TCA Pressroom
Press Release
Title: LYRASIS Announces New Partnership with Relais International
Date: February 2010
Vendor: LYRASIS
Press Release:
LYRASIS Announces New Partnership with Relais International
Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2010 - LYRASIS and Relais International are pleased to announce a new partnership that broadens options for interlibrary loan and document delivery services for LYRASIS members.
Through its range of products, Relais International provides highly sophisticated systems and software to automate and streamline operations in traditional ILL and document delivery services, as well as services supporting campus delivery and distance education programs. Products now available to members across all LYRASIS regions include Relais Express, Relais ILL, and Discovery to Delivery D2D (scheduled release April 2010).
Ed McBride, chief member engagement officer of LYRASIS, said, "Relais has been working with libraries for over ten years to provide efficient and innovative solutions for their needs. We are very pleased to add Relais to our extensive catalog of products and services for members."
Clare MacKeigan, chief operating officer of Relais International, said, "We are extremely happy to be working with LYRASIS staff and we are looking forward to providing LYRASIS members with our state-of-the-art resource sharing products and services."
About LYRASIS
Created in April 2009 by the merger of PALINET and SOLINET and joined shortly thereafter by NELINET, LYRASIS is the nation's largest regional membership organization serving libraries and information professionals - providing opportunities for networking and collaboration, offering innovative solutions, and significant cost savings through group purchasing for products and services. For more information, please visit www.lyrasis.org.
About Relais International Inc.
Relais International Inc is based in Ottawa, Canada and has been selling systems to support resource sharing, interlibrary loan and document delivery services since 1996. Relais International (www.relais-intl.com) assists libraries in implementing intelligent and automated methods to support requesting through to delivery of documents. Relais products range from scanning stations through to fully integrated request management, scanning and delivery software suitable for a single library through to a consortium.
Kathy Anderson, Writer/Editor
800.233.3401, ext. 1223
kathy.anderson@lyrasis.org
Donna Vito, Manager of Communications
800.233.3401, ext. 1235
donna.vito@lyrasis.org
