ABCD-Automation of Libraries and Documentation Centers

LONG AWAITED GROUND BREAKING LIBRARY MANAGEMANT SOFTWARE

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Definition of any number of new databases (similar to Winisis), which includes: FDT, PFT, FST, and worksheets directly on the Web, or copying from existing ones either from the Web or from Winisis on a local hard disk,
cataloguing of books and serials, independently of the format: MARC, LILACS, AGRIS, etc.
end-user searching (OPAC),
loans circulation,
acquisitions,
statistics,
library services like SDI, barcode printing, quality control, etc.
The software will be compatible with CDS/ISIS database technology for the bibliographic databases, i.e. reading ISIS-databases and making use of ISIS Formatting Language (or something functionally similar) for producing output (PFT) and indexing (FST) of records;
The software will run on both Windows and Linux platforms;
The software will allow the use of MARC-21 cataloging formats and other current standards or protocols (Dublin Core, METS, Z39.50...);
The software will be published as Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) with the accompanying tools for the developer community;
The software will be intrinsically multi-lingual, with English, Spanish, Portuguese and French interfaces being available by the end of 2008;
The software will be fully documented for system-managers in at least one language, preferably English, by the end of 2008;
UNICODE-compatibility will at least be envisaged and prepared, if not in the actual version then for an upcoming future version, which is part of the ISIS-NBP paralell project;
A testing version will be ready by September 2008 to be presented in the 3rd World Isis Meeting;
This version and manuals will be used as training materials for an international Training Workshop on the software in March 2009.

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