Daily Archives: 5 September 2006

Libre Map Project is Liberated!

The Libre Map Project had a goal of raising $1600 to fund their project.  Once that goal was met, they would open their collection of maps to the world. They met their goal… in less than 24 hours.  Now the … Continue reading

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More news from Google Book Search

Google Book Search announced today that they were making public domain materials available for download. In the Information Today article, it was stressed that the downloads were the pdf image files, and were not able to be keyword searched, as … Continue reading

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Evergreen goes live!

The Evergreen ILS went live this morning in 252 Georgia libraries! Evergreen is an Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) that the Georgia Public Library System has been developing over the past couple of years. The impact of this on … Continue reading

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2006 Illinois Authors Book Fair

The 2006 Illinois Authors Book Fair will be held November 16-18 at the Illinois State Library in Springfield (map).

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