
(2009-12-18 09:57:18). SirsiDynix announced today that Stephen Abram, its Vice President for Innovation, will leave the company to join Gale Cengage as its new Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Markets...

(2009-11-02 10:14:00). The Queens Borough Public Library has filed a lawsuit against SirsiDynix for matters related to its 2006 procurement of the Horizon 8.0 software...

(2009-10-30 09:09:11). This morning I contacted Clifford Lynch, Executive Director for the Coalition for Networked Information regarding the quote that was attributed to him in the white paper authored by Stephen Abram that that has caused a firestorm on Twitter today...

(2009-10-21 20:44:57). Another lawsuit is underway in the library underway in the library automation industry, this time in the RFID and self-service circulation arena...

(2009-10-06 08:48:47). Could this be the seminal event leading to more lawsuits from other libraries? While the courts will have to decide if SirsiDynix is in breach of contract, it makes me wonder if any other libraries will view this as a catalyst and pursue their own court decided solution.

(2009-10-03 18:49:22). The Queens Borough Public Library, one of the largest and busiest libraries in the United States, has filed a major lawsuit against Sirsi Corporation, which currently does business as SirsiDynix...

(2009-09-17 01:43:14). I am new to Koha and the Koha community. Recently we used Koha to automate a university library in Ethiopia...

(2009-09-16 13:05:31). "The libraries that use the software are stakeholders of the highest level. Yet, they have not been well represented at the table for many of the strategic conversations that involve the future of Koha...

(2009-09-15 08:04:16). There comes a point where an open source software projects grows beyond what can be managed through informal channels. The Koha project has seen great success through widespread deployments and company involvement...

(2009-09-15 10:20:43). Unfortunately, librarians and library staff are so trained by the commercial software vendors that all software is developer-owned, that even Koha users are still under the mind-set that the companies offering support are in charge...

(2009-09-14 08:58:18). If your library has recently acquired new library automation software, please make that information available to others by updating your entry in lib-web-cats. Some of the major projects I take on every year involves reports relate to the library automation industry...
















