Greenstone Digital Library is a platform that provides robust and interoperable software tools for building and managing digital library collections. These tools have been tested, used, and built by libraries throughout the world. It can be installed on a server or accessed for free through a web browser. All of the tools are modular and can be used independently of one another to create a small local collection or one on a grand scale.
Content can be shared among institutions and with researchers around the world. Also, it is freely embeddable into any institutional website or made available only to members of an institution’s community. The free software supports the creation of content; including importing metadata (such as holdings, description, and subject headings), images, video, and audio files; creating metadata records; describing content in multiple languages; transcoding video; hosting and cataloging an institutional repository; and enabling public access at the point of delivery.
PhpMyBibli is an open source integrated library system for PHP, providing a one-stop solution for libraries of all sizes and types, from small public libraries to corporate multinational ones. It has all the features you would expect from library software; hence it can be used as a replacement for any other library management software. The first library management system of its kind is written in PHP, which takes full advantage of the OOP techniques and many features provided by PHP4.
The aim of the project is to create an open source product that offers the same level of support and services as commercial products but also is affordable and easily customizable. Its design also focuses on offering a rich and simple API that can be used either as a standalone PHP library or as a method of integration with other software.
Koha is a web-based open source integrated library system that is used worldwide by the public, school, and special libraries to manage or coordinate the management of the users’ borrowing and other interactions with library collections. The software may be run on a local library’s own hardware (locally hosted) or online via one of several commercial hosting companies. Koha is an award-winning open source integrated library system used by over 800 libraries, special collections, archives, and museums in over 65 countries.
Typical users include school libraries, public libraries, academic libraries, small to medium-sized public libraries, special collections libraries, and special libraries. It comprises an intuitive web-based circulation and cataloging system, with integrated support for physical and digital assets, acquisitions, cataloging, checkout/request management, and a range of value-added library services (e.g., online community tools; collection development tools; analytics and statistics; etc.).
Omeka is a free, open source content management system that makes it easy to publish and manage a website containing collections of digital objects. Common uses include museums and archives, libraries, historical societies, genealogical societies, schools, and other educational institutions. A collection can be as simple as a single image or document uploaded along with descriptive metadata, or it can be complex with multiple associated files and many descriptive fields.
Extensive collections of images and sounds are managed by museums, libraries, and archives. But digital images and sounds are now also found in archives held by genealogical societies, historical societies, and local history projects. Online exhibits are becoming commonplace in schools and educational institutions. And the digital assets of business organizations make them vulnerable to the growing threat of cyber-attacks.
Evolve Library is a comprehensive and flexible library management system designed to serve all kinds of libraries. It can efficiently help you manage your departments, book collections, and patrons. Furthermore, besides being user-friendly and beautiful, it ensures the safety and privacy of your data, provides excellent customer service through a dedicated support team, and works on any device or operating system.
Evolve is a web-based, multi-user, networked library system that supports public, academic, and school libraries with integrated systems for collection development, cataloging, and circulation. The library’s integrated systems streamline operations and increase productivity. Evolve is a true web-based library solution that offers: support for multiple library locations, web-based access to the catalog, the OPAC, auto-population of holds, and many others. As a library management system, Evolve can help libraries increase circulation, improve service and reduce costs.
VuFind is a full-featured library search engine that allows users to search and browse beyond the resources of a traditional Online public access catalog. It performs complex and sophisticated searches across library collections, institutional repositories, and open access materials, including those of publishers and academic societies. It supports modern web standards, metadata harvesting from over 1100 bibliographic databases and thousands of open access scholarly journals, the cataloging of digital assets such as videos, images, and 3D objects, and much more.
VuFind is a free, open source library search engine that allows users to search and browse beyond the resources of a traditional Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) by providing a single search box or faceted search interface. It also includes powerful features such as full-text search, text and data mining, OPAC interfaces, and more. Although VuFind has been designed mainly to provide access to digital content (e-books, audiobooks, videos, images) that libraries have digitized, it also provides access to millions of additional items offered in the world’s largest online research library catalogs: the Library of Congress and WorldCat. Linux
Evergreen ILS is a modern, enterprise-class library management system (ILS) for public and academic libraries. It provides a single integrated technology framework for library services, including online public access catalogs (OPACs), circulation, acquisitions, and serials management. It is an open source, an enterprise-class library automation system that helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate materials.
The user interface has been completely redesigned for ease of use and simple navigation. It generates the catalog data behind WorldCat and the MARC records used by ILSes (Integrated Library Systems) to manage shared collections. It offers an API that allows users to combine their Atoll collections with other content on their own websites. It also enables developers to write programs that create or search Digital Libraries.
Atoll Digital Library is a website that is used to share documents and eBooks with others. It allows users to create online collections of eBooks that can be shared with others. By creating an account, users are able to create book and eBook collections. Through these digital collections, users can share the documents, eBooks, and other digital materials with other Atoll Digital Library members, such as students and teachers.
Many teachers use it as a way to give students access to classroom materials, and at the same time, they can determine which students have permission to access a given book or e-book within their collection on the website. Atoll Digital Library is an online collection of websites and documents that provide information and tutorials on how to build your own website, blog, and online store. It is a document publishing system that allows users to create online collections of e-books, documents, digital images, and videos that can be accessed from any browser.
BibLivre is an open source library and collection management software that enables the cataloging of varied informational resources. It is available to public institutions, and academic and private libraries, making it possible for them to share their collections. Our software allows libraries to integrate many types of digital resources in their catalogs, such as e-books and movies, along with traditional ones. This way, libraries are able to offer a richer, more diverse experience to their patrons while also having access to a bigger collection of materials allowing them to index a large number of documents quickly.
