Virtual Union Catalogue for Sri Lanka University Libraries,

Abstract

This article explains the compilation of a virtual union catalog for Sri Lankan University Libraries. The intention of this project is to facilitate easy access to the bibliographic information of individual university Libraries. It was developed using PHP, JavaScript, and is searchable in all key bibliographical access points such as title, author, Subject, publisher, ISBN, Series, Class Number, and subject heading.

Currently university libraries of Ruhuna, Rajarata, Wayamba, and South Eastern are contributing to SLUCat.

The system gives the facilities to search in all important fields (title, author, subject, publisher, ISBN, series, Class Number, and subject heading), to display newly arrived books in connected Libraries to view records. statistics of each library, etc.