The first release of Horizon with Sunrise is scheduled for August 2000. It will be numbered 6.0 because it is the successor product to Horizon. The “Sunrise” refers to the incorporation of all the functionality of Dynix, which is not already in Horizon. The release will include much of the cataloging, circulation, and patron access catalog functionality. Serials and acquisitions are to follow.
One of the most significant enhancements that does not come from Dynix Is iPAC, a new Web-based patron access catalog. Although it is built on an HTML foundation, so any Web browser can be used, it includes a search engine that offers advanced Boolean and cross-index searching, relevancy ranking of search results, integration with ILL services, and support for Z39.50 searching. It also includes self-services such as placing holds, renewals, and review of fines or fees.
UNICODE Is also supported in the new release. It was previously available to epixtech's Asian customers.
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