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UK's Busiest Library Consortium Opts for Geac's Vubis Smart

Markham, Ontario and Bristol, England (ots/PRNewswire)

- BT selects Geac Vubis Smart to manage all branch libraries for
Essex  County in joint system with Southend and Thurrock Councils
MARKHAM, Ontario and BRISTOL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
Geac(R) (TSX:GAC, NASDAQ:GEAC) has won a major contract with BT to
provide its Vubis Smart library automation system to manage all
libraries  for Essex County and Southend and Thurrock Councils (Essex
Libraries  Consortium) in the United Kingdom. The contract was won in
a full tender,  which included evaluating responses from all the
major public library  systems suppliers represented in the UK. One of
the country's largest  library services and a long-standing Geac
customer, Essex Libraries  Consortium becomes the second UK Public
Authority customer for Vubis Smart,  Geac's innovative, Web-based
Library Management System, which has more than  100 installations in
Europe since its launch two years ago.
BT Consulting & Systems Integration selected Geac and its Vubis
Smart  system following a joint supplier evaluation. It was felt that
Geac is best  placed, as a leading supplier of library automation
systems, to deliver a  new system that will meet all of Essex
Libraries Consortium's current and  future requirements.
Serving almost 1.2 million members through over 90 services
points,  Essex, Southend and Thurrock Libraries will be able to offer
a wide range  of new services using Vubis Smart. Vubis Smart supports
e-government  commitments through e-books, e-payments, and on-line
registration. New user  services will include both manual and
automated SDI (Selective  Dissemination of Information).
Additionally, Vubis Smart's sophisticated  database manager supports
powerful collection management features including  local information,
the Schools Library Service, and Departmental  Collections. Vubis
Smart also supports Essex's existing RFID facilities.
"Geac's Vubis Smart is the most innovative and flexible system for
managing data in a variety of formats," said Councillor Bonnie Hart,
Cabinet Member for Libraries at Essex County Council. "We are
confident  that Vubis Smart will enable us to provide excellent
access and service to  our customers."
"We are pleased that, after a long and detailed review of the
Libraries  Automation market, BT Consulting & Systems Integration
selected the new  generation system from Geac and that as a result we
are able to continue a  long-standing relationship with Essex,
Southend and Thurrock," Steve Barker , UK General Manager of Geac
Library Solutions, said. "Our agreement with  BT Consulting & Systems
Integration reflects Geac's focus and dedication to  this important
market in the UK and we are confident that Vubis Smart will  enable
the Essex Libraries Consortium to provide new levels of service to
its customers."
Geac Vubis Smart is an easy-to-use information management system
for  libraries, archives, museums and business intelligence centers.
The Vubis  Smart information system consists of advanced Web-based
functionality for  searching information and objects. Vubis Smart
transparently incorporates  the latest standards in technology and
information, emphasizing ease of use  with simplified workflows and
comprehensive reporting. Based on the latest  Internet technology,
users are able to better manage books, CDs, DVDs and  videos and
provide broad reference capabilities for electronic books and
electronic journals in today's virtual library environment.
BT Consulting & Systems Integration
MARKHAM, Ontario and BRISTOL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
BT Consulting & Systems Integration is part of BT Global Services,
a  unit of British Telecommunications plc (www.btplc.com), and
specialises in  business transformation and change management. Its
primary activity is the  provision of consulting and systems
integration services, including  business consultancy, complex
programmed management and custom systems  design, development and
management. With major operational centres in the  UK, Continental
Europe and North America, the business employs more than 5, 000
people.
MARKHAM, Ontario and BRISTOL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
About Geac
MARKHAM, Ontario and BRISTOL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
Geac (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ: GEAC) is a global enterprise software
company  that addresses the needs of the Chief Financial Officer.
Geac's best-in- class technology products and services help
organizations do more with less  in an increasingly competitive
environment, amidst growing regulatory  pressure, and in response to
other business issues confronting the CFO.  Geac Library Solutions is
a leading provider of information management  solutions to over 2,000
information centers including National, Corporate,  Public and
Academic Libraries in over 20 countries throughout the world.
Further information is available at http://www.geac.com or through
e-mail  at  info@geac.com.
MARKHAM, Ontario and BRISTOL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations. Important factors that could cause a material
difference between these forward-looking statements and actual events
include those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Geac's
report  on Form 6-K for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004, filed
on September  8, 2004 with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission available  through the website maintained by the SEC at
www.sec.gov, and Geac's MD&A  filed on September 8, 2004 with the
Canadian Securities Administrators and  available through the website
maintained by the Canadian Securities  Administrators and the
Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at  www.sedar.com. Geac is
a registered trademark of Geac Computer Corporation  Limited. All
other marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:

For further information: Media Contacts: In Europe - Richard Moore,
Geac, +44-(0)1527-496-189, richard.moore@geac.com; In North America -
David Domeshek, Geac, +1-(508)-871-5064, david.domeshek@geac.com;
Investor Contact: Alys Scott, Geac, +1-(905)-940-3751,
alys.scott@geac.com

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