About Andrew K. Pace
Bibliographic Control Has a Future
Posted On Mar 7 2007Bibliographic control does have a future. Though, after spending 30 minutes last night describing the problem to my wife, I sure wish we had called it “the future of finding stuff online.” I’m headed out this morning for a meeting convened by the Library of Congress’s working group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. It is an austere group that I think has real potential to make some serious recommendations. Boy, that sounded like I’m running for office, didn’t it? Anyway, I am giving a short presentation on “New Services,” which is really just a euphemism for the fact that …
More Leadership Changes and Mergers
Posted On Feb 28 2007One rarely has time to get bored with the ILS industry these days. VTLS “Repositions” VTLS has announced that industry veteran Carl Grant will be stepping down as president and COO. Grant is completing the term of his contract and notified the VTLS Board of Directors that he “plans to move in a new direction in his career.” Vinod Chachra will resume his role as the company’s president and continue as CEO. Koha Changes Hands And just in case you thought mergers and acquisitions were only for proprietary software…LibLime has just acquired the Koha Division of New Zealand-based Katipo Communications, …
SirsiDynix’s Patrick Sommers Resigns
Posted On Feb 16 2007SirsiDynix announced today that Patrick Sommers is stepping down as chief executive officer, effective immediately. As you will recall, Vista Equity Partners recently acquired SirsiDynix. This was bound to bring some major changes, including this one. I asked Sommers directly in Seattle whether he would remain at the wheel under Vista’s ownership, and he claimed that he would, but I remained suspicious. Suffice it to say, I am not surprised. Perhaps the timing is a bit odd, but the announcement itself was pretty expected. It’s slightly unusual that a replacement was not immediately ready to step in. Martin Taylor, one …