Creating an APLIC Union Catalog Using LibraryCom

Lisa SandersCSDE LibraryUniversity of Washington

Goals of this Presentation Advocate for a web-based union catalog

for APLIC members’ libraries and information centers

Demo a product (LibraryCom) that allows us to create a union catalog for free

Show you how to use this same product to automate your holdings and circulation

Why should APLIC have a union catalog?

Improves access to our collections Facilitates inter-library loan Allows for resource sharing and

specialization Creates opportunities for collaboration

Paper vs. Web-based Existing paper-based catalog

Time-consuming to maintain Constantly out of date Limited access

Creating web-based catalog Automatically created from our holdings Always as current as our holdings Levels of access

OPAC Search Interface

Simple Searching

Expert Searching

Union Searching

LibraryCom

Manage Holdings

Bibliographic Record

MARC View

Item Record

Cataloging Formats

Cataloging: Book Format

Cataloging: Serial Format

Adding a Field

Circulation Features

Creating Patron Records

Patron Reports

Design the OPAC Front Page

Costs

Base Service

FreeMARC

Important Contact Information Lisa Sanders

lsanders@u.washington.edu http://csde.washington.edu www.librarycom.com/csde

LibraryCom www.librarycom.com

CASPR www.caspr.com

Fred Zaccheo 1-800-852-2777 ext. 112