Rockville, MD, August 6, 2021 – Eight libraries serving communities primarily based at U.S. overseas locations have gone live using the Bibliovation 7.0 Library Services Platform (LSP). These eight libraries share a common mission and will be using Bibliovation 7.0 as a union catalog to manage their physical and eBook collections as they serve their respective communities. The migration for all eight libraries took place during the early summer and all eight went live in late July. The library staffs are now enjoying the benefits of a 100% browser-based library management solution. The users of the eight libraries are accessing… read more →
Rockville, MD – May 27, 2021 – Two federal government libraries with a shared mission – one in Virginia and one in Texas — have joined to form a union catalog and have gone live using the Bibliovation 7.0 Library Services Platform (LSP). These two libraries will be using Bibliovation 7.0 to manage physical and electronic resources as they serve their respective communities. The bibliographic records of both libraries were merged and deduplicated to form this shared catalog and both libraries are now enjoying the benefits of a 100% browser-based solution. About Bibliovation 7.0 The Bibliovation 7.0 LSP is 100%… read more →
North Bethesda, MD, June 19, 2018 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, will be exhibiting at the ALA 2018 Conference in New Orleans, LA. from June 22th through June 25th. All conference attendees are encouraged to visit LibLime at Booth # 650 see the latest library-sponsored functional additions to Bibliovation 6.0, our latest Library Services Platform (LSP) offering. We are currently expanding functionality in the Discovery Layer and would be interested in getting feedback from librarians on the front lines of service. Please come by Booth 650 to review our Discovery Layer offering, provide us with ideas for future expansion,… read more →
Liblime, a division of PTFS, has further enhanced its Discovery Layer to include support for Overdrive eBook collections. LibLime has made it easy to implement and manage its Discovery Layer, already with the capability of discovering full text databases from EBSCO and other aggregators and publishers. Using the Overdrive API, library users can now download eBooks directly from the catalog, and also place holds on eBooks that are currently in use. The Discovery Layer is designed to work with any ILS or LSP. LibLime uses it on top of the Bibliovation LSP. The Discovery Layer already includes a spatial search… read more →
PTFS is Attending the California Land Surveyors Association 51st Annual Conference at Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove PTFS will be attending the California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA) 51st Annual Conference at Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove March 24- 28. PTFS will be presenting its Geospatial Content Management System (GeoCMS), Knowvation GS™, which brings rich and intuitive discovery capabilities to diverse sets of Geospatial and non-geospatial content. PTFS is excited to attend CLSA for the first time to showcase our newest version of Knowvation GS, which includes a module for a Survey Records System. This new system allows County Surveyors to easily share… read more →
Atlanta, GA – January 20-24, 2017 – PTFS’ CEO and its Director of Library services attended and exhibited at ALA MidWinter, the oldest and largest library association conference, this past weekend in Atlanta, GA. PTFS has exhibited at ALA for over 10 straight years and has been a huge supporter of ALA programs and initiatives. To remain an Industry Leader in Library Information Systems and Services this show was a must attend! The value in attending was truly a great way to learn about the latest technologies and innovations occurring in all libraries, including academic, public and special. In an… read more →