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www.ait.com.au
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Aurora – the global library system
www.ait.com.au
Martin Fisk [email protected]
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AIT – Company Details
•Australian - Research & Development in Sydney
•110+ Library sites in Australia/New Zealand
•Distributors in Spain, Benelux countries, Jordan, Malaysia
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AIT – Personnel
•Directors average 25 yrs in IT, 19 in Library automation
•Customers have access to local support plus Aurora R&D staff (24 hr)
•Knowledgeable and timely support
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Aurora Library System
• Microsoft Windows compatible (2000/NT/98/95) • Full GUI• Client/Server or Terminal Server• Web enabled (.Net direction)• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel…)• Microsoft ADO Universal Data Access• Microsoft SQL Server, Access (Oracle option)• Inbuilt Email, FTP, Z39.50
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Aurora Library System
• Unicode character set– Allows interface in any language
• MARC Support in all areas– Conforms to global bibliographic data interchange– Support for variants: MARC21, UKMARC, Ibermarc…– MARC21 for Holdings (Items) and serials control
• Z39.50 Version 3 and ISO ILL (InterLibrary Loans)
• Mouse-less -> Keyboard/Voice (Circulation)
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• Hervey Bay Library– Joint Public/University library
• National Information Library Service– Sydney – Royal Blind Society– Melbourne – Royal Victorian Inst for the Blind
Aurora Library System
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Aurora Circulation
• Browse or search user details
• Select by name
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Aurora Circulation
• Unlimited textual user information
• Multiple addresses
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Aurora Circulation
• Link family, business or educational relationships
• Point and click to access
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Aurora Circulation
• Items on Loan
• Renew one or more items incl to family members
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Aurora Circulation
• Pay one or more charges
• Pay, Defer, or Waive
• Provide Receipt
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Aurora Circulation
• Reserves
• Change priority, collect at…
• Active / Dormant / Expire on
• Cancel / Uncancel
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Aurora Circulation
• Previous Loans (optional per user type)
• Use for House-bound allocations
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Aurora Circulation
• On-the-fly cataloguing option
• Access by ISBN etc
• View items & reserves per work
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Aurora Circulation
• Reserve by title or by item
• Priority can be set
• Optional charge
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Aurora Circulation• HTML Help
• Detailed and useful advice
• Library can change it
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Aurora Cataloguing
• View in labelled mode
• Marc independent
• Captions variable e.g. by language
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Aurora Cataloguing
• View in MARC mode
• Smart prompts
• Real-time validation
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Aurora Cataloguing
• ISBD (card) view
• Real-time update
• Locally configured
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Aurora Cataloguing
• Insert before or after tags
• Smart prompts
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Aurora Cataloguing
• Coded information point & click
• Full MARC compliance – multiple MARCs
• Format Integration supported
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Aurora Cataloguing
• Browse all Headings – or focus on type
• Link to modify
• Link to thesaurus
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Aurora Cataloguing
• Hierarchical and dynamic thesaurus links
• Navigate to linked terms and works
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Aurora Cataloguing
• View images (jpg, gif, etc); text, internet links
• Zoom in/out
• Print images
• Validate URLs
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Aurora Cataloguing
Multimedia:
• Images
• Text, PDF
• Sounds
• Movies
• HTML
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Aurora Cataloguing
USMARCHoldings
• Full support, incl Serial control
• Window Tree and Listviews
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Aurora Cataloguing
• USMARC Holdings made easy
• Prompt as req’d, scan in barcode
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Aurora Cataloguing
• Bibliographic, Holdings, and Authority formats supported
• Copy cataloguing
• Work in one or more sessions
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Aurora Locator
• Select Z39.50 search sites - By clumps
- By location
- By collection
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Aurora Locator• Define
search
- Author, Title, Subject
- Any Bib:1 attribute
- Full Boolean operations
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Aurora Locator
• Retrieve works
• Note duplicates
• Save and load works into your local system
• View copies
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Aurora Locator
• Use the tree to connect to Web sites (or Telnet) in real-time
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Aurora Explorer
• Browse across all headings
– No need to select specific type, e.g. subject or series
• LC (or ALA) Filing Sequence
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Aurora Explorer
• Search for keywords
• Limit search to geographic or collection areas
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Aurora Explorer• This list if
more than one associated work
• Sort by any column
• Remove works with items not available
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Aurora Explorer• Reserve now
• Automatic Hyperlinks
• Multimedia links
• Item information
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Aurora Explorer• Public can
view and print images
• Using URL links provides Virtual library capability
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Aurora Explorer• Allow users
to view own information
• Allow item self-renewals
– Extends to relations, e.g. family
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Aurora Explorer• Allow users
to submit requests for books, articles and subjects
• Used for Acquisition or ILL
• View requests
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Aurora Explorer• Hot links to
selected Web sites
• URL access (optional)
• Lock screen from exit
• Same buttons drive both Web & Aurora
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Aurora Explorer• Build
sophisticated queries
• Re-use and combine previous queries
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Aurora Explorer• HTML Help
• Link to Library, Council or University Web sites
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Aurora Acquisitions• Road Map
provides easier navigation
• Copyright & InterLibrary Loans modules
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Aurora Acquisitions
• Turn user or staff Suggestions into Orders or ILL requests (or reject/edit them, etc.)
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Aurora Acquisitions
• List orders by supplier
• Send postal or email messages
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Aurora Acquisitions• Funds may
be hierarchical
• View Fund and sub-fund information
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Aurora Serials• USMARC
Holdings compatible
• Automated prediction
• Check-in and merge
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