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The following articles were featured in prominant library publications. The author and publisher for each article are listed below each title. For press announcements released by Dynix, please visit the Dynix Press Room.  Dynix Announces Horizon 8.0 Dick Boss Published in: Information Systems Report, April 15, 2005 Dynix has released a semi-annual ePublication called Dynix Institute Upstream: Unexpected Ideas, Uncensored Opinions as a new service of the Dynix Institute. Dynix Institute Upstream is offered free of charge to all members of the library community and is available for immediate download. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Institute Upstream Publication Peter Evans Published in: Biblio Tech Review, February 15, 2005 Dynix has released a semi-annual ePublication called Dynix Institute Upstream: Unexpected Ideas, Uncensored Opinions as a new service of the Dynix Institute. Dynix Institute Upstream is offered free of charge to all members of the library community and is available for immediate download. Read Complete News Article >> The Feel Good Standard Gail Wanner - NetConnect Published in: Library Journal, January 15, 2005 You want your library to provide faster services with more materials. Your patrons want immediate access to materials owned by other libraries (but you downplay interlibrary loan for fear of being overwhelmed by costly requests). You need to make it easier for users to authenticate access to proprietary content wherever they are. How can you make it all happen? A new standard, called NCIP, is the answer. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Automates ILL with URSA 4.0 Published in: Computers in Libraries, January 2004 Dynix announced the release of Universal Resource Sharing Application 4.0, an interlibrary loan system containing a subset of the functions found in Horizon Information Portal 4.0. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Gives $16K for ALA-APA Award Norman Oder - News Published in: Library Journal, November 15, 2004 The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) has received a $16,000 donation from the Dynix Corporation, a significant award for the organization, which has been slow to raise funds. The donation will fund the Dynix-ALA-APA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Salaries and Status for Library Workers. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix's Universal Resource Sharing Published in: Library Hotline, November 15, 2004 Universal Application Resource Sharing 4.0 is now available for new customers. Read Complete News Article >> PLs Upgrading to Horizon Staff - Info Tech Published in: Library Journal, October 4, 2004 Four longtime customers opt to remain with Dynix vision. Read Complete News Article >> Eleven US Dynix upgrades Peter Evans Published in: Biblio Tech Review, October 4, 2004 Glendale Public Library, AZ, Sparta Public Library, NJ, East Brunswick Public Library, NJ, Friendswood Public Library, TX, Lafayette Public Library, CO, Bridgeport Public Library, CT, Corpus Christi Public Libraries, TX, Tuolumne County Library, CA, Coffey County Library, KS, Fairfield County Library, SC, and Porter County Public Library, have all chosen the Horizon Information System to replace their Dynix ILS system. Read Complete News Article >> The New Numbers Racket Andrew K. Pace - Technically Speaking Published in: American Libraries, October, 2004 While it might be said that not all librarians love automation or the all-consuming power technology holds over their patrons, it's still safe to say that t most systems librarians love statistics. To libraries, numbers are the raison d'etre-gate-counts are down, virtual reference numbers all the way through the roof, ARL ranking are up (or down), and of course everyone loves a system that helps that can tell them all the books in the Dewey 820s published before 1980 that have circulated fewer than three times. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Wins Palo Alto City Library Peter Evans Published in: Biblio Tech Review, August 25, 2004 Dynix has announced that Palo Alto City Library (Palo Alto, CA), a Dynix ILS customer since 1985, has selected Horizon following an extensive RFP process. They are also installing Horizon Enriched Content, to supply their users with a dynamic search environment. Read Complete News Article >> The Business of Search Engines Andrew K. Pace - Technically Speaking Published in: American Libraries, May 2004 Dynix sales of Horizon—eight library systems make the switch. Read Complete News Article >> Winners and Losers in the LMS Market David Dorman - Technically Speaking Published in: American Libraries, February, 2004 In the fourth quarter of 2003, library management system (LMS) vendors reported 87 sales in new customers and 31 same-vendor migrations from legacy systems. Read Complete News Article >> First Bibliotheca/Dynix RFID system in U.K. ALA TechSource Published in: ALA TechSource, January 20, 2004 Middlesex University (London, U.K.) will install radio frequency identification (RFID) systems at its new Hendon Campus Library, achieving the first U.K. installation of the industry-leading RFID system developed by Bibliotheca of Switzerland, a Dynix partner in providing RFID technology. The system will be supplied and installed by D-Tech Direct, the sole U.K. distributor of Bibliotheca systems. