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Sunday Nov 19, 2006

Full Automation News Report

20 most recent items:

November 17, 2006. MuseGlobal Celebrates 200th Content Partner, Berkeley Electronic Press. MuseGlobal Inc. added Berkeley Press as the 200th participant in its Content Partner Program, now in its fourth year. Founded by professors committed to solving the scholarly communications crisis, the Berkeley Electronic Press publishes high quality peer-reviewed electronic journals in the social sciences, law, health and medicine, and science and technology at sustainable prices and with library-friendly policies. <<more>>

November 15, 2006. Nancy Dushkin joins Ex Libris as VP of Marketing. The Ex Libris Group has appointed Nancy Dushkin as vice president of marketing, responsible for corporate marketing and product management of the Ex Libris suite of advanced systems and services for libraries and their patrons. <<more>>

November 15, 2006. Koha ZOOM goes live, and it rocks. LibLime announced that the Nelsonville Public Library System in Athens Ohio has just gone live with Koha ZOOM. Koha ZOOM includes a powerful, full-featured search engine based on Zebra, a high-performance indexing and retrieval engine. <<more>>

November 15, 2006. Edmonton Public Library Chooses SirsiDynix for Self-Checkout System. SirsiDynix announced that the Edmonton Public Library has chosen SirsiDynix to implement the library's radio-frequency identification self-checkout system. The implementation marks one of the first major library systems in Canada to adopt such technology system-wide. <<more>>

November 14, 2006. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University selects integrated library management system from Endeavor Information Systems . Endeavor Information Systems announced that Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University has selected Voyager, the company's flagship integrated library systems. The university also plans to implement Meridian, the company's electronic resource management system; Curator, Endeavor's resource management solution for searching, creating and managing digital collections; and the company's analysis and reporting module, Analyzer. <<more>>

November 14, 2006. Santa Rosa County Library System launches WebFeat Express Search Prism. The Santa Rosa County Library System in Florida has launched a WebFeat Express federated search solution. With WebFeat Express, Library patrons can now simultaneously search more than 40 electronic resourcesincluding the Library catalog, several Florida-specific resources and thousands of newspapers, magazines and journals representing millions of pages of content. WebFeat Express can be accessed from within any of the Santa Rosa County community libraries, or it may be accessed remotely with a valid library ID via the Library's website. <<more>>

November 13, 2006. NASA Johnson Space Center launches MetaLib/SFX into orbit . Ex Libris Group has announced that National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center selected the MetaLib library portal and SFX, the context-sensitive link server, to power its electronic search and link environment. <<more>>

November 13, 2006. Westchester Library System Chooses SirsiDynix Unicorn. SirsiDynix announced the Westchester Library System in Tarrytown, N.Y., recently chose the SirsiDynix Unicorn Library Management System. WLS services 38 member libraries in Westchester County and a large county population of almost 950,000. WLS will install Oracle, Unicode, Director's Station and SVA telephone notification, in addition to a large EnvisionWare print and PC component. <<more>>

November 13, 2006. Serials Solutions announces personalized ERMS On-Site Professional Consulting Services. Serials Solutions is now offering ERMS On-Site Professional Consulting services. Created to optimize library implementation of Serials Solutions ERMS Electronic Resource Management System, the new service is a hands-on, two-day session during which a Serials Solutions library training consultant analyzes a library's e-resource workflow and recommends practices that will generate greater efficiency. <<more>>

November 09, 2006. Infor Library Solutions reports strong sales of Vubis Smart. Infor Library Solutions today reported continued strong sales of its Vubis Smart library automation system with the signing of 11 new contracts in just over one month. <<more>>

November 09, 2006. Cherry Hill Public Library launches new Web site. The Cherry Hill Public Library and SirsiDynix, have gone live with a new Web site using Enterprise Portal Solution/Rooms. After opening a state-of-the-art building in December 2004, the Cherry Hill Library wanted to complement its offline capabilities with 21st-century high-quality online services. <<more>>

November 08, 2006. South Carolina adopts Follett Software's Destiny Textbook Manager statewide. South Carolina will track every state-owned K-12 textbook using Destiny Textbook Manager from Follett Software Company. <<more>>

November 08, 2006. SirsiDynix Institute will host conference for library administrators and executives . SirsiDynix Institute, a forum for professional development in the library community, announced that it will host the 2007 SirsiDynix Institute Executive Conference. The conference is intended for library directors, both customers and non-customers, and will focus on library issues and trends and discuss how technologies can keep libraries current. The SirsiDynix Executive Conference will be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., February 18 and 19. <<more>>

November 08, 2006. Metro Nashville Public Schools chooses TLC's New Web Circ. Metro Nashville Public Schools will implement TLC's new Web-based circulation module, Web Circ, in 131 schools. <<more>>

November 07, 2006. Talis sponsors Cybrary City in Second Life. Talis and the Alliance Library System are pleased to announce the debut of Cybrary City in Second Life. <<more>>

