HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—July 6, 2004—Sirsi Corporation, celebrating 25 years of delivering technology “firsts” to the library community, announced today that the Taipei Public Library, Taipei, Taiwan, is leaving Urica for Sirsi's superior technology and design. “Sirsi is an incredibly innovative product and provides remarkable access and flexibility for staff and for library patrons,” said Dr. Tseng, Taipei Public Library director. “As the largest library system in Taiwan, it is critical that the library utilizes the best in library technology so that we may best fulfill our vision of providing the best in library service and the best in easy access to resources.”
Taipei's suite of Sirsi products and services includes the Unicorn® Library Management System with Unicode, WorkFlows® staff interface, and iBistro e-Library solution. “The mission of the library is to provide multiple, specialized, informational, and personalized library and information services including the promotion of social education, recreation, cultural heritage, and life-long learning,” said Tseng. “In addition, the library seeks to enhance community network services, and establish a digitalized, network-based information society. We know Sirsi's technology, expertise, and commitment will enable us to forward our mission.”
“Sirsi's success at Taipei Public Library marks the beginning of a concerted effort into the Taiwan library market,” said Andrew Morrice, Sirsi vice president of Asia-Pacific operations. “We are looking forward to making our partnership with Taipei Public Library a showcase example of what Sirsi can do to help libraries better serve their communities. We are also pleased to have formed an alliance with Transtech Information Co., Ltd., Sirsi's distributor in Taiwan,” added Morrice. “Transtech, a local Taipei company, has long been involved in the library automation business and provides outstanding local sales and support services for Sirsi clients.”
About Taipei Public Library
Founded on October 25, 1952, the Taipei Public Library serves a population of more than 2.6 million with 1.5 million holding library cards. The system has a main library, 39 branches, and 13 neighborhood reading rooms. The collection consists of nearly four million books, 644 periodicals, and 106,798 multimedia materials.
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.