”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 MARC Record Cataloguing Module
Catalogue books, eBooks, multimedia, digital archives, and more.
OPALS stores complete MARC format bibliographic records. OPALS uses data in the fixed fields, indicator bytes and sub-fields to access resources efficiently and to display that data effectively.
There are several ways to add MARC records to OPALS.
- Original entry – using OPALS feature-rich MARC editor
- Z-import – uses a built-in z39.50 client to access protocol compliant databases (ex. Library of Congress, National Library of Canada, etc., National Library of Scotland, etc.) to retrieve MARC records, edit, and save them
- Batch Import MARC record files (ex. from vendors)
- eBook MARC record Batch Import Wizard – globally and simultaneously enhances vendor provided records to display eBook media icon, your own text link descriptors, “eBook” call number prefix, & prevents merging with print versions of same title publications…
- Library of Congress Subject Authority File Access
- Local Subject Heading Access
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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 -
