Product Overview

The Inter-Search product delivers a full range of functions for your library administration and client service.  Our products include:

• Inter-Search ILS for Networking - our hosted multi-network Inter-Library Loan networking tool
• Inter-Search Document delivery for Libraries - a simple solution for client submission of ILS requests with full integration with Inter-Search ILS
• Inter-Search DB - our database access platform, providing low cost access to online full text database services
• Inter-Search LMS - our full-function Library Management System based around the Koha core.
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Inter-Search ILS is a full-feature Inter-Library Loan system developed to meet the needs of libraries who face the cost pressure of existing ILL arrangements.   Over 400 libraries in the Asia-Pacific region use our flagship product.

Prosentient Systems has developed a practical web-based product that provides an document exchange system for collaborating institutions to share their document or subscription holdings, and using intelligent automatic ranking and workload distribution.  

Advanced features include:

• raising Inter-Library Loans by electronic or by fax
• automatic intelligent workload distribution and ranking of requests
• automatic processing of citations into ILL requests
• bulk holdings upload and management
• a sophisticated and fast search engine
• links to electronic resources
• optional gateway to full text database resources with a federated search interface (see IntersearchDB)

The web-based service has attracted subscriptions from over 300 libraries across 4 separate library community groups over the last three years.  Its success rests on distributing the workload among the participating libraries and providing a very low cost infrastructure for participating libraries.  Libraries use the service on an annual subscription basis costing less than an single journal subscription.  

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The Inter-Search LMS is based around the Koha open source core - the first and most widely used open source Library Management System.  We have extended the Koha core to provide a rich hosted solution to your Library Management needs.  Together with our document delivery system, Koha represents a rich, scalable, library management system for all sizes of library. 

Our solution includes:  

Online OPAC with Web-2.0 features

· Member login:
· Reservations
· Renewals
· Library-2.0 style participation features
· Suggestions 

Cataloguing

· MARC support
· Z39.50 search & import

Circulation

· Circulation desk alerts on issuing and returns
· Reminders.
· Fees management.
· Differential loan periods according to categories of clients.
· Barcoding.

Acquisitions

· Budget based or simple budget operation
· Import suggestions into orders
· Receiving against orders
· Branch-based or global configuration for budgets and orders

Serials Management

Statistics

· A range of client, circulation, acquisition and catalogue reports.  Visit http://www.intersearch.com.au or read our product overview.

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Inter-Search Document Delivery extends our library management software to provide an integrated solution for inter-library loan management. 

• a simple, configurable client request form
• customisation of client communication proformas & templates
• integration with Libraries Australia and GratisNet
• statistics and reporting

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The Inter-Search datababase service provides a low cost gateway to a wide range of online full text database services.  Visit http://www.intersearch.com.au/database/databaselogin.asp.  Subscription is as low as $50 per month (plus pay per view fees) and include access to a range of full text database services.

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	GRATISNET - (www.gratisnet.org.au) has over 350 Health and Medical special libraries libraries in Australia and PNG.
	GLASS (www.glassdd.org) comprises over 50 government and social services libraries in NSW and Victoria.
	LILLI - Legal Inter-Library Loans Interchange (www.lilli.org.au).  The LILLI Network provides an Interlibrary Loan request system for over 30 participating legal libraries in NSW.
	ALIES (www.alies.org.au) is a network of libraries in Australia and New Zealand in the area of Emergency Services.
	TRANZINFO (http://ill.tranzinfo.org) is a network of Transport libraries situated in Australia and New Zealand
	QShare (http://www.qshare.org.au) is a network of 15 Queensland government libraries.
	ALLA Qld  (http://www.q-lilli.org.au) the Australian Law Library Association QLD network

Prosentient Systems provides Inter-Search as a fully hosted solution ready to run.  The following are guildines on service costs:

Inter-Search Database service - $50/month.

Inter-Search ILS - $145 annual subscription (allow a once-off $AUS3000 setup cost for initial network establishment)

Inter-Search LMS - $80-$200 per month hosting, depending on your catalogue size and usage profile.(plus costs for configuration, conversion and training as requrired)

Inter-Search Document delivery- $30-$50 per month hosting, depending on your catalogue size and usage profile.(plus costs for configuration, conversion and training as requrired)

Contact ejb@prosentient.com.au if you are interested in further information.

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System Requirements

Any standard Internet web browser can be used to access the service (for example Internet Explorer or FireFox).  Inter-Search uses the latest smart hosting services to deliver information online and through web services.  Hosting is provided by Prosentient Systems as part of the annual subscription fee. 

Our stand-alone circulation client is Java based and can be installed on Windows, MAC and Linux desktops.

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