home

Library Automation Systems:

 * ===**Integrated Library System (ILS) also know as a Library Management System (LMS)**===
 * ===**ILS** is an enterprise resource planning system for the library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons have borrowed.===


 * This Wiki, will take a look at four systems in particular:**
 * =Destiny Follett=
 * =Evergreen=
 * =Keystone=
 * =Mandarin Oasis=

**An ILS usually comprises of a relational database, software to interact with database, and two graphical user interfaces (one for patrons, one for staff).**

 * 1) ===Most ILSes separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, each of them intergrated with a unified interface.===
 * 2) ===Larger libraries use an ILS to order and acquire, receive and invoice, catalog, circulate, track and shelve materials. Smaller libraries, such as those in private homes or non-profit organizations (like churches or synagogues, for instance), often forgo the expense and maintenance required to run an ILS, and instead use a library computer system. ===