SirsiDynix Helping Katrina Victims and Those Bracing for Rita

-- Library Journal, 09/26/2005

SirsiDynix has joined the relief effort to help libraries damaged by Hurricane Katrina and those facilities assisting storm victims. The company on September 21 said that it has created "an Emergency Hosting and Consulting Services Program for libraries in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama affected by Hurricane Katrina, as well as customers in Texas and Louisiana that are likely to face Hurricane Rita by Saturday, September 24." Disaster-recovery services being offered are ASP hosting of "web servers and general web page information and entire Unicorn or Horizon integrated library systems, plus general emergency consulting services to assist libraries in their system recovery efforts." The vendor hopes that the assistance will enable libraries with back-up data to run their systems remotely on its safely-housed servers. These services are available immediately at no cost to currently- or potentially-affected SirsiDynix customer libraries. Contact Brett Hall at 1-800-325-0888, ext. 337.