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Gunnedah Library - The New Frontier

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Gunnedah has been in the news lately as the new frontier for coal mining. Now their library also becomes a new frontier for LIBERO.

The Shire of Gunnedah in the North West of New South Wales covers an area of 5,092 square kilometers. It is located in the Upper Namoi Valley and is bordered by the Tamworth Regional Council and Shires of Liverpool Plains, Narrabri and Coonabarabran.

Until now Gunnedah have been part of a Spydus hosted solution for the Tamworth Regional Council. They will now operate an independent LIBERO solution in house.

We are delighted to be working with the Gunnedah staff and look forward to a positive transition and a long and successful working relationship with them.

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The new Libero website has arrived!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

After thorough research and development Libero has launched its new and drastically improved website, offering great new services and major enhancements to previously offered web services. Communication is key, and we’ve made it even easier to communicate with other users to share knowledge and expertise, keep up to date with news and events and improve the Libero experience.

The site has a range of new and improved services including:

Enhanced Forums – A new advanced forum system is in place making it even easier to create and participate in discussions. Search capabilities have been drastically improved along with customizable notification options and private messaging.
Interactive Downloads – Access to Crystal Reports, Procedural Aids and Release Notes have been improved with enhanced navigation, ratings, comments and the ability to share your own reports on the client portal.
Libero User Group – Dedicated forums and full featured downloads allow User Group members to communicate, download and share information with ease.
Stay in the loop – Get the latest news and updates with web based news articles, RSS Feeds, weekly and monthly email updates, you can also comment on articles.
Greater control – Simple registration and control over your client portal account add and remove services, reset your password easily.
Knowledge Base – Access to the knowledge base within the Libero website.

We’re not done yet! Libero aims to continually put you at the forefront of innovation with exciting new web services and updates already planned for the new website including:

Browse and download Libero distributions, updates and tools directly from the website
Instructional videos helping you work more efficiently with Libero.
Collaborated User Group portal with greater information and member management.
Greater user participation with user created news and views.
A plethora of information delivery options including web, RSS and a range of email subscription options.

The new site is live now! You will need to Re-Register your account for access to the Client Portal. Registration is easy, click on register at the top of the website, fill out the basic form and submit your registration, it will be promptly reviewed and approved by the Libero Team and you will be given access to the site and its great new features!

Click here to register now

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Port Douglas Library smoothly transitions to Libero as part of Cairns City Council Amalgamation.

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

During the recent Council amalgamations in Queensland Port Douglas Shire Council merged with Cairns City Council.

As part of this amalgamation, Douglas Shire Library transitioned from the Aurora Library Management System to Libero. The ease of use of Libero, together with the skills and support from the Cairns City Library staff, meant that the whole process was able to be done very quickly and efficiently.

We welcome the Port Douglas staff as Libero Users.

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Insight supports QUT Library Studies

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

At the Awards Night at QUT’s Faculty of Information Technology held on June 2, awards were presented to students who had achieved excellence in their studies.

Among the awards was the Libero Prize presented to Jacqueline Woltsenholme for the highest result in Digital Libraries.

In a world of increasing reliance on digital information, Insight Informatics supports the training and skilling of new graduates in this evolving side of the role of the Librarian.

Insight supports excellence in Library studies and will continue to support the Awards.

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Libero - A library information service for people with a disability

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

The World Wide Web Consortium, promoting itself as the organization leading the Web to its fullest potential, includes a division called the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

Over the last twelve months Insight invested a significant amount of development to ensure that the Libero WebOPAC was fully compliant with the guidelines setout by W3C/WAI.

This work was commenced in Libero V5.1 and we are proud to announce that this work was completed in Libero V5.3.

For example if you have members that are visually impaired they will be able to use software that will accurately speak the text of the WebOPAC page that they are browsing. Other devices for the disabled can also be connected and the WebOPAC information will be translated appropriately for their use.

For more information on the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) go to
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

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Electronic Resource Discovery - The Libero OpenURL Gateway.

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce that Libero now has a simple and flexible way of defining OpenURL statements that can be targeted to any OpenURL target link resolver.

Insight is also in discussions with TDNet for the purposes of providing our customers a simple to manage and cost effective OpenURL resolver solution.

Library users traditionally search information in an Abstract and Index "A&I" database and then find their citation in the library collection. Reference linking, or the ability to get from a citation to the referred-to article, is taking advantage of new technology to provide immediate access electronically to the citation. In current terminology of reference linking, "Source" is where one would find the citation and "Target" is where one could read the full text.

An OpenURL framework allows building context-sensitive links based on the information contained in the library's specific knowledge base of holdings and references.

Whilst Libero already contains some support for OpenURL source syntax, the Libero OpenURL Gateway is built to leverage the benefits available from third parties in areas that are resource intensive and costly for individual libraries to maintain.

The OpenURL source will be managed in Libero the following way - A parameter is provided to store the location of the Link Resolver. The GMD Parameters will have a new option "Electronic Content via OpenURL". Material whose GMD is marked for Electronic Content will display a link in the WebOPAC to access the additional information. The Libero OpenURL gateway will assemble the necessary OpenURL command structure based on the Parameters in order to retrieve the electronic material.

TDNet's OpenURL Resolver is a software package running on TDNet's server that provides context-sensitive reference links to any individual user among TDNet's customers.

