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Vendor Interview -- Serials Solutions

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 - 9:47 am e — jhennelly

Our final vendor interview is with Serials Solutions, a provider of discovery and e-resource management solutions. Susan Presley, Manager of Metadata and Bibliographic Control for Serials Solutions, answered our questions.

Vendor Interview -- SirsiDynix

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 - 9:53 am e — jhennelly

SirsiDynix is the latest vendor to take our interview. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, SirsiDynix is responsible for the Symphony, Horizon, Unicorn ILS products. Symphony product manager Laurie Porter answered our questions.

Vendor Interview -- TLC

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 - 9:41 am e — jhennelly

Our latest interview is with The Library Corporation, or TLC, producers of the ILS products Carl.X and Library.Solution.

Vendor Interview -- Softlink

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 - 8:52 am e — jhennelly

Our series of vendor interviews continues with Softlink, a developer of integerated library solutions including Oliver and Liberty. Dion Dias of Softlink responded to our questions.

Vendor Interview -- SkyRiver

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 - 10:40 am e — jhennelly

Our latest interview is with SkyRiver, provider of a full service bibliographic utility that is compatible with nearly all ILSs. Georgia Fujikawa, Vice President of Operations, answered our questions.

Vendor Interview -- OCLC

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 - 9:26 am e — jhennelly

This week's interview is with OCLC, the organization behind WorldCat, Connexion and several other library-related products and services. The responses have been provided by Glenn Patton, Director, WorldCat Quality Management Division, OCLC.

Question 1: Is your cataloging system current with MARC 21 updates 9, 10, and 11, which made changes to MARC to accommodate RDA? If not, do you plan to update, and do you have a timeline for updating? Have you made the changes for both bibliographic and authority records?

Vendor Interview -- Follett

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 - 9:15 am e — jhennelly

This week we interviewed Todd Walker, Principal Developer at Follett Software Company. Follett specializes in K-12 learning management systems, including the Destiny Library Management ILS.

Question 1: Is your cataloging system current with MARC 21 updates 9, 10, and 11, which made changes to MARC to accommodate RDA? If not, do you plan to update, and do you have a timeline for updating? Have you made the changes for both bibliographic and authority records?

Vendor Interview -- Ex Libris

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 - 12:54 pm e — jhennelly

This week we interview Ex Libris, makers of the Aleph and Voyager ILS products, as well as the forthcoming Alma. John Larson, URM Product Manager, provides the responses.

Vendor Interview -- Polaris

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 - 11:23 am e — jhennelly

This week our interview is with Polaris Library Systems, producers of the Polaris Integrated Library System, which is used by public libraries, academic libraries, and consortia throughout the U.S. and Canada. Responses were provided by Jeanne Otten, Product Analyst for Cataloging and Public Catalogs.

Question 1: Is your cataloging system current with MARC 21 updates 9, 10, and 11, which made changes to MARC to accommodate RDA? If not, do you plan to update, and do you have a timeline for updating? Have you made the changes for both bibliographic and authority records?

Vendor Interview -- BiblioMondo

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 - 12:23 pm e — jhennelly

Our third vendor interview comes from BiblioMondo, a Canadian software development company whose product list includes the PortFolio and Concerto ILSs. Guillaume Freyburger, Vice-President of Strategies and Technologies, answered our questions.

Question 1: Is your cataloging system current with MARC 21 updates 9, 10, and 11, which made changes to MARC to accommodate RDA? If not, do you plan to update, and do you have a timeline for updating? Have you made the changes for both bibliographic and authority records?

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