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Forwarded message: [ganderso@MIT.EDU:Jane Burke]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marilyn McSweeney )
Tue Mar 21 12:00:30 1995
To: acq2@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 95 12:00:21
From: mgm@MIT.EDU (Marilyn McSweeney )
Here is a message that Greg forwarded to BOG for those of you who might
have wondered "whatever happened to Jane Burke?"... here she is, again!
MGM
------Forwarded Message
>From: kevinc@endinfosys.com
>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 95 17:20:44 PST
>Subject: Jane Burke joins Endeavor Information Systems, Inc.
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>Contact: Judie Binder, Endeavor Information Systems Inc.
> 1-800-762-6300, Ext. 2605
>
>
>JANE BURKE NAMED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ENDEAVOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
>
>
> ROSEMONT, Illinois -- March 16, 1995. ... Endeavor
Information Systems Inc., announced today that Jane Burke has been
named the company's president and chief executive officer. Well
known as a successful executive throughout the library and
information services world, Ms. Burke was most recently president
of NOTIS Systems, Inc., a position she held for seven years. As
president and CEO of Endeavor, Ms. Burke will manage the company's
strategic direction and oversee day-to-day operations.
Jane Burke commented, "I look forward to joining Endeavor's
outstanding management team. I have known many of them for several
years. This group has the experience and commitment to build,
deliver, and support the next generation of high performance
automated library management systems for academic and research
libraries. In a very short time, Endeavor has become a significant
participant in this market with its new Voyager system. People will
be very pleased with the efficiency and scalability of the Voyager
Library Series. We anticipate greater and greater customer
satisfaction as we continue to expand its already robust
functionality."
Jane Burke is a member of the Executive Committee of the Chicago
Software Association. She is a past president of the Exhibits Round
Table of the American Library Association and past member of the
editorial board of Information Technology and Libraries. Ms. Burke
has published in Occasional Papers, American Library Association's
Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD), and Library
Acquisitions: Practice and Theory.
Gregory T. George, general partner of Technology Funding (TFI) and
chairman of the board for Endeavor stated, "I am pleased to welcome
Jane Burke to Endeavor. She is unquestionably the senior executive
with the most extensive and consistently successful experience
automating academic and research libraries. She truly understands
how the newest technologies can be applied most effectively to meet
the changing needs of this market. Jane Burke has the vision and
energy to make an enormous contribution to Endeavor's success."
Endeavor Information Systems Inc. is a newly created library
software company committed to enhancing the power of academic and
research libraries in the networked world. The Voyager Library
Series offers total solutions in library automation using
state-of-the-art client/server architecture; open systems standards
such as TCP/IP and Z39.50; Windows-compliant graphical user
interfaces for staff and patrons; and image technology. Endeavor is
currently supporting Voyager 2.0, a new release presently being
installed at customer sites on three continents. This version
supports expanded authority control functionality and
second-generation Windows clients for staff and patrons. Endeavor
plans to introduce its first major new release, Voyager Version 3.0,
in mid-1995. The company is located at 9700 W. Higgins Road,
Rosemont, IL 60018.
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