Nylink partner Atlas Systems has announced the first Ares User Group meeting, to be held at ALA Midwinter in Boston. 

As Ares Electronic Reserves continues to grow in the number of users, Atlas decided that it was time to turn the Ares User Group meetings over to the Ares community, and are very pleased that Crystal Hester of Case Western Reserve University has agreed to serve as the first Chairperson of the Ares User Group Meetings.   As Chairperson, Crystal will handle the organizing, promoting and running of the Ares User Group Meetings to be held at the 2010 ALA Midwinter and Annual Conferences.

The inaugural Ares User Group Meeting will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm at the Westin Waterfront Hotel’s Hancock Room.  Current Ares subscribers as well as librarians interested in learning more about how Ares Electronic Reserves can help automate and streamline e-reserves functions in their library, are welcome to attend.

Nylink is pleased to share the news that our partner, Atlas Systems, developers of the Ares e-reserve management system, have recently made it possible to automatically cross-check your permission requests that are stored in Ares with titles covered under Copyright Clearance Center’s Annual Copyright License. To celebrate this expanded copyright management functionality, Atlas has announced a special promotion.  Through August 1, 2009 receive the first year of your Ares software subscription and server hosting at no cost when you purchase or renew your Annual Copyright License. 

Visit www.atlas-sys.com to sign up for a web demonstration of Ares or contact ares@atlas-sys.com for more information.  If you are attending ACRL, you can stop by the Atlas Systems booth, # 435, to learn more about Ares and this new integration with the Annual Copyright License.   

CCC will also be exhibiting at ACRL in booth #519. If you are interested in more information on the Annual Copyright License contact Chuck Hemenway by email at chuck@copyright.com.