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix teams with Johns Hopkins and University of Chicago for fully integrated ERM solution ALA TechSource Published in: ALA TechSource, January 13, 2004 Dynix Corp. developed a full-featured Electronic Resource Management (ERM) module. During the initial stages of development, Dynix has worked closely with staff from two large Academic Research Libraries, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) and the University of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.), to identify the requirements of what will be the most comprehensive ERM solution available to libraries. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix launches Horizon Wireless Gateway with Bluesocket ALA TechSource Published in: ALA TechSource, January 13, 2004 Dynix formed a strategic alliance with Bluesocket, Inca (Burlington Mass.) a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area network around the world. Through the alliance, Dynix will immediately launch Horizon wireless Gateway, a comprehensive high-speed wireless networking solution for libraries that uses Bluesocket equipment and technology. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Classic to Horizon Migrations Occurring at Rapid Pace Dick Boss Published in: Information Systems Report | Vol. 2, No. 21, June 15, 2004 The pace of Dynix Classic migrations to Horizon is picking up now that Horizon offers richness of functionality comparable to that which Dynix Classic has offered for the past few years. Read Complete News Article >> Automation Software is Better Than Ever—And it Even Encourages Sharing Walter Minkel - A Smarter System Published in: School Library Journal, November 2003 School library automation systems aren't what they used to be—and that's encouraging news. The earlier generation of systems—those created in the 1980s and 1990s—did an admirable job of compiling a school's collection into a database. But the latest generation is far more ambitious: it's capable of gathering together hundreds of school collections into a single, unified catalog. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Turns 20: A Q&A with President Jack Blount Mike Rogers - InfoTech Published in: Library Journal, September 29, 2003 Those who have watched the library automation industry in the last two decades have seen numerous changes as once powerful players disappeared, either through business failure or, more often, buyouts. Even the last few years have seen titans like DRA absorbed and the brand name retired. Dynix is among the handful of vendors that not only have managed to stay alive but on top. Read Complete News Article >> Happy Birthday Dynix! Peter Evans Published in: Biblio-Tech Review, August 27, 2003 I first came across Dynix in 1984 - Biblio Tech was then building their own systems. Realising that it would be better to distribute Dynix than compete, we brought the system to the UK where its features and flexibility soon brought in academic and public library customers. The original PICK operating system and database has since given way to a more mainstream environment but the innovation has returned recently to boost the prospects of Dynix for the future. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Debuts Horizon 7.3 Mike Rogers - InfoTech Published in: Library Journal, July 28, 2003 Possibly the biggest product announcement at recent American Library Association Annual Conference was made by Dynix, which debuted Horizon 7.3, the latest edition of its core system. Many of the new features were incorporated following feedback from librarians. Read Complete News Article >> Dynix Releases Horizon 7.3 Peter Evans Published in: Biblio-Tech Review, July 2003 This is possibly the most important release in the history of Horizon. Dynix have addressed two key issues – the perceived lack of loved Dynix functions in Horizon and the difficulty of migration between the two products. Both of these were barriers to retention of customers and, by removing them, Dynix hopes to end the migration of their customers to other products. Read Complete News Article >> NCIP on the Move David Dorman - Technically Speaking Published in: American Libraries, March 2003 The promise of seamless interlibrary loan and circulation transactions involving multiple library systems is moving closer to reality with progress in NCIP deployment. NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) is a successor to, and a more generalized version of, the 3M Standard Interchange Protocols (SIP and its successor SIP2), which were developed by 3M for its self-checkout stations. Read Complete News Article >> |
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