Cdigix Joins Forces with PALINET; Offers Library Consortium Premium Access to its C-Labs Educational Platform.SEATTLE -- Cdigix, Inc., the leading provider of digital educational services to the college marketplace, announced that it has formed a relationship with PALINET, one of the largest member-owned and -governed library networks in the country. As part of this new relationship, PALINET members are entitled to preferred pricing and premium customer support on Cdigix's digital educational platform, C-Labs. For a limited time, members of PALINET will also be eligible for a free semester trial of the service. C-Labs is a complete turnkey service that provides universities with all the tools to easily post and maintain course-critical digital audio and video media online -- for access by students on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. to fulfill their course requirements. The recently upgraded version, C-Labs 2007, offers a significantly enhanced user experience, new administrative tools, and three important new features: C-Labs Library, C-Labs Podcasting, and C-Labs Community. "We are excited about our relationship with PALINET, one of the nation's most reputable and influential library consortia," said Larry Jacobson Larry Paul Jacobson (born December 10, 1949 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) was an American football defensive lineman in the NFL for the New York Giants. In 1971, while playing college football at the University of Nebraska, he won the Outland Trophy for best lineman. , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cdigix, Inc. "Since shifting our business model to focus solely on educational products and services, we have made huge strides in creating awareness about C-Labs and securing new partners. Our relationship with PALINET is an important step toward making C-Labs the industry standard for digitally distributing educational media for academic libraries at universities nationwide." "C-Labs addresses an important issue that university librarians and other faculty members are faced with daily -- how to support the online distribution of the enormous amount of audio and video content collected over the years," said Chris Martire, Director for Strategic Partnerships at PALINET. "We are pleased to partner with Cdigix to offer C-Labs to PALINET members at a preferred rate and enable institutions to significantly enhance the learning experience by incorporating valuable material into their curriculum and their collections." C-Labs Overview C-Labs is gaining recognition as an essential service to universities around the country. Institutions currently offering or piloting C-Labs include Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was ; University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. ; University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. ; California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University system. The University is located in the city of Fullerton, California, in northern Orange County. ; University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ; University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. ; University of Chicago; and Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College (hōl`yōk), at South Hadley, Mass.; for women; chartered 1836, opened 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary under Mary Lyon, rechartered as Mount Holyoke College 1893. There is a noteworthy art museum on campus. . C-Labs allows universities to post and maintain an online digital media reserve of content that they already own in their library, while simultaneously distributing that media in a secure manner to their students on both PCs and Macs. Administrators need only provide the media, enter the metadata for each piece of content, and relate it to a class and its associated students using the C-Labs Administration web-based software program. C-Labs automatically controls which users can see which pieces of content, delivering both protected and secure files. C-Labs integrates with common authentication systems, such as LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. and Shibboleth Shibboleth (shĭb`ōlĕth), in the Bible, test word that the Gileadites made the Ephraimites pronounce. As Ephraimites could not say sh but only s , and course management systems, such as Blackboard and Sakai. C-Labs 2007, now available to universities nationwide, includes three significant upgrades: * C-Labs Library, allowing administrators to acquire media that is not currently in their campus libraries while alleviating the challenge of procuring individual titles for specific classroom assignments; * C-Labs Podcasting, letting students and faculty download campus-produced content that is posted to C-Labs in non-encrypted audio and video formats to their computer or transfer it to a portable device such as an iPod; and * C-Labs Community, giving a participating university the ability to post institution-owned media into a shared media pool that is available to other C-Labs partner institutions. All media posted to the C-Labs Community must be owned by the university responsible for the posting of those materials. About Cdigix, Inc. Cdigix, Inc. is the leading provider of secure digital educational media to the college marketplace. The Seattle-based company operates C-Labs, a complete turnkey service that allows universities to post and maintain course-critical digital audio and video media online -to be accessed by students. More information about the company and its services is available at www.cdigix.com. About PALINET PALINET, a member-owned and governed regional library network, was founded in 1936 and is one of the largest U.S. networks, serving 600+ members throughout the mid-Atlantic region and beyond. PALINET trains over 1,400 people annually through its classroom and online distance education events, provides discounts on hundreds of library services from 80+ business partners through its group purchasing program, and is the region's provider of OCLC OCLC - Online Computer Library Center services. For the latest information on PALINET, visit www.palinet.org. |
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