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    July 29th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    Duluth, Ga., July 29, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is honored to announce the successful migration of the Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, a division of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan, Puerto Rico to the Koha Integrated Library System. They were one of two 2019 Equinox Open Source Grant recipients.

    The Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico was created in 1967, a division of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. In 2003 it became the National Library to preserve and provide access to resources related to Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. Their migration encompassed 56001 bibliographic records. Equinox services included: project management, system configuration, extraction and migration of bibliographic data, and staff training. Equinox also provided Koha support, hosting, and auxiliary services.

    “We are extremely happy and thankful for this extraordinary work,” said Carlos Ruiz Cortés, Executive Director of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. “The catalogue is modern and very comfortable for research. It is also a great opportunity as we are implementing new services for our users, while promoting access to our valuable cultural resources.”

    The Equinox Open Source Grant was offered for the first time in 2019 providing Koha migration, support and training to two successful grantees. The grant was inspired by the vibrant open source community and the belief that every community deserves to benefit from an accessible and thriving library.

    “Staff from the National Library and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, led by Hilda Teresa Ayala-González, worked diligently for many months migrating data, making configuration decisions, testing, and training to prepare for the new system,” said Jennifer Weston, Implementation Project Manager at Equinox. “The new Koha database inspired additional projects as the staff took advantage of the library's recent closing to launch a new website, and plan for a digitization project to be linked with Koha to coincide with the 65th anniversary celebration of the Cultural Institute. It has been both a pleasure and an honor to work with the Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico to provide these new opportunities for their community.”
    To learn more about Koha and the expert services Equinox has to offer please visit https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/ .

    About Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Equinox Open Library Initiative Inc. is a nonprofit company engaging in literary, charitable, and educational endeavors serving cultural and knowledge institutions. As the successor to Equinox Software, Inc., the Initiative carries forward a decade of service and experience with Evergreen and other open source library software. At Equinox OLI we help you empower your library with open source technologies.

    About Koha
    Created in 1999 by Katipo Communications for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, Koha is the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide. The software is a full-featured ILS with a dual-database design (search engine and RDBMS) built to be compliant with library standards. Koha’s OPAC, staff, and self-checkout interfaces are all web applications. Distributed under the General Public License (GPL), libraries are free to use and install Koha themselves or to purchase support and development services. For more information on Koha, please visit http://koha-community.org.

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    Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, beneficiaria de la subvención Equinox Open Source, se pone en marcha con Koha

    Duluth, Georgia, 14 de julio de 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative se enorgullece de anunciar la exitosa migración de la Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, una división del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña de San Juan de Puerto Rico, al Sistema Integrado de Gestión de Bibliotecas Koha. Es uno de los dos beneficiarios de la subvención Equinox Open Source para el 2019.

    La Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, creada en 1967, es una división del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. En el 2003 se convirtió en la Biblioteca Nacional encargada de conservar y dar acceso público a recursos relacionados con Puerto Rico y los puertorriqueños. Esta migración abarca 56001 archivos bibliográficos. Los servicios de Equinox incluyen: gestión de proyectos, configuración de sistemas, extracción y migración de los datos bibliográficos, y formación del personal. Equinox también brinda asistencia para Koha, servicios de servidores y servicios auxiliares.

    “Estamos extremadamente felices y agradecidos por esta labor tan extraordinaria” dijo Carlos Ruiz Cortés, Director Ejecutivo del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. “Es un catálogo moderno y muy cómodo para la investigación. También es una gran oportunidad para la implementación de nuevos servicios para nuestros usuarios, al fomentar el acceso a nuestros valiosos recursos culturales.” La subvención Equinox Open Source se ofreció por primera vez en el 2019, permitiendo la migración a Koha y proporcionando asistencia y formación a dos exitosos subvencionados. La subvención se inspiró en la vibrante comunidad Open Source y en la creencia de que todas las comunidades merecen beneficiarse de tener acceso a una biblioteca próspera y accesible.

    “El personal de la Biblioteca Nacional y el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, bajo la dirección de Hilda Teresa Ayala-González, trabajó con diligencia durante varios meses migrando datos, tomando decisiones configuración, probando y preparándose para el nuevo sistema”, dijo Jennifer Weston, Gerente de proyectos de implementación de Equinox.“ La nueva base de datos Koha inspiró proyectos adicionales al personal, que aprovechó el reciente cierre de la biblioteca para lanzar un nuevo sitio Web y planear la digitalización del proyecto enlazada a Koha para coincidir con el 65 aniversario del Instituto Cultural. Ha sido un placer y un honor colaborar con la Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico para ofrecer estas nuevas oportunidades a su comunidad. Para más información sobre Koha y la experta oferta de servicios de Equinox, por favor visite: https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/.

