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<p><font face="Calibri">Looking through the Government Procurement Portal there wasn't<a></a> a official Request for Proposal
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<p><font face="Calibri">I guess that they made the decision based on the fact a large portion of our Public Libraries such as use SirsiDynix<a></a> solutions they felt it was the best solution as it would be easier for other public libraries.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri">On a side note I happened to login to Christchurch City Libraries today (first time since february<a></a>) and they've rolled out BibloCommons<a></a> on top of the current SirsiDynix<a></a> solution they are using their reasoning is
outline here </font><font face="Calibri"><a href="http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/News/2011/BiblioCommons/">http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/News/2011/BiblioCommons/</a> granted tis<a></a> not Koha<a></a> but its actually nice to see our core services
starting to recover from the earthquake</p>
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Christopher Downs</font></p>
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