Public Libraries

Call for Papers:
Public Libraries and Resilient Cities: Creating Sustainable and Equitable Places

Edited by Michael Dudley

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 11, 2010 — Mosio's Text a Librarian, the leader in text messaging solutions for libraries, today announced its mobile donations initiative to assist non-profit libraries and library organizations in setting up mobile fundraising campaigns via SMS text messaging.

Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff, Claude Lalumière, Mary E. Choo, Sandra Kasturi, Bradley Media Release
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Toronto Book Fans to get "First Bite" of All - Canadian Vampire Anthology - BYOG (Bring your own garlic!)

(Calgary) Toronto book fans will meet some of Canada's top horror writers at the EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead book launch event on April 9th, at the World's Biggest Bookstore.

In celebration of our 1 year anniversary, the team at BookSaleManager.com is proud to introduce our newly redesigned site. This latest version is packed with exciting new features that will let users find, share, and save booksales like never before.

Here are some of the exciting new features:

March 4, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Celebrates One Year of Providing Open Source Services to Libraries

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, celebrated their one year anniversary for providing quality implementation and support services for open source ILS’s such as Koha and Evergreen.

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Norcross, GA — March 4, 2010
Beacon Falls Public Library and Douglas Library of Hebron are the first members of Connecticut’s Bibliomation consortium to go live with the Evergreen open source ILS. Bibliomation opted to begin the move to Evergreen with a set of five pilot libraries. Slater Public Library, Windham Free Public Library, and Jonathan Trumbull Library will complete the initial group and are expected live at a later date. The entire consortium is expected live on Evergreen in 2011.

I invite you to order my new book, On the Strand, published by World Audience Publishers, New York City. Strand picks up in a memoir where my first book, Waking Up in the Studebaker, of the two-book series, left off.

Second Phase of Natural Resources Canada Libraries Now Live on Evergreen
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Norcross, GA –March 3, 2010

March 2, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

Acton Public Library Partners with ByWater Solutions for Koha Implementation

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Acton Public Library, of Old Saybrook, CT. has partnered with them for the installation and support of the community version of the Koha integrated library system.

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CONTACT: Erin Beekhuis
(323) 852-1083
erin@libraryassociates.com

Los Angeles, CA – March 1, 2010 – Library Associates Companies (LAC), today announced their national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – West (WBEC - West), a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).