September 21, 2005

SirsiDynix announced today that it has established an Emergency Hosting and Consulting Services Program for libraries in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama affected by Hurricane Katrina, as well as customers in Texas and Louisiana that are likely to face Hurricane Rita by Saturday, September 24. Disaster-recovery services available include ASP hosting of (1) Web servers and general Web page information and (2) entire Unicorn or Horizon integrated library systems, plus general emergency consulting services to assist libraries in their system recovery efforts. The objective of these services is to enable libraries with back-up data to run their systems remotely on SirsiDynix servers housed in secure facilities. These services are available immediately at no cost to currently or potentially affected SirsiDynix customer libraries.

http://www.sirsidynix.com/Newsevents/Releases/20050921hurricane.html

June, 21, 2005

Sirsi Corporation and Dynix Corporation today announced that the two companies are merging to create SirsiDynix, a single company positioned more strongly than either company on its own to develop and deliver leading-edge information technology solutions for libraries and consortia around the world. With detailed planning already being undertaken jointly, the two companies will integrate their worldwide operations. Representatives from both companies are working together to make strategic decisions regarding all aspects of the company's future. Integration and strategic planning for the new company are to be completed in fourth quarter 2005. Decisions now made include adoption of a strategy to continue full development and support of the Unicorn and Horizon 8.x/Corinthian integrated library system (ILS) platforms; appointment of Sirsi CEO Patrick C. Sommers as chief executive of the new company; and appointment of Dynix CEO Jack Blount as a consultant responsible for completing development of Horizon 8.x/Corinthian and as a member of the company's board of directors. Customers' day-to-day contacts with SirsiDynix sales, service, and support organizations remain unchanged.

http://www.dynix.com/about/press/2005/805.asp

March, 31, 2005
ALA News site

(CHICAGO) Get your (virtual) seats now for the program that will provide more than anecdotal evidence of the connection between salaries and recruitment. The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) will mark National Library Workers Day with an April 12 live interactive webcast featuring research, resources and real-world examples of how salaries impact library recruitment activities. The program, called "Making the Connection: How Salaries Affect Recruitment in Libraries," will take place from noon to 1 p.m. EST.

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=90944

Published in: Computers in Libraries March 2005

Dynix announced the start of a semiannual e-publication, Dynix Institute Upstream: Unexpected Ideas, Uncensored Opinions. Designed as a professional development resource that poses questions on important issues in librarianship, the publication is offered free of charge to all members of the library community and is available at http://www.dynix.com/upstream.

Published in: Computers in Libraries March 2005

Dynix announced that it has provided $10,000 to the North American users group supporting libraries using Dynix software. The contribution to Customers of Dynix, Inc. (CODI) was the result of a profit-sharing sales promotion offered to North American customers during the month of November.

A Dynix white paper on Electronic Resource Management (ERM)

As academic and other resource-oriented libraries transition their collection spending from predominantly printed material to electronic journals and online databases, a number of major challenges have arisen. Today's ILS systems provide deep solutions for handling printed material, but have limited support to assist library staff to handle the requirements for managing electronic resources. This white paper looks at the challenges of electronic resource management, what some academic institutions have done to date, the requirements for managing electronic resources, and what Dynix is doing to provide a comprehensive solution for these ever growing collections.

Click to download the ERM white paper

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