Follett VERSION 6.00, User Manual

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Welcome
Welcome to Follett Software Company's suite of library automation solutions.
This guide includes information about many of our integrated products, even
though you may not have purchased all of them.
Circulation Plus is a complete library collection and patron management system.
It circulates your collection and tracks circulation and patron statistics, fines,
holds, reserves, and your library schedule. Once you set up your policies, you
can use Circulation Plus to add patron, MARC, and copy records to your
database; circulate materials; print reports; and take an inventory. Circulation
Plus includes the basic shared modules (System Setup, Reports, Cataloging,
Utilities, and Backup and Restore) and the circulation modules (Circulation Desk,
Inventory, and Patron Maintenance).
Catalog Plus offers flexible searching capabilities to help you and your patrons
easily locate the materials you want. Once you've set up your site and built your
database, you can search your entire collection. Catalog Plus includes the basic
shared modules (System Setup, Reports, Cataloging, Utilities, and Backup and
Restore) plus an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) for your patrons. An
OPAC for your crossplatform search stations is also available.
Union Catalog Plus allows you to create a districtwide database from all the
MARC records of the member sites. Follett Data Exchange Server instantly
updates the union and the member databases with cataloging changes made at
any of the sites. These changes are shared, or not, according to the participation
preferences of each member. The search results in the OPAC show all copies of a
title and their locations.
Alliance Plus lets you add or enhance library bibliographic records with
information from an online database with over 5 million titles and a suite of
CDROMs. This User's Guide includes information for integrating Alliance Plus
into your collection maintenance tasks. Alliance Plus is also available for unions.
WebCollection Plus and the Z39.50 Server expand access to your collection.
WebCollection Plus gives your patrons access to your collection over the Internet.
Z39.50 Server makes your library database accessible to Z39.50 clients
worldwide. Follett Software Company also offers BookWhere? 2000, a Z39.50
client that lets users search multiple Z39.50 databases at the same time.
WebCollection Plus and Z39.50 Server are also available for unions.
Find-It-All Collection provides one-stop searching of multiple online resources
with Find-It-All One Search, and access to over 160,000 safe, high-quality K-12
Web sites aligned to state and national standards with Find-It-All Knowledge
Links. Students can access Find-It-All Collection from Follett's OPAC,
WebCollection Plus, or their Internet browser. Find-It-All Collection gives your
students access to the best information in the least amount of time.