Products & Services

Product Overview

Overview

eLib - An advanced digital platform for the 21st century Library based on the industrial strength
Content Management System PLONE and the rock solid RDBMS My SQL, eLib offers a rich set of features
to manage the modern day library. eLib comes with full WEB based Administrative and Customer interfaces.

The Challenges

1. Need an application to manage all books, users, employees and suppliers?
2. Need to manage circulation history of each book?
3. Need to manage circulation, inventory, accounting functions, branches and memberships?

Solutions

Features

eLib is a versatile digital platform for Library Management that enables you to manage all aspects of a modern
day library. It is designed for managing Customers, Suppliers, Inventory, E-documents and Accounts
from a single interface. It is fully web-enabled and incorporates a very powerful content management system
to its credit. Some of its most useful features include:

Database

• Independent Title Database with 100,000 records and growing
• Metadata includes Title, Author (s), Publisher, Format, Year, Price, Language, Subject (s)
• Independent Transaction Database to handle members/issue–returns/ invoicing / acquisition/ etc

Catalog, Search, Retrieve & Transact

• Books, Magazines & Journals
• E-Books & E-magazines
• DVDs & CDs
• Files (pdf, word, audio, video & others)
• Images
• Documents, News Events & Reviews
• Your own custom content type.

Inventory Management

• 8 digit Accession Number allotted to each book for copy- level tracking
• Circulation History of each book at the click of a button
• Live Stock Position can be accessed by the members online
• Provision for invoicing books to Members.

In-built Accounting functions

• The only Library Management Software to offer bundled Accounting package
• Each member & supplier has an independent ledger account
• Manage bank, cash & credit- card payments simultaneously
• Monitor over-due subscription and payments

Manage Branches

• Open as many sub-libraries/branches
• Transparent operations across branches since all transactions are mapped to a single database
• Members may borrow from and return books to any branch
• Inter-branch transfer of books
  

Design Memberships

• Custom design your membership types
• Limit either the amount or quantity of books to be issued, or both
• Allot single /multiple card(s) to members
• Charge subscription from date to date
• Collect security deposits where required
• Close cards and refund security deposits

Public Website

• Provide web access to Members/Anonymous Visitors
• Provide member account information online: e.g. borrowing history, books issued, accounts ledger
  pending orders, etc
• Take members’ orders online
• Post news, events, reviews, etc

Search Features

• Full- text search of all content including Books, DVDs, e-books, reviews, etc
• Live-search (google-style)
• Advanced search by metadata parameters
• Live stock positions

Bonus

• Support for international Languages
• Security & User Management features
• Bundled Web-Hosting
• Multiple Reports for Transactions, Analysis, etc.
• Customizable where required
• Training & Support