”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
The inventory program compares each scanned item with the MARC records in your catalog and circulation status to determine what might be:
- Missing
- Damaged but shelved
- Lost/Missing but shelved
- Loaned but shelved
- No call number
- Misplaced/Out of range
- Invalid
Each of these conditions require some sort of correction which the inventory module can apply to all items on a list simultaneously, once you have determined that the list is accurate.
- OPALS allows you to inventory by call number ranges so you can do this in stages as time permits when you need to check the status of a particular part of the collection or when it is not possible to close the library to conduct inventory.
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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 -
