“Polaris Library Systems gave us a total solution, an elegant system at the best price. Add the immeasurable benefit of staff who truly work with us, and who else would we have chosen?”
- Janice Butler, Director, St. Tammany Parish Library, Louisiana
ILS System
Acquisitions
Seamlessly integrate your acquisitions.
Polaris ILS Acquisitions links seamlessly to the circulation, cataloging and PAC subsystems, providing a truly one-stop solution for managing your library's flow of information. And since EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is actually part of the subsystem's code, you can perform purchasing, processing and circulation functions with point-and-click simplicity. In addition, the real-time fund accounting feature allows you to track orders by type, create branch fill rate reports, and more.
Acquisitions benefits:
- Check bibliographic records' circulation statistics during selection and ordering
- Save time by transmitting orders directly to major vendors (View Product Demonstration)
- Receive and process electronic invoices without having to re-key data
- Mediate claims and cancellations
- Preview bibliographic records and linked holdings during selection, ordering and invoicing
Cataloging benefits:
- Bulk import MARC records
- Generate bulk selection lists
- Type ISBN in line items to retrieve bibliographic data, inventory status and current pricing
- Bulk create selection lists or purchase orders from vendor shopping carts
- When vendor orders are received, you can also bulk import MARC records with or without holdings data
Circulation and PAC benefits:
- Display on-order and in-processing status on Polaris OPAC
- Display on-order items on PAC dashboards
- Place hold requests immediately during acquisitions
