ILIAC and Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
present
New automation system for small and medium-range libraries
Automated Library System
IRBIS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• Support of any number of databases;
• Maximum number of records in one database - 16 000 000;
• Variable length of fields and records, providing compact data storage;
• Automated technology of creating dictionaries that enable direct search by all bibliographic elements;
• Support of graphics and full text;
• USMARC and UNIMARC formats compatibility. USMARC-UNIMARC and UNIMARC-USMARC converters are available;
• Uniform solution for creating Web-server with links to IRBIS databases;

The system operates in LAN or on a standalone PC under Windows 95/98/NT or UNIX (LINUX, FreeBSD).

It has 5 modules: Acquisition, Cataloging, Circulation, User, Administrator. All modules have menu-driven and hot key interface.

ACQUISITION

• Primary entry of concise bibliographic data and other types of data (subscription cards and order lists for current and next year subscription statistics);
• Transfer of records to OPAC;

CATALOGING

• Bibliographic description in UNIMARC format;
• A set of worksheets for different types of bibliographic description;
• Collective descriptions of serials edition, including information on access to all issues and a separate issue description;
• Linguistic processing (classifying, subject indexing) including the subject navigation through the subject heading dictionary and/or the thesaurus;
• One-off processing of multi-volume publications;
• A set of data entry facilities with menus, directories, dictionaries, embedded worksheets;
• Control of individual bibliographic elements and of full description;
• The automatic duplication check;
• Links from bibliographic description to graphic data and full texts of documents;
• A variety of output bibliographic descriptions forms;
• Search facilities with further editing and copying possibilities.

CIRCULATION

• Easy and convenient processing and control of requests;
• Current information on the available copies;
• Control of the borrowed items and the borrowers;
• Circulation statistics, e.g. overdue and loan information;
• Bar coding circulation technology.

USER

• User-friendly interface;
• A set of search options enabling quick search (by direct access via dictionaries) in the Electronic Catalog databases by all main bibliographic elements and their combinations;
• Non-paper technology of requests.

ADMINISTRATOR

A workstation for system administrator monitoring and controlling database maintenance.

PRICES

Special version for the libraries making their first steps towards automation and for small /home libraries - Mini IRBIS that includes Cataloging, User and Administrator modules. Maximum number of records in one database - 25 000. Price - $1 100.

Special discount is provided for educational institutions and public libraries.

To order, please contact us at:
E-mail: iliac@iliac.org
Fax: 1 (202) 463 7582
URL: http://www.iliac.org