Integrated Library System (ILS) Challenges and Opportunities: A Survey of U.S. Academic Libraries with Migration Projects

Wang, Zhonghong

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2009.03.024

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“…Preparing for the migration, libraries usually conduct a thorough investigation of functionalities and flexibility of ILS available in the market. Library system personnel and administrators take the selection process seriously, spending even up to two years for the detailed examination of the available ILS solutions (Wang, 2009). Published research about available open source ILS, according to specific functionalities, is therefore very useful to libraries.…”

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Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

Macan

Fernández

Stojanovski

2013

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Abstract:Purpose -The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) -Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their "next-generation library catalog" functionalities, and to give comparison of other important features available through ILS modules.Design/methodology/approach -Two open source ILSs, Koha and ABCD, were compared in-depth according to their functionalities and characteristics. A checklist was created for each module: acquisition, cataloging, serials, patron management and circulation, reports and statistics, and administration. For an online catalog module, a separate checklist with "new generation catalog" characteristics was created. Authors also defined an additional set of criteria which could influence the decision process and selection of appropriate ILS like funding, metadata schema, preferred ILS functionalities, provided support, and the role of the IT department, and computer and network infrastructure in the library.Findings -Evaluation of ILSs reveals that Koha has more functionalities than ABCD, especially those connected with the "next generation library catalog". If library is using UNIMARC or MARC21 format for bibliographic description and has a good IT support, Koha is an open source ILS with wide community which has to be considered for implementation. ABCD has great metasearch possibilities and is worth to be considered for libraries using other or no metadata schemas or without IT support. Originality/value -This is the first comprehensive study conducted on Koha and ABCD comparing all modules in details. Research limitations/implications

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

Macan

Fernández

Stojanovski

2013

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“…In addition to the implementation of the experimental study, the automated integrated library system's technical components VTLS -VIRTUA are improved. The technical authorization of the necessary modifications to the development of the database structure is carried out in full coordination between the technical team of the database with the system support team in the United States and its regional headquarters in Spain (Wang, 2009).…”

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Development of relational construction for the GESR database

Sawy¹

2018

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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This study seeks to develop the infrastructure of the Gulf Electronic Scientific Research database (GESR), which depends on one of the integrated library systems that operate under the Machine readable cataloging (Henceforth, MARC21), The development of the database aims to optimize and expand the multi-language data display. As well as it enlarges databases reading resources of research systems in the Bibliographic Record MARC21, whether for basic search, advanced search, or specialized research. It also develops the capabilities of the fixed-length data field (008) to enhance the advanced search capabilities. The development system includes the expansion of crossing references to link the different forms of the main and added entries. The study aims at improving the application of RDA rules and the data display system according to the possibilities of the displaying form of the side sorting of the contents on the database website so that the lists of authors, title, keywords and biographies, Patents, institutions, and meetings. The research is based on the experimental analytical method, which depends on data analysis and processing through the integrated automated system, It presents the knowledge database as a unique system that combines the requirements of collecting and storing data availability and the technical work rules required by the MARC21 format. The researcher applied the analytical descriptive and the experimental approaches in order to identify the general and specific frameworks for the structure of the GESR database and to review the mechanisms for evaluating and developing the components of the integrated library system VTLS-VIRTUA.

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“…The new cataloging guidelines were published under the heading Description of sources and made available in June 2010; To be a new standard for describing and making available all types of content and media in the digital world, and this standard also enables users of library indexes, museums and other information organization systems to search, define, select and purchase appropriate sources for their information needs (Wang, 2009). The implementation of the standard was officially approved in April 2013 at the Library of Congress, and many major libraries around the world followed suit, especially with the availability of the standard toolkit online, in multiple languages, as well as English (Primich and Richardson, 2005).…”

Section: Resources Description and Accessmentioning

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Geographic information systems representations in resources description and access (RDA)

Sawy¹,

Zaghloul²

2021

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The study aimed at linking geographic information systems and their use in library and information science, as they represent spatial and geographical information represented in processing in machine-readable cataloging (MARC) fields, which are represented in the Resources Description and Access in the form of an internationally agreed drawing or scheme, and geographic information is of interest to a wide range of beneficiaries in various fields, and to develop work in the field of libraries and information in light of the rules for characterization and availability of resources and in view of the lack of previous studies dealing with this topic; It was necessary to think about good planning to equip libraries and information centers at a high level so that they would be able to deal with information sources and the correct representation of geographical data through geographic information systems, the study was keen to apply the standards of the analytical and applied approach where all the appropriate fields to represent data geographically are reviewed. and the application of the appropriate subfields to it, the study reached the possibility of using the field 651 specifically and activating the hyperlink feature through it to display more links that include drawings, maps, data, and vital statistics associated with it, and thus the field 651 turns into an interactive feature to display bibliography, geography and information data with linking to all Pages and links via the Internet or in full-text databases as well as abstract databases, and innovative addition to the performance of field 651 to become a descriptive field and a tool for geographical and informational representation at the same time.

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Integrated Library System (ILS) Challenges and Opportunities: A Survey of U.S. Academic Libraries with Migration Projects

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

Development of relational construction for the GESR database

Geographic information systems representations in resources description and access (RDA)

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