library automation overview of results january 24 th 2006 jomo kenyatta memorial library
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Library Automation
Overview of Results
January 24th 2006
Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library
Contents
• End user Products– Website– Online catalogue (OPAC) – V-link– Article Database (ADB)– Loans
• Back office modules– Acquisitions– Cataloguing
• New library staff functions• Online demonstration
End user modules
Website
• The UONBI library WWW gateway to:– Information resources
• How to find books, journal articles • Links to electronic resources• Link to the online catalogue
– Library services• What are the opening hours? • Information about the loans?
http://library.uonbi.ac.ke
Manual catalogue…
Not updated since 2004 because…
Online Catalogue
• Conversion via RetroCat (250,000 records converted)
• Search for documents in all UONBI libraries• Available from anywhere 24 hours a day,
7 days a week via WWW• Search by title, author, subject etc. more options
available via advanced searching• Get a list of books published within a certain
period in a particular subject area
Online catalogue
Online Catalogue
V-link
• Guides the end-user in a consistent manner to relevant information through the information maze
• Offers deep links to related WWW information resources
• Access full text if available• Available in the online catalogue and other
electronic databases (e.g. ADB, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar…)
V-link
Article Database (ADB)
• Table of contents database
• Descriptions of articles published in more than 14,000 important periodicals from all disciplines
• V-link enabled
• Hosted on the UONBI library server
Loans module
• Borrow and return books automatically
• Currently: +900 borrowers registered
• Improved techniques for monitoring borrowed items
• Automatically calculates fines
• Integrated with the book detective for security of information resources
Issue Desk
Registration
Borrowing Books
Book detective
Returning books
Back office modules
• Acquisitions– Automates and keeps track of orders– Controls budgets
• Cataloguing– Classifying the books of the UONL– Feeds the central online catalogue
• Student Computer lab– E-resources
• Library computer lab– Training
Acquisitions
Cataloguing
Computer lab
New library staff functions• Systems librarian
– Management and coordination of ICT operations– Coordination of automated technical services– Coordination of ICT technical support– Coordination of staff training
• Electronic resources librarian– Managing the website– Helpdesk– Online subscriptions– Training
• Library system administrator– Hardware support– Software maintenance– Data security– Helpdesk– Training
• Technical support staff
Online demonstration
• Thank you!