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Boopsie Showcases Multilingual Capabilities at REFORMA Conference
20 Sep 11:
Boopsie, a mobile solution for universities and libraries, debuted a Spanish language version of its mobile app at this year's REFORMA in Denver, CO. REFORMA is a national organization that promotes library and information services to Spanish-speaking populations.
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Library Copyright Alliance raises concern over lawsuit against HathiTrust and partners
15 Sep 11:
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has released a statement stating concern over the Authors Guild's decision to file a lawsuit against HathiTrust and its research library partners.
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LibLime Academic Koha to be used by the College of Information at the University of North Texas
15 Sep 11:
Students in Assistant Professor Dr. Barbara Schultz-Jones’s “Trends and Practices in School Libraries” course will have access to their own production ILS to assist them in completing their coursework. Schultz-Jones and her class are using a hosted installation of LibLime Academic Koha, free of charge.
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Utah State University Selects the Sierra Services Platform from Innovative
16 Sep 11:
Utah State University is the first library to switch to the new Sierra Services Platform. Built on a foundation of "open services," Sierra will replace a Symphony™ ILS from SirsiDynix. In addition to Sierra the Library has chosen Encore Synergy's discovery search for articles and books.
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Relais Express Selected by Two Academic Libraries
15 Sep 11:
The UCLA Law Library (Los Angeles, CA) and The King's University College (Edmonton, AB) have selected and are implementing Relais Express. This brings the number of new Relais Express customers in 2011 to twenty-six academic libraries.
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K.U.Leuven chooses Ex Libris Rosetta for Digital Preservation
15 Sep 11:
Belgium's K.U.Leuven has chosen the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system. K.U.Leuven already uses the full suite of Ex Libris products and will be combining Rosetta with the Primo discovery and delivery solution.
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HathiTrust, US universities sued over digitization of orphan works
14 Sep 11:
The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Ecrivaines et des Ecrivains Quebecois (UNEQ) and eight individual authors recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court against HathiTrust and five universities. These include the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University and Cornell University.
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Tacoma Public Library (WA) Selects Millennium from Innovative
14 Sep 11:
Tacoma Public Library has selected the Millennium ILS along with the Encore discovery application from Innovative. The Library will also offer new SMS text-messaging for library notices and a multi-lingual Encore interface for patrons.
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ARL releases resource packet on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works
14 Sep 11:
The Association of Research Libraries has released a 'Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries.' The resource packet is not a comprehensive response to or analysis of the recent lawsuit filed by three authors' groups and eight individual authors against HathiTrust and five of its partners.
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King County Library System (WA) selects EnvisionWare
13 Sep 11:
King County Library System (KCLS) in Washington State selected EnvisionWare's computer and print management solutions, PC Reservation and LPT:One.
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Amazon in talks with publishers to launch digital library
12 Sep 11:
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc. is set to launch a digital book library, for which it is reportedly in talks with book publishers. According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, the library will enable customers to access a digitized content by paying an annual subscription fee.
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LibLime Koha Selected by Henderson County Public Library
8 Sep 11:
The Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library in Henderson County Texas has chosen LibLime Koha to replace their legacy Athena system. The Library has selected LibLime for implementation and support.
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French publishers drop $14 million book-scanning lawsuit against Google
5 Sep 11:
Three French publishers - Editions Albin Michel SA, Editions Gallimard SA and Flammarion – have reportedly dropped a $13.8 million lawsuit against Internet search services provider Google, Inc. over books scanned by the company. With this move, the publishers seek to resume negotiations to reach a deal on scanning copyright-protected works for Google's digital library.
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