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

North Bethesda, MD, October 30, 2015 – The Third Annual LibLime User’s Group Meeting will take place the week of November 9th in Washington, DC. Agenda topics will include presentations of Bibliovation, a sneak preview of the new reporting module, a cataloging seminar from customers using the new cataloging module, a preview of the integration with EBSCO’s EDS API & Index Data’s Master Key, and a discussion about 2016 development projects. The Meeting will be available to remote customers via online teleconferencing programs. Individuals who have not yet registered to attend in person or via teleconference should contact Vicki Teal Lovely at vickiteal@scls.info .

About Bibliovation
The Bibliovation LSP provides an extensible, web based platform from which libraries can manage both traditional bibliographic materials along with digital content, all in a single platform. Supporting MARC21, RDA and geotagging, Bibliovation offers a Rest API-based Discovery Layer integrated with the EDS API and Index Data’s Master Key services, providing the end user the ability to search both catalog and databases at the same time. Bibliovation includes an EDI-compliant acquisitions component; a completely MARC-based cataloging editor for bibliographic, holdings and authority records; and full patron empowerment for purchase requests, ILL requests and reference requests from the Discovery Layer. Bibliovation is completely web-based, FISMA- certified and is hosted in a FedRAMP-compliant hosting facility. The latest release of Bibliovation, which came out in late September, includes a variety of new features such as OCR upon ingest, batch edit of bibliographic records, ‘object-only’ displays in the Discovery Layer, a new reporting module, and notification enhancements.

About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime, a division of PTFS, is the global leader in providing support for open development Library Service Platforms (LSP). Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, LibLime educates libraries about the benefits of open development, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. LibLime then facilitates deployment of the LSP in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation and support/hosting services. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, Knowvation, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com.

10/30/2015
CONTACT:
Nicole Engard
(888) 900-8944
klassmates@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Unveils Koha Klassmates Program for Library Schools Nationwide

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha support, announced the rollout of a new program dedicated to providing free hosted Koha installations for library schools nationwide for the purposes of teaching and learning about integrated library systems and open source. The program, Koha Klassmates, made a very big impact on its first day by attracting over 20 library school inquiries via the Klassmates website (http://klassmates.us). Koha Klassmates is one of the many new learning initiative being rolled out by ByWater between now and the beginning of 2016.

Nicole Engard, Vice President of Community Outreach for ByWater commented on the Klassmates program:

"When I was in library school, I remember learning about library systems from books and cataloging in word processing applications. I didn't get a chance to learn about using an ILS until I was in the library. With this program future librarians will already have hands on experience with one of the best integrated library systems out there!"

About Koha Klassmates:
Koha Klassmates is a service of ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support. This service offers free hosted installations of the Koha Open Source ILS to library school instructors for use in their classrooms. Using this service library school students can learn what it means to use a real ILS before entering the workforce. For more information or to sign up please visit: http://klassmates.us/

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:
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 to support Koha 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/