June 28, 2005

NextLibrary Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of John Paterson as Technical Director.  In his new role, John is developing library and archive software focusing on open source software.  John is implementing information industry standards, such as OAI and METS, to integrate legacy data into modern systems.

John grew up in Thunder Bay and graduated from Fort William Collegiate Institute. He then attended Lakehead University for a year and transferred to Wilfrid Laurier University after 1 year.  John is a 23 year old student currently attending WIlfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario. He is completing his Honours Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and will graduate in the spring of 2006.

Nextlibrary Inc. (http://nextlib.com) Canada’s latest addition to the digital library software and services marketplace in association with iArchives, Inc of Lindon, Utah, provides a suite of services for presenting digital materials, including rapid and accurate document scanning, digitization, indexing and processing with advanced tools http://iarchives.com. This technology is used by major libraries, including the Library of Congress and Harvard University.  iArchives has been selected for major newspaper digitization projects, such as, The Dallas  Morning News and the Dublin Evening Telegraph.

NextLibrary Inc. is focused on standards as a basis for quality. Kathy Crewdson assures that “You can have confidence that we will assist you to develop content that will last and have value far into the future. NextLibrary Inc. will provide the framework that will make a success out of your projects, by paying attention to requirements definition, planning and marketing as well as technological solutions to functionality. You can mix and match services, taking only those needed. You can choose from a range of consulting services: needs analysis, project management, marketing, implementation, funding, copyright/intellectual property issues, and training

NextLibrary Inc. is a consulting and software company that works for the client.    Solutions include the best combination of open source and proprietary software. “We provide the best quality, least expensive digitizing solution available.  We will extract the maximum value from existing legacy data using innovative approaches”.  Kathy Crewdson said, “NextLibrary promotes communication among users by giving the community visibility on the Internet.”

NextLibrary’s value proposition consists of a focus on quality, technical excellence, standards, and cost effectiveness. NextLibrary software features a standards based approach incorporating open archiving and library systems and standards.

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