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4th December 2000
The latest release of TLC’s Library.solution is V2.2.1. It is aimed at providing improved
automation and compatibilty with the latest LC practice.
The GUI has been streamlined to help librarians make additions, modifications or deletions of
new titles or new copies of existing titles, with greater ease and accuracy. “With the new LibrarySolution,” Ms. Bakhtiar noted, “the GUI literally ‘knows’ a library’s holdings structure and
guides the user with a collection code drop-down menu that lists valid options for the library site to which items belong. The new automation system also features an improved statistics
gathering function, permitting librarians to track additions, changes and deletions of titles by branch. Further, LibrarySolution 2.1.1 is completely compatible with the new numbering formats
for MARC records to be implemented by the Library of Congress.
The update is available free of charge for existing LibrarySolution customers, and will be included
in all new purchases. The original product was first introduced in 1997 and has been widely adopted by institutions of all sizes and types worldwide. The company recently reported that the
National Library of the Philippines contracted for delivery of LibrarySolution and workstations for its Main Site and 65 of the public libraries it supports
18th December 2000
The new release, ITSforWindows 3.36, is fully compatible with updated Library of Congress
Control Numbers (LCCN) in use this January and provides expanded, new print capabilities. As Annette Bakhtiar, Chief Executive Officer for TLC noted, “ITSforWindows 3.36 permits librarians
to quickly recover from a printer jam when printing cards, labels or edit sheets. This particular capability further differentiates our product from would-be competitors, many of which don’t even
provide a print function.”
Another enhancement to ITSforWindows 3.36 is the addition of default extensions to the list of
recognized file types. “Users no longer have to key in non-standard extensions when opening or saving MARC records which is a real time-saver for busy librarians,” continued Ms. Bakhtiar.
Additional features of ITSforWindows 3.36 include a safety measure that protects against accidental erasure of MARC record batches from the Internet queue; the option to print MARC
record edit sheets in single spacing mode; and, improved options in the utility menu.
Initially introduced in 1995, ITSforWindows is well recognized for enabling users to:
- Browse hundreds of Z39.50 resources on the Internet
- Download records into a powerful MARC editor
- Analyze MARC files from book vendors
- Validate a record’s compliance with MARC or OCLC rules
- Verify headings against a local authority file the user can control
- Automate repetitive tasks through a powerful macro scripting language
- Copy and paste information from one record to another
- Access approximately 15 million MARC records on TLC’s ITSMARC and ITSMARC-Z servers
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