October 15, 2009 The Miami-Dade Public Library System, is joining over 700 libraries that have chosen AquaBrowser Library® a discovery layer offering visual, faceted searching that connects to any data source. AquaBrowser will help Miami-Dade Public Library System members easily and fully explore the library’s vast collection.

According to Phyllis Sue Alpert, Assistant Director, “Miami-Dade is excited to be able to provide AquaBrowser, the very best discovery platform, to our library users. AquaBrowser was selected after a careful, thorough analysis of the industry. Our Selection Committee was ‘wowed’ by the easy-to-use, visual method of searching.”

“Miami-Dade Public Library System is committed to promoting lifelong learning for their seven million annual visitors,” said Bastiaan F. Zwaan, CEO of Medialab Solutions “We’re very excited that they have chosen AquaBrowser to maximize information access across the library system.”

AquaBrowser offers users a familiar web-like experience, with the precision needed for discovery, without any disruption to the library’s backroom & staff activities. It provides proven technology that empowers users with an intuitive and attractive interface on top of an existing catalog. The library internally keeps working the way it always has, but customers get the kind of search and Web 2.0 experience they’ve come to expect on the internet.

The AquaBrowser Library is designed to harness the power of common search behaviors to deliver immediate results and relevant content from a variety of sources. Its unique “search, discover, refine” methodology provides visualization and faceting features that help users quickly and easily uncover relevant results and inspires them to explore more of a library’s resources.

About Miami-Dade Public Library System “Throughout the past century, Miamians have watched their public libraries grow from a tiny one-room library in Coconut Grove to 49 libraries spanning the County’s southernmost point in Homestead to its northern reaches in Sunny Isles Beach. The Library System has not only grown, but dramatically evolved in the way services are provided - all in an effort to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of the people of Miami-Dade County in the 21st century.” For more information about Miami-Dade Public Library System, visit http://www.mdpls.org.