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1999 Issues |
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  This month’s stories
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Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library selects Horizon |
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Press release: PROVO, Utah:
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The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library will install the Horizon library automation system, TeleCirc II and PC Reliance from
Ameritech Library Services (ALS).
The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library has more than 600,000 bibliographic records, 1.5 million items and an annual circulation of more than
9.5 million. The library system includes a large central library, 21 branches, 14 high schools and three bookmobiles, and serves a population of 700,000.
The purchase of Horizon with its fully graphical interfaces will enable the library to provide its patrons with a sophisticated system that is easy
to use. PC Reliance will facilitate circulation from bookmobiles, and TeleCirc II will allow patrons to retrieve and update circulation information using a touch-tone phone.
“We evaluated various automation systems against a long list of criteria and we thought Horizon most closely met our requirements,"
said Ed Szynaka, director of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library. "Horizon met our need for a flexible, open system that uses industry-standard hardware, operating system and database. We also
thought the staff at ALS understood our needs as a public library with a huge circulation and is committed to meeting our future needs.
“We’re pleased that the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library will join the growing family of public libraries that use Horizon,”
said Lana Porter, president of ALS. “Horizon has proved itself to be an excellent choice for public libraries that seek a fully graphical, open system with client/server architecture. Horizon integrates seamlessly
with third-party applications and allows staff to customize screens and set parameters for circulation and other key functions.”
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Smithsonian chooses Horizon
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Press release Monday, June 14, 1999
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PROVO, Utah
–Ameritech Library Services (ALS) has been awarded a contract by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, following an extensive evaluation of automation systems that resulted in the selection of ALS’ Horizon system to replace the Smithsonian’s existing NOTIS system.
Established in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is a museum and research complex that holds more than 141 million artifacts and specimens for the
purposes of exhibition, public education and research in the arts, sciences and history.
The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) includes the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution’s 18 libraries, 16 museums and
galleries, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad. SIRIS has six catalogs that have very diverse materials and include 1.2 million volumes, 145,000 archival records, 335,000 records that
describe American paintings and sculptures, and 127,000 photographic images.
“The Smithsonian’s choice of Horizon underscores that it is one of the most flexible and functionally rich systems on the market,” said Lana Porter,
president of ALS. “The Smithsonian collections are so diverse, they needed a system like Horizon that would allow them to catalog various types of non-Marc data. The Smithsonian also wanted to link different kinds
of Marc records to each other and full implementation of our bibliographic linking tags was the perfect solution.”
Ameritech Library Services (www.amlibs.com), a subsidiary of Ameritech, is the world leader in library automation systems with installations in more
than 5,200 client libraries worldwide. ALS library
information management systems meet the needs of research, public, corporate, medical and K-12 school libraries. Headquartered in Utah, ALS has
offices in Illinois and Canada and throughout Europe and the Pacific Rim.
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Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering law firm selects Horizon |
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PROVO, Utah: Press release: June 15, 1999
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Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (WCP), a Washington, D.C. law firm, is installing the Horizon library automation system from Ameritech Library
Services (ALS). The system will link together library collections and services for WCP’s libraries in their Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; New York; London; Brussels, Belgium; and Berlin offices.
“The Horizon product fit in with WCP's technology strategy which is focused on identifying tools which enhance lawyer productivity,” said
Jean O’Grady, WCP library director. “The WebPAC will enable us to provide one portal to the firm's many research resources regardless of format (CD-ROM, commercial database, Web, internal documents). The most
dramatic aspect for the lawyers will be the ability to link directly to full text digital resources from their desktop. It's not your grandmother's card catalog! As a director, I expect the software's circulation
and budget modules to offer a significant improvement of my ability to do a cost/benefit analysis of library subscriptions. Since our collection is bar coded, I will now be able to link the usage history with the
annual cost of a title and make better budget decisions.”
“We’re delighted Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering has joined our growing family of law libraries that use the Horizon system,” said Lana
Porter, ALS president. “The features that distinguish Horizon from other automation systems, including its ability to be easily tailored by a library to meet its specific needs, naturally make it the model of choice
for law libraries.”
"We considered a number of different criteria when choosing our automation system,” said Barrett Jones, WCP systems analyst. “We chose Horizon
because of its reputation and versatility. Horizon is a tried and tested library system, backed by a reputable company. Our evaluation showed that, with many systems, the end user is basically trapped by the vision
of the system developer and has to adapt to the vendor’s idea of what a system should be. I wanted a system that would allow us to determine our own system setup to meet the needs of our libraries.”
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (www.wilmer.com) was established in 1962 and has more than 300 lawyers. WCP has a broad regulatory, corporate,
commercial and litigation practice, and represents multinational corporations in business transactions, regulation and policy development, dispute resolution and trade matters.
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