1. Creating an APLIC Union Catalog Using LibraryCom Lisa Sanders CSDE Library University of Washington

2. Goals of this Presentation Advocate for a web-based union catalog for APLIC members’ libraries and information centers Demo a product (LibraryCom) that allows us to create a union catalog for free Show you how to use this same product to automate your holdings and circulation

3. Why should APLIC have a union catalog? Improves access to our collections Facilitates inter-library loan Allows for resource sharing and specialization Creates opportunities for collaboration

4. Paper vs. Web-based Existing paper-based catalog Time-consuming to maintain Constantly out of date Limited access Creating web-based catalog Automatically created from our holdings Always as current as our holdings Levels of access

5. OPAC Search Interface

6. Simple Searching

7. Expert Searching

8. Union Searching

9. LibraryCom

10. Manage Holdings

11. Bibliographic Record

12. MARC View

13. Item Record

14. Cataloging Formats

15. Cataloging: Book Format

16. Cataloging: Serial Format

17. Adding a Field

18. Circulation Features

19. Creating Patron Records

20. Patron Reports

21. Design the OPAC Front Page

22. Costs

23. Base Service

24. FreeMARC

25. Important Contact Information Lisa Sanders lsanders@u.washington.edu http://csde.washington.edu www.librarycom.com/csde LibraryCom www.librarycom.com CASPR www.caspr.com Fred Zaccheo 1-800-852-2777 ext. 112