Library Technology Guides

Index Data celebrates successful FOLIO and LDP installation at Stanford University Library. Index Data congratulated Stanford University on the successful deployment of FOLIO, the revolutionary open source library services platform. Stanford University went live on FOLIO in mid-August 2023 as it combined two integrated library systems from five campus libraries into a university-wide library services platform. [Full Announcement].

Stanford University is live with Aeon. Stanford University is now live using Aeon to manage researcher requests and staff workflows for their archives and special collections. Located in Stanford, California, Stanford University joins more than 100 institutions currently using Aeon. [Full Announcement].

Stanford Libraries leads collaborative grant. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Stanford a $1.5 million grant to support library initiatives that develop and advance the use of linked open data. Stanford Libraries will coordinate a team representing Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Library of Congress and Princeton to upgrade the current infrastructure libraries use to create, store, and share bibliographic data. [Full Announcement].

SirsiDynix signs long-term agreement with Stanford University. SirsiDynix announced that it has signed a long-term maintenance agreement with Stanford University Libraries. Stanford University employs the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system for its library operations and automation. [Full Announcement].

CLIR and Stanford Receive Mellon Grants for Study and Workshop on Linked Data. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a $49,500 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct an in-depth survey of publications, projects, tools, and environments pertaining to semantic web, linked data, and RDF triples technologies. Simultaneously, Stanford University Libraries has received a parallel grant of $50,000 to conduct an invitational workshop intended to incorporate the results of the CLIR survey into a design for a scalable prototype system. [Full Announcement].

Stanford University Libraries and SirsiDynix Partner for State-of-the-Art, Original Script Access. Stanford University and SirsiDynix officially announced the completion of a project that now allows searching and display of the library’s Chinese, Japanese, and Korean holdings in the original scripts. In a previous related project, functionality for searching, sorting, and displaying was made available for Arabic and Hebrew scripts. [Full Announcement].

Deep Web Technologies. Stanford and Deep Web Technologies Partner on Federated Search. Stanford University Libraries has selected Deep Web Technologies to create a federated search solution that will simplify access to the Libraries’ vast online resources and create a new access point for the university’s own digitized content. [Full Announcement].

SIRSI Corporation. SIRSI's iBistro sales soar to more than 100. SIRSI Corporation continues its sales success with its new iBistro Electronic Library. Since its July 2000 initial introduction, the iBistro e-Library has been selected by more than 100 libraries across the U.S., including the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Md.; Stanford University; the SAILS Library Network in Middleboro, Mass.; the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Va.; the National Association of Homebuilders in Washington, D.C.; and Brighton Area Public Schools in Brighton, Mich. [Full Announcement].

Artesia Technologies. Stanford University Selects Artesia Technologies' TEAMS Solution as the content management framework for its Digital Library Initiative. Artesia Technologies, the leading provider of digital asset management solutions, today announced that its TEAMS digital asset management solution has been selected to serve as the content management framework for a major initiative being planned by Stanford University Libraries. [Full Announcement].

Stanford University Libraries. Stanford Libraries catalog: A Web version open to all. A version of Stanford Univeristy Library''s Web-based catalog is now available for all the world to see is now up through Sirsi''s WebCat. [Full Announcement].

SIRSI Corporation. SIRSI introduces new WorkFlows product. SIRSI Corporation announces a new user interface and work flow manager for its popular Unicorn Library Management System. Called WorkFlows, the new product uses Windows, graphical user interface, and client/server technology to streamline a variety of library operations. This interface has been in development for the last two years, with participation from Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University. Usability testing was recently conducted at Nashville State Technical Institute and Vanderbilt University, and the Knox County Public Library. [Full Announcement].

Stanford University Libraries. Stanford / SIRSI partnership announced at ALA. Stanford University Libraries and SIRSI Corporation announced at ALA their intent to form a business partnership aimed at bringing new technologies and techniques to bear on the needs of libraries. [Full Announcement].

SIRSI Corporation. Stanford University Libraries migrate to Sirsi's Unicorn. Stanford University Libraries completes the first five months of its migration from mainframe NOTIS to Sirsi''s Unicorn. Included in the migration are the Crown Law Library, the Hoover Institution library, and the SUL/AIR libraries: Green Library, Meyer Library, seven science branches, and three humanities and social science branches. [Full Announcement].