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June 2001

Ex-Libris wins UC Davis - more SFX sites

Ex-Libris have announced that University of California Davis has selected Aleph 500. A major deal sees PTFS signed as federal distributor for Ex-Libris products.  Also released are the libraries that have signed up for the SFX system since its launch earlier this year and some major staff changes as Ex-Libris expands. See also Endeavor announces OpenURL system.

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University of California Davis select ALEPH 500, MetaLib and SFX

June 16, 2001 - Chicago, IL.

Ex-Libris has announced the signing of a contract with the University of California Davis for the implementation of the ALEPH 500 ILS system, MetaLib and SFX. ALEPH will support the core functions and services of the General Library, including: online public access catalog, cataloging and authority control, acquisitions and serials control, circulation and reserves, interlibrary loan and document delivery, and preservation control.

“The University of California, Davis selection of ALEPH 500, MetaLib and SFX is yet another affirmation for all of us at Ex Libris, that our approach of close collaboration and responsiveness to the needs of libraries is what librarians are seeking” said Carl Grant, President of Ex Libris (USA). “Coupled with California Digital Library’s selection of Ex Libris to supply the replacement system for Melvyl, the users of the libraries at the University of California, Davis are soon to experience a far more powerful and customizable experience in accessing information resources.”

The conversion to the new catalog will begin immediately and is expected to complete in March 2002.  The system will run on a SUN server and will support 250 staff and 250 PAC users.

About The University of California, Davis UC Davis is a major research university enrolling more than 25,000 students.  Five libraries constitute the General Library of the University of California, Davis: the Peter J, Shields Library, Physical Sciences & Engineering Library (PSE), Carlson Health Sciences Library, Medical Center Library, and the Agricultural and Resource Economics Library. The research collections include over 2.6 million volumes associated with 1.8 million titles.  The libraries also have significant collections of microforms, manuscripts, pictorial materials, maps and smaller collections of audio visual and electronic materials in various formats. The combined UC Davis library holdings, including the General Library, NRLF, and campus units are represented in the MELVYL Catalog and Periodicals databases that form the University of California’s system-wide union catalog.  For more information about the UC Davis libraries can be found at: www.lib.ucdavis.edu.

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[DRA EDI]
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PTFS appointed Federal Government Distributor for Ex Libris

June 16, 2001 – Chicago, IL.

Ex-Libris has announced that Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) has signed an agreement with Ex Libris (USA) for the distribution of Ex Libris leading edge technology solutions to the United States Federal Government and special libraries within the Washington, D.C.  Metropolitan area. The agreement enables PTFS to distribute ALEPH 500, Ex Libris’ flagship library automation solution, as well as SFX, MetaLib, and DigiTool.

PTFS has implemented integrated library systems and developed digital libraries for many government libraries.  PTFS has served the National Library of Medicine, U.S.  Marines Corps MCCS Libraries, Naval Research Laboratory Library, U.S.  Geological Survey Library System, Department of State Ralph J. Bunche Library, Pentagon Technical Library, and several other Army, Navy, and Air Force libraries. PTFS specializes in providing turnkey library and archiving solutions, and serves to provide its clients with the best available technology for their needs and to do so in a cost-effective manner. PTFS’ contracting vehicles such as the NIH Image World 2 and GSA Schedules include state-of-the-art, high-quality commercial hardware, software, turnkey bundled solutions, and services. For more specific PTFS government contracting information, please visit the PTFS web site: www.ptfs.com.

John Yokley, CEO and Chairman of PTFS, said, “PTFS continues its leadership as the first choice for the Federal Government to seek for turnkey digital library and archiving solutions.  We are pleased to be partnering with Ex Libris (USA). They have demonstrated an unmatched leadership in providing ready-to-install next generation ILS technology.”

"This continues to be an exciting time for Ex Libris (USA) as we continue to expand rapidly, and leverage our focus on specific markets such as government libraries with quality partners like PTFS" said Carl Grant, President of Ex Libris(USA).  “Furthermore, we have a common vision of embracing new technologies like SFX and MetaLib, to empower libraries to offer their users substantially enhanced information resources.”

About PTFS PTFS is a Bethesda, MD based leading integration services company that specializes in scalable digital archiving solutions including turnkey imaging, archiving, and digital library systems. PTFS also provides on-site library staffing and technical services.  PTFS serves Federal Government and commercial clients throughout the United States.  For more information about PTFS, contact Ari Palttala, Director of Business Development at (301) 654-8088 x57, or e-mail at: apalttala@ptfs.com.

Ex Libris (USA), Inc. Announces Multiple SFX Sales

June 16, 2001 – Chicago, IL.

Ex-Libris is very pleased to announce that we have signed up and are in the midst of implementing a long list of new SFX customers. SFX is a unique and revolutionary tool for navigation and discovery, delivering powerful linking services in the scholarly information environment. With SFX, these libraries can define rules that allow SFX to dynamically create links that fully integrate their information resources regardless of who hosts them – the library itself or external information providers. The user is presented with context-sensitive links that are dynamically configured on the basis of the institution’s e-collections.

The most recent libraries in North America that have decided to SFX it are:

· Brown University
· California Digital Library
· California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
· Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
· Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
· Macalester College (first on our ASP service)
· University of California Santa Barbara
· University of Chicago
· University of Nevada
· University of Rochester
· Washington State University
· New York University

These SFX customers are all at various stages of their implementation, but a number are either in live production at this point, or will be shortly before ALA.

“SFX is an independent standalone solution which can be installed locally, or hosted by Ex Libris through our ASP service“ said Carl Grant, President of Ex Libris (USA), Inc. “We are very excited to have these new SFX customers, and as you can see it’s really not a requirement to have the Ex Libris ALEPH 500 solution installed. In fact, there are a number of different ILS solutions represented at these libraries.”

Staff changes at Ex-Libris

Some major changes in staff at Ex-Libris as Azriel Morag - chairman of Ex-Libris hands on his International role to Marc Daubach - now becoming Corporate Vice-President of International Sales after 5 years as Sales Manager (Europe) and Managing Director of Ex-Libris (UK). Julie Booth now assumes this role.

In the USA, Ron Passmore has become the Director of Marketing/Business Manager assuming responsibility for all marketing functions.  Susan Buchanan has become a Senior Account Executive and Marie Erdman is becoming the Manager of ALEPH Development for Implementations - her new role is to coordinate specification development and to track development work.  Marlene Harris is becoming the Manager of Implementations.

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