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Here are the research questions c&p'd from the assignment. Feel free to begin answering any of them...

What are its features? Strengths and weaknesses? Pros and cons of purchasing and implementing it? What do other school librarians have to say about it? If you have worked with the system, what are your own personal observations about it?


 * I love using Sirsi. It is so easy to understand and work with. They have a lot of different features that a fun to try out, although most do not need to be used in a school in my opinion, but are just fun. The do have a program that is designed for schools that is very compact. Down side is that it seems to get overrun often with information and different requests. This cause it to be slow at times, which is at times a major problem in the school library setting. Overall though, I would encourage everyone to use.** **One item to note for me however is that I have not used other programs.

Seth**

What are the hardware specifications?

Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, MAC OS X(10.4 or higher on Intel or PowerPC) Computer: Minimum: 700MHz; Suggested 1GHz RAM: Minimum: 512MB; Suggested 2 GB Disk Space: 100MB Moniter: 1024x768 or better
 * I got this info too:

Hope that all looks good.

Seth**

Are they compatible with your school’s IT network (**let's pick one person's IT network to work with, perhaps Seth**?)?

If I need to find more let me know. I will start working on this part for a memo as well. It will pretty much be what I already wrote, but I will make it sound more professional.**
 * After doing some digging around and checking out what exactly our IT Network is and what Sirsi requires, that are a perfect fit. As long as the district is using Windows 2000 or newer the software is compatible. I think what might hurt some schools is the amount of MHz needed to run the program. You need at least 700 MHz and it is suggested you have at least 1 GHz, so if the school does not have a very good internet provider this will hurt them. It is also recommended that you have JAVA on the computer you are using it. One nice thing about using Sirsi is that you can access the system away from the library itself. As long as you have the program downloaded on a computer and can access the internet then you are golden to work away from the Library.


 * Seth**

Is the system web-based?


 * Yes.**