For Immediate Release
WebClarity
appoints Director of Technology
Barrie
, Ontario – February 1, 2005 – WebClarity Software Inc.
is pleased to confirm the appointment of Scott Nickerson as Director of Technology.
Having joined the company this past autumn, Mr. Nickerson has quickly managed
to completion several key objectives including the new BookWhere release 4.3.1
which is available to all customers effective today.
Mr. Nickerson brings a wealth of
systems, networking and programming experience with him having previously
been the Director of Networks and Systems for Dalhousie University, one of
Canada’s leading academic institutions, and Director
of Product Development for Core Networks, which focused on management software
for the cable modem industry. He also has a background in libraries, having
worked with Novanet Inc., a non-profit organization responsible for the management
of the integrated library system for a large consortium of university and college
libraries in the province of Nova Scotia.
Since Mr. Nickerson’s arrival,
WebClarity has seen enhancements in customer service and support through
the addition of new staff and the development and introduction of a customer
management system to streamline the management and distribution of thousands
of customer registrations and license activations. In addition to the new
BookWhere release, several improvements have been made to the BookWhere Online
product and a new release is targeted for MARC Notepad.
“This appointment is key to our company’s goals of furthering
our position as the industry leader in cataloging productivity tools,” states
Phil Smith, President & CEO of WebClarity. “We will continue to build
on our wealth of expertise in metadata search and retrieval software to create
solutions that deliver the broadest range of qualified content from the widest
array of sources in the industry.”
About WebClarity
Software Inc.
WebClarity Software Inc. is a global market leader
in information search and retrieval tools, and services for librarian catalogers,
researchers, and students. WebClarity
offers a suite of products utilizing the powerful Z39.50 standard, including
BookWhere, a market leading bibliographic and cataloging source search client,
and BookWhere Online, a browser-based metadata search engine. WebClarity
also produces MARC Notepad, a pre-processing editing tool that seamlessly integrates
with BookWhere. WebClarity is also responsible for the
popular online job board, LibJobs, http://www.libjobs.com,
a leading HR resource for library and information professionals. The company’s mission is to specialize
in the development of solutions to enhance the productivity of librarians and
researchers. For more information visit http://www.webclarity.info or contact
Sales at sales@webclarity.info or
1-866-213-8880 (in North America) +1
705-792-6933 (International).
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