InfoTech Briefs: Digital Signage, InfoBase, Index Data, FKI Logistex
World Almanac imprint sold, OhioLINKâs platform revamped
Mike Rogers -- Library Journal, 10/07/2009
- Columbus Library signs Potomac Digital Signage
- Infobase Publishing buys World Almanac
- Index Data re-engineering OhioLINK’s discovery services platform
- Lyngsoe Systems purchasing FKI Logistex Library Solutions
When the Columbus Library, GA, needed a better way to communicate with patrons, it embraced Potomac Digital Signage. The Potomac system allowed the library to eliminate the inefficiency and clutter caused by paper signs. Potomac installed a central enterprise manager, seven monitors (including one in a remote branch), a kiosk enclosure with two 32" screens, and a kiosk touch screen. Created by Interface Electronics, the web-based Potomac is built on a Linux/Java or Windows-based platform and allows users to create, manage, and schedule content displayed on TV monitors or interactive kiosks.
Infobase Publishing has acquired the noted World Almanac imprint from the Weekly Reader Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. World Almanac’s long and storied history as a publisher of award-winning reference titles dates back to 1868. Most notably, The World Almanac and Book of Facts® has become the best-selling American reference book of all time with more than 80 million copies sold. The imprint also includes such popular and best-selling titles as The World Almanac for Kids® and The World Almanac Book of Records®.
The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK), a consortium of 88 Ohio college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio, has.” Taking advantage of Index Data’s advanced metasearch technologies and modular, tool contracted with Index Data “to implement the first phase of a substantial re-engineering of their discovery services platform -oriented software platform, OhioLINK will work together with Index Data to implement its MasterKey™ suite of technologies. The new discovery service, which will be deployed this fall, is the first phase in an extensive reimplementation of the services now offered by OhioLINK, including the harvesting and indexing of information resources, both commercial and public.
Lyngsoe Systems today announced a definitive agreement to purchase the global FKI Logistex Library Solutions business from Denmark-based Crisplant and U.S.-based Intelligrated®, Inc. The acquisition includes all engineering, manufacturing, software, service, and intellectual property of the worldwide Library Solutions business. The Library Solutions group will now operate under the ownership of Lyngsoe Systems.
