Blacksburg, VA – VIEWS membership continues to grow with Talis joining the group this week. VIEWS is the initiative by vendors and library service organizations for the enabling of web services between disparate applications used in libraries and now, elearning.

Talis is a provider of products and services for public and academic libraries in the UK and Ireland. Their products include a suite of library solutions based on open technology standards including XML and web-services.

“We welcome the opportunity to work with other vendors to understand, develop and drive the adoption of Web Services in today's library domain.” Said Dave Errington, Technology Director at Talis. “Our products already leverage Web Service technologies as a form of integration both within our customers internal environments and increasingly between our customers systems as they seek to interoperate within a wider network.

The VIEWS group is currently preparing a survey of web services functionality used in the communities being served and will plan future work around the results of this survey. A VIEWS website is being planned and until that is ready information from the meetings is posted on the NISO (www.niso.org) website.

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.

About Fretwell-Downing

For more than ten years, Fretwell-Downing, Inc. (FD Inc.) has been a global leader in the evolution of digital libraries. Delivering unmatched service and flexibility, FD Inc. offers libraries a seamless choice of standards-based solutions. Building toward a solid vision of a "library without walls," FD Inc. boasts the unique ability to integrate with disparate electronic library systems, as well as creating and managing entirely new digital library systems. FD Inc. deliver solutions for resource sharing and document delivery, OpenURL deliver, web information portals for cross-domain search & retrieval.

About Index Data

Founded in 1994, Index Data is the world's leading developer of Z39.50-related programmers' toolkits and applications, and the only library software company offering an Open Source alternative for metasearch and content management services. The mission of Index Data is to lower the cost of high quality digital ibrary services, and to empower librarians to assert control over the software needed to provide these services, through the development of open source software using open standards. Services range from courses and consultancy, to custom software development and turnkey solutions

About MuseGlobal

The mission of MuseGlobal (www.museglobal.com) is to optimize the productivity of information users and knowledge workers by enabling the discovery, integration, and delivery of information and services from disparate systems. MuseGlobal's breakthrough MuseSearchTsolution is based on the most dvanced metasearch architecture and features the most sophisticated pre-, in-search, and post-processing capabilities available. Many leading information management software providers feature MuseSearch as underpinning technology for their products and services.

About NISO

NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment. NISO standards apply both raditional and new technologies to the full range of information-related needs, including retrieval, re-purposing, storage, metadata, and preservation. Founded in 1939, incorporated as a not-for-profit education association in 1983, and assuming its current name the following year, NISO draws its support from the communities it serves. The leaders of over 70 organizations in the fields of publishing, libraries, IT and media serve as its voting members. Hundreds of experts and practitioners serve on NISO committees and as officers of the association.

About OCLC

Founded in 1967, OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 45,000 libraries in 84 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.

About VTLS Inc.

VTLS Inc. (www.vtls.com) is a leading global company that creates and provides isionary technology in library solutions. We have three distinct divisions that serve a diverse customer base of more than 900 libraries in over 35 countries. Our VIRTUA division remains focused on ILS solutions. Our VTRAX division focuses on RFID technologies through a partnership with Tagsys. Our Digital Asset Creation & Management division provides cutting edge software and services for Digital Libraries. VTLS is also one of the few ISO 9001 quality certified ompanies within the library industry.

About Endeavor Information Systems

Endeavor Information Systems, based in Des Plaines, IL, was founded in September of 1994. A wholly owned subsidiary of Elsevier, Endeavor offers a complete line of library solutions for traditional and digital collections. Visit Endeavor at www.endinfosys.com for more information about Endeavor Meridian, Voyager, ENCompass, or LinkFinderPlus

About TALIS

Talis is the market leading provider of products and services for public and cademic libraries in the UK and Ireland. The company started in 1969 as BLCMP Library Services Ltd and was established in its present form in April 1999. Talis as many customers located throughout the UK and Ireland, and include many leading universities, colleges and public libraries. Talis has grown steadily over the years and has a remarkable record of customer retention based on its capability to deliver continual product enhancements and excellent service to meet the changing needs of libraries For more information visit TALIS's website: www.talis.com.