Denver, CO  September 22, 2008 - Twenty-four new academic, public, school and special libraries have purchased AquaBrowser recently, joining the nearly 400 libraries that have implemented AquaBrowser, the original discovery platform offering visual, faceted searching that connects to any data source and integrates with any automation system.

Academic libraries that recently selected AquaBrowser include Bates College (ME), Bowdoin College (ME), Central Michigan University (MI), Colby College (ME), Rice University (TX), University of Houston at Victoria (TX) and Washington University (MO).

Public libraries that chose AquaBrowser recently include Brevard County Library (FL), Columbia County Rural Library District (WA), Mt. Prospect Public Library (IL), MARINet Consortia (CA) Plymouth Public Library (MI), Skokie Public Library (IL), St. Charles Public Library (IL), and Worthington Libraries (OH).

Other libraries that chose AquaBrowser this quarter include the US Army Fort Bragg Library (NC), Spring Branch Independent School District (TX), Brooklyn Law School Library (NY), Centre for International Governance Innovation (Canada), Sistema Bibliotecas DUOC UC (Chile), Box Hill Institute (Australia), Fort Saskatchewan Public Library (Canada), Strathcona County Library (Canada) and Universidad Externado de Colombia.

AquaBrowser Library offers the My Discoveries social networking experience, an integrates with virtually any data source, with options for an integrated webcrawler, authority control file integration, and federated searching integration.

Libraries choose AquaBrowser to remain vendor-neutral and offer their users a rewarding search experience.  AquaBrowser is a proven discovery platform with a design based on user research.  Since AquaBrowser works with any ILS, libraries can implement AquaBrowser with their current one and then migrate it easily if and when they choose a new ILS system, including any open source one.