YOUR ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE Aurora – the global library system Martin Fisk [email protected].

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YOUR ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE

Aurora – the global library system

www.ait.com.au

Martin Fisk [email protected]


AIT – Company Details

•Australian - Research & Development in Sydney

•110+ Library sites in Australia/New Zealand

•Distributors in Spain, Benelux countries, Jordan, Malaysia


AIT – Personnel

•Directors average 25 yrs in IT, 19 in Library automation

•Customers have access to local support plus Aurora R&D staff (24 hr)

•Knowledgeable and timely support


Aurora Library System

• Microsoft Windows compatible (2000/NT/98/95) • Full GUI• Client/Server or Terminal Server• Web enabled (.Net direction)• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel…)• Microsoft ADO Universal Data Access• Microsoft SQL Server, Access (Oracle option)• Inbuilt Email, FTP, Z39.50



• Unicode character set– Allows interface in any language

• MARC Support in all areas– Conforms to global bibliographic data interchange– Support for variants: MARC21, UKMARC, Ibermarc…– MARC21 for Holdings (Items) and serials control

• Z39.50 Version 3 and ISO ILL (InterLibrary Loans)

• Mouse-less -> Keyboard/Voice (Circulation)


• Hervey Bay Library– Joint Public/University library

• National Information Library Service– Sydney – Royal Blind Society– Melbourne – Royal Victorian Inst for the Blind



Aurora Circulation

• Browse or search user details

• Select by name


Aurora Circulation

• Unlimited textual user information

• Multiple addresses


Aurora Circulation

• Link family, business or educational relationships

• Point and click to access


Aurora Circulation

• Items on Loan

• Renew one or more items incl to family members


Aurora Circulation

• Pay one or more charges

• Pay, Defer, or Waive

• Provide Receipt


Aurora Circulation

• Reserves

• Change priority, collect at…

• Active / Dormant / Expire on

• Cancel / Uncancel


Aurora Circulation

• Previous Loans (optional per user type)

• Use for House-bound allocations


Aurora Circulation

• On-the-fly cataloguing option

• Access by ISBN etc

• View items & reserves per work


Aurora Circulation

• Reserve by title or by item

• Priority can be set

• Optional charge


Aurora Circulation• HTML Help

• Detailed and useful advice

• Library can change it


Aurora Cataloguing

• View in labelled mode

• Marc independent

• Captions variable e.g. by language


Aurora Cataloguing

• View in MARC mode

• Smart prompts

• Real-time validation


Aurora Cataloguing

• ISBD (card) view

• Real-time update

• Locally configured


Aurora Cataloguing

• Insert before or after tags

• Smart prompts


Aurora Cataloguing

• Coded information point & click

• Full MARC compliance – multiple MARCs

• Format Integration supported


Aurora Cataloguing

• Browse all Headings – or focus on type

• Link to modify

• Link to thesaurus


Aurora Cataloguing

• Hierarchical and dynamic thesaurus links

• Navigate to linked terms and works


Aurora Cataloguing

• View images (jpg, gif, etc); text, internet links

• Zoom in/out

• Print images

• Validate URLs


Aurora Cataloguing

Multimedia:

• Images

• Text, PDF

• Sounds

• Movies

• HTML


Aurora Cataloguing

USMARCHoldings

• Full support, incl Serial control

• Window Tree and Listviews


Aurora Cataloguing

• USMARC Holdings made easy

• Prompt as req’d, scan in barcode


Aurora Cataloguing

• Bibliographic, Holdings, and Authority formats supported

• Copy cataloguing

• Work in one or more sessions


Aurora Locator

• Select Z39.50 search sites - By clumps

- By location

- By collection


Aurora Locator• Define

search

- Author, Title, Subject

- Any Bib:1 attribute

- Full Boolean operations


Aurora Locator

• Retrieve works

• Note duplicates

• Save and load works into your local system

• View copies


Aurora Locator

• Use the tree to connect to Web sites (or Telnet) in real-time


Aurora Explorer

• Browse across all headings

– No need to select specific type, e.g. subject or series

• LC (or ALA) Filing Sequence


Aurora Explorer

• Search for keywords

• Limit search to geographic or collection areas


Aurora Explorer• This list if

more than one associated work

• Sort by any column

• Remove works with items not available


Aurora Explorer• Reserve now

• Automatic Hyperlinks

• Multimedia links

• Item information


Aurora Explorer• Public can

view and print images

• Using URL links provides Virtual library capability


Aurora Explorer• Allow users

to view own information

• Allow item self-renewals

– Extends to relations, e.g. family


Aurora Explorer• Allow users

to submit requests for books, articles and subjects

• Used for Acquisition or ILL

• View requests


Aurora Explorer• Hot links to

selected Web sites

• URL access (optional)

• Lock screen from exit

• Same buttons drive both Web & Aurora


Aurora Explorer• Build

sophisticated queries

• Re-use and combine previous queries


Aurora Explorer• HTML Help

• Link to Library, Council or University Web sites


Aurora Acquisitions• Road Map

provides easier navigation

• Copyright & InterLibrary Loans modules


Aurora Acquisitions

• Turn user or staff Suggestions into Orders or ILL requests (or reject/edit them, etc.)


Aurora Acquisitions

• List orders by supplier

• Send postal or email messages


Aurora Acquisitions• Funds may

be hierarchical

• View Fund and sub-fund information


Aurora Serials• USMARC

Holdings compatible

• Automated prediction

• Check-in and merge


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