”We migrated to OPALS this year, an open-source ILS which is a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems. The transition was incredibly painless and the customer support is prompt, empathetic and thorough.”Academic Librarian
OPALS is used in many seminary libraries worldwide which catalog resources in many languages. OPALS supports the Unicode protocol enabling it to process, store and access non-Roman-alphabet MARC records.
The cloud-based, Web-based, hosted system makes it easy for seminaries to use state of the art technology for very modest fees and worry-free system maintenance, support and ongoing system updates.
In addition, the system can upload digitized documents and archives for scholars to read on desktop computers, tablets or mobile devices. Other integrated management applications include bibliography utilities, circulation management (including self-service options), “Pathfinders” topic guides, Content Management System type utilities to create a library homepage, reports and inventory programs.
Ask for a free demo system and instruction: info@opalsinfo.net
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References:
Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Library
http://apnts.gnec.kari.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
Wesley Biblical Seminary Library
http://wbs.kari.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
CANA – The Catholic Center – Singapore
http://skc.daphnis.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
Saint Katherine College Library
http://skc.daphnis.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
Hebrew College
http://hc.hl.scoolaid.net/bin/home
Phoenix Seminary Library
http://psem.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
City Seminary of New York City Library
http://csny.kari.opalsinfo.net/bin/home
United Wesleyan Graduate Institute (Hong Kong)
http://uwgi.scoolaid.net/bin/home
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”MediaFlex, which offers and maintains OPALS for us, has been consistently the most responsive company in terms of customer support. Having worked with them since 2007, we continue to enjoy a close working relationship.”
School Librarian -
”Thanks to OPALS, 85-90% of our incoming back-office tasks are now smoothly handled automatically – against the former only 10%. We did not experience any troubling side-effects of any kind during/after implementation”
Bazh-GFx Academic Librarian”I can't believe that in an era like this I can still pick up the phone and get connected right away with people who are directly running the business and solve the problem right then and there. It is so rare and I deeply appreciate that! I will reach out to a few other small schools in my area and let them know about your company!”
School Librarian -
”We migrated to OPALS this year, an open-source ILS which is a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems. The transition was incredibly painless and the customer support is prompt, empathetic and thorough.”
Academic Librarian”MediaFlex, which offers and maintains OPALS for us, has been consistently the most responsive company in terms of customer support. Having worked with them since 2007, we continue to enjoy a close working relationship.”
School Librarian -
”Thanks to OPALS, 85-90% of our incoming back-office tasks are now smoothly handled automatically – against the former only 10%. We did not experience any troubling side-effects of any kind during/after implementation”
Bazh-GFx Academic Librarian”I can't believe that in an era like this I can still pick up the phone and get connected right away with people who are directly running the business and solve the problem right then and there. It is so rare and I deeply appreciate that! I will reach out to a few other small schools in my area and let them know about your company!”
School Librarian -
