Newport, RI—April 2, 2010—Liblime, a division of PTFS, announced today that the Redwood Library and Athenæum has selected Liblime Enterprise Koha as their new integrated library system.

"The PTFS LibLime Division is pleased to welcome The Redwood Library and Athenæum to our family of customers. This is an incredibly exciting migration given the historical implications and The Redwood Library and Athenaeum’s longstanding service to the Newport community, both pre and post United States establishment," said John Yokley, CEO of PTFS.

Established before the birth of the United States, the Redwood Library and Athenæum in Newport, RI was chartered in 1747, acquired its first 755 titles from London in 1748 – 49, and began circulating books in March 1750. It is the first library in Rhode Island and is now the oldest continuously operating lending library in America.

The Redwood Library and Athenæum has more than 200,000 titles with 1600 patrons. As part of the migration, The PTFS Liblime Division will be converting The Redwood Library and Athenaeum to Liblime Enterprise Koha, from the current Winnebago System.

"The Redwood Library and Athenæum is delighted to be working with The PTFS Liblime Division," said Executive Director Cheryl Helms. "We spent more than a year researching the different integrated library systems available, meeting with various representatives, talking with other libraries about their experience with the other systems, and concluded that migrating to Koha with The PTFS LibLime Division’s assistance offered the Redwood the best opportunity now and during the next few years to accomplish its goals. As an independent membership library, we believe that Koha and The PTFS LibLime Division provide the necessary resources at an affordable price to enable us to better serve our patrons and researchers. "

Koha includes many customer-commissioned development features, including several highly-anticipated public and consortia functionality. This Software as a Service offering on PTFS LibLime's new cloud computing platform will also feature regular releases throughout the year as additional customer-sponsored development is completed.

"PTFS and Koha are bridging the gap between important historical collections and the internet age," Mr. Yokley concluded.

About PTFS and Liblime

LibLime, a division of PTFS, is the global leader in open-source solutions for libraries. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, The PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.

About Redwood

Chartered as a ‘publik’ library in 1747, the Redwood Library and Athenæum is a seminal American institution still serving its original mission of making knowledge and useful learning as lasting and widespread as possible. Rich in the artifacts of its own 263 year history, one of the virtues of the Redwood is that it is really three institutions in one: a library, circulating to its members and serving scholars and students of Colonial, Federal, and Newport history; a museum showcasing a permanent exhibition of 18th and 19th century art and engaging audiences in art and ideas through programming and publications; and an historic building, the first public classical building in the colonies.