SirsiDynix: Users' Groups
SirsiDynix partners with users' groups around the world in an effort to better interact and communicate with, as well as support, the users of our products and services. International users' conferences, regional users' group meetings, online communication forums, and product enhancements interaction mechanisms are a few of the ongoing initiatives that SirsiDynix and its user's groups work together to maintain and expand for their mutual benefit.
There are two major international users' groups representing and serving SirsiDynix users: CODI for users of the Horizon and Dynix Classic systems and UUGI for users of the Unicorn system.
Important Users' Group Links
UUGI – Unicorn Users' Group International
http://www.uugi.org/
Unicorn Users Group International (UUGI), the primary Unicorn users group, educates and assists current and potential users of the Unicorn Library Management Systems. UUGI uses various mechanisms to provide information and recommendations to SirsiDynix for the future development and improvement of their information management system software.
UUGI also encourages the development of other independent special interest users groups and serves as a liaison between SirsiDynix and those other groups.
CODI – North American CODI Users' Group
www.codi.org
CODI is an independently governed and financed users' group. Membership in CODI grants voting privileges within the organization. CODI provides many liaison opportunities to work directly with SirsiDynix on issues of product plan development, as well as product enhancement. Programs within CODI provide active and challenging opportunities for networking, continuing education, and social contact with fellow Dynix and Horizon users.
North American regional users' groups: www.codi.org/newusersgroups.html
EUUG - European Unicorn Users' Group
www.euug.org.uk
European Unicorn Users' Group (EUUG) is a users group for libraries and other organizations that have implemented the SirsiDynix Unicorn product. Formed in 1992 EUUG promotes communication among users and systems administrators to increase awareness of local development initiatives. The group offers a mechanism to represent the interests of European SirsiDynix customers and to maintain a constructive and collaborative relationship with SirsiDynix. EUUG works with SirsiDynix to influence system development for the benefit of European customers.
CODA – Australasian Dynix & Horizon Users' Group
coda.org.au
CODA is an association of libraries and organizations using the Dynix and Horizon Library systems throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Rim. CODA represents its members on a range of automated library systems and IT related issues, and has links with similar organizations around the world. For more information check out the Web page. In addition there are a number of regional users' groups.
CODA regional and special groups: http://coda.org.au/international_user_groups.htm
DUG & HUG – U.K. Dynix & Horizon Users' Groups
http://library.hud.ac.uk/wikis/dug/ and www.bbk.ac.uk/huguk
The Dynix Users' Group (DUG) and Horizon Users' Group (HUG) are associations of libraries using the Dynix and Horizon library management systems supplied by Dynix. They are wholly independent, and are financed through institutional membership subscriptions. The annual DUG/HUG conference is held in July.
SDUGNZ – SirsiDynix User Group New Zealand
http://www.citylibrary.pncc.govt.nz/sdugnz/
SirsiDynix User Group New Zealand (SDUGNZ) is open to New Zealand users of Horizon and Dynix software. SDUGNZ is a wholly independent organization that acts as a forum for discussion and interaction between its members and as a communication channel between members and SirsiDynix.
