Pitts whats on the horizon liz pitts

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST
What’s On the Horizon
Liz Pitts, Director Global Sales Support & Training
SirsiDynix

• Horizon 2010 Product Plan Available on Client Care Portal
• Windows 7 Staff Client support – Available now w/release 7.5a
• Rental fees for chargeable items
– Calculated at CheckOut and Renewal
– Fees May Be Waived
– SIP2 responder updated to extend rental functionality to TalkingTech TM3 and PocketCirc
– HIP updated to support renewal fees
• Requests/Holds Enhancements
– Fees may be charged at time of request placement, hold fulfillment, or hold shelf expiry
– Allow or Disallow a borrower from placing a request on an item which they currently have on
loan
– Set maximum number of requests a borrower can place on a single title
• Stock Rotation
– By group or individual Item
– Pull lists
– Optional permanent rotation
• Duplicate Title checking
– By ISxN in Acquisitions PO and Cataloging MARC editor
• Item Status Editor integrated into core software
• Circulation History
• ITYPE Grouping
Horizon 7.5.1 and HIP 3.21

New Circulation Parameters in Table Editor

Rental Fees

Holds Fees – HIP Integration

Stock Rotation

ISxN Duplicate Title Check

SirsiDynix Enterprise 3
– Easy to Use Content Management Tool
– Java script Integration with Social networking sites
LibraryThing, Google Books, Twitter, ChiliFresh, reddit, etc.
– Library look and feel via CSS
– Federated Search
Interface to 360 Search/WebFeat & z39.50 databases
– Reporting with Google Analytics
SirsiDynix Enterprise 4
– Locally-hosted option
– Bowker ICE Integration
– Language label manipulation at page level
Discovery Platform Enhancements

Enterprise – Content Management

Enterprise with integrated Social Networking &
Bowker ICE search

Enterprise with Google Analytics

Portfolio Digital Asset Management
– Replaces Horizon Digital Library
– Full-text searching in various document types (PDF, Word, XML)
– Browsable asset hierarchy
– Multiple asset views tied to login
– Bulk loader
– Metadata display customization
– Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting server
Discovery Platform Enhancements

Portfolio – Asset Search

Portfolio – Asset Management

• Creates tighter integration with SirsiDynix Enterprise
– Real time item availiblity
• Enables BookMyne – iPhone App
– Compelling iPhone app to discover library materials, place
requests, renewals, and discover participating libraries
– WebServices purchased as an addon
– BookMyne available free from Apple’s iTunes store
• Delivery 2011 Q1
– Initially available to libraries on Horizon 7.5 and above
– Future BookMyne/Webservices releases will be back-
ported to Horizon 7.4.2
Horizon Web Services

BookMyne – Find Libraries

BookMyne – Library Search

BookMyne – Email or Place Hold

BookMyne – My Account

• Item Group Editor
• Circulation Multi-select/Right Click Options
– Batch Edit Notes, Check In, Modify Due Dates, etc.
• Holds Pull List
• XML Report Output
Key Symphony 3.4 Enhancements For Horizon Users

Symphony 3.4 Item Group Editor

Symphony 3.4 Item Groups – Merge & Archive

Symphony 3.4 Holds Pull List

Symphony 3.4 Multi-Select/Right Click

Symphony 3.4 XML Report Output

• Virtualization: Software systems that act as if they
were hardware systems
• Performance and functional testing of Horizon db
server and HIP
– Horizon 7.5 and HIP 3.20 – will re-certify Hz7.5.1 & HIP3.21
– Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Sybase ASE 15
• Outcome: published benchmark results
– VMWare ESX 4 and ESXi 4 on “bare metal” compared to Windows
– Difference in RAM and CPU usage between VM and non-VM systems
• Updated Client Care statement
Horizon Virtualization

• For your Horizon database server, the minimum requirement is a supported 32-bit
operating system. However, SirsiDynix recommends the use of a supported 64-bit
operating system.
• Recommendations based on Horizon systems with 1-100 Users and up to 250K Bibs
Horizon 7.5.1 – Server Specifications
Minimum Requirements Recommended Specifications
HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Linux HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Linux
1GB RAM 1GB RAM
450MHz Processor 900MHz Processor
Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
1 GB RAM 1GB RAM
1GHz Processor 2GHz Processor

Horizon 7.5.1 – Databases and Operating Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Sybase 15.0.3 ESD#3 or higher
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is supported on the
following operating systems and versions:
Sybase is supported on the
following operating systems and versions:
• Windows Server 2003 SP2 or greater • Solaris 9 or 10
• Windows Server 2008 • HP-UX 11.11 or greater (RISC only)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 • AIX 5.2 or greater
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 ES or 5.0 ES
• Windows Server 2003 SP1 or greater
• Windows Server 2008

Horizon 7.5.1 – Staff Workstation Specifications
Requirement Minimum Recommended
CPU Pentium III 864 MHz Pentium IV 1.4 GHz or greater
RAM 256 MB RAM
512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
1 GB RAM (Windows 7, Vista)
Hard disk 100 MB free disk space 1 GB free disk space
Network card
10/100 network interface
card 10/100 network interface card
CD-ROM Drive 2X speed or greater 20X speed or greater

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
2010 20112009
Q4
Symphony 3.4 Symphony 4.0Symphony 3.3.1
DS 4.9
Horizon 7.5.1/HIP 3.21 Horizon 7.5.2/HIP 3.22
Horizon
Virtualization
Portfolio 4.0 Portfolio 5.0
Enterprise 3.1 Enterprise 5.0Enterprise 3.1.1
Director’s Station 4.8.1.1 DS 4.8.2
Web Reporter 3.4Web Reporter 3.3.1 Web Reporter 4.0
Symphony - German
Symphony Patron iPhone
App v1.0
Symphony Patron iPhone
App v2.0
Library Intelligence (LI) 5.0
Symphony - French Symphony – Spanish & Catalan
Enterprise 4.0
Language Pack Updates
for Symphony 3.4
Released
In Development
Planned
2010-2011 Product Roadmap

Liz Pitts
liz.pitts@sirsidynix.com
Please visit the Ask SirsiDynix Room
Interested in being a Beta Partner?
Contact:
Rachel Bowell
rachel.bowell@sirsidynix.com
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