ORLANDO, Fla.—June 28, 2004— Sirsi Corporation, celebrating 25 years of delivering technology "firsts" to the library community, announced today that the Jackson Library of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has selected Sirsi technology to provide the best overall functionality available in an integrated library system. "We compared four systems and Sirsi offered the best overall functionality," said Tim Bucknall, assistant director for Information Technology and Electronic Resources. "We believe that Sirsi will enable us to customize our public interface to best serve the needs of our users."
UNCG's suite of Sirsi products and services will include Unicorn® Library Management System, Sirsi Director's Station, iLink Online Scholar's Portal, WorkFlows® staff interface, SmartPort Z39.50 Copy Cataloging Client, Sirsi 9XX Order Interface for Acquisitions, and Sirsi API (application program interface).
"Jackson Library is the leading public research library in the Triad area, with more than 1 million bound volumes and over 2.8 million items," said Doris Hulbert, university librarian. "It provides significant and unique research collections to serve the needs of scholars at UNCG and beyond, including the University Archives, the Women Veterans Historical Collection, the Woman's Collection, and the world's largest cello music and manuscript collection. Sirsi can help the Library make these collections more accessible for scholarship and research."
About University of North Carolina, Greensboro
UNCG's Jackson Library has been an exemplary resource for faculty and students since the Institution's inception. It is a member of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, a consortium of the largest research libraries in the region, and was named a Literary Landmark by Friends of Libraries USA in recognition of its outstanding collections and its central place in the Greensboro, North Carolina, writing community.
The Library is recognized nationally for its innovative and customized electronic information products and services. For more information about Jackson Library, visit http://library.uncg.edu.
About Sirsi
In 2004, Sirsi Corporation (www.sirsi.com) celebrates 25 years as the strategic technology partner to more than 10,000 libraries around the world. A strong, growing company, we are dedicated to providing the library community with forward-thinking information technology solutions, including Sirsi Unicorn Library Management System, the first client/server-based and UNIX-based integrated library system; Sirsi iBistro and iLink, the first e-Library solutions with streaming enriched content; Sirsi Rooms, the first suite of context management solutions; and Sirsi Director's Station, the first information analysis tool for library executives. Sirsi maintains operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and China.