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PRESS RELEASE: Stockholm, Sweden / Emeryville, California, USA - December 1999
Innovative Interfaces continues to be Sweden's library system supplier of choice with the decision by Malmö University to install Millennium, a
Web-based library automation system. Following an open procurement process, the University selected Millennium to replace its existing LIBERTAS and VTLS systems.
Contacts
- Peter Nilén, Systems Librarian, Malmö University (Malmö högskola)
Tel: +46 40 665 7292 Email: peter.nilen@mah.se
- Gill Carter, European Marketing Co-ordinator, Innovative Interfaces
Tel: +44 117 975 1025 Email: gill.carter@iii-europe.com
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Peter Nilén, Systems Librarian at Malmö University, said: "We considered the Millennium system to comply with the high
demands that are placed on new library systems today, and that Millennium's rich functionality would also provide an excellent match to our own specifications. Our evaluation also showed that the system is on
a high technological level, with the Java(tm)-based client software providing us with the opportunity to use open-platform client/server architecture. Of the systems evaluated, we found that Millennium
supported the most international standards with regards to searching, communication, formats and characters etc."
Mr Nilén added, "Other important factors in our decision were the integration with the national
catalogue, LIBRIS, and Innovative's capability to handle the conversions from our existing systems. Furthermore, we feel that the Millennium system has great potential for future technical development."
Phase I of the University's Millennium implementation will be live by June 2000 with cataloguing,
OPAC, inter-library loan and circulation modules. Phase II will follow in October with the addition of acquisitions and serials capabilities.
Malmö University was founded in July 1998 as Sweden's newest venture in higher education. The
University currently has 13,000 students and more than 800 members of staff. The University Library is the centre for information and knowledge. It offers students access to both printed and
electronic media. The temporary main library provides 300 reading places most of them with access to a computer. Another library belonging to the university is the Mediotek at the School of
Teacher Education, and three branch libraries serving the Schools of Health and Society, Technology and Society and the Faculty of Odontology. The library web-site can be found at www.bibl.mah.se
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PRESS RELEASE: Emeryville, California, USA - January 2000
Innovative Interfaces, a leader in information technology for libraries, announce that New York's prestigious American Museum of Natural History has
chosen Millennium to replace its existing library automation system.
With a Mellon grant to develop a digital library especially for natural history materials, the Museum is uniting its vast research and public
collections, and integrating the digital library with traditional technical services.
Tom Moritz, Director of the Museum's library, said the reasons for selecting Millennium were multi-fold. "Most importantly, we were
looking for a robust and stable system. Innovative's proven record makes it easy for us to work with them.
Not only will they be able to facilitate our Mellon grant project, but they will be an active partner with us in research and design."
Some of the future work includes projects of a consortial nature. "We're seeking to develop co-operative partnerships with other natural
history institutions," noted Susan Rappaport, the library's Assistant Director for Technical Services.
"Knowing that Innovative partners with other significant natural history libraries such as the New York Botanical Garden and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, influenced our decision to choose Innovative."
Innovative's President and CEO, Jerry Kline, explained how the company envisions its relationship with the Museum:
"Our initial role, outside of providing a complete library automation system, will be to serve as a systems integrator. Our image management software allows materials to be integrated into the library catalogue, regardless of how they are digitised. We also plan to partner with the library to explore new and state-of-the-art solutions applicable to museums."
Diana Shih, Senior Cataloguing Librarian at the library, praised the partnership aspect of the relationship. "With a project of this
magnitude, we need strong technical support behind us. We look forward to working with Innovative as our research partner." The Library of the American Museum of Natural History was established in
1869 at the same time as the Museum. Since then, it has grown into one of the world's great natural history collections, including over 150,000 monographic titles (about 170,000 volumes) and 19,000 serial
titles (280,000 volumes), as well as an extensive collection of photographs, films, archives, and manuscripts. In March of 1999, the Library received a $2-million, 5-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to
create a digital library to design and build an integrated environment for information management and resource discovery with extensive digital access to resources.
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