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A complete
library
management
solution
OLIB
The depth librarians need and the clarity users expect,
all in one environment.

OLIB
No matter how deep your collection or varied your
services, OLIB will guide you to success.
OLIB is a highly scalable, cost-effective library management system, bringing
a unique combination of efficiency, ease of use and leading-edge e-resource
capabilities to the management of your information resources.
“ We were keen to ensure that the
chosen system could offer us the
flexibility to meet our specific
needs. It was clear…that OLIB was
highly configurable so that we
could make it our OLIB.
Lee Bryant,
LRC Manager,
Bristol City College
“
Regardless of the size,
nature or complexity of your
needs, OLIB provides a
comprehensive system for the
management of digital and
traditional media.
Through cutting-edge current
awareness and self-service
functionality, OLIB empowers
your users and gives you more
time to do what you do best—
connecting individuals to
knowledge.
Available as either a hosted
or locally installed solution,
OLIB’s flexibility means it is
ideally suited to the diverse
needs of the corporate, special
and education libraries that it
serves.

Complete solution
Competitive price
Developed over two decades,
OLIB’s broad range of core
functionality gives you everything
you would expect from a leading
library management solution
that is implemented at over 300
libraries worldwide. Everything from
cataloguing, circulation, acquisition
and accounts, serials control and
reporting functionality is included
for a fixed price.
This simple single pricing structure,
including support, implementation,
customisation, training and
upgrades, means you can budget
more effectively and with no hidden
extras OLIB may be more affordable
than you might think.
An exciting discovery environment for
librarians and end-users.
OLIB’s intuitive Web-based OPAC
helps empower users. WebView
is highly configurable and offers
a wealth of optional self-service
features from self-renew and request
to purchase recommendations and
online placing of enquiries.
WebView offers reading list, Selective
Dissemination of Information (SDI)
services, a gateway to other Web
sites and links to Virtual Learning
Environments (VLEs) and intranets.
Automation through e-mail and RSS
alerts allows users to stay abreast
of collection developments, while
freeing your time from administrative
processes. All of these serve to
extend the reach of traditional library
services, delivering them to users
where and when they want them.
In addition, OLIB allows you to
effortlessly produce and distribute
a wide range of comprehensive
current awareness information, for
instance, abstracts included as part
of regular bulletins to users. This
leading-edge technology helps you
widen the reach and raise the profile
of information provision to the users
you serve. Some OLIB clients are
already successfully generating
revenue from these added value
current awareness services—linking
information provision with income
generation.

We’re with you for the whole
journey
The OLIB product team prides itself on taking
a partnership approach to development. Our
close working relationships with customers
means we listen to what you tell us and
actively work with you to define priorities for
new releases and move the system forward.
OLIB has an active User Group that meets
regularly and works directly with the product
management team to make this happen.
In addition OLIB also benefits from being
part of a global network of products and
services offered by OCLC. The potential
to integrate with a wide range of other
solutions such as WorldCat, TouchPoint,
WorldCat Local and CONTENTdm enables you
to connect with other libraries worldwide.
This connection then comes full circle as your
users are presented, in their local systems,
with unique library content from all around
the world.
This joined up approach to development at
both the local and global levels enhances the
connection between your library, your users
and the Web.

Web-or Windows-based system? Hosted solution or local
implementation? You plot your course, OLIB will take you there.
OLIB offers a choice of staff interfaces: OLIB WorldView, a
Windows-style, client-based, staff interface; and OLIB Web,
a Web-based staff interface.
With the arrival of OLIB Web, OCLC can now provide a
completely hosted solution, removing any requirement for
you to maintain software on-site.
OLIB WorldView
A Windows-style interface providing a familiar “look and
feel” for your staff. Client software is installed on all staff
PCs that need to connect to the LMS.
OLIB Web
OLIB Web delivers an effective working environment
for library staff irrespective of their location: within the
library, at a remote site, indeed, from anywhere. OLIB
Web is installed on a single server, without the need for
more software on your PC, making it ideally suited to both
multisite and single site deployments. Upgrades need be
carried out only in one place.
Alternatively, we offer a hosting service that manages the
servers and related infrastructure, while you concentrate
on serving your users:
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It aids smaller library environments, where resources are at a
premium and internal IT support is restricted.
It benefits larger multisite environments where the flexibility of
the Web as a platform for services is highly desirable.
It sustains the library’s bid for a functionally rich system at a cost
within reach of most small-to medium-sized libraries.
• Flexible working for staff is just a browser click away—staff are no
longer tied to their workstations.
OLIB Web is the natural choice for many libraries with
differing needs.
OLIB Web provides all the staff management functionality,
currently available via its client-based staff interface,
across the Internet. There is no client software to be
installed on library PCs; staff can just click on the browser
in any location at any time.
Or a mixture of the two…
A mixture of both OLIB WorldView and OLIB Web can be
provided for libraries wishing to use both methods of
accessing OLIB.
By introducing an option to have your service remotely
hosted, OLIB has broadened the range of scenarios your
library may wish to consider when implementing its
management system. You can choose to outsource all
technological issues to OCLC and not have client software
running on their workstations.
Or, libraries may wish to run a mixed economy of Windows
client and browser-based staff functionality, which could
be determined by the nature of the staff function or by the
location of the staff. This is also possible with OLIB.
Interoperability
with third-party systems
OLIB is compliant with a wide range of library and IT
standards including MARC21, Z39.50, SIP2, ISO ILL and
OAI, ensuring interoperability with third-party systems
and data sources. This enables bibliographic and user
data import, cross-searching of third-party catalogues and
integration with self-issue devices.

