February 26, 2008
Cincinnati, OH The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has begun the final phase of a two part migration to the complete EnvisionWare Suite. The power of PC Reservation® technology coupled with the company's LPT:One print management system, and seamlessly integrated with Launch Command Kiosk Menu and EnvisionWare Central Management make up the most powerful Suite for public PC management available. The migration began with phase 1 November 2007 and is being completed this month. The Library deploys technology using a mixture of thin clients and Windows PCs. "EnvisionWare looks and acts the same whether on native Windows or in a Terminal Services or Citrix session," said Debbie Bruno, EnvisionWare Regional Manager for the Northeast. She added, "Working in harmony with our partner, Bill Routt of SirsiDynix, we were able to deliver a migration strategy that has been seamless for the library.
This library is one of the busiest libraries in the country and has a rich 150 year history as a leading library system. It boasts the second largest public library collection in the United States, over 5 million volumes and an annual circulation of over 14 million items. The system operates a large central library and 41 branches.
Said Bruno, "The Cincinnati and Hamilton County system adds to the largest installed base of EnvisionWare libraries in any single state in the U.S. We are honored to have been selected by such a prestigious institution."
The design of EnvisionWare's products is ideally suited to all sizes of libraries. The distributed processing architecture scales to fit the most demanding needs. Leveraging the existing ILS patron database is one of the major design achievements of EnvisionWare, who created the concept of the direct use of the ILS for PC management in order to eliminate the cost and maintenance of a separate patron database. collaborated on the development strategy for enhanced SIP2.
EnvisionWare is the world’s largest supplier of end-to-end self-service solutions. EnvisionWare continues to set the bar for innovation and ease of use in self-service for libraries. All EnvisionWare solutions are designed and priced to fit the needs of every size and type of library. Today, more public libraries use EnvisionWare PC Management products than any other solution.
Keywords: PC Management, Print Management; PC Reservation; Public Library; Conversion to EnvisionWare; Former Pharos Uniprint, Sign-Up; SirsiDynix Unicorn
Pharos, Uniprint, and Sign-Up are trademarks of Pharos Systems International. Unicorn is a trademark of SirsiDynix; PC Reservation is a registered trademark of EnvisionWare, Inc.; EnvisionWare and LPT:One are trademarks of EnvisionWare, Inc.