15th Hellenic Academic Libraries Conference, Patras, 2006 Neil A. MacKinnon, SirsiDynix

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15th Hellenic Academic Libraries Conference,
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What is Corinthian?
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What is Corinthian?

• Corinthian is an entirely new ILS solution
  designed and developed by SirsiDynix especially
  for academic and research libraries
• It is a high-performance, secure, flexible,
  feature-rich, and scalable ILS
• It has true open SQL database independence
• It has flexible n-tier architecture
• It is a thin-client
• It supports e-resources management
• It has state-of-the-art security and
  authentication capabilities through support for
  Kerberos and Shibboleth

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Lets look at some features
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Security

• The system supports
• generic user logins
• personal user logins
• a combination of both
• Logins determine
• menu and functional access
• language preferences
• library branch location
• which records are visible to the user

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Agency Setup

• Hierarchical agency structure
• Consolidation of setup
• Inheritance with flexibility of local preferences

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Protection and ownership of data

• Protection Domains
• Ownership of Bib and Authority data
• Audit Trail

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Protection and ownership of data

• Protection Domains
• Ownership of Bib and Authority data
• Audit Trail

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• Protection Domains
• Ownership of Bib and Authority data
• Audit Trail

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Searching

• Searching setup consolidated in one place
• Different pacs by agency/user group
• Alternative displays permitted for pacs
• Search only bibs with your items attached
• Search Agency groups
• Create as many indexes as you want

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Searching

• Searching setup consolidated in one place
• Different pacs by agency/user group
• Alternative displays permitted for pacs
• Search only bibs with your items attached
• Search Agency groups
• Create as many indexes as you want

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Searching

• Searching setup consolidated in one place
• Different pacs by agency/user group
• Alternative displays permitted for pacs
• Search only bibs with your items attached
• Search Agency groups
• Create as many indexes as you want

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Searching

• Searching setup consolidated in one place
• Different pacs by agency/user group
• Alternate displays permitted for pacs
• Search only bibs for your items
• Search Agency groups
• Create as many indexes as you want or need

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Circulation

• Circulation policy is defined using Circ RULES
• RULES can be inherited but also local
• Exceptions to RULES can be by agency, item type,
  patron type, collection, item status, or
  combinations of these
• Subscriptions
• Enhanced Request functionality

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Circulation

• Circulation policy is defined using Circ RULES
• RULES can be inherited but also local
• Rule exceptions can be by agency, item type,
  patron type, collection, item status, or
  combinations of these
• Subscriptions
• Enhanced Request functionality

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Circulation

• Circulation policy is defined using Circ RULES
• RULES can be inherited but also local
• Rule exceptions can be by agency, item type,
  patron type, collection, item status, or
  combinations of these
• Subscriptions
• Enhanced Request functionality
• Volume level requests
• Sequenced requests

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Cataloguing

• Import/Export
• Create/Save Import to MARC List (and label it for
  ID)
• Import various record formats
• Selective record import
• Preview Import file
• Apply conditions before and after processing

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More Cataloguing

• Flexible spine label production
• MARC batch Editor
• Item batch Editor

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Acquisitions

• Processing Centres
• Fiscal Years
• Accounts
• Import

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Acquisitions

• Processing Centres
• Fiscal Years
• Accounts
• Import

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Acquisitions

• Processing Centres
• Fiscal Years
• Accounts
• Import

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Acquisitions

• Processing Centres
• Fiscal Years
• Accounts
• Import

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Serials

• Prediction Domain and Pub Pattern Groups
• For more effective sharing and management of
  prediction patterns
• Calendar interface for creating publication
  patterns

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Serials

• Prediction Domain and Pub Pattern Groups
• For more effective sharing and management of
  prediction patterns
• Calendar interface for creating publication
  patterns

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E-resource management

• Launch ERMS with user or account-specific
  authentication
• Order, renew and invoice e-resources
• Facility to up-load Serials Solutions MARC
  records into Horizon
• Facility to update Serials Solutions
  knowledgebase with local (print or electronic)
  holdings
• Integrated Resource Discovery

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How do I find out more?
Thalia Tsalkitzi ttsalkitzi_at_decision.quest.gr 30
211 999 1878
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15th Hellenic Academic Libraries Conference,
Patras, 2006Neil A. MacKinnon