Emeryville, CA—SkyRiver today announced the release of new client software that extends SkyRiver’s RDA involvement beyond access to RDA test data. The cataloging client update, available this week, includes a link to the RDA Toolkit.
The new client software provides SkyRiver subscribers with easy access to RDA documentation… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Two Oberlin Group libraries, Trinity University and St. Lawrence University, have converted to SkyRiver for their cataloging services. “Our transition was very smooth and working with SkyRiver has been a pleasure”, says Diane Graves, University Librarian at Trinity University. “The library also has realized significant savings in… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Continuing its rapid response to customer requests, SkyRiver has announced the availability of a SkyRiver Mac client. One of the initial installations of the SkyRiver Mac client is Providence College, a member of the HELIN Consortium in Rhode Island. Mark Caprio, Digital Services and Cataloging Librarian at… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—In a move that could have far-reaching implications for competition in the library software and technology services industry, SkyRiver Technology Solutions, LLC has filed suit in federal court in San Francisco against OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The suit alleges that OCLC, a purported non-profit with… Read More »
Emeryville, CA and Atlanta, GA—LYRASIS, the nation’s largest regional membership organization for libraries and information professionals, and SkyRiver, a new bibliographic utility that connects libraries with bibliographic metadata, have signed an agreement enabling LYRASIS to market, sell, and provide training for SkyRiver cataloging services to LYRASIS members throughout… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Among the many recent SkyRiver adopters, three implementations stand out as especially successful as they demonstrate SkyRiver’s ability to satisfy the specific needs of a variety of library types. These include: St. Lawrence University (NY), SAILS Consortium (MA), and Capital Area District Library (MI) representing academic, consortium… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Several major U.S. vendors are now working with SkyRiver to process book shipments for SkyRiver customer libraries. By this arrangement, vendors send shipping manifests to SkyRiver which are matched against the SkyRiver database. The matching full bibliographic records are then extracted and delivered to the library for… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Des Moines (IA) Public Library (DMPL), has switched to SkyRiver for its cataloging services. As SkyRiver’s first library partner with a Sirsi/Dynix Horizon local system, DMPL exemplifies SkyRiver’s local system independence. Library Director, Saul Amdursky, states “I’m proud to have helped SkyRiver pioneer and test its services… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Scottsdale Public Library System (AZ) has switched to SkyRiver for its cataloging services. With lower cataloging costs, easy transition, and book vendor support, SkyRiver is an increasingly attractive alternative to legacy bibliographic utility cataloging services.
“Our cataloging operation was up and running with SkyRiver within a day… Read More »
Emeryville, CA—Following the recent merger of the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) and INCOLSA, Inc., the new organization, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS), is extending its agreement with SkyRiver and offering SkyRiver’s bibliographic utility cataloging services to MCLS libraries in Indiana. In October 2009, MLC and SkyRiver announced… Read More »
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