Library Systems / Software

Vendors

ALS - (British Vendor) A British libray automation company with offices in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Portugal
Altarama - (Australian Vendor and Distributor.) Altarama Systems & Services focuses on the development, supply, and support of software, products and services that improve information management in libraries, with a special focus on the needs of reference librarians.
Solutions include:-
- RefTracker – a request management system specifically designed for the needs of libraries, especially the reference desk
- Library Specific Hardware that has been tested to work in the library environment.
- Services to complement these library systems and products, and general project and business management consulting.
Auto-Graphics: (Vendor) Library and publishing services offered by Auto-Graphics.
- Impact/SLiMS - "The Impact Small Library Management System is a fully integrated, easy-to-use, and inexpensive way for smaller libraries to automate key operations. Impact/SLiMS is specifically designed for libraries with less than 250,000 titles, including users of IMPACT CD-ROM public access catalog system."
Best-Seller Inc.(Vendor) Best-Seller Library Automation System - Ideal for public, special and academic libraries with mature and complex needs
BLCMP - (UK Vendor) A major UK supplier of library systems to academic and public libraries
- Talis, -is BLCMP's flagship product, a Unix library management system. Talis is built on the earlier success of the BLCMP Library System (BLS) and its close integration with the unique BLCMP Database which now has over 15 million MARC records available online.
- Talis Web graphical interface for putting catalogue on the World Wide Web with some example Catalogues on the WWW
- Customer list with links to web catalogues
Book Systems Inc. (Vendor) - Concourse is a fully integrated Library System available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
Brodart: (Vendor) Automation systems, custom library furniture and other library related supplies. Amlib Library Automation System is .a windows library management system for public, academic, or special libraries.
Contec Data Systems: (NZ Vendor) A library systems software company. C2 and C3 Library Systems Client Server. C2 Library Automation and Information Management Software
Data Research Associates: (Vendor) Client/server automation systems for libraries.
DIAKON Systems (Vendor) provides a library automation product for Windows 95/98/NT called "PC Card Catalog." PC Card Catalog is a Windows 95/98/NT system designed for the smaller library (<25,000 items). Includes catalog lookup; printing labels, lists and catalog cards; Circulation and OPAC modules.
Elias (Vendor)
- LibriVision
- AMICUS system - Unixed based client server library system now marketed by Elias developed according to the specifications of the Canadian National Library. It was designed to become a modern replacement product for their DOBIS system.
- DOBIS/LIBIS
  - Dobis/Libis sites
Endeavor Information Systems: (Vendor) Client/server automation systems.Voyager Library management system
EOS International - (Vendor) Library automation and electronic information management (Data Trek)
- GUI Client/Server System Q Series Library Information Systems
- Internet Access Products
  - World Pac
  - NetPacs
Ex Libris USA (vendor) ALEPH Integrated Library System
Follett Software Company - L ibrary Automation Solutions - (Vendor) Very strong in School Libraries
- This is part of the long established Follett Corporation which offers a large number of comprehensive services to Libraries
Fretwell Downing -(UK Vendor) A British company which supplies the OLIB system based on Oracle 7
Gaylord Information Systems -(Vendor) Producer of the Polaris library system for WindowsNT, the GALAXY library system for VMS, and related automation services for libraries.
- Gaylord Bros: Manufacturer and distributor of library supplies, equipment, furniture, shelving, security systems.
Geac - (Vendor) Recent products include ADVANCE and PLUS backed by a number of related developments and support activites in various parts of the world
- Geac: Unix and client/server services.
- Geac Library Products
- Stowe Book Plus is now owned by Geac. Library System developed in Australia.
InfoVision Technology - (Australian Vendor) specialises in providing leading edge library management and document management solutions for a wide range of organisations based on client server technology. These systems include:
- Amlib Library Management System
- AUS Info Total Information System
- Data*Library Library Management