TOUResolver is NISO-compliant and links from reference databases to full text of both OpenURL and non-OpenURL target sources. If full text is not available, TOUResolver will link to document delivery, pay per view, ILL, library catalog(s), or search the web for this article.

TOUResolver is based on complete data of TDNet's journals holdings management or the Knowledge Base. It contains all relevant information of each library including links, linking rules, proxy redirects, passwords for certain providers, and local database redirects.

TDNet's multi-disciplinary Knowledge Base currently comprises of over 100,000 unique titles. TDNet updates the holdings database weekly and relieves the library staff of data maintenance and managing a local server. The library may optionally use TDNet's interface for journals management.

Many libraries want to take advantage of the recent advances in OpenURL linking technology in order to access full text from an article citation. The library often discovers that implementing a link resolver system is a frustrating process for a number of reasons:

The library would have to complete the labor-intensive task of creating a knowledge base.
Installing and customizing the link resolver software may require the services of a database specialist or systems programmer
There are additional hardware costs associated with adding a link resolver server
The link resolver's inability to link to full text sources that are not OpenURL enabled

The libero OpenURL Gateway provides a totally flexible and cost effective solution and will work with any NISO compliant Link Resolver, plus allows libraries to define their own link resolver with their unique syntax.

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Libero 6 - A new and exciting future

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Libero 6, which will run in a Web Browser is on the way. The first Beta version will be released to the domestic market in the second quarter of 2008. The International version will follow soon after that.

This will be a hybrid version and will contain all of the circulation functions in the new look and feel. Libero 6 will contain all of the functionality in the existing client/server version, plus more. The current Libero Web product will be replaced by the Web Circulation functionality that comes as part of Libero 6. That means that all of the existing Libero functionality will be available to customers who choose to use Libero in a web-based environment for circulation management. Beta testing is expected to be completed by the end of first quarter of 2008 and the first general release of Libero 6 is expected to be available in the third Quarter of 2008.

Subsequent modules will be redeployed in the browser environment as part of Libero 6 throughout 2008/09, and the complete Browser based Libero 6 is anticipated to be completed by the mid 2009.

In the complete Web Browser based environment, server installs will be intelligent and simple. There will be no need to install any software on the client and upgrades will be simple to perform on the server.

Hosting options will be very cost effective as there will be no need to have citrix or other similar software on the server to host the client software. Therefore customers who choose to take a managed service option will have a low cost, high performance solution.

Over the last few years, Insight has undertaken significant research and development to choose the best technologies to suit libraries' future needs. We are very happy with the results to date and we look forward to seeing the Libero 6 working in a live environment.

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Geelong Grammer selects Singular Tag - RFID that works

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Just in time for the 2007 Libero Users Conference Geelong Grammar School has installed the newly released Forms Express RFID solution at its Corio campus.

Singular Tag© - RFID that works

The Forms Express RFID solution features the patented �Singular Tag� solution, which effectively combines half a dozen asset make-ready functions into a one-step process.

Head of Library Services at Geelong Grammar, Fran Walsh is naturally excited about the development and looks forward to efficiency gains via the Self Check Kiosk, Asset Stock Management System and enhanced security features. Fran said, "This is an momentous development for the schools library, its staff and students". Further she acknowledged the assistance provided by Santo Cavallaro from Insight Informatics in working with Forms Express staff to create a SIP2 protocol interface between Libero and the Forms Express solution.

Andrew Powell, the General Manager of Forms Express stated that as the first installation of the RFID solution his company was extremely grateful for the co-operation of Fran Walsh and Santo Cavallaro. "As a business focussed on growth through innovation we need partners such as Geelong Grammar School and Libero to progress our concept into reality". We believe our RFID solution breaks new ground in a number of areas of RFID for libraries, we couldn't have gotten this far without the absolute co-operation of Fran and Santo and we see this as the first installation of many.

The Forms Express Singular Tag RFID solution will be on display for all attendees at the years Libero Users Conference, being hosted by Fran Walsh at Geelong Grammar School on the 2nd and 3rd October 2007.

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Libero for Campbelltown

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT

It is with pleasure that Insight welcomes Campbelltown as a valued member of Libero sites after selecting Libero as their new library management software.

Campbelltown City Council, with of the population approximately 143,000, provides a library service which includes 5 branches, a Home Library service, Family History and Local Studies facilities. Currently its membership of 60,000 identifies it as a valued community facility with an annual circulation figure of over 820,00 issues and renewals per year.

As other Libero users are well aware, the project of implementing a new library management system is a huge undertaking. We would like to thank all the Campbelltown staff for their commitment and positive attitude to the project, especially Claire Dawdy, Andrew Gee and Dianne Abbot who have been working closely with Libero's staff during this time. Training is currently being undertaken by the Campbelltown staff and it is anticipated they will "go live" in early November.

We are delighted to be working with the Campbelltown library staff to ensure a positive transition and look forward to assisting them in the use of Libero to ensure the benefits for them and their members continues into the future.

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Awards Night at QUT

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:00:00 GMT

At the recent Awards Night at QUT�s Faculty of Information Technology, awards were presented to students who had achieved excellence in their studies.

Among the awards was the Libero Prize presented to Hero MacDonald for the highest result in Digital Libraries.

Santo Cavallaro of Insight Informatics, presented the Libero
award to Hero on behalf of Insight Informatics.

Insight supports excellence in Library studies and will continue to support the Awards.

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