What is the Union Catalog?
Union Catalog is a shared
electronic catalog of 11 libraries of
national significance in Latvia, and
reflects various information
resources - books, magazines,
newspapers, pictures, maps, video
and audio recordings and
electronic resources.
Opportunities provided by the Union Catalog:
Searching for information resources;
Loan/requesting of informationresources;
Checking your user information;
renewing due date of library information resources;
Saved search results.
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How to access the Union Catalog?
Open https://kopkatalogs.lv/For www.biblioteka.lu.lv/eng .
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• Select UNION CATALOG.
How to sign in Union Catalog?
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1. Select Sign-in
2. Enter your user ID
number or barcode
3. Enter a verification (if
verification is forgotten, it
can be established in the
Library).
4. Activate Log On
How to search for information resources?
1. Select search criterion (field to search).
2. Type word or phrase for searching
3. Limit search to:
Language;
Year;
Format.
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What you can find out about
information resource?
Results list displays:’
author;
title;
year;
libraries where the
resource is located.
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Activate sequence
number for a wider
description.
UL Library’s branch libraries
where the resource is
available.
How to request selected information
resource? (1)
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Full View of Record
contains a detailed
information about this
resource.
LUL branch libraries where
the resource is available.
Information about this
library: address, working
hours, contact information.
How to request selected information
resource? (2)
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Request selected information resource.
Resource can be
requested.
Check the availability of item with status On Shelf.
If it isn’t available you can reserve loaned or reserved
item. Requests will be executed in order of their receipt.
How to request selected information
resource? (3)
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1. Choose pickup/delivery
location
2. Activate ”Request”3. Activate “Go”, andinformation resource isrequested.
Pay attention
What is the meaning of „item status”?
Information resource loan:
Short term (3 to 5 days);
1 week;
1 month;
long-term;
night.
No loan:
In-library use;
Operating fund / for use on site
What is the meaning of „due date”?
On Shelf - available to request.
Date – loaned for another user.
Requested/Reserved - requested or reserved for another user.
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How long does it take to receive the
requested information resource?
Requests are executed in order of their receipt.
Execution time is about 20 minutes (longer at the beginning of the semester).
Information view - My Library Card → Booking Requests or e-mail.
Information resources have to be picked up within 3 working days.
Requested items from the LUL Storage are delivered on Thursdaysto any of LUL branch libraries (have to be picked up within 6 working days).
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What can you find in section My
Library Card?
LUL information can be found in column LUA50.
You can check:
Loans;
Loan History List;
Hold Requests;
Booking Requests;
Cash Transactions - details of payments and existing penalties.
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How to renew due date of library
information resource? (1)
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1. Activate “The number of loans” in the section My Library Card.
2. Activate information resource sequence number.
How to renew due date of library
information resource? (2)
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3. Activate “Renew” in the
section ‘Details for Loan’
Date of return can be renewed:
If item’s return isn’t overdue;
If item’s renewal isn’t
expired;
etc.
4. Due date of information resources may be renewed by activating “Renew All”
or “Renew Selected”.
Additional options of Union catalog
Previous searches
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View and use the previous searches results.
View - select and view previous searches results; Cross - narrow or expand the search; Delete - delete the results from the list.
Search history
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1. Save searches -PreviousSearches → select previoussearch → activate Save.
2. Saved searches - History
In section History you can:
repeat search;
delete search.
My e-Shelf
If you are registered in the Union Catalog, you can save selected
records to keep them available after the end of the session as well.
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Save selected resources:
select items and activate - Addto My e-Shelf;
open a detailed description ofthe information resource → activate Add to My e-Shelf.
In My e-Shelf you can:
save the selected records locally on your PC;
Send the selected records by e-mail; etc.
Saving selected records or
sending by e-mail
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1. Activate Save/Mail;
2. Select record format;
3. Select encoding;
4. If you want to send the selected records by e-mail, enter an e-mail address in this field;
5. If you want to save the selected records locally on your PC, leave this field blank;
6. Activate “Go”.
Important information
You can request up to 25 items at any one time (i.e., make 25 reservation requests).
The limit on books from the stock of LUL for home lending is 30 books/items.
Information resources can’t be requested:
if you aren’t registered or re-registered here;
if you have an overdue penalty to pay.
The late returns fee is 0,20 Euro per day for each item of information resource
that is not returned by the due date.
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Help and contacts
at any of branch libraries of LUL
e-mail: [email protected]
call: (+371) 28623551
Skype: LU Bibliotēkas konsultants
Twitter: InfoBibl
Facebook: bibliotekalu
Website: biblioteka.lu.lv
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