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June 2001

New Sirsi sales in USA and UK

Boston area OCLN system selects Sirsi.  In the UK, two sites add the Hyperion image system to their Unicorn installations,  Imperial College and Dstl - the UKs defence labs Knowledge Centre comprising DERA and DRIC.

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Old Colony Library Network selects Sirsi

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (June 27, 2001)

Old Colony Library Network (OCLN), a consortium of 26 Boston-area libraries, has selected SIRSI's UnicornConsorti@ to replace its current library management system. According to David Slater, executive director, the SIRSI system will enable OCLN member libraries to provide additional services to patrons through the iBistro™ Electronic Library and will speed library administrative and technical work through the WorkFlows® staff client.

OCLN joins more than 20 other library consortia that are using a SIRSI system, including the SAILS Library Network, which comprises 66 libraries in southeastern Mass.; the PINES I and II projects of the Georgia Office of Public Library Services, which comprise more than 200 public libraries statewide; the Shorelink Library Network in New South Wales, Australia; and the West Midlands Regional Library Network in Birmingham, England.

"The SIRSI system received the highest score in our evaluation process," Slater reported.  "Evaluation Committee members were particularly impressed with the content offered through the iBistro™ data stream.  iBistro™ will enable OCLN to greatly expand service to patrons through an electronic library with up-to-date bestseller lists, an icon-driven children's catalog, and patron self-service functions.  In addition, SIRSI is the only vendor that met OCLN's need for a fully integrated library staff client."

OCLN was established in 1984 to increase library services and resources to residents of Massachusett's South Shore area. The network includes 25 public libraries and 1 community college, which together serve approximately 330,000 patrons and have an annual circulation of 4.5 million items.

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Imperial College Installing Hyperion Digital Media Archive

Sirsi UK: June 2001

The Library at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London has selected the Hyperion Digital Media Archive  sub-system to add to its Unicorn Collection Management System

The Hyperion Digital Media Archive (DMA) software will be installed  under the Solaris operating system on the library's Sun Enterprise 450 which currently runs the Unicorn system. Unicorn's WebCat OPAC  currently provides 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 and text documents) and media file loading."

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is a leading UK university with a world wide reputation for research and teaching. The  Library provides a service to staff and students on multiple sites, and provides access to a large number of electronic journals, books and  databases.

Clare Jenkins, Director of Library Services, said: "Hyperion will enable the Library to develop its digital strategy and further integrate its electronic  resources in support of the College’s teaching, learning and research".

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UK’s Defence labs (Dstl) select Sirsi

The Hyperion Digital Media Archive (DMA) sub-system will be installed  under the Solaris operating system on a Sun Enterprise 250 server.   Unicorn's WebCat OPAC currently provides access to the library  catalogue, a rapidly growing number of electronic journals and a range of scientific and technical electronic information resources. The addition of  Hyperion will give desk top access to a centralised collection of the MoD's  research reports. To date over 30,000 of these reports have accumulated on CD-ROM. Knowledge Services will be using the Hyperion staff client for metadata, hierarchy, text indexing (Natural Language Processing based  retrieval of Acrobat and text documents) and loading of these reports to a centralised archive.

Dstl's Knowledge Services Department provides library and information  services, information analysis and exploitation, and records management  for the new government agency, which has been created following the partial privatisation of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency  (DERA).  Knowledge Services operates and maintains the Defence Research Information Centre's reports collection for the MoD, as well as  taking a prominent role in knowledge management initiatives in Dstl and in  the international defence community.

With Dstl staff on 24 sites, the provision of electronic documents has been  identified as the only effective means of meeting the bulk of the information needs of the 3,000 strong user community.  In 1997 DERA's Information Resources Department selected and implemented SIRSI's  Unicorn system to provide a networked library catalogue. The Hyperion module was selected by Knowledge Services as an addition and  enhancement to the existing Unicorn Collection Management System.   This will give Dstl efficient digital storage and retrieval not only for DRIC's accumulated digital archive of MoD's reports, but allow access to other  non-centralised digital records within the organisation, providing an  efficient infrastructure base for knowledge sharing and dissemination for  the new agency.

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