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Sirsi adds Syndetic and Northern
Light to the iBistro menu |
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In another move that binds traditional library technology companies and the newer information providing outfits from th
e wider reaches of the web, Sirsi have added Syndetic Solutions’ enriched catalogue data and Northern Light’s technology to their iBistro offering. |
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Syndetic’s content data for books - in the iBistro mix
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Sirsi Corporation, the leader in library technology, and
Syndetic Solutions, Inc, the leading provider of bibliographic content information for booksellers, publishers, and libraries, today announced an alliance to integrate
Syndetic Solutions’ enhanced bibliographic information into SIRSI’s new iBistro Internet Access Center for public, academic, corporate, government, school, and other special libraries.
The alliance enables libraries to provide end users with more online information about a book than ever available before. Through SIRSI’s
iBistro, when library users search for a book, they can view not only the title, author, and call number, but also the book’s cover, table of contents, summary, and the author’s biography.
Users can determine whether a book is a match for their interests without having to retrieve the book from the stacks or sort through multiple print resources. In addition, librarians can use this readily available, easy-to-use information to determine whether a particular book is appropriate for specific readers, such as children or outreach users.
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Syndetic Solutions, Inc, serves a unique and vital role within the publishing and
bookselling community.
Acting as a centralized collection and distribution center for “content data” for books currently in print, the company serves both booksellers and publishers alike by consolidating and standardizing data formats, and by providing the most cost efficient method of gathering and disseminating the data for the widest audiences possible. They will be distributing data in XML format in the future.
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SIRSI’s iBistro Internet Access Center is designed to help libraries better serve the needs of today’s online
information seekers. Using iBistro, library users can search a library’s catalog, visit other libraries, peruse highest-quality Web sites, read book reviews, summaries,
and other book information, and purchase books currently unavailable in the library, all from a single, simple interface. Users can also personalize iBistro to create a
“MyBistro” resource, where they receive information about new titles of interest just to them.
“Syndetics Solutions is committed to helping libraries deliver a new level of catalog access and descriptive
bibliographic information for their users,” stated Allan Graham, Syndetic Solutions’ marketing director. “Our alliance with SIRSI enables us, through iBistro, to provide a wide range of libraries with
information that will enhance their public access services and their users’ library experience.”
Larry Smith, SIRSI COO, said, “Library users have always relied on a variety of sources to
provide them with current book information that will aid them in selecting materials. Our alliance with Syndetics will enable libraries to provide users with access to that information from a simple,
single online source.”
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SIRSI Teams with Northern Light®
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - October 30, 2000
Sirsi Corporation the leader in library technology, and
Northern Light Technology, Inc , an award-winning search engine and leading provider of
information management solutions, today announced an alliance to integrate Northern Light's advanced Web search capabilities into SIRSI's new iBistro Internet Access Center for public,
academic, corporate, government, school, and other special libraries.
The alliance enables libraries to enhance users' ability quickly to retrieve Web sites that are truly
relevant to their research interests. When users search the World Wide Web through SIRSI's iBistro, the search engine used is Northern Light. Using Northern Light's patented classification
technology, search results are relevance-ranked and organized into Custom Search FoldersÔ that dynamically group results into meaningful categories. Northern Light also offers advanced
search features, including the ability to limit searches to particular subjects, types of Web sites (commercial, government, etc.), languages, countries, and date ranges. By clearly identifying
high-quality, relevant Web sites, Northern Light saves iBistro users hours of sorting through useless information.
SIRSI's iBistro Internet Access Center is designed to help libraries better serve the needs of
today's online information seekers. Using iBistro, library users can search a library's catalog, visit other libraries, peruse highest-quality Web sites, read book reviews, summaries, and other book
information, and purchase books currently unavailable in the library, all from a single, simple interface. Users can also personalize iBistro to create a "MyBistro" resource, where they receive
information about new titles of interest just to them.
"Northern Light is committed to developing the best search technology enabling Web searchers
to focus on what is relevant and high quality," said Joyce Ward, vice president of Enterprise Marketing. "Our alliance with SIRSI enables us, through iBistro, to extend libraries' ability to meet
the demands of 21st century library users by providing them with an intelligent, organized approach to Web research."
Larry Smith, SIRSI COO, said, "Today's library users expect libraries to guide them to accurate
electronic sources, just as in the past they have expected libraries to guide them to the best print resources. Our alliance with Northern Light enables libraries easily to provide users with the tools
they need to get the most from Web resources."
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University of West of England adds Hyperion
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The Library at the University of the West of England has selected the Hyperion Digital Media
Archive sub-system to add to its Unicorn Collection Management System.
The Hyperion Digital Media Archive (DMA) sub-system will be installed under the Solaris
operating system on the library's Sun Enterprise 3000 which currently runs the Unicorn system. Unicorn's WebCat OPAC currently provides
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UWE becomes the third HE site to take Sirsi’s Hyperion system following on systems installed at the Royal Military
College and Cheltenham and Gloucester College
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access to the library catalogue, a rapidly growing number of electronic journals, and a range of electronic
information resources. The addition of Hyperion will give desk top access to a unique collection of archive materials, image databases, learning materials and University documents which will support students in the
online electronic learning environment being developed by the University. The Library will be using the Hyperion staff client for metadata, hierarchy, text
indexing (Natural Language Processing based retrieval of Acrobat & text documents) and batch importing.
The library at Bristol UWE operates on 8 sites, providing library and information services to over
22,000 students in support of learning, teaching, professional development and research. One of the largest providers of electronic information in the South West, it is leading a HEFCE funded
project to develop an integrated networked learning environment. This will enable UWE to deliver high quality learning and teaching outside the confines of traditional HE, e.g. to FE students, to
Foundation degrees, to the work place and so on. In the shorter term it will be seeking to provide innovative solutions to improve the learning experience of UWE students regardless of their
mode of study or location.
Ali Taylor, Acting Head of Library Services, said: "Hyperion will enable us to offer our users
"one-stop-shop" access to a range of information resources, supporting a network of virtual, interactive learning environments, as part of the Networked Learning Support Framework. It also
gives us the opportunity to build upon the ResIDe Electronic Library Service developed under the eLib programme."
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