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About by: jonathan
October 22, 2009, 16:16
Ian Bays (left), Nick Dimant (centre), Jonathan Field (right) Who we are The management team at PTFS Europe have a wealth of experience in delivering…
- Partners by: jonathan
  January 5, 2010, 20:52
  PTFS Europe is pleased to have strategic partnerships with the following companies: Interleaf provides a Total Library Service to the Irish Library…
Blog by: jonathan
January 5, 2010, 19:01
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January 5, 2010, 20:15
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Products by: jonathan
January 5, 2010, 21:14
Digital Archiving Solutions ArchivalWare™ is a web-based, full-text search and retrieval system for digital libraries. ArchivalWare™ allows organizations…
- ArchivalWare by: jonathan
  January 5, 2010, 21:23
  Digital Archiving Solution The flagship PTFS product is ArchivalWare, a web-based, full-text search and retrieval system for digital libraries.…
- Evergreen by: jonathan
  January 5, 2010, 21:16
  Evergreen : an enterprise-class library automation system Evergreen is an enterprise-class library automation system that helps library patrons find library…
- Koha by: jonathan
  January 5, 2010, 21:16
  Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating…
Digitisation Services by: jonathan
January 5, 2010, 21:33
Digitisation & Content Conversion PTFS Europe is able to provide the full range of services needed to implement a digital archival solution, ranging from…
- Consultancy by: jonathan
  January 5, 2010, 21:33
  The directors of PTFS Europe have a wealth of experience in the library and information world. They are able to provide a range of services, including…
Customers by: jonathan
January 6, 2010, 13:00
ArchivalWare - European Customers ArchivalWare - Worldwide Customers PTFS Koha Customers Worldwide
- ArchivalWare Customers - Europe by: jonathan
  January 6, 2010, 13:01
  Below is a list of some of our European customers. York St. John University (UK), Institutional repository for university published teaching and learning…
- ArchivalWare Customers - World by: jonathan
  January 6, 2010, 13:02
  Below is a selection of some of our customers outside of Europe. More can be found here Eastern Virginia Medical School/American College of Surgeons…
- Koha Customers by: jonathan
  January 6, 2010, 13:03
  PTFS Koha Customers in Europe Booz & Company Booz & Company is a leading global management consulting firm, helping the world's top businesses,…
Services by: jonathan
January 6, 2010, 17:58
High quality implementation services We have a wealth of experience in successfully implementing library management and digital archiving systems. We…
PTFS Inc. by: jonathan
January 6, 2010, 18:08
Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) is a leading content management company that specializes in digital archiving, content…
Events by: jonathan
January 18, 2010, 08:35
Exhibitions and conferences: We currently have no upcoming events, please contact us if you would like a demo Roadshows:
- PowerPoints from Loughborough University by: jonathan
  April 26, 2010, 10:05
  PTFS Europe and open source LMS Short Introduction to ArchivalWare Implementing an Open Source LMS Short Intro to Evergreen & Koha
Vacancies by: jonathan
September 1, 2010, 17:27
PTFS Europe promote the Koha and Evergreen open source library management systems. We have a rapidly expanding customer base across the academic, public,…
Home by: jonathan
January 5, 2010, 19:02
PTFS Europe is a company providing high quality digital archiving and library management solutions. We are the European distributor for PTFS Inc, the leading…
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January 6, 2010, 19:14
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- WikiLeaks site in temporary shutdown by: jonathan
  February 1, 2010, 14:34
  WikiLeaks, the site that leaked the SirsiDynix FUD document, has announced that it has temporarily shutdown due to financial problems. Full Article
Open Source Software (72)
- OSS Watch's July newsletter published by: jonathan
  July 19, 2010, 17:41
  Our July newsletter comes to you post TransferSummit and we think it's a good opportunity to reflect on what happened over the two days of the conference.…
- EU warns against proprietary software by: jonathan
  June 22, 2010, 11:12
  EU Internet Commissioner Neelie Kroes has warned that governments can accidentally lock themselves into one company's software for decades by setting it as a…
- New government speaks on open source by: jonathan
  June 2, 2010, 10:20
  The coalition's detailed plan for government includes Conservative plans to split large ICT contracts into smaller components. The deal includes several…
- Google releases CloudCourse as open source by: jonathan
  June 2, 2010, 10:19
  Google has released its new internal learning platform, CloudCourse, under an open source licence. Built entirely on App Engine, CloudCourse allows anyone to…
- OSS Watch's June newsletter published by: jonathan
  June 2, 2010, 10:17
  This month's newsletter is a special conference edition to tie in with TransferSummit, a major open source conference taking place in Oxford 24-25 June 2010.…
- OpenETD, web-based ETD Management Utility now available by: jonathan
  May 17, 2010, 10:33
  The Rutgers University Libraries announced the availability of OpenETD, a web-based software application for managing the submission, approval, and distributi…
- Nokia N8: The First Open Source Symbian Smartphone by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:23
  Nokia announced its N8, the first smartphone to use open-source Symbian 3 operating system in which Symbian 3 is the first release of the Symbian Operating…
- OSS Watch's May newsletter published by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:21
  This month's newsletter focusses on the nuts and bolts of 'doing'. It is often said that the best way to learn about open development is to 'just do it' so…
- Nokia launches first open source Symbian phone by: jonathan
  April 29, 2010, 09:38
  The first handset to use the Symbian operating system since it became open source has been announced by Nokia. The N8 phone has a 12 megapixel camera and…
- WhiteHouse.gov Releases Open Source Code by: jonathan
  April 23, 2010, 14:58
  Posted by Dave Cole on April 21, 2010 at 04:26 PM EDT "As part of our ongoing effort to develop an open platform for WhiteHouse.gov, we're releasing some of…
