The new generation of UnityWeb brings
the separate union catalogues of The Combined Regions and LinkUK into one
service. The new Unity service will be hosted and managed by OCLC PICA and FDI,
world-leaders in resource sharing.
Rob Froud, county librarian,
The new UnityWeb service will now offer
a range of new functionality including Z39.50 compliance, real-time status of
availability of books and access to 5 million bibliographic records on
LinkUK. Libraries can also take
advantage of the full interlibrary loans messaging option. This peer-to-peer and global system
offers complete searching and request management in one single interface. The
new service can also be integrated with local systems using standard
protocols.
CBS from OCLC PICA is the replacement
software for the Unity union catalogue. It can load a minimum of 10,000 records
per hour with full duplicate detection and can export at 80 records per second.
It supports Unicode and input/editing of all non-roman scripts, and has
excellent support for duplicate record detection and resolution.
“We are delighted that the first success
of the new venture between OCLC PICA and FDI happens to be one in FDI’s home
market,” adds Rein van Charldorp, managing director of OCLC PICA. “Winning this tender shows what can be
achieved if two strong partners work together. We can offer a unique solution by
combining our expertise and product offerings.”
Robin Murray, managing director of FDI, adds, “We can
offer a hybrid approach offering both physical union catalogues and stand alone
library catalogues through one interface, combine this with
To celebrate the new generation of
UnityWeb, OCLC PICA is offering an introductory offer of 25% discount on last
year’s subscription rates. Please contact [log in to unmask] for further
details.
FDI and OCLC PICA solutions have already
demonstrated their reliability and stability working separately, and together.
The new generation of the new Unity service consists of systems that already
work together successfully and are estimated to be in use in some 20,000
libraries around the world.
A new website has been launched to
support the new service, and is available at http://tcr.futurate.net/
We will be running a nationwide roadshow
of events between 13 March and 7 April. Dates will be announced w/c
20th February and will be posted to http://tcr.futurate.net/.
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About
LinkUK
OCLC PICA’s LinkUK
database comprises over 5 million bibliographic records and over 40 million
volumes of public and special libraries in
LinkUK provides a web
based ILL request and management system that offers best value solutions
extending your library's reach. Today, 78 libraries throughout
About OCLC PICA and
FDI
As the European
library cooperative, OCLC PICA together with FDI offers a broad range of leading
edge, high-tech solutions for professionals and end users of academic and public
libraries, information centres of the government and health sector, museums,
archives and other cultural institutions. Thousands of patrons daily rely on the
OCLC PICA and FDI systems for efficient cataloguing, library management,
retrieval, resource sharing and preservation.
From the head office
in Leiden (NL), subsidiaries in Oberhaching (D) and Sheffield (UK), and regional
offices in
OCLC Online Computer
Library Center Inc. is a non-profit organization and offers its services to
54,000 libraries in 109 countries and territories. More
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For further
information, contact:
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Katie Anstock
Marketing
Executive
Business Development Manager
Fretwell-Downing
Informatics
Fretwell-Downing Informatics
Tel: +44 (0)114 281
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