    Acerca de Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Equinox Open Library Initiative Inc. es una empresa sin fines de lucro que se dedica a actividades literarias, caritativas y educativas al servicio de instituciones culturales. Como sucesora de Equinox Software, Inc., esta iniciativa cuenta con una década de servicio y experiencia con Evergreen y otras aplicaciones de software de biblioteca Open Source. En Equinox OLI le ayudamos a empoderar su biblioteca con tecnologías de Open Source.

    Acerca de Koha
    Creado en el 1999 por Katipo Communications para la Fundación de la Biblioteca Horowhenua de Nueva Zelanda, Koha es el primer sistema internacional de gestión integrada de bibliotecas Open Source. El software es un sistema ILS completo con diseño de base de datos dual (buscador y RDBMS) y se creó creado en cumplimiento con estándares de biblioteca. El catálogo OPAC de Koha, el personal y la interfaz de préstamo automático son aplicaciones de Web. Distribuidas con Licencia Pública General (GPL), las bibliotecas son de uso gratuito, instalan automáticamente Koha y ofrecen la posibilidad de contratar asistencia y servicios de desarrollo. Para más información sobre Koha, visite http://koha-community.org.
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    July 27th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    Duluth, Ga., July 27, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is honored to announce the successful migration of Spark Central of Spokane, Washington to the Koha Integrated Library System. They were one of two 2019 Equinox Open Source Grant recipients.

    Spark Central was founded in 2016 when INK Art Space and the Spark Center merged to become Spark Central, a non-profit organization supporting the development of creativity, imagination and innovation by breaking down barriers to access. Their migration encompassed 2,717 bibliographic records and 5,021 patrons. Equinox services included: project management and system configuration in addition to extraction and migration of bibliographic, item, transaction, and patron data. Equinox also provided Koha support, hosting, auxiliary services, and staff training.

    "Spark Central's library offers West Central [Spokane] families access to technology, kits, books, and DVDs, but our old library system was cumbersome, frustrating, and was constantly having errors,” said Brooke Matson, Executive Director at Spark Central. “We did not even have barcodes to scan. Working with Equinox has been like night and day! Their team has been exceptional to work with and held our hand during the transition and data migration, going out of their way to customize our user interface. It's amazing to have a system so accessible to our patrons and easy to use. It has super-charged our library lending power!"

    The Equinox Open Source Grant was offered for the first time in 2019 providing Koha migration, support and training to two successful grantees. The grant was inspired by the vibrant open source community and the belief that every community deserves to benefit from an accessible and thriving library.

    "I was really excited when we announced that Spark Central had received the grant,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Analyst at Equinox. “It was even more of a thrill to be on the migration team as community libraries that are tightly integrated into the lives of their neighborhoods are important to me. At every step working with the Spark Central staff was a pleasure and their passion for their community came through in everything we did."

    To learn more about Koha and the expert services Equinox has to offer please visit https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/ .

    About Equinox Open Library Initiative
    Equinox Open Library Initiative Inc. is a nonprofit company engaging in literary, charitable, and educational endeavors serving cultural and knowledge institutions. As the successor to Equinox Software, Inc., the Initiative carries forward a decade of service and experience with Evergreen and other open source library software. At Equinox OLI we help you empower your library with open source technologies.

    About Koha
    Created in 1999 by Katipo Communications for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, Koha is the first open source Integrated Library System to be used worldwide. The software is a full-featured ILS with a dual-database design (search engine and RDBMS) built to be compliant with library standards. Koha’s OPAC, staff, and self-checkout interfaces are all web applications. Distributed under the General Public License (GPL), libraries are free to use and install Koha themselves or to purchase support and development services. For more information on Koha, please visit http://koha-community.org.

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    July 27th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    FOLIO’s Goldenrod Release Signifies Version One of the Open Source Library Services Platform is Ready for Adoption
    ~ Goldenrod Release Signifies Core Functionality Now Available to Libraries Looking to Implement FOLIO ~
    July 27, 2020

    PHILADELPHIA — July 27, 2020 — The FOLIO Open Source Community has issued its latest named release opening the way for many sites to adopt FOLIO. The Goldenrod Release signifies the completion of Version One (V1) ILS functionality for the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP).

    The open source project, which leverages expertise from libraries, developers and service providers, has built an open source LSP that is being implemented around the world. The Goldenrod Release includes core functionality that will allow libraries to move to FOLIO from their current, traditional Integrated Library System (ILS) or LSPs.

    Jesse Koennecke, outgoing Chair of the FOLIO Product Council and Director of Acquisitions and E-Resource Licensing Services at Cornell University Libraries says the Goldenrod release marks a shift as the FOLIO Community moves from developing core functionality to focusing on expanded features identified since the initial roadmap was planned. “With libraries actively implementing FOLIO, the project has hit an essential milestone envisioned when we began — functionality allowing libraries to move to the open source LSP. We are now excited to continue to work on additional features and functionality to respond to requests that extend or innovate with the FOLIO platform to better serve libraries.”

