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SBC Completes Acquisition Of Ameritech : Giant Step Toward Becoming Full-Service Global Competition. San Antonio, TX, October 1999. SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today announced it has formally completed its acquisition of Ameritech, paving the way for the company to become a full-service telecommunications competitor in one of the world's fastest-growing industries.

Paisley University becomes Talis's 100th Customer. October 1999. Paisley University became Talis’s 100th Customer when it selected Talis for its new Library Management system. The event was celebrated at the recent Library + Information Show at the NEC with Stuart James, University Librarian and Tony Hall, Managing Director of Talis.

Morningside College Selects SIRSI. Huntsville, AL, October 15, 1999. Morningside College, a private liberal arts college located in Sioux City, Iowa, has selected Sirsi Corporation’s Unicorn Library Management System for its Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library Center. According to Daria Bossman, director of Library Services, Unicorn will provide students, faculty and community members with a World Wide Web-based graphical online catalog and library staff members with a singleWindows-based interface for performing a wide variety of administrative functions, from circulation to serials control.

City of Loretteville Chooses Best-Seller's e-Library Network for Internet Solution. Quebec, Canada, October 14, 1999. The City of Loretteville has chosen Best-Seller's e-Library Networks software to publish its varied library collection on the Internet and to provide worldwide access. Taking advantage of a government initiative to link the province's libraries together in one virtual library network via the Internet, the City of Loretteville Library chose Best-Seller's PortFolio software to provide the link to the other libraries and to manage all aspects of its local operations.

Macintosh Library Automation Users Hit the Jackpot with New Product Line Release from Follett Software Company. McHenry, IL, October 13, 1999. The most robust line of Macintosh-based library automation software for the K-12 market is now available from Follett Software Company. The new v4.0 release expands patron offerings with new Internet capabilities and enhanced searching that make information even more easy to access, including from home. It also simplifies library operations with extensive reporting and instant cataloging help.

School Districts Nationwide Choose SIRSI. Huntsville, AL, October 8, 1999. School districts throughout the United States continue to select Sirsi Corporation’s UnicornTM Library Management System to provide their libraries with a powerful, easy-to-use information system. In the past few months, eight school districts have chosen SIRSI, including the Fremont Unified School District in Fremont, Calif.; the Kalamazoo Public Schools in Kalamazoo, Mich.; the Lake Oswego School District in Lake Oswego, Ore.; the Missoula County Public Schools in Missoula, Mont.; the Moorhead Area Public School District in Moorhead, Minn.; the Seguin Independent School District in Seguin, Texas; the Shasta Union High School District in Redding, Calif.; and the Weld County School District #6 in Greeley, Colo.

Government Publications now Accessible to Texas School Libraries through Auto-Graphics' Catalog Service : Online Access to Powerful Resource Tools Available to "Virtual Network" of State School Libraries. Pomona, CA, October 7, 1999. Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTCBB:AUGR) today announced it has provided the Texas Library Connection (TLC) with cataloging records for federal documents from its Government Documents Catalog Service (GDCS). Auto-Graphics has integrated GDCS records into the TLC database where they are accessible via Auto-Graphics’ Impact/Online WebPAC. This technology will enable K -12 library staff, teachers and students Web access to a variety of materials published by the Federal government including direct Web links to full-text information resources.

Auto-Graphics Inc. Names Library Sales Executive for Western States. Pomona, CA, October 5, 1999 David J. Greene has been named a library systems consultant at Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTCBB:AUGR), a leading provider of Web-based information publishing and Internet database resource sharing systems.

Companion Offers Libraries a Free Version of Alexandria. Salt Lake City, UT, October 1, 1999. To celebrate the end of the millennium, COMPanion Corporation, developer of Alexandria library automation systems, announced a promotion today that gives libraries a free single user version of Alexandria. This promotion represents a $2200 value.

DRA Increases Allocation to Stock Repurchase Plan. St. Louis, MO, October 1, 1999. Data Research Associates, Inc. (DRA) (NASDAQ: DRAI) announced today that its board had authorized an additional stock repurchase in an aggregate amount of up to $2 million. From time to time over the next twelve months, DRA management may, at its discretion, make purchases in the open market and through privately negotiated transactions, subject to general market and other conditions.

SIMA, Inc. introduces "SIMANET." October 1, 1999. SIMA, Inc. recently introduced SIMANET, an Internet connection that offers SIMA customers the option of running their licensed SIMA OCAT Electronic Library and Serials/Acquisitions 2000 software on off-site servers located at SIMA’s Northern Virginia offices. Customers will need only an Internet connection, Web browser, and connected printer to perform all SIMA programs tasks, including searching for data, adding new titles and records, editing databases, deleting information, and printing lists, reports, and labels. Communication will be via a secure Virtual Private Network and user names and passwords will prevent unauthorized access to customer databases. The advantage of this innovative concept is that SIMA customers are relieved of the burden of installing and maintaining SIMA software on local computers or networks servers and will no longer have to deal with the inevitable problems that occur with computers and network installations.

