Library & Textbook Management

LIBRARY SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Library automation tailored to the needs of K-12 schools, plus textbook management, plus unique student access features:

	Bar-code or manual entry for check-in, check out, and inventory
	Bar-coded photo-ID library cards
	Powerful media search abilities: by Author, Title, Keyword, or media type
	Overdue and collection notices
	Automatic fine calculation--fine data updates SSEA Student Fee system
	Inter-library searches and loans
	Circulation rules fully customizable
	Gives students access to their academic records from terminals in the library
	Integrates with SSEA

About the Library System

Digitronics Software Library System (DS/LS) is a complete set of on-line, multi-user software programs running on Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX(1) Digital Equipment Corp series of computers, providing full state-of-the art technology for your library and media center. It features four fully-integrated, user-friendly, intuitive environments, corresponding to four different types of users; as shown on the menu bar.

DS/LS addresses the needs of a school library, including the distribution and tracking of textbooks:

	Multiple user
	Security and user controlled access
	Fully-integrated and intuitive user environments with online help tutorial
	Circulation and cataloging of books, videos, records, periodicals, etc.
	Bar-coded ID cards and book labels
	User-defined stopwords, keywords and circulation rules
	Automatic generation of fines and notices
	Reservation and renewal
	Inter-library search by author, title, keywords and phonetics
	Inter-library loans and transfers of materials
	Easy-to-produce pre-programmed reports and an ad hoc query language
	Perpetual and periodic inventory
	Interfacing to student and teacher information, OCLC and vendors

A good deal of the system's functionality is table driven—determined by data stored in tables and files. As a result, system characteristics can be quickly and easily changed to meet new requirements without reprogramming, the system becomes more flexible and easily maintainable, and endusers have greater control over certain system behavior.