Library Technology Guides

Impact Investment accelerates Beanstack's growth in reading motivation. Beanstack, a leading platform that helps schools and libraries build joyful reading communities, has secured an investment from Achieve Partners to advance its mission of inspiring young readers and closing literacy gaps nationwide. With Achieve's support, Beanstack will expand its reach to more schools and libraries, strengthen engagement for readers of all ages, and drive measurable improvements in literacy outcomes. [Full Announcement].

A modern digital experience: Clermont County Public Library launches Vega WebBuilder. Innovative, from Clarivate, shared that Clermont County Public Library has joined the growing Vega WebBuilder community, bringing a modern, user-friendly website experience to its patrons and staff. [Full Announcement].

The Evergreen Project is now a membership organization. The board of The Evergreen Project announced that it has begun the transition to a membership-based model of governance. This change is part of the Project's adoption of its 2025-28 Strategic Plan. This plan is the product of a collaborative effort by many stakeholders in the Evergreen open-source library software community with facilitation by Carson Block Consulting, Inc. [Full Announcement].

Lake Bluff Public Library launches Vega Discover to enhance patron experience. Innovative, from Clarivate announced that Lake Bluff Public Library, Illinois is now live with its new online catalog powered by Vega Discover. Vega Discover reimagines how patrons connect with library materials, bringing together books, e-resources, and media into a single, intuitive interface. With personalized recommendations, modern design, and seamless navigation, Vega Discover helps patrons find exactly what they're looking for, while uncovering new favorites along the way. [Full Announcement].

IGI Global Scientific Publishing and Athabasca University continue collaboration through renewed open access agreement. IGI Global Scientific Publishing has renewed its partnership with Athabasca University, a Canadian public research university, through an Open Access Agreement. Through this agreement, Athabasca University faculty receive Article Processing Charge (APC) funding from their library to publish in IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Open Access Journal Program, which includes nearly 200 journals across Business & Management, Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM), and Education & Social Sciences. By publishing Open Access (under CC BY licensing), faculty benefit from increased visibility, discoverability, and citation impact across hundreds of journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. [Full Announcement].

Metro Transportation Research Library and Archives is live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the Metro Transportation Research Library & Archives in Los Angeles, California is now live on the Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 38,200 bibliographic records providing the library with customized implementation and training for their open source solutions. [Full Announcement].

Smart Search: Designing search for today's scholars. Smart Search in Web of Science provides a faster and more intuitive way to discover research, and will soon become the default experience for all users. As search technology evolves, users expect systems to understand context and intent without requiring technical input. Against this backdrop, we developed Smart Search, a new entry point to Web of Science content designed to make research discovery easier and more intuitive. We are excited to announce that Smart Search will soon be the default experience for all Web of Science users. [Full Announcement].

Cengage Group teams up with AWS to define the future of AI in education. Cengage Group, a global edtech company serving millions of learners worldwide, announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services, combining AWS's artificial intelligence technologies with Cengage Group's learning design expertise to deliver trusted AI solutions that improve learning outcomes, empower educators and prepare learners for the workforce at scale.   [Full Announcement].

EBSCO User Group 2026: Call for proposals deadline extended. EBSCO Information Services has extended the deadline for EBSCO User Group 2026 session proposals to Dec. 1, 2025, giving North American academic library professionals additional time to share their ideas, innovations and stories. Held May 5–8, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska, this year's program will offer three full days of peer-to-peer learning, integrated FOLIO tracks, in-depth workshops and networking opportunities. EBSCO is also evolving the event format based on attendee feedback. Alongside Standard and Panel Presentations, the conference is now accepting proposals for Innovation Sessions, a lightning-round format featuring 10-minute, targeted talks with a combined Q&A at the end of each series. [Full Announcement].

Equinox welcomes the Grand Rapids Public Library to Sequoia Hosting for Evergreen ILS. Equinox Open Library Initiative, a trusted leader in open source technology development and support for libraries, is pleased to welcome the Grand Rapids Public Library to Sequoia, Equinox's premiere cloud-based hosting and support service. Grand Rapids Public Library migrated from a self-hosted Evergreen ILS to Sequoia with Equinox. [Full Announcement].

