Comparison Chart

Comparison Chart Between Library Management Product - LibSys, Alice, SLIM & VTLS Functionality Acquisition - on Approval from Vendor Acquisitions - Suggest title from Member Catalogue - Authority Control file Catalogue - Bibliographies Catalogue - Download bibliographic details Catalogue Records Catalogue Catalogue Catalogue Catalogue

- Functional Requirement for Bibliographic -

GUI based editor No Limitation on field entry No Limitation on Tag entry Virtual Library

Catalogue - Workforms / Worksheet Circulation - Biometric based circulation Circulation - E-Payment Circulation - Inter Library Loan Circulation Circulation Circulation Circulation Circulation Circulation

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iPortal / Mobile Interface Online Membership Form Pop Up Reminder Reminders for over due resources Reports RFID based circulation

Circulation - Selective Dissemination of Information Circulation - Users Review Company Feature : Basic / Small version Company Feature : International Standards followed Company Feature : International User Community Company Feature : ISO 9001 Certification Company Feature : NISO Database Database - MARC / MARC 21 Database - Multiple storage (Mirror) Database - UNICODE Database - Z39.50 Digital Library Digital Library - Image Quality Digital Library - Metadata

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Explanation Documents on approval from vendors for purchases. Receiving suggestion for different book, etc from library users Separate Authority control module for uniform authority headings Bibliographies – user can have user defined bibliographies for their usage Download bibliographic details from Internet eg. Library of Congress, etc to your database FRBR – a more intuitive way of organizing and retrieving information. Similar to MS Word for editing bibliographic details, etc Ability to add any number of characters in a tag Any number of tags can be added to a worksheet Web Cataloguer – help in creating virtual library (basically a collection of Websites, systematically categorized and catalogued) Worksheet are used to enter/catalogue different types of documents available in a library. Fingerprint Reader – to authenticate user – can replace library card Payment of fine, fees and security online via Credit Card

How VTLS manage it Vendor can send the list of books in prescribed MARC format in .txt, .doc, .xls, etc format, which librarian can upload to his database "Title Selection List" where users can suggest books VTLS in MARC Editor or FRBR Record only option allow user to select particular tags as Authority Control listing. User can select any subject & generate a bibliographies. Bibliographic details can be download from Library of Congress VTLS Completely support the FRBR Supports 1000s of icons can be changed according to requirements VTLS support infinite number of fields / text in a tag VTLS support any number of tags for a particular worksheet. Virtual Library is inbuilt feature of the VTLS VTLS user can create n number of worksheet/workform. VTLS supports Biometrics readers VTLS provide libraries to collect fine, fees and security from users via Credit Card

ISO compliant Inter Library Loan Module (IIL). Any ISO Complaint software can be integrated. Sending reminder/alerts on mobile via SMS VTLS advance feature sends SMS alerts on user's mobile Filling of Library membership form online, generally via OPAC Advance Feature, online membership form can be filled. Pop-Up reminder when user login into his account in Library Website User Account Status available at User home page Reminders and any kind of notices can be send via internet. VTLS provide a facility to send notices/reminder via emails Different circulation statistics, reports, etc VTLS users can create n number of reports/statistics, etc Support RFID solution but not dependable on any RFID Hardware. Any RFID hardware who meet the SIP/SIP2 protocol can be installed with VTLS User can maintain check on new collection on his particular interest "View SDI" is a service provided at user's home page in VTLS subject/topic – Personally or by library staff Review on different collection/documents/services by Users VTLS's OPAC XBS service provide reviews Small Libraries with few collection like school, small institutes, etc VTLS's smaller version can support database less than 40,000-50,000 with all features available in advance version All features of the software conforms to International Standard as MARBI, VTLS covers almost all international standard for Library management Z39.50, Unicode Consortium, CNI etc. International Presence and varied types of libraries. VTLS is one of the leading LMS solution company used in 35 countries in 2500 libraries ISO 9001 certified company VTLS is only company who is certified by ISO 9001 National Information Standards Organization – Developer of international VTLS is a voting member of NISO. standards for Library and Information field. Database software used for storing Oracle RDBMS for Stability and High Availability Full MARC implementation. MARC21/UNIMARC/CANMARC/ SWEMARC etc. VTLS used completely MARC / MARC 21 standard for storage and format based cataloguing (Data Entry) cataloguing of it's document information. Storage of database in multiple location for easy retrieval and reducing the For systematic and unbreak data retrieval VTLS support multiple burden on main server. storage of database Built on Unicode Technology Without changing login option user can select any language and view the complete list Ability to share data across z39.50 compliant databases. Database in VTLS can be shared with anyone in the world, which support Z39.50 protocol standards. Support Digital Library Virtua support simple digital library management. Vital is a dedicated Digital Library Management Solution. Image quality of the scanned images should not be distorted VTLS support enlarging of images in view without distorting the quality of the image. Abide ISO 9001 quality assurance standard Supporting cataloguing of images description VTLS provide extensive bibliographical/ metadata storage for images/scanned images.

Functionality Electronic Document Transfer (EDI)

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Help - Ask Librarian Help - Documentation Management - Stock Management OPAC OPAC - eXtended Bibliographic Search OPAC - Multimedia

RFID Based stock management Serial - Alert for binding Serial - Management of journals Serial - Newsletter, etc

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Explanation EDI, for electronic transmission of documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and claims. Direct interaction with the Librarian via Internet or Intranet Help Manuals and Menu level help system A periodic event in Library to check the stock of resources available. Weeding, missing books, etc managed during the process. User / Member Interface like reservation, check library accounts, number of resources issued, due date, fine, etc Extended Bibliography Services (XBS) content such as Book Covers, Table of Contents, Summary, Reviews, Author Notes etc Digital Libraries access via OPAC or a support Digital Library network SKIN Technology. Library can modify the appearance of the Web Interface. Library layout / map to find a particular document's location in the library building TCP/IP based communication between different terminal and software. RFID hardware and LMS Software interdependable or not. Software compatibility depends on SIP/SIP2 protocol used to connect LMS and RFID Hardware Using RFID technology in stock taking process. Alert for binding of magazine when all issues arrived in library. Different type of magazine/subscription can be managed. Libraries can create different types of workforms/worksheet to enter different types of serials like normal journals, newsletters, catalogues, etc

How VTLS manage it CHECK with VTLS TEAM "Virtual Reference Librarian" is provided by VTLS to ask any queries to the librarian VTLS provides a very structured document level help as well as field level help. VTLS support RFID based stock management, any library with any number of collection can easily do stock taking. VTLS's OPAC terminal is one of the most vibrant OPAC terminal available in India. VTLS fully support all features. VTLS provide a very advance level of Digital Library management system. Members/ Users can customize the layout of the OPAC pages. VTLS provide this facility where exact location of the resources / document can be traced with the help of MAP VTLS is based on TCP/IP protocol for communication. VTLS software is totally RFID hardware free software.

VTLS software is totally RFID hardware free software. VTLS support "Binding Reminders" option where it will alert for journals if for bidnding Different workforms can be used to define subscription and magazine for better management. VTLS support MARC21 for cataloguing serials. User defined MARC21 tags can help in managing library specific serials.