Library Wins Innovation Grant to Develop Snap and Go Mobile TechnologyThe Contra Costa County Library has been awarded a $60,000 Bay Area Library and Information Systems (BALIS) Innovation grant to create a mobile platform that will push new and existing library content and services — literally — into the hands of cell phone users. The “Snap & Go” project will allow Contra Costa County residents [...] Serials Solutions 360 E-Resource Access & Management Services Offer New Japanese-Language EnhancementsSerials Solutions is pleased to announce new Japanese-language enhancements for the Serials Solutions 360 services. These developments feature improve search results through enabling alternate kanji character matching in Japanese-language title searches, added support for many new databases unique to the Asia-Pacific region, and Japanese-language localization for the New Serials Solutions 360 Search federated search service. Web 2.0 & Libraries: Trends and TechnologiesSocial software, more ubiquitous than ever, continues to have a profound impact on information and communication in the Information Age. Tech Logic announces CircIT 2010 Self-Checkout SoftwareCircIT is a dedicated Web server system that integrates with a library’s automation system for self-checkout, circulation, reports, and RFID tag read/write functions. It offers HTML customization options for patron screens, and it functions with RFID and barcode technology. CircIT Version 2 added “Instant Checkout,” in which checkout and tag deactivation appeared on one screen [...] Ingram Digital selects Summon for MyiLibraryWith the Summon service, Ingram Digital will provide metadata for all the titles in its MyiLibrary e-Book platform. MyiLibrary includes more than 185,000 titles with an additional 5,000 titles being added each month. Ingram Digital is part of a burgeoning movement of publishers and aggregators who are choosing to make their content more discoverable to [...] Sailing into the Future with ADLIBSwets & Zeitlinger B.V. of Lisse and ADLIB Information Systems B.V. of Utrecht have concluded an agreement to ensure the future development and maintenance of SAILS, Swets serials management software package. Phase one of San Francisco Public Library’s adoption at ALA Annual Conference in Washington3M Library Systems has introduced significant enhancements to its RFID (radio frequency identification) systems that help improve the performance, ease of use, and aesthetics of the technology for library applications, at the American Library Association’s annual conference and exhibition at the Washington Convention Center. India’s Panjab University Library Taps 3M for Turnkey Conversion to RFID Circulation Management and Security3M Library Systems has been awarded a turnkey project that will provide radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for circulation and inventory management and security at the Panjab University Library in Chandigarh, the capital of the Punjab region in northwest India. Columbia University Libraries Joins HathiTrustThe Columbia University Libraries has become the newest member of HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org), a shared repository for the digitized content from academic and research libraries. The Libraries plans to contribute public domain volumes digitized through its partnerships with Google, Microsoft and the Internet Archive. Stephen Abram exits SirsiDynixSirsiDynix announced today that Stephen Abram, its Vice President for Innovation, will leave the company to join Gale Cengage as its new Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Markets. Abram has taken a highly visible role for the company, especially on the speaking circuit. He has also overseen the SirsiDynix Institute, an educational program of [...] |
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