May 19 2008 Karen Schneider Joins Equinox Software, Inc.

Norcross, GA - May 19, 2008

Equinox Software, Inc., the Evergreen Experts, welcomes Karen Schneider to the staff as Community Librarian. Karen will play a key role in community liaison activities. She will also help build the Equinox brand and promote the use of open source software.

“I came to Equinox because, as a librarian who for sixteen years has worked with nearly every brand of library software, I enthusiastically believe in open source,” explained Karen. “The scalability, interoperability, and support models for open source library software make perfect sense for the library world and open almost limitless possibilities. I’m thrilled that by joining Equinox I have become part of the future of libraries.”

“Karen joins Equinox at a vital moment, as we prepare to bring on more libraries and field enquiries every day from libraries interested in Evergreen,” said Brad LaJeunesse, President of Equinox Software. “Karen’s industry experience and her knack for communicating will help bring home the message that with Evergreen, mature, enterprise-quality open source library software has arrived and is here to stay.”

Karen joins Equinox from the College Center for Library Automation, where she researched standards and emerging technologies. Her library career path includes managing the popular portal Librarians’ Internet Index, managing a computer network for a public library, directorships in rural and special libraries, children's librarianship, adult reference, academic library systems management, and running a one-person Internet training business. Before her library career, Karen was an aircraft maintenance officer in the U.S. Air Force. A native San Franciscan who has lived worldwide, Karen is a prolific writer who has published two books and over 100 magazine articles and blogs regularly at Free Range Librarian. She holds degrees from Barnard, University of Illinois (GSLIS 1992), and the University of San Francisco.

Karen can be reached by email at kgs@esilibrary.com