Ex Libris (Australia) is pleased to announce the City of Botany Bay Library as the newest Australian member of the ALEPH 500™ family. Botany Bay's original claim-to-fame was as the April 28, 1770 landing spot of Captain Cook -- the birthplace of modern Australia.
“We had many reasons for choosing ALEPH 500,” explains Karyn Green, Manager of Libraries, Museum and Customer Services at Botany Bay. “We have been impressed with the experienced Ex Libris staff and the Company's distinguished customer base - including the University of New South Wales and CAVAL. The deciding factor however was the excellent software design of ALEPH 500. Besides being open and providing options for electronic linking, we appreciated the comprehensive non-Roman script functionality, data-sharing capabilities and the efficiency offered by the system's modules”.
“We are very pleased to welcome the City of Botany Bay Library into the Ex Libris user community,” says Claudette Pope, Managing Director - Ex Libris Australia. “As our first Australian public library, Botany Bay is an important milestone achievement for the Australian office. In conjunction with the library we will achieve their goals for an open system providing broader information access to their community”.
About the City of Botany Bay Library
Aimed at suiting the needs and interests of all Botany Bay residents regardless of age, the Library's collection of books, magazines, audiovisual items and electronic services also caters to a range of languages including Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. The LIAC collection (Legal Information Access Collection) of legal information is held in a joint project supported by the State Library of New South Wales and the Law Society of New South Wales. An extensive Australian Bureau of Statistics reference collection is also available at the library.
For further information on the City of Botany Bay Library, please see: www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au/pdf/communicating/june/LibraryBrochure.pdf
About Ex Libris:
The Ex Libris Group is a worldwide pioneer in the field of software solutions for libraries and information centers. With over two decades of leadership in the field of library and information systems, Ex Libris continues to set industry standards by combining software strengths and library acumen to provide real solutions for the constantly evolving needs of libraries and information centers. 2003 was a banner year for Ex Libris and ALEPH 500 implementations worldwide as over 100 sites went live. 2004 is looking great! First Quarter sales have been strong and new contracts are on the horizon.
Ex Libris' ALEPH integrated library solution has been installed at over 800 sites and consortia in 50 countries. MetaLib®, the information portal for library collections, and SFX, the context-sensitive link server for heterogeneous electronic resources in the scholarly information environment, have been adopted by more than 450 institutions in 30 countries. The DigiTool product, for the construction of digital collections as a component of an overall digital strategy, rounds out the Ex Libris product suite.
