[Asis-l] Learn All About Millennium, Horizon and Unicorn

[Margaret "Doc" Delaney]

Is your library in the market for a new integrated library system? OVAL
Regional Library is bringing in three demonstrations of different library
systems in January 2003! Attend these demonstrations and get the information
you need to make a knowledgeable decision about which library system is best
for your library.

For more details and registration please visit
http://www.oval.lib.oh.us/workshops.htm.

For more information about this or any OVAL workshop, contact Amanda Bowers,
CE Coordinator, at mailto:bowersam at oplin.lib.oh.us or 1-800-759-1537 x9.

These three demonstrations will be held at OVAL, 252 W. 13th St., Wellston.



LEARN ALL ABOUT MILLENNIUM: INNOVATIVE INTERFACES’S INTEGRATED LIBRARY
SYSTEM

Presented by:  Tom Jacobson, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

Date & Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Fees: Free to MOLO/OVAL/SOLO members; Free to non-members

Millennium is the premier web-based integrated library system, used by
libraries of all types and sizes worldwide. This demonstration will look at
all aspects of the system-traditional functionality including OPAC,
Circulation, Cataloging, Acquisitions, Serials, as well as exciting new web
portal products that serve to better integrate all of the library's
electronic resources and aid the patron's discovery of information.



LEARN ALL ABOUT HORIZON: EPIXTECH’S INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM

Presented by:  Brad M. Baumgartner, Epixtech Representative

Date & Time: Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Fees: Free to MOLO/OVAL/SOLO members; Free to non-members

Come to this workshop and get a demonstration of Epixtech's Horizon
Integrated Library System. Brad Baumgartner, Epixtech Representative, will
spend about an hour on each of the following areas: Circulation, Public
Access Catalog (iPAC), Cataloging, Serials and Acquisitions. He will also
spend some time covering Epixtech's digital library product, DigitaLink. For
more information about Epixtech's iPAC's, please visit the following web
address: http://homeshow.epixtech.com.



LEARN ALL ABOUT UNICORN: SIRSI'S INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM

Presented by:  Mary Miller, Sirsi Representative

Date & Time: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fees: Free to MOLO/OVAL/SOLO members; Free to non-members

Serving library users requires a powerful, dependable information technology
infrastructure. It's critical for all library operations. Sirsi offers
stable, mature client/server integrated library system (ILS) technology for
all types and sizes of libraries. These systems feature comprehensive ILS
functionality, with modules for all public and technical services;
industry-standard, scalable relational database management systems;
well-defined application programming interfaces; an intuitive GUI across all
modules; and a strong platform for adding new functionality to existing
modules and plugging entirely new modules and clients directly into the
server. Sirsi's UnicornOASIS, a full-function system designed exclusively
for public libraries, enables public libraries to provide users with easy
access to electronic resources and digitized special collections, and
library staff with fast, efficient of all library administrative and
technical services-all in one powerful, fully integrated package. Sirsi is
providing lunch.


Come visit OVAL and LEARN!



Margaret "Doc" Delaney, Communications Coordinator
Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library System (OVAL)
252 West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH 45692
740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106 fax
www.oval.lib.oh.us ~ delanema at oplin.lib.oh.us