November 07, 2006. Biblionix announces Contributor Tracking for Apollo Automation Service. Biblionix today announced a major new feature to its hosted Apollo Automation Service for small- and medium-sized public libraries. The involvement of volunteers, donors, and other participants can now be easily recorded, queried, and managed. <<more>>

November 07, 2006. SirsiDynix introduces new digital library solution. SirsiDynix, the global leader in strategic technology solutions for libraries, announced a new digital repository solution called SirsiDynix Digital Library. The result of a strategic partnership between SirsiDynix and PTFS Digital Archiving Solutions, SirsiDynix Digital Library is a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for storing, accessing and managing libraries' digital collections. <<more>>

November 07, 2006. WebFeat Launches WebFeat Express International Edition. Reflecting WebFeat's rapid global expansion, WebFea announced the release of its new International Edition of WebFeat Express. WebFeat Express International Edition provides the ability to dynamically change language displays on both its search interface and administrative console. <<more>>

November 06, 2006. Stephen Abram named Chief Strategist of the SirsiDynix Institute. The SirsiDynix Institute, a forum for professional development in the library community, announced that Stephen Abram, vice president of Innovation at SirsiDynix, was recently named chief strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute. Abram will continue in his role as vice president of Innovation at SirsiDynix. <<more>>

November 05, 2006. Kingston Frontenac Public Library Selects Vubis Smart. Infor announced that the Kingston Frontenac Public Library, located in the City of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, has selected Infor's Vubis Smart library automation system. Vubis Smart will enable the Kingston Frontenac Public Library to offer its patrons a wide array of personalized services and to further extend the Library's virtual service offerings. <<more>>

November 03, 2006. Endeavor Information Systems' OpenURL linking solution provides pre-resolved links from Elsevier's Scopus. Endeavor Information Systems announced that its full-text OpenURL linking solution, Discovery: Resolver, now supports image-based linking from Scopus. Scopus is one of Elsevier's primary science, technology, medicine and social science research information services. <<more>>

Full Automation News Report

The Library Technology Guides website aims to provide comprehensive and objective information related to the field of library automation. This site has no affiliation with any library automation company. Whether you are in the process of selecting a library automation system, or just want to keep up with developments in the field, Library Technology Guides is the place to start.

Library Automation Features

This section includes articles written by Marshall Breeding, editor of Library Technology Guides, that have appeared in other publications as well as key industry announcements. Breeding was recently interviewed by Tennessee Libraries on issues in the field of library automation.

Library Journal Automated System Marketplace:

2006: Reshuffling the Deck
2005: Gradual Evolution
2004: Migration Down Innovation Up
2003: The Competition Heats Up
2002: Capturing the Migrating Customer

Computers in Libraries Systems Librarian Column

(full text available on articles 90 days from original publication)

Comprehensive cost planning yields successful tech projects (June 2006)
Web 2.0? Let's get to Web 1.0 first (May 2006)
How we funneled searchers from Google to our collections by catering to Web crawlers (April 2006)
Musings on the state of the ILS in 2006 (March 2006)
Addicted to Data (February 2006)
Designing sites to distribute content via various mechanisms (January 2006)
Unconventional and innovative: the Open Croquet Project (November/December 2005)
Analyzing Web server logs to improve a site's usage (October 2005)
The new landscape of the automation business (September 2005)
Building trust through secure Web sites (June 2005)
Looking toward the future of library technology (May 2005)
Reflecting on 20 Years of Library Technology (April 2005)
Implementing wireless networks without compromising security (Mar 2005)
Plotting a new course for metasearch (Feb 2005)
Re-Integrating the integrated library system (Jan 2005)
Now that it's all digital, where do I put it? exploring data storage technologies (Nov/Dec 2004)
Wireless networks connect libraries to a mobile society (October 2004)
Custom applications that power the Vanderbilt Television News Archive (Sept 2004)
Platform evolution: from dumb terminals to PCs to the Web and beyond (Jun 2004)
The trend toward outsourcing the ILS: recognizing the benefits of shared systems (May 2004)
Protecting personal information (April 2004)
The challenge of integration (March 2004)
Essential elements of a library Web site (February 2004)
The many facets of managing electronic resources (January 2004)
Instant messaging: it's not just for kids anymore (November / December 2003)
The right technology: no-tech, low-tech, or high-tech (October 2003)
ILS update from ALA/CLA 2003 (September 2003)
Building a digital library of television news (June 2003)
Defending your ILS against security threats (May 2003)
Ramblings on the current library automation scene (April 2003)
Benchmarking technology: A theory of penultimacy (March 2003)
Protecting your library's data (February 2003)
What you can expect from The Systems Librarian (January 2003)
Know your users: monitoring the use of your website (December 2002)
Using the lib-web-cats directory (November 2002)
An update on Open Source ILS (October 2002)
The never-ending battle against spam (October 2002)
The challenges of converting to digital video (July / August 2002)
The benefits of library partnerships (June 2002)
Digital preservation: building digital collections that will outlast current technologies (May 2002)
The Open Archives Initiative (April 2002)
The Benefits of Wireless Technologies (March 2002)
Expanding the systems librarian's toolkit (January 2002)
OCLC announces the demise of SiteSearch (July/August 2001)
Offering remote access to restricted resources (May 2001)
Perking up library applications (December 2000)
Need information about libraries? (July / August 2000)
The battle for bandwidth (May 2000)
Helping us keep track of it all (March 2000)
epixtech: a new beginning for ALS (January 2000)

