Update on the new Integrate Library System (ILS)

Circulation with Aleph500 was launched on February 14, 2011 in 10 Faculty and Departmental libraries at ELTE:

• BTK SEAS Library
• BTK German Institute Library
• BTK LIS Institute Library
• BTK Central Reading Room
• BTK Far East Institute Library
• University Library
• Centre Interuniversitaire d.Études Françaises Bibliotheque
• Faculty of Informatics Library
• Faculty of Elementary and Nursery School Teachers' Training Library
• Faculty of Science Library

and two more Faculty libraries (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology Library and Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education Library) will be integrated later this year.

The ELTE union catalogue is available at http://katalogus.elte.hu or http://opac.elte.hu
New features: Easier registration procedure, having one global patron form with local library privileges. New, common ELTE library card for non-students, and the Student-ID for students is issued from now on. Users can Sign-in to use My Library Card to create a personal profile for keeping track of their loans, renewals, requests.
New services: English interface for international students and faculty, more sophisticated search options from basic through multi-field to advanced, multi-base search in several library catalogues nation- and world-wide, online renewals, requests are available.