML5, 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 for Koha support 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/

About Edutech:
Edutech is a leading provider of education solutions. We enable academic institutions and corporate organizations to improve performance by facilitating 'knowledge enrichment and skills enhancement'. As "learning specialists", we assist companies, academic institutions and governments to create an environment that fosters a community of continuous learning and improvement. Established in 1991, Edutech has grown into a global corporation with offices around the world. Today, we offer an entire spectrum of education solutions that enhance learning in classrooms, libraries, corporate and industrial training centers and school, college and vocational laboratories. Our R&D team, comprising of specialists in learning pedagogy, implementation methodology, emerging technologies and curriculum design continuously scan the market for trends, needs and opportunities to evolve new generation learning solutions. Over the years, in addition to contributing to enhanced customer performance and improved learning outcomes, we have worked closely with our partners in creating product and service solutions which have captured the imagination of the end user community. For more information please visit: http://www.edutech.com/