SIRSI Announces Alliance. Huntsville, AL, October 1, 1999. Sirsi Corporation announced today that it has entered into a strategic business alliance with CEA Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in media, communications and information service companies. The alliance was formed to extend SIRSI’s leadership position, according to SIRSI Chief Executive Officer Jim Young. The partnership will enable SIRSI to pursue more aggressively new business opportunities, as well as to make strategic investments in and acquisitions of other synergistic companies and technologies. As a result of the alliance and the continued wide acceptance of its popular Unicorn™ Library Management System, SIRSI expects to assume a dominant role in the library technology market.

Florida Network of Talking Book Libraries featured in the NLS Quarterly. September, 1999. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Quarterly Newsletter, July-September 1999 (Vol. 30, No. 3) has published a very informative and complimentary article about the Florida network of talking book libraries. This cover story reports how the various participating libraries use the system to improve patron services.

State of Maine to Install Millennium and INN-Reach for All Libraries : Unprecedented Linking of Libraries within a State. September 30, 1999. Innovative Interfaces, a leader in information technology for libraries, announced today that the state of Maine has chosen Millennium library automation software for all its libraries.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Selects ALEPH. Ireland. September 30, 1999. Ex Libris(UK) Ltd announced today that the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has signed a contract for the installation of the latest version of ALEPH 500.

Endeavor Implements First Nevada Site : Truckee Meadows Community College Chooses Voyager. Des Plaines, IL, September 30, 1999. Endeavor Information Systems announced today Truckee Meadows Community College is the first Nevada institution to implement the Voyager information management system.

Innovative Introduces Millennium Serials Java Based Interface : Graphical, Web-Based Module "Makes Processing Fun". September 27, 1999. Innovative Interfaces, a leader in providing Web-based solutions to libraries, has brought Millennium Serials, its Java-based graphical serials processing module, into general release. The new module sets the standard for streamlined serials processing: serial publication patterns, issue holdings, and summary holdings statements can be entered using easy-to-use forms that automatically code data in USMARC Holdings format.

Ex Libris Joins Unicode Consortium. Chicago, IL, September 27, 1999. Ex Libris (USA) Inc. announced today that the company has joined the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium brings together leading industry corporations such as Microsoft, ORACLE, and SUN and includes researchers at the leading edge of emerging international character encoding standards.

SIRS Mandarin, Inc. Awarded Library Automation Contracts From International Institutions. September 21, 1999. Marymount International School and the Keats Shelley Memorial House in Rome, Italy; Notre Dame Elementary School, York Catholic SB Education Centre and Blessed Trinity School in Aurora, Ontario, Canada; and the Landswest School Division in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada have recently awarded SIRS Mandarin, Inc. contracts to provide the SIRS Mandarin M3 Library Automation System to libraries in their schools and institutions.

Electronic Reserves Earn Falvey Library All-Campus Award. Des Plaines, IL, September 21, 1999. Endeavor Information Systems congratulated Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library today as the recipient of Villanova’s Distinguished Team Service Award. Faculty letters nominated the library, applauding the electronic reserve system provided by Voyager, Endeavor’s information management system for academic and research libraries.

Geac Appoints Chairman and Vice Chairman. Markham, Ontario, September 15, 1999. Geac Computer Corporation Limited (TSE: GAC) announced today that its Board of Directors had re-appointed Mr. William G. Nelson as Chairman and appointed Mr. Patrick Lavelle as Vice Chairman of the Corporation following the Company's Annual Meeting yesterday.

Atlanta Public School District Chooses Athena for its Library Automation Needs. Austin, TX, September 10, 1999. The Atlanta Public School District, winner of the 1999 Computerworld Smithsonian Award, has chosen to automate its 97 schools with Sagebrush Technologies' Athena library automation software.

ALEPH at Berlin Parliament. Berlin, September 9, 1999. The Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus (Chamber of Deputies) has awarded our German company, Ex Libris (Deutschland) GmbH with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne, a contract to migrate their BIS-LOK automation system (also supplied by Ex Libris) to the latest version of ALEPH 500.

Daniel Deneweth Appointed Director of Technology of CARL Corporation. Denver, CO, September 2, 1999. CARL Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Deneweth as Director of Technology. Deneweth will be responsible for managing CARL's IMDS (Information Management and Delivery System) and Special Projects Development teams, and will coordinate resources for other company-wide technology projects. Deneweth will also work with senior management to communicate development directions to CARL customers and to the marketplace.

Investissement Desjardins and TechnoCap Inc Invest $3.75M in Best-Seller Inc. Montreal, Canada, September 1, 1999. Investissement Desjardins and TechnoCap Inc. are pleased to announce a combined investment of $3.75 million in Best-Seller Inc., a Montreal based software company and a leader in providing web-based e-Library networks. Investissement Desjardins has invested $2.5 million and TechnoCap has invested an additional $1.25 million to support Best-Seller's ongoing product development.

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