- How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source by: jonathan
  April 22, 2010, 16:27
  'In 2000 a small public library system in New Zealand developed and released Koha, the world’s first open source library management system. This is the…
- SugarCRM moves to AGPLv3 by: jonathan
  April 22, 2010, 16:11
  Starting with version 6.0.0, the Sugar Community Edition will now be licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. 'We agree with the…
- How to tell if your open source project will fail by: jonathan
  April 6, 2010, 10:02
  The new community get-it-done handbook, "The Open Source Way," doesn't seek to be controversial, but with information that's distilled, brief, and to the…
- OSS Watch's April newsletter published by: jonathan
  April 6, 2010, 10:00
  The theme of this month's newsletter is the importance of establishing a governance model for your project. We often hear people say that 'It's too early'…
- Five open source alternatives to the iPad by: jonathan
  April 6, 2010, 09:44
  http://opensource.com/life/10/4/five-open-source-alternatives-ipad
- OSS-ILS Survey by: jonathan
  March 29, 2010, 08:01
  Via LISNews: As part of an IMLS funded Early Career Research Grant, Dr. Vandana Singh (Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences at University of…
- Challenges in Sustainable Open Source: A Case Study by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 09:13
  The Archivists’ Toolkit is a successful open source software package for archivists, originally developed with grant funding. The author, who…
- Thoughts from OSBC: What's driving open source acceptance? by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 09:11
  Recently I was in the audience for the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) keynote panel on the future of open source, and part of the discussion was…
- Open Source Developers Pick Android Over iPhone by: jonathan
  March 19, 2010, 08:21
  Mobile platforms like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android have become a key focus for open source developers. And the trend is only increasing, though new…
- Drupal, beer, chat and something special for March by: jonathan
  March 11, 2010, 08:46
  Dries Buyaert, founder of Drupal, will be speaking at the UK Drupal community's monthly 'Drupal Beer and Chat' on 29 March. The event takes place the last…
- Meeting your expectations on opensource.com | opensource.com by: jonathan
  March 4, 2010, 11:38
  Meeting your expectations on opensource.com | opensource.com.
- RIM switching to open source WebKit by: jonathan
  February 24, 2010, 09:00
  WebKit is an open sources layout engine which handles the rendering of web pages, originally derived from the KDE project's KHTML library. Apple developers…
- Moodle Moot UK 2010 by: jonathan
  February 24, 2010, 08:58
  ‘Moving into the new Decade’ 13th/14th April 2010, Senate House, University of London The first decade of the 21st century has seen the e-volution of…
- OSS LMS does well in 2009 Survey by: jonathan
  February 8, 2010, 09:11
  Marshall Breeding has published his 2009 LMS survey of installed and turned over systems. http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=151 If these…
- Drupal and Libraries by: jonathan
  February 1, 2010, 18:54
  Interesting article on Drupal and it's use in libraries, from the perspective of a developer. Some insight into how the project works and what is coming with…
- Government Sets Out Next Steps for Open Source by: jonathan
  January 29, 2010, 07:51
  The Government have updated their open source strategy document which was released almost a year ago. The mai points are :- Government IT procurements to…
- Library of Congress Exploring Ways of Releasing Open Source by: jonathan
  January 29, 2010, 07:46
  The Library of Congress have put in place procedures to help encourage, develop and distribute open source software. Be interesting to see what comes out of…
- Open or Closed? New Report on Open Source in Local Government by: jonathan
  January 22, 2010, 10:47
  This report looks at the state of OSS in local government. Full Report Some headlines from the survey: 64% believe their council needs to increase…
- Open Source Strategy Gaining Traction, Claims Minister by: jonathan
  January 22, 2010, 10:41
  Angela Smith answered a Parliamentary Question recently on the adoption of open source in Government and the public sector following their announcement last…
- London Stock Exchange begins migration to Linux-based trading platform by: jonathan
  January 22, 2010, 10:33
  The London Stock Exchange has started a migration to a new, Linux based, trading platform which it hopes to have ready in the next 12 months. Full Article
- OSS Watch's January newsletter published by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 09:14
  I've just seen the link to the latest OSS Watch newsletter. Some interesting articles in there. Here's the summary :- The first OSS Watch newsletter of 2010…
- Moving to Moodle by: jonathan
  January 18, 2010, 12:36
  Interested in Moodle? If so, this might be of interest to you. http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/openforum/
- PTFS to Acquire LibLime by: jonathan
  January 14, 2010, 11:10
  Bethesda, MD—January 13, 2010—Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), an industry-leading library solutions provider and developer of the…
- ByWater Solutions and BibLibre Announce Partnership to Provide Services for Koha Users in the U.S. by: jonathan
  January 14, 2010, 11:05
  ByWater Solutions and BibLibre announced a partnership that will help meet the demands of the rapidly-growing Koha community by providing crucial support for…
- Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate Available for Download by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:25
  On Monday, the Mozilla Foundation made a release candidate for the next point version of the organization's popular Firefox Web browser version 3.6, code-named…
- Mellon foundation awards .3 million for OLE development by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:10
  Following on from the OLE Project Final Report, a .38 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has been given to Indiana University. It is to be…
- Whitehouse.gov runs open source by: jonathan
  December 29, 2009, 12:05
  Having rebuilt Whitehouse.gov on the open source Drupal platform, President Obama's new media team is calling on the open source community for new ideas and…
- Thunderbird 3.0 Released by: jonathan
