Library Technology Guides

Maximize safety at your library: Tips for library security, safety, and service. Innovative, a part of Clarivate, hosted a webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht, an expert in workplace safety with a concentration on library safety this November. In this session, 30 Library Service, Safety and Security Tips: Making a better facility in one month, Dr. Steve shared 30 steps, each of which can be completed in a day, that libraries can take to maximize their library's safety for staff and patrons. [Full Announcement].

Hublet and Beegees Computers team up to bring innovation to Indian libraries. Hublet and Beegees Computers have formed a strategic partnership to elevate Indian libraries to new heights. By combining Hublet's shared tablet management solution with BCPL's deep understanding of the Indian library market, the partnership aims to offer innovative solutions for content sharing and device management in libraries to enhance their services and improve user experiences. [Full Announcement].

NEH announces $37.5 million for 240 humanities projects nationwide. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced $37.5 million in grants for 240 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a feature-length documentary on the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the first female pilots to fly for the U.S. military in World War II, and their fight for recognition as veterans after the war; a new book on the history of the travel souvenir; and the refinement of remote sensing methods for conducting noninvasive surveys and analysis of buried archaeological sites of Indigenous settlements in the US. This round of funding, NEH's third and last for fiscal year 2024, will support vital humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs. These peer-reviewed grants were awarded in addition to $65 million in annual operating support provided to the national network of state and jurisdictional humanities councils. [Full Announcement].

FE Technologies to unveil V6 Self Loan at ALA 2024 San Diego. FE Technologies will announce the unveiling of the V6 Self Loan Station at ALA 2024 in San Diego. Elevate your library experience with the cutting-edge V6 that surpasses the V5 standard by embodying both sophistication and essential features demanded by modern libraries. Designed using the same design engineering firm that created the Envoy Software Ux , the V6 is designed to sustain a future-proof solution, ensuring a seamless transition for libraries towards modern technology. [Full Announcement].

NEH Announces $26.2 Million for 238 Humanities Projects Nationwide. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a new permanent exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh on how the Nile River shaped ancient Egyptians' ideas of life and death; provide for treatment and digitization of photo collections at Appalshop documenting Appalachia's social, cultural, and economic history that were damaged by catastrophic flooding in Kentucky; and support archaeological research at the sites of two former boarding schools on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana. [Full Announcement].

EnvisionWare announces partnership with Princh. EnvisionWare, a leading provider of self-service and library efficiency solutions, announced today a partnership with Princh for self-service and mobile printing. Princh is an industry-leader in printing and payment solutions for libraries worldwide. Under this agreement, Princh will power EnvisionWare's MobilePrint Service integrated with our LPT:One print management solution. Combining the new with the familiar, EnvisionWare's MobilePrint Service, powered by Princh, enables patrons to print remotely or within the library from smartphones, tablets, and laptops, and pick up their printouts at the library. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate unveils Citation Laureates 2023: annual list of researchers of Nobel class. Clarivate, a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, named 23 world-class researchers from institutions in five countries as Citation Laureates. These are researchers whose work is deemed to be of Nobel class, as demonstrated by analysis carried out by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate™. [Full Announcement].

Four remarkable libraries nominated for the Public Library of the Year 2023 award. Systematic and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) are once again awarding the Public Library of the Year. This year, four remarkable libraries have been nominated, representing the very best from all over the world. To select the Public Library of the Year 2023, jury members of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) have narrowed the field to four nominees: Public Library Janez Vajkard Valvasor in Slovenia, Gabriel García Márquez Library in Spain, City of Parramatta Library in Australia, and Shanghai Library East in China. [Full Announcement].

EnvisionWare announces leadership team promotions. EnvisionWare, a leading provider of self-service and library efficiency solutions, announced the promotion of two employees to senior leadership positions. John C. Dexter has been promoted to the role of General Manager and Candice G. Oliver promoted to the role of Director of Sales and Marketing . [Full Announcement].

