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New product will free university libraries to create budgets that reflect patron needs

The use of DNA testing for genetics allows one to trace ancestry back 25,000 or more years. The Elbert library (Colorado) will host a presentation about using DNA for genealogical research on Janurary 8, 2011.

PBS Television Station KETC in St. Louis, Missouri will broadcast the GLOW episode on the Missouri Botanical Garden Library on January 2 and repeat on January 5, 2011.

Elbert County (Colorado) Libraries Foundation appoints Ken Slyziuk and Ann Lamb to board bringing total board members to six. More board members planned.

With unemployment hovering at 9% statewide, libraries are increasingly serving as job search centers in their communities. To help meet this demand, North Carolina’s public and academic libraries will provide access to the Job & Career Accelerator.

Following a review, Enfield Library Service is saving £30k pa on reference resources and now has 7,500 – 12,000 users a month of its online resources, a massive increase from just 2,500/month a year ago.

New Library Location in NW Elbert County; Library District Announces Grand Opening of Singing Hills Service Outlet Providing Service to Nearby Residents

DevExpress, the Award-winning ASP.NET Vendor is set to release over 30 MVC Extensions as part of its upcoming release of DXperience

Qoppa Software's latest Java libraries include measurement calibration, callout annotation, and digital signature enhancements across all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Askin Ozcan 's recently published six books in different genres, are a "Must" for the public libraries.

Two London Boroughs, both members of the London Libraries Consortium, are sharing stock management services across the two boroughs

Elbert County libraries Awarded $33,177 in federal grants to enhance library operations. One grant, for $22,721, is for a mobile computer lab in Simla. The second for $10,456 is for a library outlet in an underserved area of NW Elbert County.

Enhanced accessibility is the goal as the Northwest Regional Libraries in Greenbush, Hallock, Roseau, Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, Warroad and Warren launch their Facebook Fan Page, Twitter account and YouTube videos.

Classic Revenge by Mitzi Kelly, the first book in the new mystery series, A Silver Sleuths Mystery published by Avalon Books, has been released.

Ron Vermillion of Elizabeth, Colo. recently appointed to Elbert County Library District (Colo) board of trustees. Vermillion is a financial adviser with EdwardJones in Parker, Colo.

New Jersey Association of School Librarians Announces Annual Fall Conference “School Libraries for Student Success” held on December 3rd and 4th, 2010--a learning and networking event for librarians working for student success.

London Libraries Consortium uses RFID to enhance customer services and improve operations

Report generation and access never got easier

The "Save Our Seeker" campaign continues in full effect with fans around the world donating 250 'Legend of the Seeker' Season 1 DVDs to Public Libraries in the U.S., a bus shelter ad in Burbank, CA, and a couple of touching fan videos.

Optimized and High Performance Silverlight Controls for Visual Studio .NET

Libraries across the USA provide summer reading programs that enhance reading skills and have long-term value for the life of each participant.

New - Optimized and Elegant Presentation Control Libraries for WPF - Visual Studio 2010

Multimedia Information & Technology Group announces its latest event: social networking in libraries.

Library patrons can now visit their library via their iPhone or Android device; Axiell and BridgeIT’s new application is now live and enabling users to gain direct access to their library 24/7.

ServerLogic launches a Drupal based solution for library websites named "Library-in-a-Box".

Elbert County Libraries Foundation expands with addition of Bank of Choice vice president - market manger, Peg Kelley.

Alliance Library System and LearningTimes are hosting an online conference on libraries and innovation in the 21st century.

ASLIB, The Association for Information Management, has been acquired by MCB Group, the holding company for Emerald Group Publishing Limited

London Libraries Consortium: Initial response to The Modernisation Review of Public Libraries: a Policy Statement

Please visit www.thegentlemanscholar.com to learn how to be a gentleman and a scholar, to discuss literature in the symposium, to view pictures of famous libraries, to read book, theatre, and art reviews, and to help promote literacy.

Holzman Moss Architecture begins the new year with a new partner, Nestor Bottino, AIA, and a new name, Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture (HMBA).

New Technology Policy Textbook to Provide Lucid Account of Canadian and Nordic Technology Policy Experiences. Seeks to provide Governments and University Scholars with Real Answers in Wake of Nordic Innovation Policy Crisis.

TDNet Inc., a leading provider of e-Resource access and management services for libraries and information centers, recently launched the TDNet Database Manager, providing tools for accessing and managing electronic databases and collections.

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