News Archive

SkyRiver Continues Growth Entering 2012

Greets New Year with more customers, enhanced software, and larger database

January 19, 2012

SkyRiver announced that it enters 2012 with a significantly stronger market position in terms of customer and database growth and an enhanced software client. Recent milestones include SkyRiver’s 50th installation, bringing the number of libraries served to more… Read More »

SkyRiver and Donohue Group Announce Partnership

December 21, 2011

The Donohue Group Incorporated (DGI) and SkyRiver announce a collaboration whereby DGI will contribute full and in-process MARC records to the SkyRiver database.
DGI’s clients include several publishers of nonprint and electronic content such as Playaway, Recorded Books, and AudioGo. These publishers have negotiated with SkyRiver to permit… Read More »

SkyRiver Announces Novel Approach to RDA Adoption

December 6, 2011

SkyRiver has announced a unique approach to implementing RDA (Resource Description and Access) that allows libraries to adopt this new cataloging standard on a schedule that fits their circumstances. Effective December 1, 2011, SkyRiver users have three options for viewing and exporting bibliographic data: RDA Mode for libraries… Read More »

SkyRiver Sees Gains in Academics

September 26, 2011

Interest in SkyRiver from academic libraries is strong. Several academic libraries, small and large, have chosen SkyRiver for their cataloging services since early summer. Recent additions to the SkyRiver customer base include Alma College (MI), Cameron University (OK), Rhode Island College (RI), San Francisco State University (CA), Utah… Read More »

University of California Davis Mabie Law Library Moves to SkyRiver

July 21, 2011

The University of California Davis Mabie Law Library has switched to SkyRiver for its cataloging services.
As the first law library to embrace SkyRiver, the library’s central concern was whether the database would be appropriate for an academic library with a great breadth of law specialties, ranging from… Read More »

SkyRiver Customer Base More Than Doubles

June 22, 2011

The Company announced today that its customer base increased more than 100% as compared to the same period last year. Recent new signings for SkyRiver include academic libraries such as San Francisco State University and public libraries such as Escondido Public Library in Southern California and Washoe County… Read More »

SkyRiver and Cassidy Cataloguing Enter Sharing Agreement

April 15, 2011

Cassidy Cataloguing Services Inc., a company that provides cataloging on contract to libraries as well as Cataloging in Publication (CIP) for publishers, has entered into a sharing agreement with SkyRiver. By the terms of the agreement, Cassidy will contribute its CIP records — high quality and fully catalogued — to… Read More »

SkyRiver Files Opposition to OCLC’s Motion to Dismiss

February 7, 2011

Lawyers for SkyRiver Technology Solutions, LLC have filed its opposition to OCLC’s motion to dismiss its Complaint, which alleges that OCLC has engaged in predatory and exclusionary business practices in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.
“OCLC’s motion to dismiss that was filed in December misrepresented the… Read More »

Three More Consortia Transition to SkyRiver

January 07, 2011

Three library consortia have converted their cataloging operations to SkyRiver: the Suffolk Cooperative in New York, The Library Network (TLN) in Michigan and Lakeshores Library System in Wisconsin. In total, these consortia serve 146 libraries.
“SkyRiver has allowed us to streamline our workflows” says Ruth Westfall, Suffolk Cooperative’s… Read More »

SkyRiver Becomes Exchange Partner for LC’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging

November 17, 2010

SkyRiver announced today that it is now an active NACO node within the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). John Riemer, PCC Chair, issued this announcement yesterday:
“The PCC welcomes a new NACO Node member, SkyRiver Technology Solutions. Name authority records contributed through SkyRiver will carry… Read More »