Smart Libraries Newsletter: ILS Features

(full text available on articles 90 days from original publication)

Big Bibliographic Services: OCLC and RLG (July 2006)
Innovative to introduce Encore (July 2006)
Strategic Development: SirsiDynix and Serials Solutions (July 2006)
Geac morphs into Extensity Library Solutions (May 2006)
Innovative undaunted (May 2006)
SirsiDynix Status (May 2006)
In Transition: Endeavor and its OpenURL Product (April 2006)
OPAC sustenance: Ex Libris to serve up Primo (March 2006)
Polaris demos Ajax for OPAC (March 2006)
Changes at Endeavor (March 2006)
OCLCs ongoing open season on acquisitions (February 2006)
Long-Standing Geac to be absorbed by San Francisco firm (January 2006)
SUSHI gains Rapid Adoption (January 2006)
OCLC PICA acquires Fretwell-Downing Informatics Group (December 2005)
Sagebrush Technologies announces Viewpoint (December 2005)
Auto-Graphics launches ASP digital library product (December 2005)
Ex Libris withdraws from IPO (November 2005)
Settling into SirsiDynix (November 2005)
AquaBrowser gaining traction in U.S. (October 2005)
People and Places (October 2005)
Summer slows automation announcements (October 2005)
Sagebrush introduces InfoCentre for K-12 ILS (September 2005)
OCLC Back in the ILS Business? (September 2005)
Public Library and the Internet: a must-read report (September 2005)
SirsiDynix: the new super-sized ILS company (August 2005)
Oxford opts for VTLS (August 2005)
Chicago Public wants TLC (August 2005)
The ever-inventive Innovative (August 2005)
Proquest new VP Burke to manage Serials Solutions (August 2005)
ILS vet promotes new name, new service (July 2005)
1986 to 2005: the Polaris story (July 2005)
Found: the missing link (resolvers) (July 2005)
An ambitious academic strategy (June 2005)
The chronicles of Dynix (June 2005)
Innovative wins Virginia Tech (June 2005)
TLC buys into AMH and RFID (June 2005)
Innovative intros commercial repository offering (June 2005)
TLC strikes exclusive deal with Aquabrowser (June 2005)
VTLS gets leg up in ERM (May 2005)
SMS offers libraries new talk tool (May 2005)
Dynix names new CTO (May 2005)
School Libraries continue push toward District-wide automation (April 2005)
AquaBrowser dives into ILS Technology (April 2005)
Ex Libris reorganizes its U.S. operations (April 2005)
The ARL stats (April 2005)
Sirsi and the NDP (March 2005)
The year of ERM (March 2005)
TLC Jumps in the PC management pond (March 2005)

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Product Transitions

OCLC acquires Fretwell-Downing Informatics (Dec 2005)
Ex Libris withdraws from IPO (Nov 2005)
Sirsi acquires Dynix (Aug 2005)
BiblioMondo acquired by ISACSOFT (Oct 2004)
ProQuest acquires Serials Solutions (Jul 2004)
Mandarin Library Automation transition (Jul 2003)
Gaylord Information Systems transition to GIS Information Systems (May 2003)
Sirsi announces demise of Taos (Dec 2001)
Demise of the Pigasus Wings ILL System (Dec 2001)
Innovative makes transition in ownership (Oct 2001)
OCLC withdraws support for SiteSearch (Jun 2001)
EOS International sold to founder (June 2001)
Sirsi acquires DRA (May 2001)
Auto-graphics acquires Maxcess Library Systems (Feb 2001)
Best-Seller acquires ALS Internationa, becomes BiblioMondo (Dec 2000)
Library Corporation acquires Carl Corporation (Jul 2000)
Elsevier Science acquires Endeavor Information Systems (Apr 2000)
Ameritech Library Services becomes epixtech, inc. (Jan 2000)
Sirsi recapitalized by CEA Capitol Partners/Seaport (Oct 1999)
Geac acquires Stowe Computing (Dec 1988)
Sagebrush acquires Nichols Advanced Technologies (Oct 1988)
Innovative acquires SLS Information Systems (Apr 1997)
Endeavor Information Systems launched (Nov 1994)
DRA acquires MultiLIS (Oct 1994)
DRA acquires INLEX (Oct 1993)

Credits

Library Technology Guides has been created and is edited by Marshall Breeding, the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University. He is solely responsible for all content on this site, and for any errors it may contain. Please notify him if you find any errors or omissions.

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