Invitation to participate in the 2025 Edition of the International Library Automation Perceptions Survey. The 2025 Edition of the International Library Automation Perceptions is underway. For nearly two decades (since 2007), this annual study conducted through Library Technology Guides has documented how libraries around the world view the systems they rely on to manage their collections and serve their communities. Your participation is vital in helping the profession understand how well current automation systems and discovery services meet real-world needs. [Full Announcement].

Christine Peterson Consulting joins the Samvera Community as its newest partner. The Samvera Community announced Christine Peterson Consulting as its newest Samvera Service Provider Partner, strengthening the community's collaborative network of libraries, service providers, and technologists dedicated to open source repository solutions. [Full Announcement].

Libraries take the lead in exploring AI collaboration at Softlink IC's 2025 User Group meetings. Softlink Information Centres announced the success of its 2025 AI Library Challenge, a first-of-its-kind collaborative learning experiment delivered across Brisbane, Melbourne, and Wellington as part of this year's Liberty Digital and illumin User Group Meetings. The AI Library Challenge asked participants to complete two tasks; catalogue a monograph and design an OPAC homepage using different levels of AI support. Across the three events, participants were grouped into Team Human, Team Cyborg, and Team AI. [Full Announcement].

Softlink Information Centres celebrates successful 2025 User Group Meeting series in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Wellington. Softlink Information Centres successfully wrapped its 2025 in-person User Group Meetings this October, connecting with Liberty Digital and illumin customers in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Wellington. The events brought together library and knowledge management professionals from government, legal, corporate, and education sectors for a full day of learning, collaboration, and discussion on what's next for Softlink IC's solutions. Attendees enjoyed product updates, workshops, roadmap insights, and the debut of the AI Library Challenge, an interactive activity exploring how artificial intelligence can support real-world library and research tasks. [Full Announcement].

Clarivate welcomes Tom Wickersham, new Senior Vice President for Americas Sales. Clarivate announced that Tom Wickersham has joined us as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales for the Americas, focused on the Academic and Government business. Tom brings over 25 years of transformative sales leadership experience in information services and enterprise solutions, with a proven record of building high-performance teams and executing go-to-market strategies that drive growth across multiple markets. [Full Announcement].

The Mansfield/Richland County Public Library is live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Mansfield/Richland County Public Library in Ohio is now live on the Koha ILS and Aspen Discovery with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 241,000 bibliographic records and 436,000 item records providing the library with customized implementation and training for their open source solutions. [Full Announcement].

Beyond the Summer reading challenge: engaging library patrons with Aspen Discovery. Open Fifth is pleased to share details of the continued development of the ‘community engagement module' for Aspen Discovery, allowing libraries to run campaigns, challenges and rewards within their library discovery system. The development has been led by Open Fifth and was first introduced earlier in 2025, with further tailoring to meet the specific needs of UK libraries. [Full Announcement].

PALCI releases Digital Sharing Strategy. Last week, PALCI released its Digital Sharing Strategy, developed by the EZBorrow Digital Task Force to enhance PALCI's digital sharing capabilities and strengthen access to information across its 80 member libraries. The strategy outlines PALCI's vision and a framework for providing cost-effective and efficient access to information that reflects member library needs, guiding principles, and PALCI's distinctive approach to partnerships and business models to enable digital sharing. Building on 25 years of success with the EZBorrow consortial service for sharing physical collections, the new strategy presents both an aspirational, desired future vision, and a practical guide for expanding resource sharing into digital formats. [Full Announcement].

Silverchair Announces new research integrity integrations via ScholarOne Relay. Silverchair has announced new research integrity integrations via partnerships with Cactus Communications, Clear Skies, Signals, and STM Integrity Hub, following the August 26th release of the ScholarOne Relay API. These collaborations leverage the Relay API to embed advanced research integrity checks seamlessly into editorial workflows, empowering publishers to efficiently identify and investigate potential research integrity issues. [Full Announcement].

32 books on key global issues to be published OA through collective funding initiative. At the end of a successful second year of its collective funding initiative, Taylor & Francis has announced the publication of 32 new open access books on key global themes, including children's welfare, global security, and AI. It has also confirmed that Pledge to Open will run for a third year. Pledge to Open supports the publication of books that are both free to read and free to publish for their authors, though library collective action. Pledging institutions enable worldwide dissemination of impactful research, which particularly benefits readers in resource-constrained regions and authors with limited OA funding. [Full Announcement].