  December 28, 2009, 10:42
  The Thunderbird 3.0 release is out. New features include a number of search improvements, tabbed windows, a new message archiving mechanism, an improved…
- Open source means cost savings by: jonathan
  December 28, 2009, 10:33
  A CAOS special report from the 451 Group has just been published. The survey contacted 1700 open source customers and users and tries to identify the impact of…
- Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate 1 is Here by: jonathan
  December 2, 2009, 09:33
  If, like me, you are a Thunderbird email user, you may like to know that RC1 is available for the new version 3. Looks like some nice features added in…
- Microsoft and Open Source! by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 20:18
  Microsoft have announced the release of version 4.0 of the.NET Micro Framework, but also that they are open sourcing the product and making it available…
- New Perl web site by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 20:16
  The new look Perl web site is up and running. Definitely cleaner and easier to navigate http://www.perl.org/
- Firefox Celebrates Its 5 Year Anniversary by Reaching Another Milestone by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:32
  Firefox has reached 25% of market share according to this new report. I suspect if you looked at Europe this would be an even better figure. http://marketsha…
- OLE Project Completed – Report Available by: jonathan
  November 12, 2009, 14:30
  The OLE project have now released their final report which follows on from their interim report and summarises their conclusions. It's a hefty 99 pages but if…
- The State of Open Source on Firefox's Fifth Birthday by: jonathan
  November 12, 2009, 14:28
  PC Mag thinks about the current state of open source on the 5th anniversary of the FireFox browser. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355644,00.asp
- Is Perl Dying? by: jonathan
  November 7, 2009, 12:51
  Apparently not, according to this article from Pingdom. It is still widely used and is the backbome of some big web sites (listed in the article). Of course,…
- More on Skype's OSS Linux client by: jonathan
  November 4, 2009, 11:15
  An article appeared in Linux Journal about the possibility of an Open Source Linux client from the popular Skype VOIP service. The details still seem sketchy…
- Skype Open Source Client for Linux by: jonathan
  November 3, 2009, 07:52
  Skype have announced that they are working on an open source client for the Linux desktop. It's all a bit secret now but an announcement on a Skype web site…
- SeaMonkey News by: jonathan
  October 28, 2009, 11:54
  I used to use SeaMonkey. Haven't done for a few years though. Interesting to see they have launched version 2.0 of their Internet Suite. http://www.seamonkey…
- New DoD memo on Open Source Software by: jonathan
  October 28, 2009, 11:44
  Saw this blog posting about the Department of Defense (DoD) in the US clarifying their position on OSS. http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2009/10/27/#dod-oss-2009…
- Koha (16)
  - The Northeast Harbor Library, in Northeast Harbor, ME has teamed with LibLime, and is now Live on Koha by: jonathan
    July 22, 2010, 17:02
    Bethesda, MD, July 21, 2010 – LibLime is pleased to announce that the Northeast Harbor Library, has successfully migrated to Koha. "Our present ILS…
  - Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    July 15, 2010, 12:04
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, 14th July 2010 The library at the…
  - Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    July 8, 2010, 19:25
    London, 5th July 2010. The new library at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO has chosen the Koha open source library management system. PTFS Europe are…
  - Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    June 28, 2010, 13:23
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, June 28th 2010 The library at…
  - UN Food and Agriculture Organization implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    May 24, 2010, 15:34
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN Food and Agriculture Organization implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, 24th May 2010 The David Lubin Memorial…
  - PTFS Europe welcomes the announcement of “Harley”, a new release of Koha available for immediate download by: jonathan
    May 11, 2010, 15:05
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PTFS Europe welcomes the announcement of “Harley”, a new release of Koha available for immediate download 11th May 2010 PTF…
  - How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source by: jonathan
    April 22, 2010, 16:27
    'In 2000 a small public library system in New Zealand developed and released Koha, the world’s first open source library management system. This is the…
  - PTFS Acquires LibLime by: jonathan
    March 15, 2010, 21:44
    Bethesda, MD—March 15, 2010—Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), an industry-leading library solutions provider and developer…
  - World Maritime University chooses the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    March 9, 2010, 10:44
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Maritime University chooses the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe London, 8th March…
  - Acquisition Not Happening by: jonathan
    February 12, 2010, 14:08
    Bethesda, MD and Columbus, OH — February 11, 2010 —PTFS and LibLime announce their mutual agreement to continue to operate as independent companies…
  - OSS LMS does well in 2009 Survey by: jonathan
    February 8, 2010, 09:11
    Marshall Breeding has published his 2009 LMS survey of installed and turned over systems. http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=151 If these…
  - Who Owns Koha? - reBlog from Eric Hellman: Go To Hellman by: jonathan
    February 1, 2010, 14:48
    Software licensing is complicated! Included in the recently announced (but not yet completed) acquisition of LibLime by PTFS were Koha-related assets,…
  - Minutes from the ALAMW KUDOS Meeting by: jonathan
    January 29, 2010, 07:48
    http://kudos.koha.org/news/minutes-from-the-alamw-kudos-meeting/
  - King’s Fund goes live with the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
    January 25, 2010, 09:53
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 25 January 2010 The library at The King’s Fund has gone live with the Koha open source library management system,…
