Moving to Symphony

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Moving to Symphony
Horizon Migration Options Unicorn Components
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Scott McCauslandVice President, North American
SalesOffice 801 223.5914Cell 801
362.5307scott.mccausland_at_sirsidynix.com
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Horizon Customer Options

• Horizon
• SirsiDynix Symphony SaaS
• SirsiDynix Symphony Standalone

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Horizon

• Horizon 7.4.1 and HIP 3.09/4.13 many
  enhancements
• Release notes on Client Care site
• Medley solutions impact staff and patrons

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Horizon Medley Solution Suite

• Patron Experience
• Enriched Content
• SirsiDynix Enterprise
• Digital Library
• SchoolRooms
• Self-service circulation
• Envisionware Print/PC Management
• Telephone Messaging 3
• RFID
• Staff Experience
• Web Reporter
• PocketCirc
• SIP/NCIP Responder
• Directors Station

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SirsiDynix Symphony - Standalone

• Cataloging
• Circulation
• PAC
• Inventory
• Serials
• Acquisitions
• Collection Exchange
• Request Management
• Outreach
• Materials booking
• Telephone Messaging
• Report Management

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SirsiDynix Symphony SaaS

• Software on demand
• Rapid implementation
• No back office capital expenditures
• On demand system capacity
• 24x7 support coverage
• Daily full backups
• Redundant server components
• Built-in disaster recovery
• Upgrades performed by SirsiDynix
• High bandwidth internet capacity
• Proactive systems management
• Active security monitoring

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Project Team

• Project Manager
• Library Consultant
• Data Conversion Consultant
• Integration Support / System Consultant
• Trainers

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Project Approach

• Implementation and Configuration
• Policy consultation
• Test load of data
• Data clean-up
• Test server with training database
• Master training access
• Onsite train the trainer course
• Authority processing and LC Marc standardization
• 2 Pocket Circ licenses with devices

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Symphony Upgrade Packages
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Unicorn to Symphony

• JUST AN UPGRADE AND A NAME CHANGE!!!

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SirsiDynix Symphony e-Library 3.2.1

• New supported on Symphony 3.2.1
• Next generation iBistro/iLink
• Slick new look and feel to match Enterprise
• Enhanced Enriched Content support
• Online bill payment (e-Commerce)
• EZproxy integration
• Additional highlights
• Renewals from Review My Account
• Books by Mail
• Patron Credit Balance display
• Keep all on this page
• Reading Program and Interest Level searches for
  e-Library
• Online user registration

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Staff Efficiencies

• Enter only meaningful characters of barcodes
  (3.2.1)
• Updates to Modify Due Date wizard (3.2.1)
• Hold slips support vertical printing, speeding
  hold shelf retrieval (3.2.1)
• Staff client RFID updates (3.2.1, Unicorn GL3.1)
• Add Ordered Items to catalog updates (3.2.1)
• Serials updates (3.2)

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Staff Efficiencies

• Accountability (3.2.1) and Material Booking (3.2)
  support added to WorkFlows client for Java
• StaffWeb for K-12 libraries supports basic
  self-check (3.2.1)

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Collection Efficiency

• Z39.50 server updates to support group search and
  presentation of holdings (3.2.1)
• URSA updates
• Floating Collections consortia or bust (3.2.1)
• Expansion of Collection Exchange platform support
  to Linux, AIX and HP (over 2008)

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Basic Support Policy

• Current release (SirsiDynix Symphony 3.2.1)
• Two previous releases
• Unicorn GL3.1
• Unicorn GL3.0

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End Of Life

• DRA Classic February, 2009
• WorkFlows C client final build with major
  2009 release (SirsiDynix Symphony 3.3)
• Traditional Holds final build with major 2009
  release (SirsiDynix Symphony 3.3)
• WebCat 2010

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SirsiDynix Symphony Server Platforms

• UNIX
• Sun Solaris v2.9, 2.10
• IBM AIX v5.x
• HP-UX v11i
• Linux
• RedHat ES v3-4
• Suse v9
• Microsoft Windows 2003
• IBM Informix ISAM
• or Oracle 9i/10g database

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WorkFlows Platforms

• Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP
• Windows Vista added in SirsiDynix Symphony 3.2
• Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard)
• Remote OPAC StaffWeb for K-12 Client Platforms
• UNIX
• Linux
• Microsoft Windows
• All common browsers

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