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Beginning December 14th, North Carolina libraries will offer their library patrons 318 new eBooks made available through NC LIVE with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the State Library of North Carolina.

COLUMBUS, OH - November 30, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, has announced that European University Cyprus (EUC) in Nicosia, Cyprus, has selected LibLime Enterprise Koha for their integrated library system.

Elizabeth Colo Library holds Christmas Ornament Party on Dec 5, 2009.

@ Your Library, the public outreach campaign of the American Library Association, has announced their first ever tote bag design contest. Anyone 14 years of age or older may enter to win a $500 grand prize or $100 people's choice award.

Soft Xpansion attends the DMS EXPO 2009 in Cologne, Germany (September 15 - 17, 2009), Europe's leading event for Digital Management Solutions. The company presents several solutions

Greater integration and massive time savings are two of the big benefits on offer to users of Soutron’s latest releases of Library Automation software built entirely for the web.

Transaction Publishers provides their E-books to ebrary. ebrary offers more than 170,000 digital books, handbooks, reports, maps, journals and other valuable content from over 350 of the world’s leading publishers.

A North American company, Userful is offering free assistance to those applying for Stimulus Grant funding for public computing in the next month. Deadline for the first round of funding is August 14.

Just released, beautifully illustrated book of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. India's most well known and influential poet, a Nobel Prize winner in 1913. His poems are a wonderful reflection of the enduring culture of India and Bangladesh.

At the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting organised by Sun Microsystems in St Julian’s, Malta (24-26 June), Giunti Labs presents the new HarvestRoad Hive 4 Digital Repository platform for digital content archiving.

SirsiDynix, the world’s leader in strategic technology solutions for libraries, welcomes new and migrating ILS customers to the SirsiDynix family of library success.

NC LIVE, North Carolina’s consortium for the state’s nearly 200 public and academic libraries reported a more than 21 percent increase in the use of its electronic resources at North Carolina libraries over the last year.

In addition to the company’s debut at AAM Expo, Kirtas announces that Natalie Russo has joined the company as an imaging expert with experience in museum photography and fine-art reproduction.

Debut novel by Kim Byrne, The Drowning River, garners advance reviews from Kirkus, Romance Reviews Today, and more.

SkyView’s automated, motorized, overhead camera system can easily capture newspapers, manuscripts, historical documents, maps, photographs and artwork.

Several North Carolina state organizations have teamed up to provide 380 educational and documentary videos from the Public Broadcasting Service, which are now permanently available online and free of charge to all North Carolina public schools.

Innovative tool provides essential COUNTER Compliant reports to libraries on behalf of publishers

The Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries has hired Scotland's leading independent courier firm Eagle Couriers to deliver materials from its central repository in Edinburgh to libraries across the UK.

Tutor.com is launching a new Tutor.com Learning Suite available to public libraries summer 2009. Adults will have their own Learning Center including Job Search, GED Prep, Citizenship Help and More

Stephen Abram will receive the prestigious Roger Summit Award from AIIP at the association's 23rd annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in March

The Publishing House Research blog offers readers in-depth interviews with the global leaders in the field of library science.

New Book Collects DTV Coupon Program Information & Digital Transition Information To Help Libraries, Consumer Groups, Broadcasters And Other DTV Stakeholders Facilitate Coupon Program Applications And Inform Consumers About DigitalTransition

GeckoGo is a travel site for independent travelers that helps them plan things to do in France and other countries.

CCE announces its latest innovation, Oceans SDK, to connect Enterprise Applications to CAD data assets. Oceans SDK is a middleware technology that provides access to product data stored in CAD files via a single C++ API for all major CAD formats.

Chester Creek, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of innovative keyboards and mice for all ages and abilities, announced today the launch of its new Web site at www.chestercreek.com

'Sitting on a gold mine' - improving provision and services for learners by aggregating and using 'learner behaviour data'

DS, the UK’s leading library systems supplier and Axiell Library Group, the most important provider to the Nordic market, today announces the official launch of its next-generation web public interface, Arena.

DS today announced it had won a 5-year contract with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council to supply its RFID technology and services to all libraries in the borough.

The Snake Prince of Montreal: The Witch’s Vengeance At The San Jose Public Library on July 16th Book Is First In Three Book Series

Pennsylvania Week for the Animals is an exciting statewide event to celebrate and build awareness about animals.

DOT.TUNES HookUp 1.0 allows connected users to access, browse, stream and download content directly from remote iTunes libraries.

Winning essay describes how Helen Oram and her husband began their business with the help of libraries.

The November 8, 2007 edition of LibVibe: the library newscast features the voices of people in the library news, academic and public. No other library news source does what LibVibe does.

Information Publications' newest book, North Carolina Cities, Towns & Counties includes detailed statistical profiles for every incorporated municipality and county in North Carolina. It is available now in paperback and CD-ROM editions.