LSC 555 Information Systems Webliography: Integrated Library Systems
by
Rebecca King
| Vendors | Systems | Users |
- Integrated Library Systems Vendors
- Integrated Library Systems Report
by Mary Dzurinko and Nina Platt
This web site provides contact information and recent news about ILS vendors worldwide. Unfortunately, it has not been updated since the Spring of 2001, but the vendor website information it provides is still accurate. It allows searching by vendor name, system name, and country. This is a wonderful site for libraries trying to compare vendors because it contains all of their contact information in one convenient location.
- Dynix
by Dynix
This website contains information about Dynix including its vision, products and services, and contact information. Dynix provides systems for academic libraries, special libraries, school libraries, public libraries, and library consortia. This is a great website for any library considering choosing Dynix's products in that it provides details about the various systems that Dynix offers and how they can be engineered to be the best "fit" for a given library. This website does not provide pricing information.
- Endeavor
by Endeavor Information Systems Incorporated
This website provides information about Endeavor, which was formed in 1994 and focuses on the needs of academic and research libraries. Any library considering Endeavor's systems should view this site as it provides fairly detailed information about what Endeavor has to offer. The site includes contact information for sales representatives, but does not include price listings.
- Ex Libris
by Ex Libris LTD.
This website contains information about Ex Libris including its vision, user groups, dates and locations of seminars, news, contact information, and links to additional sites for customers. The information about seminars is especially important because it gives prospective customers a chance to see a demonstration of Ex Libris' systems without having to commit to anything. This website does not indicate the types of libraries that Ex Libris' systems are geared towards. It does not include pricing information.
- Sirsi
by Sirsi Corporation
This website provides information about Sirsi including its mission, fast facts about the company, links to upcoming conferences where Sirsi will have a booth, products, news, and access to the client care website. For libraries considering Sirsi, it is important to attend one of the conferences where Sirsi will be demonstrating their products as they do not provide a comprehensive list of their clients (whose webpages libraries can use to test Sirsi's products) on their website. Sirsi provides systems for consortia, public, academic, special, and school libraries. This website does not list prices.
- Integrated Library Systems
- Horizon
by Dynix
This website describes Dynix's ILS, Horizon. From this site, prospective clients can read about Horizon add-on products, access testimonials from current users, read "success stories" about customers, and request more information about the Horizon system, among other things. This is an informative, though very generalized, website.
- Voyager
by Endeavor Information Systems Incorporated
This website describes Endeavor's ILS, Voyager. From this site, prospective clients can request a brochure which gives an overview of Voyager, read "success stories" about customers, and read about the newest release of Voyager with Unicode™, among other things. This site is not very specific about what Voyager can do.
- ALEPH
by Ex Libris LTD.
This website describes Ex Libris' ILS, ALEPH. From this site, prospective clients can read an overview of the ALEPH systems, download a brochure about them, find out about add-on modules, and get details about the standard modules, among other things. This site provides a wealth of useful information.
- Unicorn
by Sirsi Corporation
This website describes Sirsi's ILS, Unicorn. From this site, prospective clients can read about Unicorn's technological strengths, discover what the basic requirements to run Unicorn are, download a brochure, and read about features such as the multi-language interface, among other things. This website is very informative about Unicorn's strengths in terms of technology, but is not so detailed in explaining the benefits of using this system.
- Libraries Which Use These Systems
- Joe Barnhart Bee County Library
by Joe Barnhart Bee County Library
This is the website for the Joe Barnhart Bee County Library in Beeville, Texas. This public library in rural America uses Dynix's system, Horizon. Libraries considering using Horizon should test this OPAC as an example of what they can expect.
- Utah Academic Library Consortium
by Utah Academic Library Consortium
This website is the homepage for the Utah Academic Library Consortium, which operates using Dynix's system, Horizon. This site is very important for consortia considering Horizon because it demonstrates how Horizon is able to accomodate such a large library group.
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery: G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library
by Albright-Knox Art Gallery
This website is the OPAC for the G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. This OPAC is powered by Endeavor's system, Voyager. This site is very useful for libraries who are considering Voyager as they can test its usability and its benefits for their patrons.
- Boston Architectural Center Library
by Boston Architectural Center
This website is the OPAC for the Boston Architectural Center Library, which is powered by Endeavor's system, Voyager. Though they use the same ILS, the interface for this OPAC is very different from that of the G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library. This could be an example of the way that Voyager can be tailored to a specific library, or one of these libraries may have a newer version than the other; either way, this information is valuable to libraries considering Voyager.
- Angus L. Cameron Medical Library
by Karen Anderson
This is the website for the Angus L. Cameron Medical Library in Minot, North Dakota, which uses Ex Libris' system, ALEPH. This site is interesting for any library considering using ALEPH because this library has chosen not to use an OPAC. This site does provide access to live "chat" with a reference librarian, though. This site is remarkable for what it does not do with ALEPH rather than for what it does.
- Duke University Libraries
by Duke University Libraries
This is the website for the Duke University Libraries in Durham, North Carolina, which use Ex Libris' system, ALEPH. The OPAC can be accessed from this site, allowing libraries considering ALEPH to test its usability. This site is very different from that of the Angus L. Cameron Medical Library and provides a good contrast between a library that is not using ALEPH to its full potential and one that is making more comprehensive use of the system.
- Fairfax County Public Library
by Fairfax County Public Library
This is the website for the Fairfax County Public Library in Fairfax County, Virginia, which uses Sirsi's system, Unicorn. From this site, libraries considering Unicorn as their ILS can access the OPAC and learn more about Fairfax County Public Library to help them determine whether this system will meet their needs.
- Office of National Statistics
by Office of National Statistics
This is the website for the Office of National Statistics in London, England, which uses Sirsi's system, Unicorn. This site is important for any library considering Unicorn because it shows how the system can be adapted for a wide range of needs. Libraries considering Unicorn can use this site to test Unicorn by running various searches.
©Rebecca King 2004