PROVO, Utah – April 15, 2004 – Dynix, the world's leading provider of automation technologies, solutions, and services for libraries, announced today that St. Mark's School of Texas, a Dynix customer since 1995, has selected the Horizon Information Management System to replace its Dynix ILS system. St. Mark's will run Horizon as an ASP solution.
Over the last two years, St. Mark's has engaged in a thorough search for a new system, analyzing different solutions and soliciting input from colleagues who had upgraded their Dynix systems. “We really wanted to know what their experience was like in either upgrading to Horizon or moving to another vendor,” said Library Director Polly Gilbert. “We wanted to know how they are functioning at this time.”
Based on preliminary research, the library narrowed its search to three vendors: Dynix, Sirsi, and TLC. “In the end, the main reason we selected Dynix was the integrity of both the company and the software, along with the relationship we have with the people at the company,” Gilbert said. “Dynix was also the only company with a proven track record with ASP, with many customers running great. They were the only vendor who could offer ASP as a viable solution.”
“We feel that the company has really returned to the heart of caring and providing leading services for small libraries,” Gilbert said. “We are a small fish in comparison to many Dynix customers, but our students want the best in technology and library services, and we feel our size should not limit the support, attention, and superior technology we need and that we will get from Dynix. Our staff is looking forward to using the Horizon authority control, which is the best of any of the other systems.”
About St. Mark's
Located in Dallas, Texas, and founded in 1906, St. Mark's School of Texas is a private college preparatory institution designed to prepare boys and young men for each successive step of their academic careers. St. Mark's mission is to educate the "whole boy," providing each student with the tools necessary to be successful in and out of the classroom. St. Mark's has a student body of 800, a faculty of 106, and a collection of 40,000 volumes.
About Dynix
Dynix is the global leader in new-name sales of library management systems and has the largest installed customer base of any library technology vendor. As a committed advocate of the library community, Dynix serves academic, special, school, public, and consortium libraries in over 40 countries. Dynix has more than 100 professional librarians on staff and proven experience in software leadership. Since 1983, Dynix has provided customers visionary technology solutions that support the latest industry standards and offer intuitive functionality. For complete corporate information and a guide to Dynix products and services, visit www.dynix.com.