  - LibLime Acquisition by PTFS Marks a New Era for Koha by: jonathan
    January 18, 2010, 09:28
    Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research, Vanderbilt University Library discusses the implications of the PTFS acquisition of…
  - Is Perl Dying? by: jonathan
    November 7, 2009, 12:51
    Apparently not, according to this article from Pingdom. It is still widely used and is the backbome of some big web sites (listed in the article). Of course,…
- Evergreen (11)
  - Evergreen Compatible Products by: jonathan
    June 15, 2010, 07:23
    The results of a survey into third-party hardware products which are compatible with Evergreen is now available. Evergreen Compatibility
  - Pioneer Library System selects Equinox and Evergreen by: jonathan
    March 19, 2010, 08:18
    Pioneer Library System in New York has selected Evergreen as their next-generation ILS. Pioneer will migrate all of its 42 public libraries to Evergreen with…
  - OSS LMS does well in 2009 Survey by: jonathan
    February 8, 2010, 09:11
    Marshall Breeding has published his 2009 LMS survey of installed and turned over systems. http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=151 If these…
  - Kirtland Community College (Mich.) Goes Live With Evergreen by: jonathan
    February 4, 2010, 21:29
    Kirtland Community College has gone live with Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software. Equinox Software, Inc., the support and…
  - Project Conifer Wins Awards! by: jonathan
    January 29, 2010, 07:37
    The Ontario Library Association (OLA) have given two awards to Project Conifer (the Evergreen library consortium). The Ontario College and University…
  - Equinox Software Welcomes Rob Herrmann and Sally Fortin to their Staff by: jonathan
    January 13, 2010, 17:20
    Equinox have, another, two new recruits; Rob Herrmann and Sally Fortin. Ron is taking the role of Sales Executive and Sally is the new Educational Services…
  - SCLENDS completes pilot phase of Evergreen Migration by: jonathan
    January 13, 2010, 16:58
    Equinox software have helped add the final three pilot members to the South Carolina library resource sharing network. Full Article
  - Evergreen Documentation Licensing Terms by: jonathan
    January 13, 2010, 12:49
    The Evergreen Documentation Interest Group (DIG) has voted to accept the following proposals for Evergreen Documentation Licensing. The vote took place…
  - Is Perl Dying? by: jonathan
    November 7, 2009, 12:51
    Apparently not, according to this article from Pingdom. It is still widely used and is the backbome of some big web sites (listed in the article). Of course,…
  - Evergreen International Conference by: jonathan
    November 3, 2009, 07:38
    I was at the first Evergreen International Conference in Athens, Georgia, last year. It was an excellent event. Well run and excellent content. For the second…
  - SC LENDS Welcomes Four New Library Systems Live on Evergreen by: jonathan
    October 28, 2009, 11:48
    Equinox Software announced yesterday that the South Carolina library resource sharing network, welcomed four new members to their consortium. Calhoun,…
Searching (2)
- Google v China by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:07
  Are Google really going to pull out of China? They must have had some pretty savage attacks on their infrastructure to even contemplate the idea? Wow, this…
- Boolean Operators by: jonathan
  October 26, 2009, 16:40
  Do children use boolean operators? In fact, do any children even know what a boolean operator is these days? How many even use Boolean in Google? Found this…
Hardware (8)
- Nokia N8: The First Open Source Symbian Smartphone by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:23
  Nokia announced its N8, the first smartphone to use open-source Symbian 3 operating system in which Symbian 3 is the first release of the Symbian Operating…
- Five open source alternatives to the iPad by: jonathan
  April 6, 2010, 09:44
  http://opensource.com/life/10/4/five-open-source-alternatives-ipad
- Open Source Developers Pick Android Over iPhone by: jonathan
  March 19, 2010, 08:21
  Mobile platforms like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android have become a key focus for open source developers. And the trend is only increasing, though new…
- Google Offers New Model for Consumers to Buy a Mobile Phone by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:03
  Well, it's here (well, in the US anyhow!). The Google Nexus One, which combines the latest in hardware from HTC Corporation with the newest Android software,…
- Copyright Protection on Kindle Hacked by: jonathan
  December 29, 2009, 10:44
  Do you often think that some people have too much time on their hands? This guy hacked the copyright protection on Amazon's Kindle so that he can make the…
- The end of the Netbook? by: jonathan
  December 29, 2009, 10:35
  Here's an interesting article from the BBC regarding the future of the netbook computer. The limitations they describe have been the off-putting factor for me…
- Cloud Computing - Good or Bad? by: jonathan
  October 26, 2009, 16:49
  Interesting article from Library Journal on Cloud Computing. I have to say, I'm not sure I am convinced by the argument yet although I can see it is likely to…
- e-readers (1)
  - Plastic Logic e-reader aims to challenge Kindle by: jonathan
    January 8, 2010, 11:47
    UK firm Plastic Logic has launched its Que e-reader in a bid to challenge the dominance of Amazon's Kindle. It came out of some work at the University of…
Cloud Computing (5)
- Experts say we’ll be working in the ‘cloud’ by 2020 by: jonathan
  June 22, 2010, 11:15
  “In a recent survey of around 900 Internet and tech experts and social analysts, Elon University researchers found that most of their respondents said…
- Google releases CloudCourse as open source by: jonathan
  June 2, 2010, 10:19
  Google has released its new internal learning platform, CloudCourse, under an open source licence. Built entirely on App Engine, CloudCourse allows anyone to…
- Cloud computing to double by 2012 by: jonathan
  April 29, 2010, 09:39
  The UK will spend over £1 billion on cloud computing by 2012 - twice as much as today - researchers predict. This would mean more consumers and businesses…
- Using Cloud Services for Library IT Infrastructure by: jonathan
  April 22, 2010, 16:16
  Cloud computing comes in several different forms and this article documents how service, platform, and infrastructure forms of cloud computing have…
