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PRODUCTS | LIBARC - Library Management System

OVERVIEW:

LibArc Library Management System with years of experience in libraries, this system is ready to meet the day-to-day challenges your library faces.

On a daily basis, public libraries have easy circulation processes to serve patrons effectively. Late notices, reserve notices and statistical reports can be automatically printed and e-mailed without staff intervention, so that staff can help patrons with inquiries. Patrons themselves can search the library catalog from allotted user terminals. While searching, they have the ability to reserve items, renew items, check for new materials, and check on the status of reserved items and much, much more. LibArc makes this library is incomparably successful serving its patrons. This is the LibArc difference.

hese unique features have been developed over the years, with the help of librarians across the world. With a priority on active product development, LibArc will evolve with your library and with the technology of the future.

FEATURES AT A GLANCE - PUBLIC LIBRARIES:

Integrate all of your materials and electronic resources
Provide powerful searching for staff and patrons
Allow searching across different libraries.
Provide access with many new options for patrons
Option to categorize and maintain archives
Download files directly from the Internet and attach to digital collection
Manage your database with a full module for Authority Control
Use the acquisitions module to creating orders
Access comprehensive reports across all modules
Use the dedicated inventory function to track materials
Optionally Orbaud Technologies can complete your data migration project
Add a broad range of other special features to your fingertips!

Standard Modules:

Patron/Member Management
Inventory Control
Cataloging
Circulation
Reservations/Holds
Periodicals Control System
Acquisitions
Finance
Reports
User Management

Add-on Modules:

RFID
Bar Coding
Web Portal
Self-Checkout
Telephone Renewal
Computer Usage Software
Print Management

SYSTEM FEATURES:

Supervisor

This module provides a central location to effectively customize the system for each particular application. This module includes everything from system calendar and defaults for circulation guidelines to new record defaults and user security options.

Patron Management

This module provides detailed management of standard patron information for different member categories

Item Maintenance and Inventory Control

This module maintains all items in the database at the individual copy level. Included in the module are many different features saved popular searches, mass changes, kit management and full inventory control.

Circulation

This module offers standard checkout, in-house circulation, check-in, book-drop check-in, location transfers, and reserve/hold capabilities. This module provides easy-to-use functionality in all of theses areas along with detailed statistics on these transactions.

Periodicals Control System

This module provides complete management of serial or periodical records. From Journals, to magazines, to newspapers, LibArc can manage them all. Direct association with Supplier records, automatic creation of issue tables and automatic prompting for routing lists are just a few reasons that this module will be effective for your library.

Finance and Acquisition

This module provides a library with full budgetary and ordering capabilities. Handling income and expense transactions as well as automatic commitment values upon purchase order being created, gives the library seamless integration between ordering and the handling of library funds, saving time and money. A full scope of customizable financial reporting is available in conjunction with this module.

Reports

This module offers some of the most powerful and flexible reporting options in the industry. The LibArc report module is second to none. Plenty of reports are available to your library, all of which may be customized for an individual library. Canned of pre-defined reports are also provided to assist libraries as they begin using reports. Finally, automatic scheduling of reports to be saved to a file, e-mailed or printed, greatly saves time for overdue notices and regular statistical reporting.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

MINIMUM SERVER REQUIREMENTS

Pentium IV or higher with 1 GB of RAM or higher
500 MB of disk space
Windows Server 2000/2003
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 or higher
A CD-RW or Zip drive is recommended to backup your documents.
Database Management System Options or MS SQL Server 2000 or higher or Oracle 8i or higher

MAXIMUM SERVER REQUIREMENTS

TWAIN or WIA compatible scanner.
Browser options - Internet Explorer 6.x or higher or Firefox 2.x or higher or Other Mozilla based browsers.