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BUYERS GUIDE: Library
Software
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Application(s)
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Product
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Description
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Supplier
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Circulation
Inventory Management
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4infovision.com
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Keep track of what's checked out, when it's due, and who
is on the wait list to get it next. Know when pamphlet inventories are
getting low then click Vendor Detail to easily reorder. When you need to decide
what to add to your library, just print a report that shows what items and/or
topics are in hot demand.
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4infovision.com
102 N
Hazel St
Glenwood,
IA 51534
800-237-1808
information@4infovision.com
www.4infovision.com/LLSoftwareCart.html
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Catalog
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browselibrary.com
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Browse your library over the Web with browselibrary.com. Your
collection can be available to your patrons on the Web. This Internet library
is personalized with your library's name, contact information, a unique Web
link and more.
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4infovision.com
102 N
Hazel St
Glenwood,
IA 51534
800-237-1808
information@4infovision.com
www.4infovision.com/LLSoftwareCart.html
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ILS
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AGent VERSO™
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AGent VERSO™ is a complete, 100% Web-based,
integrated library management system (ILS), designed to help libraries of all
sizes efficiently and effectively manage their resources while significantly
improving patron information and service delivery. Through a single,
comprehensive staff interface libraries can effectively manage all their
resources through a variety of integrated modules—including
circulation, cataloging, serials, acquisitions, a MARC resource and digital
content management—combined with an intuitive, easy to use OPAC.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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ILL
Resouce Sharing
Consortial Borrowing
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AGent Resource
Sharing™
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AGent Resource Sharing™ enables library consortium
members to select the most appropriate resource sharing option while managing
all the transactions in one system. AGent Resource Sharing supports and
manages mediated ILL transactions, mediated or unmediated patron-initiated
ILL transactions, and circulation-based direct consortial borrowing
transactions. Libraries can select the option best suited to each individual
trading partner.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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Search
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AGent Search™
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AGent Search™ is a powerful Web services application
that enables searching across multiple, disparate, free and proprietary
content sources simultaneously, while delivering aggregated results. Users are
guided towards quality, authoritative resources and away from the
“unfiltered” results obtained through the open Web. Library staff
can simplify searching by configuring databases into category-based groupings
for end users, helping them greatly improve the speed and quality of their
information discovery.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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Catalog
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AGent MARCit™
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Access millions of quality MARC records and other
cataloging resources from a company that’s been serving the public
library community for over 30 years. Effortlessly perform a variety of
cataloging tasks with all changes reflected in real-time. AGent MARCit
includes federated searching of unlimited cataloging resources, our advanced
MARC record editor, a variety of administrative tools, and more to streamline
your workflow.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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Digital Libraries
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AGent Digital
Collections™
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AGent Digital Collections™ is a simple and
affordable Web-based solution that assists libraries with the creation and display
of digital assets. Libraries can easily share their resources by placing
these items, which were once limited to internal library viewing only, online
for patrons to conveniently search and discover. The solution includes all of
the necessary cataloging, search and display software to get started. Use our
simple, user-friendly Web form for entering collection data, or add our AGCat
Editor MARC tool for more extensive cataloging needs.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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ILL
Resource Sharing
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AGent TRACEit™
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AGent TRACEit provides member libraries with a rich
depository of holdings of verified resource sharing sources beyond traditional
interlibrary loan boundaries. The AGent TRACEit solution was designed for
libraries that are not currently a part of a traditional consortium but would
still like to offer resource sharing to their constituents. The system
provides the user with an efficient methodology to locate hard to find
resource sharing material and invoke a standard ILL tracking system to
communicate with the potential lender.
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Auto-Graphics
3201
Temple Avenue
Pomona,
CA 91768-3279
800-776-6939
or
909-595-7004
www.auto-graphics.com
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GIS
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Sajara®
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Sajara® is Web-based geographic digital asset management software that enables
organizations to provide a geographically searchable index of collections of digital
assets including digitized photographs, maps, audio, and video. Assets can be
managed by organizations’ staff and searched by the public by street
address, intersection, neighborhood, and by regular search functions such as
keyword, date and topic. Sajara is customizable to the needs of any
organization.
