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5 <br />RFP Response <br />for Springfield Free Public Library <br />LS2 Kids is the children's version of TLC's successful LS2 PAC - the same technology with <br />new features oriented to younger library users. It's powerful software with an intuitive, easy - <br />to -use interface that helps children find exactly what they're looking for within a library's <br />collection. <br />His_ tore <br />TLC evolved from providing MARCFICHE to over 5,000 libraries in the seventies and <br />eighties. From that humble start grew today's TLC -- an international company of over 200 <br />employees, with headquarters at our 50 -acre Research Park facility in eastern West Virginia. <br />TLC has historically anticipated, and therefore kept ahead of changes in technology. When <br />MS -DOS and CD -ROM technologies appeared in the early 1980's, we worked to develop <br />ways to bring personal computing technology to libraries. We succeeded, and in 1985 we <br />were the first organization in the world to successfully apply CD -ROM technology to the <br />storage of data. That hardware is now housed at the Smithsonian Institution. <br />Libraries welcomed our first CD -ROM product, BiblioFile Cataloging. It quickly became the <br />most popular desktop cataloging tool in the history of library technical services. To help <br />librarians acquire the equipment to use the program, we created a special subscription offer <br />that allowed us to give away thousands of desktop computers. <br />Thanks to BiblioFile's popularity, TLC grew quickly from 1985 to early 1990. We doubled <br />every six months, increasing from eight to 80 employees. We outgrew our former facility and <br />(W moved to today's facility -- which includes an ever - expanding building surrounded by <br />wooded acres. <br />We introduced the world's first multi -media CD -ROM OPAC, The Intelligent Catalog, in <br />1987. With context - sensitive, spoken help messages and fast searching, 'The Intelligent <br />Catalog' was a success. We quickly followed 'The Intelligent Catalog' with 'BiblioFile <br />Circulation' to round out our full line of PC -based automation solutions. <br />While these products were being created, TLC was developing unique programming to <br />process the MARC data needs of libraries. Since then, we have converted, processed, and <br />built MARC databases for hundreds of libraries, including some of the largest union catalogs <br />in the world. Today, we process over 4.2 billion MARC records annually. <br />In 1995, TLC took the lead again by creating ITS-for WindowsTM, the successor to BiblioFile <br />Cataloging. ITS-for Windows features an easy to use graphical interface in a familiar <br />Windows environment. Its capabilities have won it continuous praise and thousands of users <br />worldwide. Today, ITS-for Windows boasts Z39.50 client capabilities that allow access to <br />online MARC data from around the world, including our own 20 million MARC record <br />database on our Z39.50 server. <br />In February of 1997, TLC introduced Library-Solution to the library world. <br />Library-Solution TM is an Oracle- based, integrated library management system utilizing the <br />familiar graphical interfaces of Windows and the World Wide Web. <br />Library-Solution quickly became the integrated library management system of choice for <br />libraries, making it the fastest growing library automation system in the world. <br />April 1, 2010 The Library Corporation Page 2 <br />Attachment number 3 <br />F -12 Page 232 <br />