- Cloud computing: Privacy and trust up in the cloud by: jonathan
  April 22, 2010, 16:07
  Fifteen years ago people carried their documents around on floppy discs, then many people switched to memory sticks, and now a few are turning to the…
software (2)
- CIL2010: Training in the Cloud: 30 things in 20 minutes by: jonathan
  April 15, 2010, 19:06
  http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/04/cil2010-training-in-cloud-30-things-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Digit…
- Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6 by: jonathan
  February 4, 2010, 21:35
  Have you signed the Downing Street petition yet to encourage Government Departments to upgrade away from IE6? http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ie6upgrade/
Archives (28)
- Gateway of JISC Resources by: jonathan
  August 10, 2010, 08:45
  The web interface http://www.jisc-content.ac.uk/ which has recently been set up to provide a more user friendly way of navigating the content that JISC…
- New Musical Resource – Unheard and forgotten for 60 years by: jonathan
  July 20, 2010, 08:25
  Over 2000 recordings by British and Irish Muscians have been digitised and made available online in a project by Kings College, London. The Musicains of…
- Jane Austen Manuscripts Online by: jonathan
  June 2, 2010, 10:15
  The AHRC funded project Jane Austen’s fiction manuscripts represent the first significant body of holograph evidence surviving for any British novelist. …
- First World War merchant seamen medals available to download by: jonathan
  May 26, 2010, 08:46
  You can now search and download over 155,000 medal cards recording campaign medals awarded to merchant seamen in the First World War. The cards, available in…
- Writers Respond to the John Jonson Collection by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:28
  The first of this year’s releases of the John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera has just been announced. The publication is a series of…
- Institutional Repository Infrastructure for Scotland (IRIScotland) Toolkit by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:27
  This toolkit is aimed at both staff within institutions charged with developing repositories and at researchers wanting to find out more about open…
- British Library adds extra 1 million pages to online newspaper resource by: jonathan
  March 30, 2010, 09:12
  The inclusion of another 1m pages on the BL Historic Newspapers website takes the total number of pages of 19th Century Newspapers available online to over 3…
- Challenges in Sustainable Open Source: A Case Study by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 09:13
  The Archivists’ Toolkit is a successful open source software package for archivists, originally developed with grant funding. The author, who…
- Creating an Institutional Repository for State Government Digital Publications by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:23
  In 2008, the Library of Virginia (LVA) selected the digital asset management system DigiTool to host a centralized collection of digital state government…
- The National Archives to produce online Digital Domesday listing public datasets by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:19
  22 March - The Prime Minister announced today that The National Archives will lead a programme to create an online Digital Domesday book, which will list…
- Centre for Digital Excellence Captures Chaucer on Camera! by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:14
  The Codex (Centre for Digital Excellence) project at the University of Manchester recently visited National Trust Petworth House in Sussex to digitise a…
- Alice's adventures join digital collection by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:09
  Rarely seen nineteenth century slides of Alice in Wonderland plus images on empire, the Great Exhibition and science are freely available to download for…
- Digital Collections Online is launched by: jonathan
  March 19, 2010, 08:25
  Tuesday 16th March saw the launch of Exeter University’s Digital Collections Online. Delivering images and digital objects from Exeter’s most prestigious…
- Royal Hospital Chelsea pension records 1883-1900 now online by: jonathan
  March 16, 2010, 21:25
  Chelsea Pensioners' service records from 1883 to 1900 (Catalogue series WO 97) can now be found online at findmypast.co.uk. Each individual soldier's…
- European Digital Libraries Funding Opportunities by: jonathan
  March 11, 2010, 08:48
  The European Community recently held a meeting in Luxembourg to inform potential applicants about their the ICT Policy Support Programme. 30 million…
- Online archive of UK science by: jonathan
  March 4, 2010, 11:37
  The British Library has begun a project to create a vast, online oral history and archive of British science. The three-year project will see 200 British…
- Pre-Raphaelites project wins award by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 10:52
  I love the Pre-Raphaelite period of art so it was nice to see this online resource has won the BETT Award for best digital collection and resource bank. http…
- National Archives on Twitter by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 09:10
  You can now follow the latest news from The National Archives via this Twitter link http://www.twitter.com/uknatarchives Full Article
- What happens inside the National Archives? by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:15
  Chief executive Natalie Ceeney gave the BBC's Sanchia Berg a rare tour behind the scenes of the National Archives. Fascinating! Documentary
- Royal Naval service records 1853-1923 now online by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:13
  The records of seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923 can now be searched and downloaded from DocumentsOnline, The National Archives' digital…
- Opening up regional newspapers by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 16:55
  I don't see my local rag in this list, but this newly digitised collection of an additional 100,000 pages of newspapers to the "19th-Century British Library…
- High Volume Digitisation and Robot Technology by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:35
  JISC recently held a digitisation workshop at the Birmingham City University. It specifically looked at high volume techniques and robot technology. http://d…
- To Be or Not to Be? New Hamlet Archive by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:23
