Fujitsu N.I., an IT systems, services and products company, has won the £25 million managed services contract for Libraries NI, the single Public Library Service for Northern Ireland. As part of the core business applications solution, SirsiDynix, a library technology solutions provider, is partnering with Fujitsu NI for the delivery of the SirsiDynix Symphony Library Management System and Enterprise discovery platform for its content management and discovery tools.
The initiative is expected to transform the library experience for the Northern Ireland public, as well as introduce greater efficiency in backend staff operations.
In addition to the core Library Management System, SirsiDynix Symphony, NI libraries will benefit from a suite of new functionality including SirsiDynix Enterprise Discovery platform for a "one-stop-shop" seamless search experience of the library catalogue, e-resources, digital collections, and Oxford University Press databases; BookMyne+ for the same experience through mobile devices; Social Library, a native Facebook application, enabling end users to search the catalogue, reserve materials and query their account without ever leaving Facebook; and SirsiDynix's own SMS messaging module allowing users to set their own preferences.
