Lambton County Library Services Selects Geac's Vubis Smart as its New Information Management System
28 June 2005 - 3:23AM
PR Newswire (US)
Lambton County Library Services Selects Geac's Vubis Smart as its
New Information Management System SOUTHBOROUGH, MA, June 27
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Geac(R) (TSX:GAC, NASDAQ:GEAC) announced
today that the County of Lambton, an innovative county located in
southwestern Ontario, Canada (http://www.lambtononline.ca/), has
purchased Geac's Vubis Smart library automation system. Adoption of
Vubis Smart by Lambton County Library Services
(http://www.lambtonlibrary.org/) continues a pattern of steady
growth in North America for Vubis Smart, Geac's innovative, Web-
based library management system. "We strongly value our
relationship with Lambton County Library Services and are pleased
that Vubis Smart has been selected to accommodate the Library's
current and future needs," said Ellen Isaacson, North American
General Manager, Geac Library Solutions. "With Vubis Smart, the
Library furthers its objective to provide an increasing array of
value-added services to the public at large. By choosing Vubis
Smart, Lambton County Library Services can easily showcase its
traditional, museum and gallery collections while offering an
extraordinary experience that will continuously draw users to the
Library." Lambton County's public libraries serve approximately
127,000 citizens across a 1,200-square-mile area in southwestern
Ontario through 27 branches, one bookmobile, the Lambton Room in
Library Headquarters and deposit collections in the long-term care
facilities. Services offered in the branches include books, talking
books, magazines, audio-visual materials, story hours, guest
speakers, reference services, Internet access, theatre rental and a
collection of archival materials for Lambton County. "Geac's Vubis
Smart offers exceptional flexibility in allowing the County of
Lambton to bring library services and the collections in our art
gallery and two museums together under one system," said Cindy
Thayer, General Manager, Community Services, County of Lambton.
"This will allow the County of Lambton an opportunity to provide
the tailored and enhanced services that our residents have come to
expect from us." Vubis Smart is a comprehensive information
management system that enables libraries, archives and museums to
organize and present data from any source and in any format. The
system incorporates convenient workflows and easy-to-use
administrative tools. Staff can define multiple formats, databases,
indexes, search methods and more. Distinctive rules and parameters
may be defined to meet the requirements of individual branches and
locations. Users can simultaneously search multiple databases, link
to subscription resources and customize the Web OPAC for
appearance, language and search results. Unique Web OPAC features
include 'Fuzzy Logic', 'Associative Searching', Selective
Dissemination of Information (SDI) and customized news feeds (RSS).
About Geac Geac (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ:GEAC) is a global enterprise
software company addresses the needs of the Chief Financial Officer
by providing solutions that optimize an organization's "financial
value chain". Geac Library Solutions is a leading provider of
information management solutions to more than 2,000 information
centers including National, Corporate, Public and Academic
Libraries in over 20 countries throughout the world. Further
information is available at http://www.geac.com/ or through e-mail
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things: our ability to increase revenues from new license sales,
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into our existing operations; whether we are able to deliver
products and services within required time frames and budgets to
meet increasingly competitive customer demands and performance
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exchange rates in light of our global operations and the
unpredictable effect of geopolitical world and local events;
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expenses effectively and maintain profitability; our ability to
achieve revenue from products and services that are under
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which we operate and resulting pricing pressures; and whether the
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successful product implementation will be realized. These and other
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