  This is an archive of rare and earlier editions of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. It has been put together by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford and the…
- World War One British Army service records available online for the first time by: jonathan
  November 7, 2009, 13:00
  The National Archives and Ancestry.co.uk have made available the entire collection of British Army World War One Service Records, 1914-1920. There must be some…
- Georgia Tech Library Receives Grant for Digital Repository Collaborative by: jonathan
  November 3, 2009, 08:01
  The Library and Information Center at Georgia Tech received more than 0,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create a repository…
- Commercial radio archive online for the first time by: jonathan
  November 3, 2009, 07:57
  I'm a BIG LBC radio fan. I started listening when I was about 14. I was therefore delighted to see this JISC project come to fruition. JISC have worked with…
- Culture change in Asia tracked through new online archive by: jonathan
  October 30, 2009, 11:32
  JISC and SOAS have combined to put together the following archive of around 10,000 images. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/Home/news/stories/2009/10/himalayas.aspx
- York St John University launches its digital archive by: jonathan
  November 18, 2008, 09:29
  York St John University launches its digital archive York St John University Library and Information Services has today launched its digital archive,…
Library Data (8)
- British Library to share millions of catalogue records by: jonathan
  September 1, 2010, 17:29
  The British Library is to make its extensive collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries. The UK national…
- UK data standards – the 5 minute guide by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:21
  For different reasons I have been looking at specifications for RFID systems from three different library services this week. They are from academic as well…
- Perceptions 2009: An International Survey of Library Automation by: jonathan
  January 25, 2010, 09:50
  Marshall Breeding's annual survey on ILS satisfaction has been published. Full report is here.
- LibraryThing's Local Books app by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 10:47
  I just downloaded the (free) LibraryThing Local Books App. I was quite impressed with it. I wondered whether it might be US-centric but it seemed to find my…
- LibraryThing Local Book Search by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:48
  Goodness, LibraryThing have been busy! They've also added a Local Book Search. It's a location-based search for books. So, if you want Alice in Wonderland in…
- LibraryThing add "Get this Book" feature by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:45
  LibraryThing have introduced a "Get this Book" feature. It integrates with a host of services. It is partly driven by the change in Amazon's T&C's…
- LibraryThing want to know about your used bookstore by: jonathan
  November 17, 2009, 07:40
  LibraryThing has introduced a "find a book locally" facility to enhance there already rich system. They are now encouraging us all to notify them of our local…
- JISC competition finds stars in library user data by: jonathan
  October 30, 2009, 11:37
  This is a bit differnet! Dave Pattern at the University of Huddersfield has been doing some fantastic work with their library data but this gives a…
Library Profession (3)
- Marshall Breeding named 2010 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award winner by: jonathan
  March 19, 2010, 08:16
  Marshall Breeding has been named the winner of the 2009 LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology.…
- Author fighting Google by: jonathan
  December 29, 2009, 10:41
  An author is suing Google after they tried to scan and publish her book in their online library. Google have withdrawn the publication which is banned in…
- SCONUL and JISC announce partnership agreement by: jonathan
  October 30, 2009, 11:41
  This could be an important announcement for the UK library profession? http://www.jisc.ac.uk/Home/news/stories/2009/10/sconul.aspx Both bodies have been…
Conferences & Exhibitions (4)
- Digitised History: the impact of digitisation on research into 18th and 19th Century Britain by: jonathan
  March 16, 2010, 21:27
  20 July 2010, 10am-4pm British Library Conference Centre, Euston Road, London • Explore the impact of the large scale digitisation of newspapers •…
- European Conference on Digital Libraries - Call for Papers by: jonathan
  February 22, 2010, 07:58
  14th European Conference on Digital Libraries - Call for Papers September 6-10, 2010 Glasgow, UK Overview The European Conference on Digital…
- 4th International Conference on: Preservation and Conservation Issues in Digital Printing and Digital Photography by: jonathan
  February 22, 2010, 07:55
  27 – 28 May 2010 Institute of Physics, London Jointly organised by IOP Printing and Graphics Science Group and Materials and the Arts Research Centre,…
- 14th European Conference on Digital Libraries by: jonathan
  December 28, 2009, 10:28
  The European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the leading European scientific forum on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and…
Seminars (1)
- Google Summer of Code 2010 by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:17
  These organizations have been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2010 and have completed their organization profiles. You can learn more about each…
Workshops (8)
- TransferSummit, Oxford, 24-25 June 2010 by: jonathan
  April 29, 2010, 09:34
  This summer, OSS Watch is sponsoring a major open source conference, aiming to connect academia with open source businesses. The main conference will be…
- BarCamp Oxford, 26 June 2010 by: jonathan
  April 29, 2010, 09:33
  OSS Watch has teamed up with Torchbox to run a BarCamp at the Oxford University Club in Oxford in 26 June 2010. In keeping with the concept of a BarCamp…
- Challenging our understanding of Digitisation by: jonathan
  January 18, 2010, 12:41
  JISC are running some Developer Days in February (24th - 27th) in London. One of the sessions is a focus on Digitisation workflow. A summary of the day says…
- Moving to Moodle by: jonathan
  January 18, 2010, 12:36
  Interested in Moodle? If so, this might be of interest to you. http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/openforum/
