(November 30, 2023). Unique Library announced the addition of MessageBee Email and SMS notifications for King County Library System in Seattle, Washington. The library has been a customer of Unique since 1999, adding to their existing MessageBee notifications, along with print and phone notifications ..read more

(November 30, 2023). Unique Library announced the launch of Live Chat for Ventura County Library. The service offers an innovative way for patrons to interact with the library without tying up staff with inquiries, while enhancing the patron experience. Unique Chat is a staffed service from Unique that answers live chat inquiries from patrons via a widget on the library's website. Library Communication Professionals handle interactions with patrons that would tie up staff and take them away from their duties within the library. It also gives patrons a new channel to communicate and interact wi ..read more

(November 29, 2023). 4Science is dedicated to more than just supporting the DSpace community; it is committed to being pioneers in advancing innovation for the open access and open science world. The organization's dedication to driving progress in this space is what sets them apart. An example of this commitment is its involvement in the COAR Notify project ..read more

(November 29, 2023). The National Information Standards Organization announced that Ed Pentz of Crossref will be the recipient of the 2024 Miles Conrad Award, a lifetime achievement award for those working in the information community. Ed is the founding Executive Director of Crossref, the largest open scholarly infrastructure provider globally. As an active champion of openness in scholarly communication, he has driven or been involved in the founding and governance of a number of organizations and initiatives in this space and is a leading proponent of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infras ..read more

(November 29, 2023). The "Public Libraries and Book Bans - Parent Perception Survey" gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023. The surveys asked parents and guardians about their perception of librarians' trustworthiness as professionals and curators of a library collection. The results are detailed in a new report from EveryLibrary Institute and Book Riot ..read more

(November 29, 2023). The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) and The Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration & Innovation announced the successful completion of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to fund the project, "Hyku for Consortia: Removing Barriers to Adoption." This collaborative effort aimed to enhance the adoption of Hyku, an open-source multi-tenant repository solution, by addressing identified barriers and creating a comprehensive toolkit for consortia and library groups to implement their own institutional repositories. Hyku is an a ..read more

(November 29, 2023). ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced the contributions to the Koha Community code from the ByWater Development team. At ByWater, we believe transparency is the key to success. We submit all developments, plugins, tools, and documentation we create back to the Koha Community ..read more

(November 29, 2023). The campusM Student Attendance solution, which empowers students to check into class from their mobile device, has passed 24.5 million check-ins globally since 2019. From 2019 onwards, Attendance check-ins have grown by 50% annually on average, with the current count of attendance sessions captured holding at 24,748,256 as of November 2023 ..read more

(November 29, 2023). collectionHQ and ByWater Solutions, announced their new partnership that will help libraries to manage collections efficiently and cost-effectively. Both organizations are committed to empowering libraries to harness data-driven technology that will support decision making and help to deliver a better service to the community. It is anticipated that this new partnership will help more libraries to realize the benefits of combining data from their ILS with collectionHQ's powerful data analytics to action collection improvements ..read more

(November 29, 2023). The Samvera Community celebrated a remarkable period of collaboration and support that has led to significant advancements in open source digital preservation and storage flexibility. The community rapidly organized both funded and volunteer development to complete the implementation of the Valkyrie open source data mapper in the upcoming Hyrax 5.0 release. This integration will lead to faster, easier, and more flexible preservation processes. While the technical advancements made to integrate Valkyrie technology into the Hyrax repository engine are indeed an achievement ..read more