PROVO, Utah.—August 24, 2005— SirsiDynix announced today that Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., visited the company's Provo office this morning as part of his economic development program to improve the competitive environment in Utah for small- and medium-sized companies. Governor Huntsman greeted SirsiDynix employees at a reception held in his honor and met with executives Don McCall and Jack Blount to hear about the company's vision and information management solutions for libraries and their users. SirsiDynix's Provo office employs close to 200 people out of a total of approximately 700 employees worldwide involved in the development, support, and delivery of technologies that support more than 20,000 libraries and 200 million people around the world.

From left to right: Governor Huntsman, Don McCall.

"SirsiDynix is pleased to be recognized as one of the key technology leaders in Utah," said Don McCall, SirsiDynix chief operating officer. "We're excited about this opportunity to share with Governor Huntsman our continued plans for growth and our commitment to helping libraries offer unparalleled access to resources for their users – students, parents, teachers, businesspeople, researchers, and other people in the state of Utah and worldwide. And we're honored that the governor is taking an interest in SirsiDynix and working to make Utah an even better place in which to do business."

From left to right: Governor Huntsman, Mary Ellen Mortola, Jason Martinez.

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.

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