- Digital preservation tools for repository managers by: jonathan
  January 8, 2010, 12:05
  Digital preservation tools for repository managers, starts Tuesday 19 January 2010, Southampton, UK This free practical course is designed for repository…
- Short-Term Training Course on Design and Development of Digital Libraries using DSpace by: jonathan
  January 6, 2010, 17:30
  Short-Term Training Course on Design and Development of Digital Libraries using DSpace 15-19 February 2010 Organized by Training Division National…
- Free and open source software business and sustainability models by: jonathan
  November 4, 2009, 11:12
  Looks a bit late in the day, but there is a summary of the OSS Watch Workshop held last January (2009). Looks like OSS Watch Research Officer Rowan Wilson…
- Open Source, Open Development, Open Innovation by: jonathan
  November 4, 2009, 11:06
  OSS Watch are running a Workshop on engaging the community to get involved in open development. It's at the University Club, 11 Mansfield Road, Oxford on the…
Operating System Software (1)
- Linux Taking Netbook Sales by: jonathan
  November 7, 2009, 12:54
  32% of Netbook sales will be running Linux is the projected figure for 2009 by ABI Research. That's a magnificant figure and shows the real turnaround in the…
Digitisation (11)
- New Musical Resource – Unheard and forgotten for 60 years by: jonathan
  July 20, 2010, 08:25
  Over 2000 recordings by British and Irish Muscians have been digitised and made available online in a project by Kings College, London. The Musicains of…
- Writers Respond to the John Jonson Collection by: jonathan
  May 10, 2010, 09:28
  The first of this year’s releases of the John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera has just been announced. The publication is a series of…
- British Library adds extra 1 million pages to online newspaper resource by: jonathan
  March 30, 2010, 09:12
  The inclusion of another 1m pages on the BL Historic Newspapers website takes the total number of pages of 19th Century Newspapers available online to over 3…
- The Benefits and Impact of Digital Resources by: jonathan
  March 27, 2010, 15:33
  JISC recently issues a call for studies to analyse the benefit and impact of digital resources. Simon Tanner (King’s Digital Consultancy Services,…
- Creating an Institutional Repository for State Government Digital Publications by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:23
  In 2008, the Library of Virginia (LVA) selected the digital asset management system DigiTool to host a centralized collection of digital state government…
- The National Archives to produce online Digital Domesday listing public datasets by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 07:19
  22 March - The Prime Minister announced today that The National Archives will lead a programme to create an online Digital Domesday book, which will list…
- Digital Collections Online is launched by: jonathan
  March 19, 2010, 08:25
  Tuesday 16th March saw the launch of Exeter University’s Digital Collections Online. Delivering images and digital objects from Exeter’s most prestigious…
- Digitised History: the impact of digitisation on research into 18th and 19th Century Britain by: jonathan
  March 16, 2010, 21:27
  20 July 2010, 10am-4pm British Library Conference Centre, Euston Road, London • Explore the impact of the large scale digitisation of newspapers •…
- European Digital Libraries Funding Opportunities by: jonathan
  March 11, 2010, 08:48
  The European Community recently held a meeting in Luxembourg to inform potential applicants about their the ICT Policy Support Programme. 30 million…
- JorumOpen by: jonathan
  February 1, 2010, 18:59
  JorumOpen is the result of a JISC funded project under their Digitisation programme. You can even follow the YouTube video and take the tour. JorumOpen will…
- Challenging our understanding of Digitisation by: jonathan
  January 18, 2010, 12:41
  JISC are running some Developer Days in February (24th - 27th) in London. One of the sessions is a focus on Digitisation workflow. A summary of the day says…
Press Releases & News (19)
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  July 15, 2010, 12:04
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, 14th July 2010 The library at the…
- Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO chooses Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  July 8, 2010, 19:25
  London, 5th July 2010. The new library at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO has chosen the Koha open source library management system. PTFS Europe are…
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  June 28, 2010, 13:23
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, June 28th 2010 The library at…
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  May 24, 2010, 15:34
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN Food and Agriculture Organization implements Koha supported by PTFS Europe London, 24th May 2010 The David Lubin Memorial…
- PTFS Europe welcomes the announcement of “Harley”, a new release of Koha available for immediate download by: jonathan
  May 11, 2010, 15:05
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PTFS Europe welcomes the announcement of “Harley”, a new release of Koha available for immediate download 11th May 2010 PTF…
- PTFS Presents MARC Utilities – Metadata Converter by: jonathan
  March 27, 2010, 15:40
  Bethesda, MD--March 19, 2010--Liblime, a division of PTFS, has released its MARC Utilities – Metadata Converter, for the manipulation and editing of MARC…
- PTFS Acquires LibLime by: jonathan
  March 15, 2010, 21:44
  Bethesda, MD—March 15, 2010—Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), an industry-leading library solutions provider and developer…
- World Maritime University chooses the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  March 9, 2010, 10:44
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Maritime University chooses the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe London, 8th March…
- PTFS Europe introduce cloud hosting platform by: jonathan
  March 5, 2010, 10:37
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PTFS Europe introduce cloud hosting platform London, 8th March 2010 PTFS Europe today announced that the…
- Acquisition Not Happening by: jonathan
  February 12, 2010, 14:08
  Bethesda, MD and Columbus, OH — February 11, 2010 —PTFS and LibLime announce their mutual agreement to continue to operate as independent companies…