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Avencia
340 N
12th St, Suite 402
Philadelphia,
PA 19107
215-925-2600
info@avencia.com
www.avencia.com
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Bibliographic
Search
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Library Master
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The Library Master bibliographic and textual database
manager makes it easy to manage bibliographic information. Library Master
automatically formats the bibliography, footnotes and citations for your
paper, thesis or book in numerous bibliographic styles. It makes it easy to
organize research notes and project records. Create an inexpensive online
catalog for any collection of books, periodicals, audio-visuals, corporate
documents and other materials. Library Master is compatible with all versions
of Windows, including Windows Vista.
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Balboa Software
P.O. Box
3751
Scottsdale,
AZ 85271-3751
800-763-8542
or
480-632-1901
sales@balboa-software.com
www.balboa-software.com
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ILS
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Apollo™
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Our Apollo automation system excels at meeting the needs
of small- and medium-sized public libraries, because that's all we do. We don't
deal with school libraries, academic libraries, or big-city libraries.
Apollo's breadth of patron capabilities engages patrons at a whole new level,
helping you build your community. Its hosted approach removes software
installation and server headaches. Apollo™ was designed within the
library environment by practicing librarians and patrons.
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Biblionix
3300 Bee
Cave Road
Suite
650-1261
Austin,
TX 78746
877-800-5625
www.biblionix.com
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Networking
Internet
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Calliope
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E-mail: If you're hosting your own E-mail in-house, now's
the time to let Calliope handle things like backups, and Webmail, and
filtering out spam and viruses. If you're using personal E-mail addresses or
accounts from free providers, now is the time to upgrade and look
professional. We'll help you pick a domain name and handle all the details,
including filtering, backups, and Webmail. We can in most cases set up
domains ending with lib.tx.us free of charge others may require a small registration
fee. Web Site: Calliope will allow you to put your Web site on our server.
Enjoy the benefits of your site being served from a dedicated data center,
and deal with one fewer technology provider. If you don't have the time to
create and manage a Web site, you can still use your domain/URL to point
directly to your Apollo catalog. This gives you a Web presence without having
to maintain a Web site! When you are ready to create and maintain a site,
it's a snap to change it over. Off-site Backup: Your documents are critical.
Sending them securely to Calliope's off-site backup in a different city
enables them to survive hardware failure, fire, or any other data-unfriendly
event.
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Biblionix
3300 Bee
Cave Road
Suite
650-1261
Austin,
TX 78746
877-800-5625
www.biblionix.com
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Reporting
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Clio
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If your library is like most, you offer patrons free
access to Internet databases. These are powerful research tools and an
important element of your service. But they are also costly. Do you wonder
about their degree of use? Could your supervisor or board benefit from
graphical usage statistics? With Clio, Biblionix's database usage tracking
service, you can have just that and more. Consider these advantages: In-library
and external usage tracking graphical or tabular results over any time period
you choose add, delete, or change the settings of trackers at any time no
software to install it's an Internet subscription service and secure login
specifically for database tracking access.
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Biblionix
3300 Bee
Cave Road
Suite
650-1261
Austin,
TX 78746
877-800-5625
www.biblionix.com
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ILL
Reporting
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Melpomene
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Your patrons have access to publications beyond the stacks
of your building. Interlibrary lending via OCLC is a valuable service that
broadens the scope of your catalog. But keeping track of interlibrary loan
requests and statistics can be a tedious process. With Melpomene, Biblionix
has automated the process to eliminate paper, increase accuracy and reduce
time spent by your personnel. Through our simple Web interface, you can track
and update the status of each request, as well as view statistics on past
requests. Melpomene tracks every loan with a comprehensive record including
title, author, and patron information. When your receive the material, your
librarian simply updates the record with the lending library name and due
date. When returning the material, it's just one click to close the loan. No
paper to shuffle and file yearly and monthly totals provided for reporting no
software to install it's an Internet subscription service and secure login
specifically for ILL tracking access.
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Biblionix
3300 Bee
Cave Road
Suite
650-1261
Austin,
TX 78746
877-800-5625
www.biblionix.com
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ILS
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Atriuum™
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Atriuum offers it all and is the ultimate centralized library
automation solution for one library to multi-branch libraries or one school to
school districts. Because it is 100% browser-based, patrons have better
access to library materials and their library account, period. Atriuum is so
easy to work with because it operates similar to other library automation
products you already use, without limitations. Centralized installation,
centralized maintenance, worry-free updates administered by the software
vendor, designed specifically for Linux or Windows 2003 Servers, accessible
from workstations with supported Web browser, accessible via a WAN or the
Internet, Optional Application Service Provider (ASP), and traditional
library functions.
