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Melvyl project chooses Aleph

The California Digital Library - aka the Melvyl project has chosen Aleph to take its services forward to the next phase. This is an important endorsement for Ex-Libris’ SFX and Metalib technologies.  Details

SIRSI buy DRA - Surprise merger creates new market force. Details

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Sirsi win first major UK public library

The UK market is heavily segmented into public and academic sectors. Only Talis has the same product in both areas.  Sirsi has broken through into the Public library sector in the ancient city of York.  Details

Web Feet goes on-line

The popular guide to web sites has launched an on-line version - powered by epixtech’s iPAC. Review

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VTLS Inc.  Malaysian subsidiary
VTLS Inc. have opened a new subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  The new subsidiary is VTLS Technologies Sdn Bhd (VTSB).

South East Asian University and other government libraries have been VTLS customers since the early 90’s. VTLS has twenty-seven installations and agencies in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.  Other overseas offices include Spain, Switzerland, India, Poland and Brazil.

WINGS™ Version 2.2 released

Pigasus Software, Inc has announced that Version 2.2 of their browser based Wings ILL system is available for immediate delivery.  Significant enhancements include Z39.50 broadcast searching, fully customizable patron notification and notices, automatic routing, integration with the Relais Express document delivery workstation, streamlined user interface, more powerful QUEST(tm) Holdings, DOCLINE Loansome Doc ventriloquist, and more.

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Endeavor in South Australia

Three major Universities in South Australia have chosen Endeavor’s Voyager system in a joint procurement. Details

Geac reduces debt.
April 30th - Geac has come to agreement over its outstanding debts - agreeing to pay back the now $26 million outstanding by September 30th.  Details

TLC / CARL: Atlanta-Fulton

An upgrade to the latest CARL system in Atlanta plus other news from the TLC / CARL duopoly.  Details

Inmagic add relevance

DB/Textworks now has relevance ranking with its search options - details

SwetsnetNavigator gets SFXed

Swets have enabled their electronic journal service with the SFX / Open URL standard Details

Engineers choose OLIB7 from FDI

The Engineering Employer’s Federation have chosen OLIB7 to replace their CAIRS system.    Details

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