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Press release: October 3rd, 2000:
Best-Seller Inc’s eLibrary Network continues its expansion.
The Federal Government of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has selected Best-Seller’s eLibrary Network. Located
in Ottawa, Ontario, the IRB is responsible for issuing refugee status to individuals and shall implement Best-Seller’s web-based PortFolio software within the next few months. Todd Joron, President and CEO of
Best-Seller noted that more and more special libraries are selecting PortFolio. In addition to the IRB, PortFolio is particularly popular among government libraries such as the National Defence, the Supreme
Court of Canada and Statistics Canada because of its scalability, functionality and web-based design.
Best-Seller Inc is also pleased to announce that the regional library of Brant
County, Ontario has chosen Best-Seller’s eLibrary Network. Serving over 30,000 people per day, Brant County shall network together its 5 branch libraries and depend on Best-Seller’s web-based PortFolio
software to manage their collections and provide access to these collections via the Internet.
Werner Mueller, Chief Librarian of Brant County commented that Best-Seller’s Web-based PortFolio product was selected due to its “enhanced integration of the system modules and the exceptional ease of use of its web-OPAC and Catalog modules.”
The demand for Web-based systems continues to explode.
Both scalable and platform-independent, PortFolio is Best-Seller's web-designed product line and includes all the modules required for a library to manage its local collections in addition to participate in the world-wide community of automated libraries. With PortFolio, patrons, whether in the library, at their offices, or in their own homes can search for multimedia materials at the Library or consult the collections of other libraries across the province or around the world.
Ron Rathwell
joins Best-Seller as Vice-President - Research and Development
October 17th, 2000 - Mr.
Ron Rathwell has joined award-winning Best-Seller as Vice-President, Research and Development. Formerly Vice-President - Development of MediSolution (TSE:MSH), Mr. Rathwell will head Best-Seller’s Research and Development Division and drive all development aspects of Best-Seller’s web-based eLibrary Network.
With formal training as an Engineer, Mr.
Rathwell has over 20 years of experience in the management of Information Technology. From 1986-1996, Mr. Rathwell owned his own successful high-tech consulting company before joining Royal Aviation of Montreal where he was responsible for the development of all corporate web applications.
Mr. Rathwell’s track record in managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering high-end web applications on-time and on-budget has
earned him an unparalleled reputation in the web software industry.
His mission at Best-Seller is to keep Best-Seller’s web-based, 100%-JAVA PortFolio product line at the forefront of information-based web applications in addition to developing new web interfaces and advancing Best-Seller’s eLibrary Network technology.
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