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Database Management
Easy maintenance of Database through Backup (Taking a backup of the existing database),
Restoring (restoring the old database to the current one to referrer old details),
Clearing the Old Transactions, Closed Purchase orders. Importing and exporting the
data from and to MARC 21 format using MARC tags, to facilitate transfer of data
between networked libraries.
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Administrator
Creating users (For E.g. Transaction, OPAC, Reports, Masters, Librarian, etc.) with
access to specific modules or sub menu along with password and expiry date. There
is no upper limit and any number of users can be created. Spelling correction of
mater material entry by Find and Replacement (Bulk), Log maintenance , etc. can
be done.
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Acquisition
Purchase requisition, On line approval, Purchase order generation for regular items
(Books, CDs etc.) and Subscribed items (serials). Purchase orders, Renewals can
be sent through E-mail to the vendors. Updating the purchase request status.
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Journals
Simplified Journal entries with a master, transaction and Journal auto issues generation.
Detailed Article indexing, Reports on Journal data, journals bindings, Missing issues
and Journal circulation report.
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Transaction
Bar-code enabled circulation (Issue, Return, Bulk Issue, Bulk Returns, Renewal,
Reservation and ILL(Inter Library Loan) for all kinds of materials. Maintaining
the details of the material which has been Issued, Returned, Reserved, Cancellation
of existing reservation and sent for binding.
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Bar-Coding
SGenerate ID cards for members with bar-code(Member ID) and Photograph (Optional)
and Accession number labels with bar-code(Accession number) along with Classification
number and Organisation/Institution name and logo in each label
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Statistics
Search for Materials(Books, CDs, Journals, etc), Members, Vendors, Purchase orders,
Transactions, Reservations, Budget Analysis, etc., The search can be performed for
selected fields and the results can be saved in the Excel Sheet.
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Search
Graphical representation of reports of Materials in Demand, Circulation statistics,
best readers, Stock status, Vendor Rating, expenditure analysis, The graphs has
been generated as Bar chart or Pie chart or Line chart initially and can be shown
in Ascending or Descending order the way user prefers. The graphs can edited and
beautified directly by the user before printing in the hard form.
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OPAC
Online Public Access Cateloguing Search for Books, Journals, CDs, etc., Web Search(connecting
to Library Of Congress), Reservation of Items, Material List(Unique Titles), Purchase
Requisitions, etc., Digital Library files can be directly viewed from any node on
Read only mode. Virtual Library Collections(Articles/Sites) can be directly viewed
from any node provide Internet facility is extended to that node.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Radio Frequency Identification is the technology that has revolutionized the way
identification and tracking of items is carried out. It's key features are - Contact
less, works on Non-line of sight, Acts as a data carrier, Simultaneous Identification
of tags, Reusable, Fast transaction, high security for materials.
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Cataloguing
User defined material categories (viz. Books, Journals, DVDs etc.), simplified material
master entry for all kinds of materials including Books, Non-Books, Digital Library
(any kind of (downloaded)file or collection of files can be catalogued from anywhere
in the network and retrieved through OPAC), Virtual Library (Web address of articles,
sites, e-journals, etc. can be catalogued and retrieved through OPAC) etc., Multiple
copies entry, User defined member categories (To fixing the due days with material
category wise, fine amount, SDI Access etc., for different member categories like
Students, Librarians, HOD, Professor etc.), Member registration with photo identification,
Vendor registration, Budget Master (For allocating budget amount to different departments),
Currency value updation, User defined calender with Holiday list generation. All
master entries/modifications/deletions information will be maintained in a Log file
with user name and time of operation for administrator reference. Library news can
be entered here, which will be displayed in OPAC with Library Collections.
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Documentation
Report generation on material availability, circulation statistics, New Arrivals,
periodicals not received, dailies not received, budget analysis, expenditure analysis
etc. for selected fields in the selected format as Excel Sheet. Generation of no
due certificates, Reminders for overdue material, Fine collections. Reminder to
members and vendors through E-mail, SDI(Selective Dissemination of Information),
CAS(Current Awareness Services), Generating bar code enabled ID cards with photo
identity and bar code slips for materials. Report generation is flexible and only
the fields selected by the user will appear in the report according to the criteria
set by the user and in the sort order set by the user. The user can beautify these
reports before printing in the hard form.
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Online Help
Online Help for Libsoft operating procedure. Detailed steps for each operation can
be availed by pressing Help key F1.
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