Features and Modules of ABCD
Description of the basic modules
| Administrator | Management of User accounts Full database creation process Backup/Restore Inverted file generation/update Database reinitialization Record/database unlocking Maintenance of Messages database and translation to other languages Creation of Help-in-context pages Management of z39.50 (protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote databases) Management of OAI (the Open Archives Initiative protocol for metadata harvesting) Quality and consistency controls |
| Technical processes | Data entry Creation/editing of worksheets Creation/editing of formats for quality control Linking to Authority files Management of the Acquisitions module Import/Export (Isis, MARC, XML, etc.) Global changes |
| Statistics | Pre-defined basic package with the most frequently used statistics Ad-hoc reports generator, with direct output to graphs and export to Excel-like spreadsheets |
| Services | Print generation (on demand or scheduled) Printing of barcodes and spine labels Selective dissemination of information through profiles Online services by demand (photocopies, reference, etc.) |
| Loans circulation | Databases for identification of loan objects and users Definition of service policies or rules Multiple display formats Pre-defined calendar for calculating suspensions, reservations and loans Assignation of different functions to different operators Definition of lending slips and other prints Detection of inconsistencies in transactions Statistics on all types of transactions Loans Devolutions Reservations Verification of user and/or object Administration of fines Administration of suspensions Administration of reservations and waiting lists Listings of printed forms and e-mails |
| OPAC (iAH) | Simple editor for ABCD-Site administration, modelled on BVS Site Editor for parameter definition (.def files) Editor for display formats Editor for indexing techniques (.FST) Web service connecting the OPAC with the loans system Editor for shortcuts (calls to external applets through .pft) |
| Kardex Periodical Control (SeCS) | Title creation according to the ISSN standard Import of titles from .ISO MARC/ISSN formats or native SeCSCreation of frequency masks for automatic generation of new issuesGeneration of collective catalogues with multiple collections Entry of new issues, manually or automatically through barcode reading Export of full or selective collections Control listings of missing or duplicated issues Hypertext navigation between different versions of families of titles |