A custom web interface allows libraries to set up their own catalog in just a few clicks. BibLivre is a library management software that enables you to catalog and manage your library, create a bibliography, enrich it through import from the Internet, from library catalogs, and from other bibliographic tools, such as Scopus and Web of Science, and finally, share it through its Web interface or via export to BibTeX and BibLaTeX.
TinyCat is the first integration of a library management system, providing all your physical library needs. It will integrate with your library’s existing tools to provide a convenient and intuitive way to manage your collection. This is a library management system for everything you have, from DVDs and CDs to audiobooks and e-books.
It handles all your items so that data never has to be duplicated whether you’re managing DVDs or digital editions; your data is always stored once in a single system. It has the following features: automatic metadata extraction from images (JPG, PNG, etc.) and PDFs (OCR) using Tesseract: automatic metadata extraction from EPUB using EpubCheck.
Follett is a leading provider of technology products, services, and solutions that help create and manage engaging learning environments for K-12 and higher education students around the world. The company’s innovative solutions, including library management systems, e-books, digital content management, classroom technology, and services primarily under the Follett Learning brand, drive greater student success with a focus on improving critical thinking and literacy skills. It is a diversified portfolio of business solutions for the higher education industry.
The company offers assessment and solutions for online learning effectiveness, campus store optimization; device management services; campus card solutions; and customized research, knowledge transfer, and consulting services. Follett is a leading provider of equipment and materials while delivering technology-based library services to the K-12 market. In addition to the management of physical assets, it also provides online library resources and a wide range of technology-based learning services.
OpenBiblio is a free and open source integrated library management system (ILS) for small to medium-sized libraries. It includes access to cataloged resources, circulation and acquisitions, self-checkout, and mobile browsing. The software is modular, extendable, and completely open source. It is a comprehensive solution aimed at small libraries. It is a full-featured library management system built on an open source platform that gives libraries a solid technological foundation from which to build their library automation processes and services.
The modular design allows for the system to be entirely Open Source, without the restrictions of most implementations of open source solutions. The flexibility and extensibility are further enhanced by the variety of add-on modules available for download. It gives users freedom of choice while providing stability and performance characteristics of commercial systems. From its rich feature set to its robust and customizable architecture, OpenBiblio has been designed to provide the user with a high degree of control over nearly every aspect of their library’s operation.
Invenio is an institutional repository (IR) management system that offers tools to organize, preserve, track and display digital assets of all types. As a highly configurable virtual collection, it is designed to allow institutions to create custom metadata and views. By using this platform, librarians can create tabs and select the number of items per page. The user interface provides easy searching and browsing of digital assets as well as simple tools to set up effective workflow processes for moving content into the repository. It is designed to provide collection analysis for large repositories.
Invenio is designed to be used by schools, academic institutions, research centers, and libraries in order to manage digital assets and distribute them through institutional repositories (IRs). Instead of offering a range of specific content management features for each different type of digital entity, it offers a universal tool that can be configured to handle any type of digital asset. It is designed for the deposit of all types of digital items, from public websites and blogs to photos, videos, datasets, and multimedia productions that use Creative Commons licenses.
FedoraCommons is an open-source, modular software architecture that can be used to build institutional repositories and digital archives using existing components and open standards and protocols. It stores metadata about content objects and a Fedora Workbench that provides a user interface for creating, editing, publishing, and searching for Fedora objects. It can be used to support all forms of collaboration in which community members share, discuss, and develop content over time.
It is a new content management framework for libraries, educational institutions, and cultural heritage organizations. The framework is based on Fedora, an open-source Linux operating system that Red Hat developed and provided high-level services to content management repositories, digital archives, digital libraries, and related systems.
Mandarin is a Web-based catalog management solution designed specifically for library departments in schools and universities. It enables a unique automatic import tool to effortlessly add holdings from Excel spreadsheets. It covers customizable interfaces that provide a unique look and feel for each institution and comes with integration with third-party applications such as library catalogs, card catalogs, ILSs, and fundraising systems
Other function of this platform includes it enables cost-effective and easy to use, comprehensive tools that include integrated searching, acquisitions, circulation, serials, patron management, and more, multiple budgeting options like full-time equivalents, hours-based or manual tracking, multi-level access to give different users different levels of control over the catalog.
Auto Librarian is an auto librarian management system including a full-featured computerized library management system utilizing optional bar codes to handle all library functions. It is capable of handling multiple locations, multiple libraries, and multiple users with a variety of symbols and supporting virtually any type of library material. It utilizes Windows-based software and can be networked for multi-user access from anywhere in the system. Auto Librarian is an auto librarian management system including a full-featured computerized library management system utilizing optional bar codes to handle all library functions.
It has been designed to handle multiple locations, multiple libraries, and multiple users with a variety of symbols and supports virtually any type of library material. It is a new generation of media storage software that can be easily used by any library branch, school, university, or book store. It is designed to operate on commercially available hardware (a PC computer); Auto Librarian can store and retrieve information from books, periodicals, and audiovisual media in any format.
Library-Management.com is a free online library management system that allows librarians and other library staff to keep track of their libraries’ documents, inventory and loans, members’ subscriptions and profiles, memberships, and many other things. It also comes with an RSS feed reader, a full-featured blog engine, and much more. It offers libraries software that includes membership and subscription modules, online database catalogs, supporting document management, member profiles, payments, reporting, and analytics.
Access Logs feature allows you to store detailed access records of your library members. You can track the documents they accessed, the times, from which IP address, which browser, etc. Membership Management feature allows you to keep a record of your library members and their subscription period. You can easily view the list of your members and see details about their subscriptions.