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The new century gets under way with an interesting show in San Antonio. New trends in OPACs, will you ever need to BUY another library system?, map librarian’s delight and lots more... Review |
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SUNY - and others go Aleph |
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Ex-Libris success in US continues with SUNY Brandeis, Boston + Chile’s National Library and a
major Mexican university. details |
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TLC scores major win in North Carolina
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TLC wins a major set of libraries in N. Carolina. Coupled with its leadership in ILL systems
technology - which is becoming a major differentiator between systems - TLC is geting serious. details |
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Endeavor continue to win the prestigious sites in the USA. Princeton
University will move from their Notis system to Voyager. A sale in new Zealand and a new emphasis on NT complete the Endeavor update. details |
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Remote Patron Authentication from Epixtech
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As access control to subscription based on-line resources grows, Epixtech release Remote Patron Authentication (RPA). details |
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FDI have won a series of notable sales in the US in the last few months - including the National Archive and Records Administration
(NARA) which holds many of the US national treasures including the Declaration of Independence. details |
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Two new sites for Millennium and some interesting developments on show at ALA. details |
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Sagebrush and Winnebago merge
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The two leading companies in the US schools marketplace have announced the completion of their merger. details |
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Sirsi has been busy re-packageing various options within its range of
products. The overall intention is to make their products easier for libraries with smaller budgets and technical resources to buy and
implement. details |
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SIRS Mandarin success for databases and M3
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SIRS Mandarin, with its unique combination of education research oriented databases, and a very capable library management system
- M3, has a very potent marketing mix. Recent successes both at the K-12 and the High School level are major deals for this Florida based company. details |
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News from BTR !
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This issue of BTR includes newsfeeds from the computer
industry - the latest on Linux, PCs and Databases.
Further services are planned to make BTR your “Preferred Portal” to
the library automation world.
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If libraries can talk "peer to peer" to discover locations and then place requests - where does that leave the centralised
agencies like OCLC, BLDSC etc.? editorial
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Epixtech new sales
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An important sale for Epixtech in China and the first ASP site - see ALA review for more information on ASP.
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Talis, the UK Vendor, have implemented the first Irish OPAC on the Internet at Dublin City University. The OPAC is
in English and Irish and provides search facilities at St Patricks College, Drumcondra. The system provides access to a 300,000 title catalogue.Try it out |
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Mick Fortune who left Ameritech last year to join Amicus in Europe has now joined Urica to head up their UK operation. |
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