Patrick Heath Public Library (TX) chooses Patron Point. Patron Point announced that Patrick Heath Public Library in Boerne, Texas, has chosen our patron engagement platform to support its mission to cultivate a love of reading, enrich lives through life-long learning and cultural exploration, and provide a welcoming space for people to engage and connect. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces December 2022 Community Giveback Winner and donates to Florida Library Association's Hurricane Relief Fund. The December 2022 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback is the Washington County Public Library in Florida. The funds will be used to support the library's Tiny Tots program. This will build on the success of the interactive centers that are part of the Tiny Tots programs. Each month, youth services staff create a themed center filled with activities. Each week, there are new activities within the theme. Since its inception in 2021, library staff have a variety of themed centers including a hospital theme, a vegetable stand theme, an ice cream theme, and a camping theme. The funds will help to add extra themed centers and allow for the purchase of puzzles, manipulative materials, and games that could be used long-term to ensure continued success of our program. [Full Announcement].

Amigos welcomes thirteen libraries to SimplyE as part of the E-Read Texas Program. Amigos welcomes its thirteen newest SimplyE libraries, part of the E-Read Texas program sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. [Full Announcement].

Texas universities reach historic deal with Elsevier: TLCUA saves Texas universities millions collectively. Texas Library Coalition for United Action announce that it has concluded negotiations with Elsevier, and all TLCUA members have signed or are finalizing new agreements for subscription journal access. In 2019, 44 public and private university campuses across Texas joined together to form TLCUA to think creatively about access to faculty publications and the sustainability of journal subscriptions. TLCUA has negotiated with Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of scientific journals, including The Lancet and Cell and over 2,500 other journals covering topics in medicine, biology, psychology, engineering, business and more. The TLCUA effort aligns with other libraries across academia that have sought to evolve the relationship between libraries and publishers and find new ways to thrive together. [Full Announcement].

The successful cooperation between Lyngsoe Systems and Hublet expands. After many years of successful cooperation in UK and Ireland, Lyngsoe Systems and Hublet have expanded the cooperation, so Lyngsoe now also can offer the Hublet solution to the Norwegian market as distributor. [Full Announcement].

The Crowley Company expands document scanning capabilities. The Crowley Company has expanded its physical footprint with the addition of a dedicated digital document scanning facility to its corporate campus. The secure, state-of-the-art studio is specific to high-volume, guideline-compliant paper record and large-format document scanning. Running double shifts since its opening, the operation adds 30% to Crowley's current scanning operation square footage and provides for document box and pallet staging, a record preparation production line and multiple scan and quality control stations. [Full Announcement].

EnvisionWare announces an extensive line of new self-service solutions to debut at PLA. EnvisionWare announced that the company will unveil and advanced line-up of new and newly released hardware and software at the PLA conference in Portland. [Full Announcement].

Bryan College Station Library migrates to TLC for efficiency and security. The Library Corporation announced the recent implementation of Library.Solution for Bryan + College Station Public Library System. TLC completed the migration services for the three-site library system from their Polaris integrated library system earlier this month. [Full Announcement].

The New York Public Library and LYRASIS announce next steps in national e-book collaboration. The New York Public Library and LYRASIS have announced that, following a two-year collaboration to empower public libraries around the country to gain control over their e-book delivery platforms, they will be expanding their efforts on delivering a library driven library empowered ebook platform, pursuing two different opportunities towards the same goal. [Full Announcement].

San Bernardino County Library selects EnvisionWare to expand self-service. EnvisionWare announced that San Bernardino County Library, CA, has selected EnvisionWare to expand their self-service solutions for patrons. San Bernardino County leveraged grant funding to provide solutions to address the growing health and economic challenges fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. [Full Announcement].

Bookworms turn to mystery and thriller novels throughout COVID-19. Australians sought escapist fiction to get through major lockdowns and restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost half of this year's top 20 most borrowed books listed as mysteries and thrillers in Civica's 2021 Libraries Index. The Index, now in its sixth year, assessed borrowing data from 34 million loans across 104 regional and metropolitan libraries in Australia and New Zealand between 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021. Civica, provider of the cloud-based Spydus library management system to schools, TAFEs and local government, partnered with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) to create the Civica Libraries Index. [Full Announcement].