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Pennsylvania State University Libraries Select Unicorn |
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SIRSI: HUNTSVILLE Ala. (Feb. 3, 2000)
Pennsylvania State University Libraries, in partnership with Library Computing Services, has
chosen Sirsi Corporation's Unicorn™ Library Management System to update portions of the LIAS (Library Information Access System) online system, which is used by the Paterno Library,
Pattee Library, seven other University Park branch libraries, and an additional 20 libraries at other Penn State sites.
According to Nancy L. Eaton, Dean of University Libraries, the SIRSI system will provide new
features not currently available in LIAS and will release some technical staff to work on other library information technology projects. One aspect of the contract will allow Penn State and
SIRSI to do joint development of new features of mutual interest. Eric Ferrin, Senior Director of Library Computing Services, adds that SIRSI's flexibility will enable Library Computing Services
and the University Libraries to continue to tailor Unicorn and LIAS to support the research and instruction needs of Penn State.
"Important to the selection of Unicorn were platform considerations, SIRSI's support for national
and international technical standards, the company's track record with other large research libraries, and specific features of the SIRSI system," said Dean Nancy L. Eaton.
A member of the Association of Research Libraries, Penn State looks forward to the completion
of its new Paterno Library addition in the summer of 2000. Currently, the Penn State library system holds more than 4.3 million volumes, with almost 36,000 periodical subscriptions. The
Penn State University Libraries and Library Computing Services jointly support online access to resources for more than 81,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty on 24 campuses
throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
School of Pharmacy chooses Unicorn |
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February 2000
The Library at the School of Pharmacy has chosen the Unicorn Collection Management System
to provide an Integrated Library Management System to replace their existing Libertas library system.
The Unicorn system will be installed under the Solaris operating system on a Sun server and will
provide access via a Graphical User Interface (WorkFlows with Z39.50) to OPAC services, Cataloguing, Authority Control, Circulation, Academic Reserves, Acquisitions, Serials Control,
Inter-Library Loans, SDI and Current Awareness, together with an Information Portal to external services over the Internet. SmartPORT will be used to capture data from Z39.50 sources
worldwide. Access to the OPAC will also be available through the World Wide Web via WebCat.
The library of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, is unique in being the only
free-standing academic pharmacy library in the U.K. The collection comprises over 50,000 volumes spanning the entire biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences spectrum; serving
approximately 1,000 students, staff and researchers.
Linda Lisgarten, Librarian and Head of Information Services, said: "Unicorn was chosen after a
comprehensive survey of available library management systems. We were impressed by Unicorn's good track record of support and development. The quality of the OPAC is particularly
important to us in our learning/teaching environment, and we are sure that the excellent graphical user interface of Unicorn will greatly enhance our functionality in providing top quality services
and information to our users."
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Alan Milburn
launches new library at the Tavistock and Portman Trust
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January 2000
Alan Milburn, UK's Secretary of State for Health, was at the Tavistock Clinic London, on Tuesday
January 11th to launch its new, improved library. The Tavistock Clinic chose SIRSI's Unicorn Collection Management System as a key component of its information management and dissemination strategy.
The leading NHS centre for psychotherapy based in Hampstead - founded by psychiatrists who
treated shell shock during the First World War - was recently the subject of a six-part BBC2 documentary, Talking Cure.
Now thanks to a total investment of almost £270,000 from the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust,
London Regional Office of the NHS Executive and North London Consortium, it will offer much more than just the traditional library services of textbooks and study space. Indexes, journals and
catalogues will be available electronically to help enhance the Tavistock Clinic's role as one of the country's largest mental health training organisations at the start of the new millennium.
The library - re-named The Tavistock and Portman Library - a national resource for mental health
and psychotherapy - has been enlarged and refurbished and a new web-based library catalogue (SIRSI's WebCat) installed to link with the Trust's new website.
Thanks to the hi-tech improvements which have now been made to library services, staff and
postgraduate students in therapeutic mental health can access information at home or work at any time via a PC with a modem. Such flexible learning fits in with the government's National
Service Framework for Mental Health which stresses the crucial role of training in the recruitment and retention of staff.
The Royal Institute of International Affairs |
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January 2000
The Library at the Royal Institute of International Affairs has chosen the Unicorn Collection
Management System to provide an Integrated Library Management System to replace their existing Tinlib library system.
The Unicorn system will be installed under the Windows NT operating system and will provide
access via a Graphical User Interface (WorkFlows with Z39.50) to Cataloguing, Authority Control, Circulation, Acquisitions and Serials Control. Access to the OPAC will be available
worldwide via WebCat running over the WWW.
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, is one of the world's
leading institutes for the analysis of international issues. The Institute is a membership organisation, incorporated under Royal Charter and independent of the Government. Its
activities bring together people of all nationalities from government, politics, business, the academic world and the media. The Library is at the heart of the Institute. Head of the Library,
Catherine Hume, explained that: "Unicorn will provide the much needed Internet access which will allow our collection and services to remain truly international."
Glasgow College of Building and Printing selects Unicorn |
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December 1999
The Laird Library at the Glasgow College of Building and Printing has become the first library in
Glasgow to select the Unicorn Collection Management System to provide an Integrated Library Management System to replace their existing BookshelF library system.
The Unicorn system will be installed under the Solaris operating system on a Sun Ultra server
and will provide access via the Unicorn WebCat OPAC to the Library catalogue.
Staff will use the Windows-based Unicorn WorkFlows with Z39.50 workstation client for
Circulation services, Cataloguing, Authority Control and Acquisitions.
In selecting Unicorn, the Laird Library will be the first Further Education college library in
Glasgow to adopt Web OPAC technology and embrace MARC cataloguing standards.
The Glasgow College Of Building and Printing was formed in 1972 and is Scotland's leading
education and training centre for the construction and communication industries with quality courses backed up with the resources of new technology. The Laird Library is a key department
in providing curriculum support to the thousands of students who are undertaking courses at the college.
Scott McGowan, I.T. Librarian, commented: "Unicorn will revolutionise our service provision to
college staff and students. It will provide our users with a library catalogue on every desktop PC in the college via an excellently designed Web OPAC, improved cataloguing and collection
management and a powerful management information tool. Coupled with SIRSI's proven track record in supplying and supporting systems for specialist libraries, I am confident we have
chosen well for the 21st century."
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