1. Library Automation Overview of Results January 24th 2006 Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library

2. Contents • End user Products • Website • Online catalogue (OPAC) • V-link • Article Database (ADB) • Loans • Back office modules • Acquisitions • Cataloguing • New library staff functions • Online demonstration

3. End user modules

4. Website • The UONBI library WWW gateway to: • Information resources • How to find books, journal articles • Links to electronic resources • Link to the online catalogue • Library services • What are the opening hours? • Information about the loans?

5. http://library.uonbi.ac.ke

6. Manual catalogue… Not updated since 2004 because…

7. Online Catalogue • Conversion via RetroCat (250,000 records converted) • Search for documents in all UONBI libraries • Available from anywhere 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via WWW • Search by title, author, subject etc. more options available via advanced searching • Get a list of books published within a certain period in a particular subject area

8. Online catalogue

9. Online Catalogue

10. V-link • Guides the end-user in a consistent manner to relevant information through the information maze • Offers deep links to related WWW information resources • Access full text if available • Available in the online catalogue and other electronic databases (e.g. ADB, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar…)

11. V-link

12. Article Database (ADB) • Table of contents database • Descriptions of articles published in more than 14,000 important periodicals from all disciplines • V-link enabled • Hosted on the UONBI library server

13. Loans module • Borrow and return books automatically • Currently: +900 borrowers registered • Improved techniques for monitoring borrowed items • Automatically calculates fines • Integrated with the book detective for security of information resources

14. Issue Desk

15. Registration

16. Borrowing Books

17. Book detective

18. Returning books

19. Back office modules • Acquisitions • Automates and keeps track of orders • Controls budgets • Cataloguing • Classifying the books of the UONL • Feeds the central online catalogue • Student Computer lab • E-resources • Library computer lab • Training

20. Acquisitions

21. Cataloguing

22. Computer lab

23. New library staff functions • Systems librarian • Management and coordination of ICT operations • Coordination of automated technical services • Coordination of ICT technical support • Coordination of staff training • Electronic resources librarian • Managing the website • Helpdesk • Online subscriptions • Training • Library system administrator • Hardware support • Software maintenance • Data security • Helpdesk • Training • Technical support staff

24. Online demonstration • Thank you!