Stay on course while planning for the
future

From our very first conversation through to
system deployment and implementation,
OCLC will work with you every step of the way.
Smooth, efficient data migration
A vital part of any new system implementation is data
conversion. At OCLC we provide a data conversion facility
that ensures a smooth and efficient data migration from
your current library management system to OLIB. In
addition, you are given the option to improve data quality
by removing inconsistencies and inaccuracies as part of
the process, saving valuable staff time in manual data
tidying whilst improving data recall.
OLIB’s data conversion facilities have been used to
successfully convert data from a variety of systems,
including: Heritage, Unicorn, CAIRS, EOSI Glas and Dynix.
A partnership approach to development
At OCLC we value our customers, listen to what they tell us
and actively work with them for the ongoing development
of OLIB. OLIB has an active User Group that works closely
with OLIB product management to define priorities for new
releases and effectively drive the development of OLIB,
ensuring it continues to be closely aligned to the needs of
its user base.
Our experienced professional services
team provides a range of services from
installation, project management, training and
configuration advice, to a customer help desk
and customer Web areas for all of the latest
news and information on the products that
you have implemented.
CONTENTdm Quick Start
New benefits for OLIB users…
From 1 July 2009, by virtue of being an OLIB customer
OCLC offers access to CONTENTdm for digital collection
building at no additional charge to your library. This entrylevel,
hosted version of CONTENTdm will support efforts to
increase access to any digital content your library provides.
And, because it is hosted it has little or no overhead in
terms of implementation and usage.
OCLC’s CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management
Software can make everything in your digital collections
available to everyone, everywhere. No matter the format—
local history archives, newspapers, books, maps, slide
libraries or audio/video—CONTENTdm can handle the
storage, management and delivery of your collections to
users across the Web.
For more information on CONTENTdm please visit:
http://www.oclc.org/uk/en/contentdm/

OLIB—at a glance
Benefits
Single, fully proven library
management system for digital media,
e-resources and traditional materials,
in operation in over 300 libraries
worldwide.
Empowers users to help themselves by
providing access to usefully packaged
data; e.g., reading lists and self-service
functions.
Allows library users to review items
on loan, place reservations and renew
items online, extending traditional
library services to users where and
when they want them.
Provides the flexibility to broaden
the scope of the catalogue to deliver
information on any media type,
with options to create user-defined
catalogue screens for media as diverse
as Web sites and key contacts.
Third party interoperability, enabling
bibliographic and user data import,
cross-searching of third party
catalogues and integration with self-
issue devices.
Smooth and efficient data migration
from current library management
systems to OLIB.
Asia Pacific
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Australia
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Canada
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OCLC helps libraries in more than 100 countries provide users with bibliographic, abstract and
full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively
produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive bibliographic database.
Please contact us to learn more about OCLC in your part of the world.
China
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France
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project management, training and
configuration advice to a customer
help desk and customer Web areas.
Ability to define priorities for new OLIB
releases.
Features
Comprehensive range of functionally
rich housekeeping modules including
cataloguing, circulation, acquisition
and accounts, serials control and
reporting.
Cost-effective range of optional
modules WebView, an intuitive, easy to
use Web.
OPAC enhanced by e-links, image
handling and self-service.
Experienced and professional services
team.
OLIB User Group.
Choice of staff interface for library
housekeeping tasks and searching.
Mexico
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Latin America &
the Caribbean
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Netherlands
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Switzerland
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“
range of services from installation,
The system did everything
we needed it to and OCLC “A
clearly understood the
complexities of the NHS.
Charlotte Boulnois,
Library Service Manager,
South Glasgow University
Hospitals Trust
United Kingdom & Ireland
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United States
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800-848-5878
(US + Canada only)
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