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• Allows user-generated customized reports;
• Facilitates authority database of person name, corporate body, subject headings and series Notes
name;
• Supports copy cataloguing in MARC21 format by using ISO-2709 standard;
• Master database of publishers;
• Multi-lingual database by using Unicode Character set; and
• Supports full MARC 21 bibliographic format.

Circulation
This module takes care of all possible functions of circulation. Sufficient care has been taken in
designing this module starting from membership management, maintenance and status of library
items, transaction, ILL, overdue charges, renewals and reminders, search status and report generation
according to the status of the items. The circulation module is fully compliant with the NISO
Circulation and Interchange Protocol (NCIP) version 2.0 for electronic surveillance and RFID based
transaction of the items. Major functions of the circulation module:
• Membership;
• Transaction;
• Inter-library loan;
• Over due charges;
• Reminder;
• Search status;
• Maintenance of the items such as binding, lost, replace, missing, withdrawl, etc.; and
• Report generation based on the various requirements.

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)

One of the major attraction of SOUL is its robust Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The
OPAC has simple and advanced search facility with the minimum information of the item by using
author, title, corporate body, conference name, subject headings, keywords, class number, series
name, accession number or combination of any of two or more information regarding the item.
Major functions provided in the module are:
• Simple Search;
• Boolean Search;
• Advanced Boolean Search;
• Displaying and downloading of records in MS Excel, PDF or MARCXML; and
• Search support for the items that are in the acquition process in the library.

Serial Control
Managing serials is the most complicated job for a library. The module keeps track of serials in the
library effectively and efficiently. The searial control module is developed based on the KARDEX
system and has following functions built into it:
• Suggestions;
• Master databases;

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