SirsiDynix has more than two ILS's. There are still DRA Classic
customers out there, and no doubt a few MultiLIS and other ILSs to
boot. "Unicorn" (a dumb name for a product in any case, though probably
no dumber than "Symphony") and "Horizon" mean little to folks who aren't
using those systems, just like "Millenium" and "Aleph" (or "Endeavor",
for that matter), probably don't ring as many bells as III/Innovative
Interfaces or ExLibris. Perhaps what you are asking for is company name
plus application, or "SirsiDynix Unicorn" vs. "Sirsi/Dynix Horizon"?
Charley
Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 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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