HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— August 9, 2005—SirsiDynix announced today that Westfield Public Library in Westfield, Indiana, has selected the SirsiDynix Unicorn® Library Management System, along with the iBistro electronic library and SirsiDynix DataStreamTM enriched content. The library's staff and board decided that SirsiDynix technology offered the best solutions to help them achieve their goal of providing quality service to users through easy-to-use, intuitive software for both staff and patrons, who had been asking for better ways to find the information they need.

"I can hardly wait until we unveil the new SirsiDynix system to the Westfield community," said Sheryl Sollars, Westfield Public Library director. "I believe they will be very excited about the new and enhanced technology that SirsiDynix will be able to provide in meeting their informational needs."

"This new technology will open up a whole new world to our users, who will be able to search the library catalog with greater ease and find the materials they need," continued Sollars. "And our staff is very excited about the new system, which will streamline a great deal of their workflow. Every day they realize something different that will make their jobs easier and will help satisfy the patrons' needs. At Westfield, good customer service is our number one goal, and we feel that SirsiDynix products will only enhance this reputation."

About Westfield Public Library

Founded in 1901, the Westfield Public Library in Westfield, Indiana, offers a wide variety of resources to the user, including in-house word processing computers, Internet access, online public access terminals (catalogs), adult and children's programming, reference answers in house and by phone, interlibrary loans, reserves for material currently in use by another patron, and renewal services. Its mission is to "strive, in partnership with local organizations, to provide quality services, materials and facilities that fulfill the educational, informational, technological, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community." For more information, please see www.westfieldlibrary.lib.in.us.

About SirsiDynix

Created in June 2005 through the merger of Dynix Corporation with Sirsi Corporation, SirsiDynix provides the broadest array of information management products and services for libraries and consortia worldwide. Both Sirsi and Dynix have had excellent track records as leading information technology providers for libraries and their users, and the new company will build on its constituents' strengths while providing more opportunities for technological innovation and growth. SirsiDynix has approximately 4,000 library and consortia clients around the world, serving more than 200 million people through more than 20,000 library outlets in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please see www.sirsidynix.com.