- ZGateway Web Based Z39.50 Client
- Kinetica Upload
Products that were previously handled by Altarama Systems Pty Ltd, are now available from, and fully supported by InfoVision Technology. For information about Data*Library, ZGateway and Kinetica upload see the InfoVision web site.
Inmagic Inc. (Vendor) Provides flexible, easy-to-use library automation and information management software and services to special librarians and information managers.
Innovative Interfaces: (Vendor) Software and hardware for automating all types of libraries. Client server
Insight Informatics Australian Library Management System (Vendor) offering LIBERO
Jaywil Software Development Inc. are developers of ResourceMate(r) 2.0 which is Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP Resource Library Software designed for Church Libraries, Clergy, Synagogue Libraries, Professionals, Corporations and Private Schools.
Library Associates Inc.(Korea), is an affiliate of Kyung IL Technology, Inc. They market the MAELISA integrated Library system which is based on a 32-bit client/server architecture that runs on Windows operating system. It is a user-friendly software package for academic, special, medical and research libraries and information centers. Korean and Philippine based clients.
Lex Systems: (Vendor) Offering "Lexifile" automation software which is billed as simple and easy to learn.
PICA - (Vendor) A non-profit organisation providing systems and services for the majority of Dutch academic and public libraries and for a number of library networks in Germany
Q-Ray (Vendor) is a Dutch company which supplies the Library Management System OLIB7 based on Oracle. Q-Ray is OLIB7 distributor in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Sagebrush Technologies (Vendor) Athena system. - fully integrated Windows-based system
Sanderson - (Vensor) of Automated Library System from Sanderson Spydus .
SIRS - (Vendor) Producers of the Mandarin Library Automation System
SIRSI -(Vendor) A US company with offices in the UK marketing the Unicorn client-server library system as well as WebCat and VIZION tools to access the Internet
- Unicorn sites
- SIRSI: Information management systems for libraries and businesses.
- WebCat makes any Z39.50 database and associated services accessible on the World Wide Web
  through standard Web browsers like Netscape.
- Library Products
SLS - (Vendor) Producer of LIBERTAS, a comprehensive library management system serving 100 libraries throughout Europe
Softlink - (Vendor) Library Automation Software - known as ALICE in Europe and Australia, ANNIE in America, EMBLA in Iceland, OASIS elsewhere. Particularly strong in School libraries but have other markets.
Stowe Book Plus - (Vendor) From Stowe Australia. Australian Library package sold internationally. Now owned by Geac
TLC Carl - The Library Corporation
VTLS Inc. - produce solutions for managing library collections and creating digital libraries. Customers include academic, public, corporate, and special libraries and museums in the United States, Canada and over 30 other countries
Winnebago Software Company (Vendor) Winnebago Spectrum® , the cross-platform, Internet ready, client server library automation system for Windows and Macintosh.

Other Vendors

Tech Logic - Automated Chek in and Check Out Solutions - Tech Logic book return systems delicately moves books from the drop-off slot to bins that automatically adjust the level of books so no one needs to ever bend down again. Better yet, a system can be installed that automatically sorts books and places them on carts ready to be brought to the shelves, with no human sorting required!
MARC LINK: QUALITY CONVERSION SERVICES - high-quality retrospective conversion services
CPS Systems, Inc (Vendor) offer a solution for Inter Library Loans ( ILL)
- called URSA-Universal Resource Sharing Application - Demo is available.
  - Internet and network savvy solution designed to take advantage of library investments in network access and Web sites Multi-vendor in nature:
  - Does not require libraries to use a common automation vendor in order to do automated resource sharing.
Copernic.com - Great searching software. Their business solutions that interest libraries the most. are: Copernic Aggregator, Copernic Summarizer Server, Copernic 2001 Server and Copernic Indexer. For example the Copernic Aggregator is a powerful enterprise data aggregation platform that creates a single access point to the right information using internal and external information sources and databases. Their products would be of interest to most knowledge workers.

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