By Gary Rautenstrauch
 As I am
privileged to speak with many of you at conferences, user groups, and
events, I am continually impressed with the quality of our customers. Working together, we can and
do accomplish great things. Our constant goal
is to continue to participate in your
long-term success.
Along
those lines, I'm happy to report that in the last 18 months, we've
released 13 new products or updates—all on time and with the features
promised in our new roadmaps. The kudos go not only to our hard-working
development and testing teams, but also to
your efforts in making your enhancement needs clear and using innovation in your own
modification of SirsiDynix products. In addition, our beta sites have
been invaluable in ensuring products release on time and with stable
functionality.
We're
excited not
only about the product releases we've delivered with your help, but also about
the improvements in services that we've implemented in response to your suggestions and survey responses.
Our Sales department has reorganized to ensure
that you have a representative living close to your location who
can provide personalized
attention on a timely basis. Our
Training team has updated content and delivery methods for many of
our courses in order to offer cost effective training to those who
can't afford onsite training while renewing our emphasis in training
tailored to individual customers. In addition, our implementation team has
concentrated on efficiencies that have reduced implementation time by
20 percent while maintaining quality.
We continue to desire the best for you and the communities
you serve and value your willingness to involve us in your efforts. As
always, we strive to be an integral part of your continued success. We
appreciate your feedback and look forward to your continued appraisal
of what
we can do to help you succeed and achieve your professional goals.
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Customer
Spotlight: Laura Sponhour and South Carolina State
Library
Reaching out to schools, teachers and parents for
children
 Laura Sponhour
was hired by the South Carolina State Library as a project manager for
their children's education initiatives.
She is responsible for making schools and administrators aware of the
library’s offerings, most importantly, SchoolRooms.
Sponhour has found effective ways to
get the word out, including attending school administrator meetings,
presenting at curriculum meetings and appearing on closed circuit television.
Read
more on how Sponhour is making a difference -->
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"Who Needs
Anything 2.0?", Part Two
 By
Stephen Abram
This
article is the second of Stephen Abram's three part series entitled
"So You Say Your Library is Really about Books, so 'Who Needs
Anything 2.0?'"
I
visit and see so many libraries - physical and virtual - and see so
many innovations that excite me and promote books, reading and what we
do so well. I also see a lot of folks who claim that new technologies
are unnecessary in libraries and especially anything TwoPointOh!
Library practice demands that we look for anything that improves our
mandates to promote learning, community, research, and reading.
Why
2.0? Well, because it offers the first real opportunity to use
technology to go beyond search, storage and retrieval and actually
engage with readers in a scalable way beyond our walls and beyond
physical book formats.
Read six through 15 of Stephen's 25 Web 2.0
brainstorms -->
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SirsiDynix
Enterprise: New State-of-the-Art Search Solution
Get 40% off when you order by December 19th
 SirsiDynix is
excited to announce a 40% discount for your first year of Enterprise,
SirsiDynix' state-of-the-art search offering. Enterprise gives you industry-first
fuzzy logic, faceted finding aids, and flexible configuration.
• Fuzzy
search logic: Industry-leading fuzzy logic ensures relevant search
results even in cases of simple misspellings or variations in suffixes
or prefixes.
• Faceted
finding aids: Enterprise
allows narrowing of search results by categories, such as author,
subject, publication date, and language, so users can easily find
specific records within a result set.
• Flexible
configuration: You can configure library profiles (by branch,
language, patron groups, etc.). Each profile can support multiple
languages, a unique look and feel, library or location-based search
limits, and unique URLs.
• Plus,
diacritic accommodation, enriched content support, search widget,
URL-based searching, cascading style sheets (CSS), and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)/ASP hosted solution.
Get a
free quote -->
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Start Planning
Now for SuperConference 2009
 SirsiDynix,
CODI (Customers of Dynix, Incorporated) and UUGI (Unicorn Users Group
International) are joining forces to bring users the 2009
SuperConference in Dallas,
Texas on April 5-8 at the
Sheraton Dallas Hotel. We are excited to support this large undertaking
and encourage everyone to attend. The folks at CODI and UUGI have done
a wonderful job getting the web site and registration ready. SirsiDynix
will be participating in the conference and will offer pre-conference
training sessions.
Go to the conference website -->
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SirsiDynix Institute News
"The
Collaborative Mind: Tools for 21st Century Living"
Friday, December 12th at 11:00 a.m. ET
What tools
can foster collaborative student engagement while also addressing
budgetary and infrastructure limitations? Twenty-first century learning
standards highlight the importance of collaborative learning and
thinking. This institute will offer participants a look at tools that
address this question, including Google Education Edition, Noodle Bib,
and wikis.
 Ernie Cox received his
MLIS from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He is the Library Media
Specialist at St. Timothy's School (K-8) in Raleigh,
North Carolina and a doctoral student
at the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. His research interests include: reading
comprehension and the web, educational leadership and collaboration,
youth literature and services, and educational technology. Cox is
serving as the Programming Co-Chair for the 2009 AASL National
Conference.
Register here -->
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Table of Contents
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CEO's Letter
Customer Spotlight
Stephen Abram's Musings
Enterprise
Savings
2009 SuperConference
SirsiDynix Institute News
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Welcome to the Family
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SirsiDynix
welcomes the following new and returning libraries to the SirsiDynix
family:
Delphos
Oil City
Lakewood
Jackson County Library District
US Court of International Trade
US Court of Appeals of the Federal Court
Central Piedmont Community
College
Okaloosa County Public Library Coop
Eastern Carolina Network
Grand Ledge Area District Library
Bryn Athyn College
of the new church
St. Paul’s
College
Cabrini College
Caldwell County
Theil College
North Carolina Central University
Markham Public
Libraries
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Upcoming Events
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Online
Information 2008
2-4 December 2008, London,
UK
Arizona Library Association
8-10 December 2008, Glendale,
AZ
Military
Librarian's Workshop
8-12 December 2008, Monterey,
CA
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