SirsiDynix Announces General Availability of Enterprise 3.0

SirsiDynix has announced the general availability of SirsiDynix Enterprise 3.0.  Enterprise 3.0 offers users a single search well to discover all resources the library makes available. Those resources might include one or more library catalogs, digital collections, selected web sites, and federated resources. Because Enterprise is a hosted solution, it should scale to accommodate various amounts of searchable content. At the same time, the administrative user interface should adapt the product to the needs of both independent small libraries and consortia. Enterprise claims to be able to have a footprint as small as a search box widget or serve as a full library web presence and content management system. The Enterprise administrative user interface should give libraries the ability to define profiles for specific local patron groups. Library administrators have the ability to configure all of the following according to local needs: Search scope, users searching through a locally defined profile may search everything the library offers or a subset of particular interest; Look and feel, libraries can upload their own headers, footers, navigation panels, as well as cascading style sheets to control fonts, colors, backgrounds, and layout; Authentication, libraries can decide whether or not authentication is required for a given profile and whether to use LDAP or the ILS user repository; Available content in consortia, not all members have the same content subscriptions; Reporting, with built-in Google Analytics, libraries will have unprecedented visibility into the usage trends of their Enterprise 3.0 discovery tool; Search displays, libraries can select which fields appear in search results and detail displays as well as the arrangement and behavior of those fields; Content management., libraries that use the content management features have the ability to select which content is available to specific profiles and can use both a WYSIWYG interface for editing and creating content or a built-in HTML editor. Because all of this is configurable through an administrative user interface, there is no need to edit files on the server or to worry about whether customizations will be preserved through upgrades. http://www.sirsidynix.com/