Library Management System Checklist
How does your current system compare to a modern client/server library system? If you can’t check off the following functions, you need to consider changing systems.
Company
* Many years of dedicated experience in serving the technological needs of libraries
* Long-term track record of profitability and steady revenue growth
* A loyal, satisfied customer base, representing libraries like yours
* No “legacy” systems – customers continue to use their original system, updated annually with the latest technological advances available
Technology
* Choice of fully-developed UNIX or NT server platforms
* Choice of RDBMS
* Scalable to any size with advanced multi-tier, client/server design
* Full-text bibliographic search engine
* Centralized software and configuration management of all desktop clients in the network
* Easy Windows Wizards for all system administration functions
Flexibility
* Simple Interview Wizards to enable easy system set-up and local customization
* Unlimited size of parameter tables
* Easy global changes for parameter tables
* Ability to easily establish additional fields
* Ability to produce statistical reports for these additional fields
* Fully documented and easy-to-use Application Program Interface (API)
Management Reports
* A variety of report templates that are easily customized to provide almost unlimited reporting capabilities
* Additional custom reporting via API or SQL
* Desktop reporting completely integrated with parameter tables
* Graphical report interface that enables point and click selection of appropriate data elements, time periods, frequencies, output devices, etc.
OPAC/Web Gateway
* Integrated OPAC and Internet access
* Ability to design your own OPAC and Web pages
* Custom OPAC profiles based on a user’s login or IP address
* Choice of icons for easy searching
Digital Media Archive
* A complete system that provides an easy way to store, organize, and access your library or archive’s non-book holdings
* Maintains a variety of text, audio, and video media formats
* Supports multiple metadata formats concurrently, including Dublin Core and EAD
* Simultaneous searching of all formats
* Full-text and natural language searching
* Objects stored in their native formats
Client Design
* Streamlined Windows Wizard for every library task
* Artificial intelligence guides users quickly through each process
* Choice of mouse or keyboard entry
* Server-based client profiles enable individual user profiles to be moved automatically
* from one workstation to another
* Clients are updated automatically with push technology
* Clients are easily customized to user preferences
Cataloging/Authority Control
* Z39.50 copy cataloging with automatic holdings posted to OCLC
* Easy, direct record overlay
* Automatic generation of authority headings
Acquisitions
* Divides order amounts and percentages among funds
* Pre-processing in cataloging
Serials
* Automatic generation of prediction patterns
* SICI-based checkin to the issue level
Circulation
* Windows Wizards interface for minimal staff training
* E-mail notices
* Phone notification for all notices
Academic Reserves
* Global activation and deactivation and update of materials based on instructor, course, term, or reserve desk
* Full integration with circulation and inventory functions for tracking movement from stacks to reserve location and back
Booking
* Two-year booking calendar
* Full shipping integration
* Group bookings
* User-defined shipping schedules
Outreach Services
* Management of materials delivered to library users (e.g., homebound, nursing homes, schools, prisons, etc.)
* Schedules deliveries
* Provides interest profiles
* Automatic searching and selection of materials to match user profiles
* Reading histories to avoid duplication
Accountability
* Document classification tracking
* Support for Access Restrictions (AR) and Need to Know (NTK) Restrictions
* Support for destruction tracking
* Automatic security-based clearance/classification security
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