I guess by the title you might think I mean a new staffing arrangement. This is not the case. In fact we are about to launch our new Library Management System (software) that looks after our daily work on our computers. For many years in our library branches we have been using an excellent product from a company called Dynix. This system provides the software to check out, check in, reserve library material and provide an online catalogue. Of course it does alot of the workroom stuff like cataloguing and changing the location of stock as it moves from branch to branch. Well, it is now time to upgrade to a much improved system called Symphony which is a Sirsi Dynix product. We have chosen to go with this system because it allows us to be part of a Victorian Consortium of other Library Services called SWIFT. We will be joining 11 other library services in Victoria to provide you with a massive online catalogue of over 2,500,000 items (currently we have just under 100,000 items here at Campaspe) which is a huge increase of what will be available to you. We will be able to borrow items from the other library services in the SWIFT consortium. Our online catalogue will have a new look and will be called ibistro. I will provide some more information about the new system in the days to come, at the moment the library staff are very busy preparing for it's launch. It will be fantastic and we are all looking forward to implementing many new features - for us and for you.
