Vancouver, BC (April 24, 2001) - Chancery Software today announces it has selected TKM Software Ltd.'s Z39.50 client, InterCat, for its cross-platform library automation system, Library Pro.
Z39.50 is an international standard composed of specifications for linkage among library computer systems. Librarians and school library users with Internet access are able to search the catalogs and download bibliographic records in MARC format from Z39.50 libraries, often at no charge.
"TKM is the only company to offer the Z39.50 client for both Windows and Macintosh," said Cheryl Oke, Chancery Software's library product specialist. "Having a Z39.50 client available for the Macintosh platform will make us more successful when responding to requests for proposals from prospective library customers."
Three TKM products are available from Chancery Software. InterCat, theWindows client, for Windows 95, 98 and 2000 and Windows NT, can be used to search for, capture, and download bibliographic records in MARC format from any library system using a Z39.50 Internet-accessible server. InterCAT for the Macintosh has the same functionality as the InterCAT product for Windows. InterCAT Pro includes all of the features of InterCAT plus the ability to concurrently search multiple databases. More than 300 libraries are accessible via the InterCat library database.
Previously, Chancery recommended its customers purchase a Z39.50 client from another vendor, but that vendor only offered a Windows-client option. The company's partnership with TKM Software Ltd. Partnership greatly enhances its position among Macintosh-using school libraries.
TKM's Z39.50 clients are available direct from Chancery Software. InterCat is $150, InterCat for the Macintosh is $249, and InterCat Pro is $275.
"We at TKM are excited about the potential provided by the recently completed agreement with Chancery Software," said Ross Eastley, president of TKM Software. "We are very much looking forward to the opportunity to work with Chancery Software. Our current customers have found the InterCAT product line to be cost-efficient cataloguing tools which greatly facilitate the cataloging process."
About TKM Software Ltd.
Founded in 1986, TKM has consistently provided affordable and efficient library automation and inter-library loan products. In 1995, TKM expanded into providing Internet access for the residents of Brandon, Manitoba. TKM currently has Library Automation software products installed throughout North America. For more information, visit http://www.tkm.mb.ca/
About Library Pro
Library Pro is the most sophisticated library automation system on the market. Its innovative design provides library professionals with quick access to powerful management features, and patrons with tools that make it easy and entertaining to access knowledge. Its innovative design gives librarians the ability to customize collections for special student projects, to assign MARC records to web sites and multimedia documents and manage them like other resource materials.
About Chancery Software
Founded in 1983, Chancery Software is North America's leading publisher of student management systems and Internet learning communities for districts, schools and homes that empower parents to become much more involved in their child's education. Information on more than 10 million students is managed by nearly 600,000 educators using Chancery's Win School and Mac School student information systems, Grade Machine and eClass teacher tools, Library Pro library automation, Open District enterprise systems, and K12Planet.com. Chancery's customers are further supported by a network of sales and support personnel across North America. Chancery is headquartered in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information, visit www.chancery.com.
