The latest release of TLC’s Library.solution is V2.2.1. It is aimed at providing improved automation and compatibilty with the latest LC practice.

The GUI has been streamlined to help librarians make additions, modifications or deletions of new titles or new copies of existing titles, with greater ease and accuracy. “With the new LibrarySolution,” Ms. Bakhtiar noted, “the GUI literally ‘knows’ a library’s holdings structure and guides the user with a collection code drop-down menu that lists valid options for the library site to which items belong. The new automation system also features an improved statistics gathering function, permitting librarians to track additions, changes and deletions of titles by branch. Further, LibrarySolution 2.1.1 is completely compatible with the new numbering formats for MARC records to be implemented by the Library of Congress.

The update is available free of charge for existing LibrarySolution customers, and will be included in all new purchases. The original product was first introduced in 1997 and has been widely adopted by institutions of all sizes and types worldwide. The company recently reported that the National Library of the Philippines contracted for delivery of LibrarySolution and workstations for its Main Site and 65 of the public libraries it supports.

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