Hello,
Would you mind publishing this press release on behalf of LibLime NZ, a New Zealand based company which supports
open-source software for libraries?
Here's a link to the press release online:
http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/chris-cormack-wins-new-zealand-award
Full text is below for your convenience.
Cheers!
Tina Burger
Vice President, Marketing
LibLime
tnb@liblime.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Chris Cormack Wins New Zealand Award for Koha Leadership
Wellington, NZ--October 29, 2007--LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced today that Chris
Cormack, VP of Research and Development for LibLime, has won the Open Source Contributor Award at the first ever New
Zealand Open Source Awards.
The New Zealand Open Source Awards 2007 recognize and promote: the contributions of New Zealanders to open-source
projects and exemplary use of open source by New Zealand organizations. The awards were sponsored by Google, RedHat and
other prominent software companies. It was organized by CatalystIT (an open-source company based in Wellington).
Chris Cormack, the current Koha QA Manager and former release manager for V1.2, was author of the original version of
Koha, released in 1999. The award recognizes Chris' tireless, ongoing effort on the Koha project which has since turned
into a international software project.
More about the New Zealand Open Source Awards can be found online at: http://www.nzosa.org.nz/
About Koha
Since it was first put into production in early 2000, Koha has enabled new realities of open access, affordability, and
free innovation for hundreds of small and medium-sized libraries around the world. Koha has lived up to its name, which
means ‘Gift’ in the Maori language of New Zealand. From the outset, many libraries understood the power of this gift.
They downloaded it, they installed it, they changed it, and they contributed their solutions back to the library
community.
Several companies around the world support Koha, providing libraries with a full array of services including
installation, migration assistance, data integrity testing, staff training, software maintenance, support and
customization. To learn more about what services are available visit http://koha.org/support/.
About LibLime
LibLime is the global leader in open-source solutions for libraries, with a mission to make open source accessible to
libraries. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, LibLime educates
libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities
and staff with better technology services. LibLime then facilitates implementation of open-source in libraries by
providing outstanding development, customization, support and training solutions--solutions tailored to each library's
needs. For more information, see http://liblime.com.
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