Verso Integrated Library System (ILS)

Functions like the Bibliographic Record Merge allow consortium administrators to select and merge multiple bibliographic records into a single record.

Meanwhile, libraries that use a shared bibliographic database can use Local Authority Control to enter and authorize their own headings, as well as headings from national authority sources.

Additional functionality includes:

• Bibliographic Record Merge allows consortium administrators to select and merge multiple bibliographic records into a single record. This function also retains all attached items and holds and will merge them chronologically
• Libraries that use a shared bibliographic database can use Local Authority Control to enter and authorize their own headings but also have access to headings used by other consortium members
• Administrators can assign granular permissions among consortium members for updating and adding new bibliographic and item records

VERSO Consortia offers unique user management configurations, providing for:

• Users having the ability to choose a home library at time of registration for reserves and notifications
• Setting up individual staff to work at more than one facility, with ‘floating’ staff using a single login at multiple physical locations
• Assignment of different policies for library registration
• Configuration of patron groups/categories for aggregated reports
• Usage reporting based on the home library, county, township, etc.
• Library self-registration, allowing for different policies, permissions and messages for each consortium member
• Configuration of Patron Groups in addition to patron categories to aggregate and report statistics for geographical groups of users

• Each library in a consortium can design its own splash page welcome screen and customize its widgets, presentation, results display and sequences. Or, administrators can distribute and replicate splash page templates to their consortia members 
• Each library in a consortium can arrange its splash page welcome screen, containing widgets that are relevant to the specific library
• For more centralized consortia, the administrator can distribute and replicate splash page templates to all members. This makes the task of customization across the consortium simpler
• UX Administration enables each library in the consortium to select its own color scheme, branding, logo and any other library specific identification
• UX Administration lets each library configure the type of results presentation (gallery, list), how results are aggregated (clustered or merged) and how facets are sequenced and displayed
• Dozens of other library-specific look and feel options, search and results messaging options and patron-facing My Account options are configurable

Streamline check-in/check-out processes, manages patron accounts and handles fines and fees.

Features include: 

• User transaction policies can be based on the user’s home location or on the location where the transaction is taking place
• Holds pick-up location does not need to be a library user’s home location. Users can select their hold pick-up location both in the OPAC and in circulation
• Shared user records mean that the user is registered only once – not multiple times 
• Holds can be placed on any title or item across the entire consortium (subject to policy) 
• VERSO counts and reports on hold fulfillment at non-home libraries for reimbursement purposes 
• The system supplies detailed ‘in-transit’ reports including information about what’s coming to the library and what has been sent to other libraries
• System supports both temporary and permanent item transfers of holdings among and between consortium members
• Upon check-in, the system will route a requested item to the destination library for the next consortia request for that title, without needing to send it ‘home’
• The system allows re-routing of an item on reserve to a different pick-up location regardless of the ownership and status of the item 
• Individual library policies allow each library to create different circulation parameters for patrons registered at different libraries
• Each individual library in a consortium can configure its own wording on receipts, notices and other communications from the library 
• Libraries can set up their own Reserves Fulfillment queue process, perhaps checking a nearby library before a distant one
• Libraries with floating collections can designate specific library/branch/location and material type parameters for what is to float and when the floating thresholds are to be triggered. Staff can also identify a ‘backstop’ floating library for use when a threshold is reached 

• Bibliographic Record Merge allows consortium administrators to select and merge multiple bibliographic records into a single record. This function also retains all attached items and holds and will merge them chronologically 
• Libraries that use a shared bibliographic database can use Local Authority Control to enter and authorize their own headings, but also have access to headings used by other consortium members
• Administrators can assign granular permissions among consortium members for updating and adding new bibliographic and item records

Available on any device, VERSO offers convenient access to reports and statistics, providing valuable insights into circulation and patron trends. Libraries can use this data to make informed decisions and improve services.

• The system counts transactions by material type, user category, user group and location of check-out or check-in
• Each library can determine non-home-user traffic in the library
• Reports and notices can be run for a single library in a consortium or with proper permission, globally for all members

Libraries can configure their default searching to be at the library level, the consortium level or even the state level.

• Search targets can be local, remote (using Z39.50 or similar protocols) or a combination of both
• Each library in a consortium can manage its own default search indexes, menu and arrangement of search resources and its own way of grouping and displaying search results
• Each library in a consortium can manage its own linkages to enhanced content, such as bookstores, Google, Zinio, OverDrive, OneClickDigital etc