Library Automation

Library Automation

Overview of ResultsJanuary 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!