- OSS LMS does well in 2009 Survey by: jonathan
  February 8, 2010, 09:11
  Marshall Breeding has published his 2009 LMS survey of installed and turned over systems. http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=151 If these…
- King’s Fund goes live with the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  January 25, 2010, 09:53
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 25 January 2010 The library at The King’s Fund has gone live with the Koha open source library management system,…
- LibLime Acquisition by PTFS Marks a New Era for Koha by: jonathan
  January 18, 2010, 09:28
  Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research, Vanderbilt University Library discusses the implications of the PTFS acquisition of…
- PTFS to Acquire LibLime by: jonathan
  January 14, 2010, 11:10
  Bethesda, MD—January 13, 2010—Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), an industry-leading library solutions provider and developer of the…
- PTFS is key to FDsys, Named As One of the "10 Great Government Web Sites" by Government Computer News by: jonathan
  January 6, 2010, 12:47
  The U.S. Government Printing Office's (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access and preservation, as technology changes, to all Federal…
- Booz & Company chooses the Koha open source library management system supported by PTFS Europe by: jonathan
  July 20, 2009, 15:10
  London, 20th July 2009 The library at Booz & Company has chosen the Koha open source library management system to replace its existing Unicorn system. …
- Equinox Software and PTFS Europe Form Evergreen Partnership by: jonathan
  May 5, 2009, 14:36
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Norcross, GA - May 5, 2009 Equinox Software Inc. and PTFS Europe are pleased to announce a partnership for Evergreen software in…
- Keith Shell joins PTFS Europe as Business Development Manager by: jonathan
  January 6, 2009, 09:38
  PTFS Europe is pleased to announce that Keith Shell has joined the company as Business Development Manager. Keith has many years experience of working with…
- York St John University launches its digital archive by: jonathan
  November 18, 2008, 09:29
  York St John University launches its digital archive York St John University Library and Information Services has today launched its digital archive,…
Library Software (4)
- OSS-ILS Survey by: jonathan
  March 29, 2010, 08:01
  Via LISNews: As part of an IMLS funded Early Career Research Grant, Dr. Vandana Singh (Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences at University of…
- 3M announces SIP 3.0 development by: jonathan
  March 5, 2010, 10:35
  3M will be putting out a formal announcement shortly, but in summary,3M is committed to leading the development for a version 3.0 release of the 3M Standard…
- LibraryThing's Local Books app by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 10:47
  I just downloaded the (free) LibraryThing Local Books App. I was quite impressed with it. I wondered whether it might be US-centric but it seemed to find my…
- Relais International announces D2D - Discovery to Delivery – the next generation resource sharing solution by: jonathan
  January 13, 2010, 17:29
  D2D allows users to search across multiple catalogs and targets to find items held by their library and library partners. Targets may include subscription…
ArchivalWare (1)
- York St John University launches its digital archive by: jonathan
  November 18, 2008, 09:29
  York St John University launches its digital archive York St John University Library and Information Services has today launched its digital archive,…
Social Networking (1)
- Could you get by without Twitter? by: jonathan
  January 15, 2010, 10:30
  I found this article highly entertaining. I think it sums up my feelings about Twitter. I struggle to get to grips with it but I can see the benefit of it. I…
Events (1)
- 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference - Manchester by: jonathan
  June 22, 2010, 11:27
  Keeping information centre stage amid changing scenery The 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference will take place on the 19th & 20th July at…
Hosting (3)
- Cloud computing: Privacy and trust up in the cloud by: jonathan
  April 22, 2010, 16:07
  Fifteen years ago people carried their documents around on floppy discs, then many people switched to memory sticks, and now a few are turning to the…
- Using Cloud Services for Library IT Infrastructure by: jonathan
  March 25, 2010, 09:14
  Cloud computing comes in several different forms and this article documents how service, platform, and infrastructure forms of cloud computing have been…
- PTFS Europe introduce cloud hosting platform by: jonathan
  March 5, 2010, 10:37
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PTFS Europe introduce cloud hosting platform London, 8th March 2010 PTFS Europe today announced that the…
Old Events (5)
- JISC RSC: SW Conference 2010 by: jonathan
  June 22, 2010, 11:23
  Date: Thursday 24th June, 2010 Venue: Peter Chalk Conference Centre, University of Exeter Link to Conference Details
- LMS Suppliers Showcase – 12th March 2010 by: jonathan
  January 20, 2010, 09:36
  Venue: CILIP, Ridgmount Street, London http://www.cilip.org.uk/whats-on/events/Pages/lms-showcases-2010.aspx CILIP Events have organised Library…
- Loughborough University - 21st April 2010 by: jonathan
  January 17, 2010, 11:07
  New challenges for library automation: a seminar Department of Information Science, Loughborough University Wednesday, 21st April 2010, 9:45am –…
- JISC RSC NW Annual Event 2010 Exhibition - 22nd June 2010 by: jonathan
  January 17, 2010, 11:05
  Venue: The Reebok Stadium, Bolton http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/event2010
- BIALL 41st Annual Study Conference & Exhibition - 10/12 June 2010 by: jonathan
  January 15, 2010, 11:09
  Venue: Brighton Centre The Exhibition is an important and integral part of the Annual Conference. It provides a forum in which suppliers can exhibit and…

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2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference – Manchester

Keeping information centre stage amid changing scenery The 2010 CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference will take place on the 19th & 20th July at The Lowry, Salford Quays in the great city of Manchester. Conference The title of the conference is Keeping information centre stage amid changing scenery. For full details go to http://www.cilip.org.uk/hlg2010