COMPanion Corporation News
Wednesday May 16, 2012
All 33 Press Releases from COMPanion Corporation
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October 27, 2011. NoveList and COMPanion partner to improve access . NoveList, a division of EBSCO Publishing, and COMPanion have announced a partnership that will enrich K-12 reading curriculum by providing book recommendations to students and offering curriculum-based activities to teachers and school librarians. NoveList Select, can now be seamlessly integrated into COMPanions Alexandria Library Automation Program. With NoveList Select in Alexandria, when a student searches for a book via the Alexandria portal, NoveList Select will return reading recommendations based on that book—and based on titles that the library owns. <<more>>
February 1, 2010. COMPanion Releases Alexandria v6.03. Alexandria 6.0.3 is a major release in the v6 series introducing improvements to the system expanding on recently introduced technologies, increasing performance and stability. <<more>>
April 05, 2005. COMPanion Corporation launches Textbook Tracker v3.03. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of Textbook Tracker v3.03, a textbook management program that can save a school thousands of dollars each year by enabling it to hold students and parents accountable for lost and damaged textbooks. <<more>>
October 04, 2004. COMPanion releases Alexandria v5.4.4.1,. COMPanion Corporation the release of Alexandria v5.4.4.1, which includes an exciting import and management option for Lexile measures. <<more>>
March 03, 2004. COMPanion Releases Alexandria v5.44 rev D. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of Alexandria v5.44 rev D. Alexandria v5 features follow COMPanion''s power of simplicity approach to library automation solutions. <<more>>
June 25, 2003. Alexandria, the premier library automation solution, announces a new partnership with Syndetics.. Alexandria and Syndetics have partnered to offer Alexandria Sneak Peek powered by Syndetics title enrichment services. With Alexandria Sneak Peek, library patrons enjoy access to title reviews, summaries, cover art and more all from within the Alexandria research interfaces. <<more>>
June 25, 2003. netTrekker, the trusted search engine for schools, announces new partnership with COMPanion Corporation. netTrekker, a search engine for schools, announces a new strategic partnership with COMPanion Corporation, combining netTrekker¹s academic search engine with AlexWeb, the online component of COMPanion¹s library automation software, Alexandria. <<more>>
April 07, 2003. COMPanion Releases Alexandria 5.44 rev B. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of Alexandria 5.44 rev B. Alexandria 5.44 features follow Alexandria¹s power of simplicity approach to library automation solutions <<more>>
March 17, 2003. COMPanion Corporation Launches Textbook Tracker v3. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of Textbook Tracker v3, a textbook management program that leverages the success of its previous releases <<more>>
April 23, 2002. Everton Publishers, Inc. choose Alexandria. COMPanion Corporation announced today Everton Publishers¹ decision to automate its library collection--one of the largest genealogical libraries in the United States. <<more>>
June 25, 2001. COMPanion releases Alexandria 5.43. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of Alexandria 5.43. Alexandria 5.43 features follow Alexandria''s power of simplicity approach to library automation solutions. <<more>>
June 25, 2001. COMPanion releases Alexandria 5.43 for Mac OS X. COMPanion Corporation announced that Alexandria 5.43 for Mac OS X will be available on June 25. This new release will be a free upgrade to current customers. <<more>>
March 23, 2001. COMPanion delivers Alexandria Library Automation for MAC OS X. COMPanion Corporation announced that they will deliver a carbonized version of Alexandria for Mac OS X, so that any Mac OS can take advantage of Alexandria''s full set of features. The carbonized version of Alexandria is currently in beta and will be released in Spring 2001. <<more>>
December 4, 2000. COMPanion releases feature-rich Alexandria v.5.42. COMPanion Corporation announced today the release of Alexandria v5.4.2. <<more>>
November 17, 2000. Buffalo Public Schools choose the Alexandria library automation system. COMPanion Corporation announced that Alexandria library automation was chosen by the Buffalo Public Schools. <<more>>
February 3, 2000. The school district of Philadelphia selects Alexandria for its schools. COMPanion Corporation announced today that the School District of Philadelphia—the fifth largest district in the U.S. by enrollment—has chosen Alexandria library automation for its schools. <<more>>
October 26, 2000. Houston ISD chooses the Alexandria library automation system. COMPanion Corporation announced that Alexandria library automation was chosen by Houston ISD, the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh largest public school system in the United States. <<more>>
February 7, 2000. COMPanion Corporation's new Netlink gives Alexandria users access to educational Web sites.. COMPanion Corporation announced the release of NetLink, a new product option that gives users cataloged educational web sites of carefully selected subjects that can be readily imported into Alexandria. <<more>>
January 11, 2000. Eisenburg, Berkowitz and the Big6 partner with Alexandria. Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz finalized a verbal agreement with COMPanion Corporation today to integrate the Big6 information literacy skills model into the Alexandria library automation system. <<more>>
December 15, 1999. COMPanion Corporation extends end date of Free Alexandria Single-User Software promotion. COMPanion Corporation is extending the end date of its millennial promotion to April 1, 2000. Hundreds of libraries have responded to the free single user promotion. One district plans to automate over 20 of its elementary libraries with Alexandria. In contrast, several small private schools are automating their libraries for the first time. Libraries that take advantage of the offer gain greater library management flexibility. <<more>>
November 11, 1999. COMPanion Corporation ships Alexandria v5 to current users without adding upgrade fee. COMPanion Corporation shipped the new Alexandria v5 to their existing user base without charging additional upgrade fees. The company officially released Alexandria v5 at the American Library Association Conference on June 26, 1999 and then sent a general distribution of the product to all users current on Alexandria&Mac''s annual software subscription on November 1, 1999. <<more>>
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COMPanion Corporation
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1831 Fort Union Blvd
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Executives
- Bill Schjelderup -- President
Company Ownership
Library automation systems
COMPanion Corporation offers the following Integrated Library Systems:
- Alexandria (76 libraries, 86 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 51
Academic libraries: 5
School libraries: 19
23 libraries have migrated away from this system.
A total of 86 library facilities included in lib-web-cats use an ILS provided by COMPanion Corporation.
Corporate Chronology
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COMPanion corporation founded. |
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Key Articles from Library Technology Guides
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