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Book Systems
4901
University Square, Suite 3
Huntsville,
AL 35816
800-219-6571
or
256-533-9746
sales@booksys.com
www.booksys.com
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ILS
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Concourse®
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Concourse is Book Systems' library automation software for
the Windows environment. Concourse allows for easy navigation using an icon flowchart
on the Navigator screen, menu options, or keyboard shortcuts to perform
functions. Any Windows-based library automation program that you choose
should be: Easy-to-use with context-sensitive help, intuitive of what you
expect it to do meet or exceed your needs, and well supported. Concourse
meets these criteria.
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Book Systems
4901
University Square, Suite 3
Huntsville,
AL 35816
800-219-6571
or
256-533-9746
sales@booksys.com
www.booksys.com
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Catalog
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eZcat®
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 eZcat is a feisty cataloging tool
that really hits the MARC! No more per-record fees. No more out-of-date CDs.
No more online subscriptions. Internet access allows eZcat to help you take advantage
of Z39.50 technology by obtaining free MARC 21 records. Search multiple
library databases simultaneously Library of Congress and over 400 other
publicly listed libraries—and retrieve cataloging data for all of your
library materials books, video, audio, computer files, etc .
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Book Systems
4901
University Square, Suite 3
Huntsville,
AL 35816
800-219-6571
or
256-533-9746
sales@booksys.com
www.booksys.com
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Catalog
K-12
Collection Management
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DartClix for
Kids®
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DartClix 4 Kids is a subscription service providing
professionally selected and cataloged Web sites for grades K-5 in MARC
format. Enhance your library's children's collection by offering age-appropriate
Web site records viewed directly from your OPAC.
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Brodart Books & Automation
500 Arch
Street
Williamsport,
PA 17701
800.474.9816
support@brodart.com
www.books.brodart.com
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Catalog
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Precision One®
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The Precision One Cataloging System is a cataloging
resource tool designed to make your retrospective conversion and ongoing cataloging
more accurate, efficient and cost effective. Easy to use, our cataloging tool
provides excellent hit rate, saving valuable staff time and minimizing time
spent cataloging.
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Brodart Books & Automation
500 Arch
Street
Williamsport,
PA 17701
800.474.9816
support@brodart.com
www.books.brodart.com
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Catalog
Collection Management
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DartClix®
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 DartClix is a subscription service
providing professionally selected and cataloged Web sites in MARC format.
Enhance your library's collection by offering quality Web site records viewed
directly from your OPAC. DartClix records are in delivered in MARC format and
are easily imported into your library's catalog. With DartClix, you will be
able to present hundreds of new, information-rich Web sites to your patrons
and staff each month. DartClix also provides librarians with a means to
consistently provide professionally selected and cataloged sites.
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Brodart Books & Automation
500 Arch
Street
Williamsport,
PA 17701
800.474.9816
support@brodart.com
www.books.brodart.com
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Catalog
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SmartMARC
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Industry-standard cataloging tool used to locate full MARC
records, update them, and save them directly into any library automation
system that supports standard MARC/MicroLIF records.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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Search
K-12
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SneakPeek
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Allow your students to access title reviews, summaries and
cover art for more than 1.4 million ISBNs and associated data
elements—all within Alexandria.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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Search
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SearchALL
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Can your patrons find desired information in one easy search?
Do they have to search numerous sources many times to find what they need?
Alexandria SearchALL is the answer to this problem.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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Reading Skills
K-12
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Lexiles
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Improve student reading scores with this valuable scoring system
that allows students to search for, and find, titles in their Lexile target
range—all within Alexandria.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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ILS
K-12
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Alexandria for K-12
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Cross-platform library automation for K-12 schools.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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ILS
Academic
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Alexandria for
Universities & Corporations
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Cross-platform library automation for academic and
corporate libraries.
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COMPanion Corporation
1831 Fort
Union Blvd.
Salt Lake
City, UT 84121-3041
800-347-6439
info@goalexandria.com
www.goalexandria.com
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Activity Tracking
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Desk Tracker
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Desk Tracker lets library staff record activity and events
simply and reliably. The friendly interface allows for fast, one-click
entries, with the flexibility to collect detailed data and follow-up
information. Each service point or branch in your system can maintain a
unique, customized Desk Tracker environment, with data-entry forms that suit
your library.
