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3M will be putting out a formal announcement shortly, but in summary,3M is  committed to leading the development for a version 3.0 release of the 3M Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP). This effort will provide the necessary protocol to meet library needs for interoperability between self-service library devices and software applications with the ILS systems to support patron self service functionality.    3M will be inviting the vendor community and libraries to provide input for version 3.0.  The version 3.0 protocol is intended to address the needs that are currently being met with extensions, and other needs not currently supported by the SIP 2.0 protocol.

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