FOLIO Libraries Announces Implementations and Timelines as the Open Source Library Platform Nears Significant Milestone

Libraries around the world are beginning to implement FOLIO, the open source Library Services Platform, as it approaches a named release that signals a significant achievement in the development of initial apps, features and functionality. Read the press release here.

Index Data at ICOLC Conference [ONLINE] – July 20 – 22

On Wednesday, July 22 from 1:45-2:30 EDT, Kristen Wilson of Index Data will be doing a presentation on “Project ReShare: Consortial and Commercial Partnerships that Work” along with Jill Morris (PALCI) and Scott Garrison (MCLS) at the International Coalition of Library Consortia virtual conference.

Simmons University Library Goes Live with FOLIO

BOSTON, MA – June 18, 2020 – The Simmons University Library went live with the Open Source Library Services Platform FOLIO on Monday, June 15, 2020. As part of the Fenway Library Organization (FLO), Simmons implemented FOLIO in collaboration with the FLO staff as well as its hosting partner Index Data. It is using VuFind, […]

Index Data at NASIG 2020 – June 9 – 11

Index Data is sponsoring NASIG 2020, being held online from June 9 – 11. Our own Kristen Wilson, who is serving as the President of the NASIG Executive Board this year, will be giving a talk on ERM during the Lightning Session on June 10 at 2:15 PM.

ReShare in Action

Project ReShare is getting ready to start testing across a group of PALCI member libraries. Watch a quick video walking through some of the functionality of the latest software release. If you’d like to learn more, feel free to get in touch with us, or with the project at http://projectreshare.org/

Library of Congress Announces New BIBFRAME-to-MARC Conversion Tools

Today the Library of Congress announced the availability of new BIBFRAME 2.0 components for converting BIBFRAME data to MARC.  These include BIBFRAME 2.0 to MARC Specifications and BIBFRAME to MARC Conversion Programs, both written by Index Data under the direction of the Library’s Network Development and MARC Standards Office.  http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/news/bibframe-to-marc-conversion.html

Index Data is at Code4Lib – March 8 – 11, 2020

Connect with us in Pittsburgh, PA next week at Code4Lib 2020. Index Data is a sponsor and Peter Murray will be there and will be happy to discuss FOLIO and our FOLIO Services. If you would like to set up a time to get together, please drop a line to info@indexdata.com.

Duke University Libraries Selects Index Data as Its Implementation and Hosting Partner for FOLIO Library Services Platform

Durham NC – January 22, 2020 – The Duke University Libraries (Duke)  has selected Index Data as its implementation and hosting partner for its adoption of the FOLIO Library Services Platform, planned for Summer 2020. Duke plans to initially implement ERM functionality in FOLIO to be followed in 2021 with a full implementation. FOLIO (an […]

Join us at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia, PA – Jan. 24-27, 2020

Index Data will be at ALA Midwinter in the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Friday, January 24 to Monday, January 27. We would love the opportunity to talk with you on your schedule.  Whether it’s our work on FOLIO, our efforts in Project Reshare to help launch a community-owned resource sharing platform, or our renowned discovery tools, we’re here to journey […]

Index Data is at the Charleston Conference – Nov. 5 to 8

Lynn Bailey and Sebastian Hammer will attend the Charleston Conference from Nov. 5 – 8. Sebastian will be co-presenting an overview of the ReShare project and its current state of development and will discuss libraries’ role in advocacy for the use of standards and system interoperability on Wednesday, November 6 from 3:30pm – 4:10pm. If […]