Jonathan is correct. I actually meant Symphony and not SD in general.
That said, Symphony is the current release and SD has a current
version minus 2 versions support policy. So in just a few more years,
libraries still on Horizon will be on their own.
Tim
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Quoting Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>:
> Can people please start saying "Unicorn" if they mean Unicorn.
> SirsiDynix has two ILS's. "SirsiDynix" != "Unicorn". I don't know why
> Unicorn users seem to be unaware that their vendor also offers Horizon.
> But it's very confusing for horizon users and others to use "SirsiDynix"
> as if it means "Unicorn" -- you need to disambiguate please!
>
> ( Yes, yes, Horizon has been end-of-lifed. I would bet you $5 that in 10
> years there will still be hundreds of Horizon users in the US).
>
> Jonathan
>
> Tim McGeary wrote:
>> Marc,
>>
>> We are close to the 1M level, and I've been flying solo on the
>> VuFind project, in addition to trying to lead the SirsiDynix API
>> connectors. I took a break when VuFind was releasing often between
>> 0.8 and 1.0RC1, and now going to get 1.0RC1 installed and editing
>> the API connector as needed. My hope for the SirsiDynix community
>> is that their SirsiDynix systems person can install VuFind and the
>> connector and let it run with minimal support.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> Tim McGeary
>> Team Leader, Library Technology
>> Lehigh University
>> 610-758-4998
>> tim.mcgeary_at_lehigh.edu
>> Google Talk: timmcgeary
>> Yahoo IM: timmcgeary
>>
>> Marc Truitt wrote:
>>
>>> A query to those large (say, 1,000,000 or more bibs) sites that have
>>> implemented (or are considering implementation of) a 'next-gen'
>>> discovery tool -- whether a commercial product such as Endeca or Primo
>>> on the one hand or an open source one such as VuFind on the other. Have
>>> you analyzed the staffing requirements for implementation and ongoing
>>> maintenance of these products? If so, can you offer details as to
>>> number of FTE required, and their particular skill sets? Are you adding
>>> staff in order to offer these new interfaces, or moving forward with the
>>> staff you already have?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> - mt
>>>
>>> Chris Bourg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stanford has put up a prototype instance of VuFind, which we
>>>> branded as Searchworks
>>>> Try it here <http://searchworks.stanford.edu>.
>>>> Learn about it here <http://www.stanford.edu/dept/sulair/web/searchworks>.
>>>>
>>>> Chris.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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