LibraryWorld

LibraryWorld is a web 2.0

Web 2.0

The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...

 integrated library system developed by LibraryWorld Inc used by more than 2,000 libraries. It performs library automation and collection management tasks and via software as a service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

 on LibraryWorld Inc’s cloud computing

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

 platform. Public, academic, K-12 schools, medical, museum, and other special libraries use it. Its modules include: catalog, circulation, patron, inventory, and serials. Notable users include Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Hawaiian Historical Society, 10 High Tech Institute campuses, Honda of America, 26 ITT Technical Institute

ITT Technical Institute

ITT Technical Institute is a for-profit technical institute with over 130 campuses in 38 states of the United States. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services, Inc. , a publicly traded company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. ITT Educational Services, Inc...

 campuses, Kellogg School of Management

Kellogg School of Management

The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...

, L’Oreal USA, Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, and the San Diego Zoological Society.

LibraryWorld Modules

Catalog module – The catalog module performs MARC importing and editing of catalog records using records from the Library of Congress or other collections. Book jacket images automatically appear provided by an image sharing service.

Circulation module – The circulation module performs check-out, check-in, renew, hold and reserve functions.

Patron module – There is an OPAC (Online Patron Access Catalog) in which patrons search the library or collection from the Internet.

Serials Module - A serials control module allows tracking of expected serials, such as magazines and journals. There is a missing serials report function.

Inventory Module - An inventory module allows for discovery of missing items in a collection. There is a missing items report function.

LibraryWorld Features

Online Web service

Database management and security - Each library’s data resides at a tier 1 Internet service center and is stored in its own SQL database with no shared data structures with other libraries. All data is stored on mirrored disk drives preventing loss of data due to disk crashes.

Multiple-library management - This feature allows multiple libraries to be managed using a unified catalog.

Mobile Access - LibraryWorld Mobile allows searching of collections from mobile devices such as the iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 or the BlackBerry

BlackBerry

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