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Over at LISWire.com( http://liswire.com/ ) – The Librarian’s News Wire – we have now posted well over 200 releases.

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Below the break I’ve posted all the latest releases.

—LibraryWorld Allows Librarians to Customize Reports
— http://liswire.com/node/561/
– Release posted by Blake on January 27th 2010 02:28
LibraryWorld, a leading Web-based library and collection management system, has expanded user options for customizing catalog reports, patron lists, and overdue letter reports. These enhancements are immediately available to new customers and the more than 2,000 libraries who manage their collections using LibraryWorlds secure online portal. Users can now customize a catalog report by selecti…

—Tech Logic offers new TAGSYS security gates
— http://liswire.com/node/560/
– Release posted by Blake on January 27th 2010 02:27
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (Jan. 27, 2010) Tech Logic now offers newly designed TAGSYS Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) security gates that offer advanced protection through high-performance read range and speed. The L-SP3 security gates use advanced digital signal processing and RF front-end technology to achieve breakthrough performance in read range and read speed, providing enhanced secu…

—Trendy Topics 2010: Social Networking for Libraries
— http://liswire.com/node/559/
– Release posted by Blake on January 27th 2010 06:23
Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services Announce Trendy Topics 2010: Social Networking for Libraries! Start your New Year right with a resolution to keep up with quickly changing library trends! Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services are pleased to announce a dynamic monthly series of online workshops you can enjoy right at your desktop on these hot topics. …

—The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds
— http://liswire.com/node/558/
– Release posted by Blake on January 27th 2010 06:22
January 26, 2010 For Immediate Release Everyone is invited to participate in The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds, an online conference to be held on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, 2010 in OPAL, the webconferencing collaborative service, in Second Life, and in other three-dimensional virtual worlds. Throughout this two-day conference there will be dozens of present…

—Save the Date for A Reference Renaissance 2010
— http://liswire.com/node/557/
– Release posted by Justine on January 26th 2010 04:42
AURORA, Colo., January 26, 2010 A Reference Renaissance 2010: Inventing the Future, co-chaired by Marie Radford and Rivkah Sass, will be held August 8-10, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. This exciting event will feature numerous presentations showcasing the latest reference trends and techniques that will give you new ideas and tools to better serve your customers. Also included are vendor exhibits, …

—Extreme Searchers Internet Handbook: 3rd Edition For Web Searchers Who Want to Go Beyond Google
— http://liswire.com/node/556/
– Release posted by RobColding on January 26th 2010 09:18
January 25, 2010, Medford, NJInformation Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the publication of The Extreme Searchers Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher, Third Edition by award-winning author and internet trainer Randolph Ran Hock. The revised edition covers strategies and tools for searching all major areas of internet content, emphasizing the effective use of se…

— Kelley Armstrong and Tanya Huff Head Roster in Forthcoming All-Canadian Vampire Anthology
— http://liswire.com/node/554/
– Release posted by HadesPub on January 25th 2010 05:11
(Calgary) EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing announced today that Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff and twenty-two other Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers will re-imagine the future in the first all-Canadian vampire anthology of original fiction – one of the most unusual and compelling collections ever compiled. EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead includes works by: Kelley Arm…

—ByWater Solutions Partners with the Farmington Libraries for Koha Installation and Support
— http://liswire.com/node/553/
– Release posted by ByWater Solutions on January 25th 2010 08:58
January 25th, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nathan Curulla (888) 900-8944 [email protected] ByWater Solutions Partners with the Farmington Libraries for Koha Installation and Support ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that The Farmington Libraries, of Farmington, CT. has partnered with them for the …

—Backwards Dictionary Helps Gamers and Writers
— http://liswire.com/node/552/
– Release posted by WisdomCreekPress on January 22nd 2010 10:39
ATLANTA Wisdom Creek Press has released a book to assist poets, word gamers and other wordsmiths in their search for just the right word. The opposite of traditional dictionaries, this word list is arranged alphabetically using the LAST letter of each word. My original motivation for researching and writing this book was personal, said author Cherie K. Miller. My husband and I are both au…

—ByWater Solutions Nicole C Engard Presents at the Southwest Florida Library Network
— http://liswire.com/node/550/
– Release posted by ByWater Solutions on January 22nd 2010 07:20
January 22nd, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nathan Curulla [email protected] ByWater Solutions Nicole C Engard Presents at the Southwest Florida Library Network ByWater Solutions Nicole C. Engard presented yesterday at a workshop for the Southwest Florida Library Network on Libraries and Open Source: Freedom and Community. The presentation not only introduced librari…