    Harry Kaplanian, EBSCO Information Services’ Vice President of Product Management for FOLIO Services is a member of FOLIO’s Product Council and the FOLIO Roadmap facilitator. He says the Goldenrod Release means FOLIO Core features are ready for adoption. “The entire FOLIO Community has been working toward V1 development status so libraries can begin implementing the FOLIO platform and library service applications.”

    Academic institutions have taken a variety of pathways when moving to FOLIO. Some have started with ERM (electronic resource management) functionality first before replacing an existing ILS implementation or leveraging FOLIO apps such as circulation and inventory. Other libraries have planned their conversion from a legacy ILS to coincide with the Goldenrod Release. There are additional sites that will go live with features planned for releases later this year and into 2021.

    The next release will be the Honeysuckle Release in October. Information about the FOLIO Community and the upcoming releases can be found at https://wiki.folio.org.

    About FOLIO
    FOLIO is a collaborative effort among libraries, vendors, developers and consortia that leverages open source technology and a community-based effort to redefine library services and innovate based on library futures. By building on what libraries need and by leveraging library expertise as well as vendor capacity and velocity, FOLIO is designed to move libraries forward, build on the services they provide and redefine the role libraries play within their institution. FOLIO also levels the playing field and makes open source technology available to all institutions regardless of size or staffing. FOLIO brings vendors together to innovate and host services for customers and introduces open source as a service to libraries. To sign up to participate or receive more information go to www.folio.org.

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    Kathleen McEvoy
    Media Relations, FOLIO
    978-223-0438
    kathleen@folio.org

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    July 27th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    Libraries who utilise OpenAthens can now access Exact Editions digital subscriptions through the service, allowing staff and students seamless access through their existing institutional accounts.

    The launch means that existing and new users can access institutions’ Exact Editions subscriptions on site or remotely through a single set of credentials, ensuring a simpler user journey.

    Institutional digital subscriptions are available here: https://institutions.exacteditions.com/

    International Sales Manager Kieran Prince said: “We’re delighted that Exact Editions subscriptions are now accessible with OpenAthens software, which allows library users to browse all content in one place.”

    Daryl Rayner, Managing Director of Exact Editions, said: “Institutions will benefit from this new feature that deepens Exact Editions’ integration into library systems around the world.”

    About OpenAthens:

    OpenAthens, part of Jisc, develops and supports identity and access management software. With a mission to remove barriers to knowledge and connect people to information, the software is used by over 2,600 organisations and has over four million end-users.

    About Exact Editions:

    Exact Editions is a digital publishing company based in London. They are a team of producers, developers and designers who turn periodicals with archives into dynamic, user-friendly digital editions. Exact Editions specialises in digitising content and selling subscriptions across web, iOS and Android platforms, for individuals and institutions.

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    July 23rd, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    EBSCO Information Services Announces Support for The UK Reproducibility Network
    ~ EBSCO to Join External Stakeholders Group to Contribute to Efforts to Improve the Reproducibility of Research Methods and Results ~
    IPSWICH, Mass. — July 23, 2020 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is joining the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) as an external stakeholder. In providing in-kind support to UKRN, EBSCO is furthering its goal of supporting open research and reproducibility by teaming up with an organization of researchers and research institutes dedicated to improving the quality of research.

    As a provider of journals, e-books and a discovery service, EBSCO is well-known by researchers and the academic institutions that support them. Recent partnerships with protocols.io and Code Ocean have expanded EBSCO’s institutional reach allowing colleges and universities to further open research initiatives and make research methods, code and data available along with traditional research papers.

    Part of EBSCO’s support for UKRN will include a series of workshops with protocols.io and Code Ocean addressing methods and protocol development, reproducibility and structuring research analytics. By bringing researchers together with companies that support research, EBSCO is able to balance its decades-long experience with academic research with its support for open research and research outputs and workflows.

    Marcus Munafò, professor of biological psychology at the University of Bristol and programme lead within the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, is on the UKRN Steering Committee. He says the UKRN’s goal is to elevate the quality of research being conducted. “We are looking at how researchers are incentivized and how that impacts what is being published. By working with organizations like EBSCO, we hope to move beyond simply the article to focusing on the actual research methods, code and data to improve reproducibility and research quality.”

    EBSCO Information Services Vice President of Product Management and Researcher Workflows, Christopher Spalding says by working with UKRN, EBSCO is able to work directly with researchers to understand their needs and introduce them to resources like protocols.io and Code Ocean. “Improving the reproducibility of research and supporting open research are essential goals of both EBSCO and UKRN. protocols.io and Code Ocean are working to solve these problems, and EBSCO, as a UKRN external stakeholder, will both learn from and collaborate with researchers to benefit future research quality.”

    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, and clinical decisions 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 1,500,000 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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    Kathleen McEvoy
    Vice President of Communications
    (800) 653-2726 x2594
    kmcevoy@ebsco.com

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