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In 1997, the Polk County Library Cooperative was created. This library co-op allows patrons from any location in the county to receive and enjoy materials from any Polk County Library; a mobile library is included along with Books by Mail (a service that allows a member to check out material online upon which point it is mailed to them with no ...
The Lakeland Public Library's swan sculpture and sign located off of Lake Morton Drive in Lakeland, Florida. The Lakeland Public Library is a public library located in Lakeland, Florida, within Polk County, Florida. The library has three branch locations and is a member of the Polk County Library Cooperative (PCLC). [1]
At the same time, libraries began to develop applications to automate the purchase, cataloging, and circulation of books and other library materials. These applications, collectively known as an integrated library system (ILS) or library management system, included an online catalog as the public interface to the system's inventory. Most ...
The Florida Electronic Library (FEL) was founded in 2003 to provide nearly 200 million articles, ebooks, and other digital resources to the citizens of Florida.The FEL partners with Florida's public libraries in order to enhance the availability of resources and services to patrons.
The online public access catalog (OPAC) is a basic module, part of the library's integrated library system. Earlier, the OPAC has been limited to searching physical texts, and sometimes digital copies but has only limited special features. Caplan argues that they are in process of replacement by newer "discovery tools" allowing more ...
The Bartow Public Library is a member of the Polk County Library Cooperative. [137] The library is located at 2150 S. Broadway Ave. Bartow, FL 33830. [138] The library first started May 19, 1897 above Polk County National Bank. After obtaining a Carnegie Grant the public library was opened on February 8, 1915.
In library and information science, cataloging or cataloguing is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of bibliographic records. [1]
The IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM) is a conceptual entity–relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) that expresses the "logical structure of bibliographic information".