“It's great to be able to customize the Polaris checkout screen with patron data elements of our choice. It maximizes the efficiency of the checkout process. And with 15 agencies circulating over 7.1 million items per year, it matters.”
- Eva Calcagno, Manager, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Oregon
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Polaris Library Systems Launches the Polaris Developer Network (October 18, 2011)
Coquitlam Public Library Selects Polaris (October 14, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems Announces Strong Third Quarter (October 6, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems Welcomes New Vice President of Product Management (September 19, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems Welcomes New Vice President of Sales and Marketing (August 31, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems Announces Strong Start to 2011 (July 27, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems to Debut New PAC Interface at ALA Annual (June 22, 2011)
Bergen County Cooperative Library System in New Jersey Selects the Polaris ILS (February 8, 2011)
Polaris Library Systems to Debut Community-Focused Tools at ALA Midwinter (January 6, 2011)
Darien Library is Live on the Polaris ILS (December 20, 2010)
Harford County Public Library in Maryland Selects the Polaris ILS (December 16, 2010)
Polaris Library Systems Announces New Appointments (November 30, 2010)
Sno-Isle Libraries Selects the Polaris ILS (November 4, 2010)
Chattahoochee Valley Libraries in Georgia Selects the Polaris ILS (October 14, 2010)
Syracuse iSchool and Polaris Library Systems announce collaboration to develop new technologies and services (October 7, 2010)
Yuba Community College District in California Selects the Polaris ILS (September 23, 2010)
Yellowhead Regional Library Leverages Polaris API to Create iPad Application (August 17, 2010)
Denver Public Library Selects the Polaris ILS (July 20, 2010)
Polaris Library Systems Announces Auto-Suggest Functionality (July 14, 2010)
Polaris Library Systems Announces Board Appointment (May 11, 2010)
Newmarket Public Library Selects Polaris ILS (March 24, 2010)
Polaris Library Systems Announces Employee Ownership Agreement (January 15, 2010)
Polaris Library Systems to Debut Mobile PAC at ALA Midwinter Conference (January 14, 2010)
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Streamlines Search Capability for Patrons & Staff Syracuse, NY, July 14, 2010 - Polaris Library Systems, a leading provider of library automation technology, announced today that Polaris ILS will provide auto-suggest functionality in the Polaris ILS 4.0 release. Auto-suggest provides a Google-like search experience for staff and patrons. Suggestions automatically appear as the user types a search term, making it quicker and easier to find what you're looking for. Auto suggestions are context sensitive; that is, they are specific to the field the user is searching ( e.g., author, title). In the staff client, this functionality also extends to patron searching (e.g., patron name, address, etc.). Suggested searches are derived from data in the library's catalog and are based on relevancy rankings. Auto-suggest is available in both the staff client and the Polaris PowerPAC. Customers can choose whether or not to enable the functionality, and end users also have the ability to hide or show suggestions during their session. Auto-suggest will be available to Polaris customers in the Polaris ILS 4.0 release, planned for this fall. "Polaris has chosen to integrate this next-generation catalog functionality into our core product, rather than developing and selling an add-on discovery interface," said Polaris Chief Information Officer Jim Mieczkowski. "In these challenging economic times, Polaris is proud to help libraries offer more services to patrons and staff, without additional strain on budgets." ### About Polaris Library Systems:
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