“It's great to be able to customize the Polaris checkout screen with patron data elements of our choice.  It maximizes the efficiency of the checkout process.  And with 15 agencies circulating over 7.1 million items per year, it matters.”

- Eva Calcagno, Manager, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Oregon

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Yellowhead Regional Library Leverages Polaris API to Create iPad Application (August 17, 2010)

Denver Public Library Selects the Polaris ILS (July 20, 2010)

Polaris Library Systems Announces Auto-Suggest Functionality (July 14, 2010)

Polaris Library Systems Announces Board Appointment (May 11, 2010)

Newmarket Public Library Selects Polaris ILS (March 24, 2010)

Polaris Library Systems Announces Employee Ownership Agreement (January 15, 2010)

Polaris Library Systems to Debut Mobile PAC at ALA Midwinter Conference (January 14, 2010)

Forsyth County Public Library Selects Polaris ILS (November 5, 2009)

Iberia Parish Library Selects Polaris ILS (September 8, 2009)

Baltimore County Public Library Selects Polaris ILS (August 12, 2009)

Miami-Dade Public Library System Selects Polaris ILS (July 30, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Welcomes New Team Members (July 16, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Welcomes New Team Members in Customer Support & MIS (June 25, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Integrates with LibraryThing for Libraries (June 17, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Announces 13 New Customers (May 11, 2009)

Library Systems Welcomes New Team Members (May 8, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Announces New Customer Relations Department (March 4, 2009)

Phoenix Public Library Live on the Polaris ILS (February 25, 2009)

Polaris Library Systems Announces Strong 2008 (January 14, 2009)


For Immediate Release

Contact:
Kathryn Spier-Miller
Director of Marketing
Polaris Library Systems
315-634-4547
Kathryn.Miller@polarislibrary.com


 Polaris Library Systems Announces Strong 2008

Syracuse, NY, January 14, 2009 - Polaris Library Systems, a leading provider of library automation technology, announced today that 56 libraries selected the Polaris Integrated Library System (ILS) during 2008.

Appellate Division 4th Department, Law Library, NY Iolani School, HI
Black Gold Cooperative Library System, CA Josephine Community Libraries, Inc., OR
Boyd County Public Library, KY Kamehameha Schools, HI
Brampton Library, ON, Canada Largo Public Library, FL
Bryan + College Station Public Library System, TX Lee County Library System, FL
Cape May County Library, NJ McKinney Memorial Public Library, TX
Central Library Consortium, OH Manhattan Public Library, KS
Chatham County Public Libraries, NC Michener Institute, ON, Canada
Clearwater Public Library System, FL Newton Public Library, KS
Cornwall Public Library, ON, Canada Ocean County Library, NJ
Cushing Public Library, OK Oldsmar Public Library, FL
Douglas County Public Library, NV Ouachita Parish Public Library, LA
Dunedin Public Library, FL Palm Harbor Library, FL
East Lake Community Library, FL Pinellas Park Public Library, FL
East Parker County Library, TX Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, FL
East Morgan County Library District, CO Prince George?s County Memorial ? Library System, MD
Eastern Shores Library System, WI St. Pete Beach Library, FL
Evangeline Parish Library, LA St. Petersburg Public Library System, FL
Floyd County Public Library, KY Safety Harbor Public Library, FL
Fort Morgan Public Library, CO Schertz Public Library, TX
Fort Smith Public Library, AR Seminole Community Library, FL
GMILCS, Inc., NH Springtown Public Library, TX
Gulf Beaches Public Library, FL Sterling Public Library, CO
Gulfport Public Library, FL Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Library, ON, Canada
Haysville Community Library, KS Tarpon Springs Public Library, FL
Henderson County Public Library, KY TRAC, AB, Canada
Highland City Library, UT Wichita Public Library, KS
Hutchinson Public Library, KS Wickenburg Public Library, AZ

"The past year, 2008, was another exciting one for Polaris," said Bill Schickling, Polaris President & CEO. "We're pleased to see that interest in Polaris continues to grow throughout the United States and Canada."

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About Polaris Library Systems

From its beginnings thirty years ago, Polaris Library Systems has served libraries with time-saving technology,from its first circulation system in the mid-1970s through its third-generation Polaris Integrated Library System.  In addition to its library automation systems, Polaris Library Systems offers workflow  analysis, database enhancement, wireless access and network services to libraries. For more information about Polaris Library Systems, visit http://www.polarislibrary.com/.