Library Information Bibliographic Resource Organization System

LIBRO
An alternative library information system, Libro System was developed by Filipino librarian. The library software is competitive with foreign information systems both in performance and costs.

Primarily designed for use by librarians, information specialists and record managers. Microsoft Access 97 is the database backend.

Libro System has eight pre-defined databases.

Books or Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC); Periodical Articles; Articles from Books; Vertical Files; Special Materials or Multimedia; Filmography; Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts and Jurisprudence.

It has the capability to search different pre-defined database and is a user-friendly system both for the clientele and the librarian. .

Marc Utilities
You can import Marc records from different library system or Web Opac (Library of Congress, Ohio link, World Cat, Australian National Library, British National Library, Boston Public Library, La Salle Taft, UST, National Library of the Philippines, IRRI) capable to save Marc record and load to Iconium and automatically fill the data entry worksheet of books or special materials for you to edit and put the local information. These utilities will help you facilitate cataloguing.

Digital Library
You can use the system to build your digital resources or use it as storage and retrieval of saved electronic data to your computer.

Data Entry Module

1. Data Entry For Periodical Literature 2. Data Entry of Book Article 3. Data Entry for OPAC 4. appending of records from other source 5. able to print the whole database

Search Module
1. all fields are searchable 2. capable of Boolean logic approach and combined keywords searching 3. reveals the loan status of the books 4. searchable the eight pre-defined databases (OPAC; Periodical articles; Articles from books; Vertical files; Special Materials: Filmography; Thesis and dissertation abstracts; and Case & Jurisprudence)

5. can easily shift one database to another

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6. can set limits and view search results
7. can print search hits 8. can print case digest in Cases & Jurisprudence database 9. can launch or open electronic file 10. Libro Webscape is its web retrieval system

Circulation Module
1. Simplified routine check-in and check-out mode 2. It computes automatically overdue amounts 3. Easy verification of loan status of books and users 4. Can generate overdue notice

5. Can likewise navigate Books and Special Materials databases in this mode
6. Can print current on-loan records 7. Determines the number of check-out transaction for the day 8. Determine the due books for today 9. Can print receipt of loan

Clientele loan verification

the clientele can verify as to their loan status and outstanding account

Acquisition Module
1. can build the acquisition of the library 2. can monitor the budget of any department in the list 3. can view the acquisition of every department 4. any purchase of materials will automatically be deducted from the budget of the department assigned 5. can summarize the mode of acquisition ( whether the acquisition made by purchase, donation, etc. )

Serials management
1. Periodical check- in

2. Date entry of different periodicals issues

3. Can print whole serials check lists or individual title of periodicals

4. Check-in and check-out of periodicals

Reservation of AV- rooms and equipments

1. Schedule reservation of rooms and equipments 2. Monitoring of schedules 3. Printing of schedules

Inventory module
1. Can easily record the status of the books or other materials 2. Can navigate the book database in this routine mode 3. Can print inventory results and sorting capabilities

Reports Module
1. It automatically processes the loan statistics
2. It generates book list in any subject area and may be printed 3. It generates subject bibliography of each databases 4. Can build subject authority and author files 5. Automatic generation of shelf list

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6. Can compute collections per subject area in terms of volume and title number
7. Shows and allows both browsing and printing of the loan history 8. Shows and allow both browsing and printing of the accession list 9. Generate overdue payment list 10. clientele log monitoring

Utilities module
1. Modification of password, users ID, access rights, books allotment for any specific users, overdue fees etc.
2. Backup and restore files may be created: possible for all databases 3. Compacting and repairing databases for operational optimization 4. You can generate barcode

User Statistics Module

1. Push button users counter for respective time 2. Automatically totaled number of users 3. Able to print user statistical report 4. Generate clientele registration list 5. Monitoring of clientele with pictures

Printing reports
1. Can print card catalog 2. Can print shelf-list card 3. Can print call number label 4. Can print book card

5. Can print new arrival of materials or annotation

6. Can print check-out listing 7. Can print receipt in circulation module 8. Can print notice of outstanding loan to every clientele 9. Can print overdue listing

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10. Can print subject bibliography listing 11. Can print booklist per class or general subject 12. Can print overdue payment list 13. Can print users statistics 14. Can print collections analysis reports 15. Can print audiovisual room and equipment schedules 16. Can print acquisition per mode, per department, per date range 17. Can print results of an inventory 18. Can print periodical check list

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19. Can print per periodical and its issues 20. Can print loan or borrowed statistics 21. Can print loan history

22. Can print whole database shelf list

23. Can print whole list of every databases 24. Can print search results 25. Can print subject authority file 26. Can print author list

Hardware and Operating System requirements

1. Minimum speed of computer is 100 megahertz (Pentium class)
2. Minimum random access memory is at least 512 megabytes 3. Hard disk free space is at least 2 gigabytes 4. Super VGA colored monitor set at 800 by 600 resolution and small font 5. Any of the following operating system: Windows 95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP