Library Automation
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Library Automation
Overview of ResultsJanuary 24th 2006
Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library
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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
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End user modules
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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?
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http://library.uonbi.ac.ke
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Manual catalogue…
Not updated since 2004 because…
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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
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Online catalogue
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Online Catalogue
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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…)
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V-link
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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
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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
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Issue Desk
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Registration
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Borrowing Books
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Book detective
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Returning books
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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
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Acquisitions
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Cataloguing
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Computer lab
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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
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Online demonstration
• Thank you!