Symphony: SirsiDynix's Flagship Integrated Library System--A Horizon User's Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Khurshid, Zahiruddin; Al-Baridi, Saleh
Titel	Symphony: SirsiDynix's Flagship Integrated Library System--A Horizon User's Perspective
Quelle	In: Computers in Libraries, 29 (2009) 7, S.6-10 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-7915
Schlagwörter	Testing; Academic Libraries; Foreign Countries; Online Catalogs; Library Networks; Online Systems; Information Systems; Users (Information); Librarians; Test Results; Cataloging; Higher Education; Vendors; Surveys; Library Automation; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Ausland; Online catalog; Online catalogue; Online catalogues; Online-Katalog; Online; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Cataloguing; Katalogisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Vendor; Anbieter; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	At the end of 2007, SirsiDynix introduced the first version of Symphony, its new flagship Integrated Library System (ILS). This article begins with a look at the evolution of Symphony, user reactions to Symphony, and Symphony's design and functionality. The authors, along with a team of librarians from various functional areas, have completed testing of four Symphony 3.2.1 core modules and iBistro, the online catalog, at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) Library in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The results and observations from this testing provides an overview of Symphony's strengths as well as its complexities and constraints. The authors present a list of the positive attributes they identified as they studied SirsiDynix's new flagship ILS, Symphony. (Contains 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10