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Compendium Library Services
PO Box
222
Red Feather
Lakes, CO 80545-0222
928-881-2477
www.compendiumlib.com
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ILS
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STAR/Libraries
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STAR/Libraries is Cuadra's integrated library system. It
is painless to implement and easy-to-use. With its fast, precise retrieval,
your users can easily find the specific information they need, when they need
it. STAR/Libraries is designed for both traditional and electronic library
collections, with support for full text and links to electronic
files—on your network or on the Internet. In addition, it supports
acquisitions, cataloging, online public access catalog (OPAC), serials,
request management, and circulation. It can also be used to support indexing
and abstracting, management of online reference searches, "idea"
banks, and catalogs of information collections in user departments.
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Cuadra Associates
11835 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 855
Los
Angeles, CA 90064
310-478-0066
hq@cuadra.com
www.cuadra.com
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Catalog
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CyberTools
OPAC
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CyberTools builds powerful search tools that
are presented in an intuitive, elegant display. CyberTools means fast,
comprehensive, and reliable search results. The CyberTools OPAC is compliant
with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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CyberTools for
Libraries
Blanchard House
249 Ayer Road, Suite 302
Harvard, MA 01451-1133
800-894-9206
cybertoolsforlibraries.com
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Authority Management
Catalog
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CyberTools
Cataloging and Authority Management
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CyberTools offers a complete suite of
Cataloging utilities, authority functions, and reports to manage all aspects
of cataloging for your library. You can handle multiple and union catalogs
with complete flexibility. Set up your libraries and/or catalogs to share
information as you wish, to enable independent and union Catalog searches.
The easy consortia choice: affiliated libraries share a single bibliographic record
file, while managing unique patron and holdings files.
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CyberTools for
Libraries
Blanchard House
249 Ayer Road, Suite 302
Harvard, MA 01451-1133
800-894-9206
cybertoolsforlibraries.com
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Circulation
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CyberTools
Circulation
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CyberTools for Libraries features a
sophisticated Circulation system that meets the needs of libraries of all
sizes. Libraries create their own circulation parameters, and have a rich
resource of patron, inventory, and system management tools. You have complete
flexibility in setting and updating your own policies. A simple, intuitive
interface means that training your circulation staff is fast and easy.
Multiple windows and functions are available to circulation staff at one
time, to reflect the frequent needs for multitasking in this area of the
library.
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CyberTools for
Libraries
Blanchard House
249 Ayer Road, Suite 302
Harvard, MA 01451-1133
800-894-9206
cybertoolsforlibraries.com
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Serials
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CyberTools
Serials
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CyberTools for Libraries is the only library
automation package that includes integrated Serials Management. This is a
primary reason why CyberTools is used extensively in academic, research, and
special libraries. We recognize that your staff is your most precious
resource: Serials Management saves you valuable time, thanks to efficient
serials check-in and routing, claiming, bindery management, reporting, and
many other smart features. This powerful Serials Management Module also works
seamlessly with the Cataloging and Public Catalog Modules of other library
systems.
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CyberTools for
Libraries
Blanchard House
249 Ayer Road, Suite 302
Harvard, MA 01451-1133
800-894-9206
cybertoolsforlibraries.com
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Catalog
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CyberTools
Z39.50
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CyberTools for Libraries supports Z39.50
version 3, the standard for information retrieval among disparate library automation
systems. The Z39.50 standard is designed to support searching and retrieval
of full-text documents, bibliographic data, images and multimedia. The
standard is based on client-server architecture and is fully operational over
the Internet. The CyberTools Z39.50 server meets the Bath and Texas profiles:
any Z39.50 client can access this server. For example, a librarian in your
consortium could search your catalog with his or her favorite thus
familiar-Z39.50 client. Or, your patrons and staff can simultaneously search
your catalog and other catalogs of interest, for example, those of
neighboring libraries that also have Z39.50 servers. As a bonus, the
CyberTools for Libraries Z39.50 server uses the same powerful search engine
as the Online Catalog, insuring identical and powerful search results.
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CyberTools for
Libraries
Blanchard House
249 Ayer Road, Suite 302
Harvard, MA 01451-1133
800-894-9206
cybertoolsforlibraries.com
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Reporting
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Data Tracker for
Libraries
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Data Tracker for Libraries is a full-featured database
system designed for small libraries. You can use the software to keep track
of all types of books, magazines, videos, CDs and other media. For each item
you can track title, author, subject, publisher, copyright year, date
received, cost, image, value, minimum desired quantity, current quantity,
ISBN, supplier, location, notes and much more. You can also record a loan
history for each item, and you can generate reports showing you which items
are overdue. The software also supports most bar code readers and can
automatically generate and print bar codes. In addition, you can also use
your bar code reader to easily jump to items in your database. The software
features advanced reporting, graph generation, data export, a powerful search
engine, full customization, optional Web publishing and more.
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Data Village
#234,
5149 Country Hills Blvd NW
Suite 103
Calgary,
AB T3A 5K8 Canada
403-703-6777
info@datavillage.com
www.datavillage.com
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Catalog
Circulation
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PC-Card Catalog
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PC Card Catalog is a cataloging and circulation system
designed for the smaller library with a limited budget. Serrving more
advanced demands for small- to medium-sized libraries is our CONCEPT 1
system. While providing an even more comprehensive feature set, it still
maintains the familiar ease-of-operation and affordable pricing. Both systems
run in Windoxs 9x through Vista.
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Library Concepts
3801
Glenmont Drive
Fort
Worth, TX 76133
800-519-7537
info@libraryconcepts.com
www.libraryconcepts.com
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Event Management & Scheduling
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E•vents
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Imagine everyone across your library and community
having instant, online access to your library’s programs and
events. This is exactly what
E•vents provides. More than
just a web calendar, E•vents is a full program and event management
utility. E•vents is an
entirely web-based application that is flexible enough to meet the varying needs of libraries of all budgets and
sizes, single and multi-branch environments. All features have been developed with
the input of librarians in order to help streamline workflow and improve
program and event management processes such as program planning,
registration, attendance, statistics reporting, promotion, and more. E•vents handles getting library
programs and events into the calendar, and then allows the option for online
registration. The outreach and public relations component enables patrons
to receive automatic email
notifications about new programs and events as well as reminders for programs
they want to attend.
E•vents may be used alone or in conjunction with the Room
Rese•rve software to further streamline workflow.
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E•vanced
Solutions, Inc.
712 Willow Pointe North Drive
Plainfield, IN 46168
888-519-5770
sales@evancedsolutions.com
www.evancedsolutions.com
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Meeting Room Management
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Room
Rese•rve
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Are your meeting spaces managed by a single
staff person? Do you allow self-service options for staff and patrons? Or, do
you have an approval process for room requests that incorporates elements of
both approaches? No matter what your approach, Room Rese•rve
is flexible enough to adapt to your library and the way you
manage your rooms. Room Rese•rve is a
user-friendly, cost-effective room scheduling software designed to manage the
meetings and events that take place in your library. All features have been
developed with the input of librarians in order to help streamline workflow and
improve processes related to room management, staff and patron requests,
equipment management, and more. The web-based software makes
information easily accessible, eliminates
double bookings, and provides self-service options for patrons. Other features include automatic
email confirmations and reminders, the ability to handle recurring
reservations, equipment management, and generation of detailed reports and
statistics. Libraries have the option to post room
schedules online for patrons to view.
The option to allow patrons to submit reservation requests online is
also available. Room Rese•rve may be used alone or in
conjunction with the E•vents software to further streamline workflow.
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E•vanced
Solutions, Inc.
712 Willow Pointe North Drive
Plainfield, IN 46168
888-519-5770
sales@evancedsolutions.com
www.evancedsolutions.com
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Educational Products
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Summer
Re•ader
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Summer Re•ader provides a new and easy way to manage summer
and year-round reading programs and interest groups for patrons of all
ages. It is entirely web-based and ties into your library's
website so staff and patrons can easily
access it from anywhere there’s a computer with Internet
access. Summer Re•ader is incredibly flexible
in order to meet the varying needs of libraries of all shapes and sizes. All of the features have been
developed with the input of librarians in order to help streamline and
improve reading program processes.
Not only does Summer Re•ader help library staff manage in-house
registration, it also offers an online registration self-service option for
patrons. Other key features
include reading and progress logging, prize management and distribution,
drawings, and mediated reviews.
Summer Re•ader also allows staff to easily collect and
manipulate statistics and produce reports with only a few
clicks. No more counting cards and tallying
statistics by hand!
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E•vanced
Solutions, Inc.
712 Willow Pointe North Drive
Plainfield, IN 46168
888-519-5770 < |