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ABLE Library & Bindery Product Description |
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ABLE™ 6 is the second generation library binding preparation system using Internet technology. ABLE™ links libraries' binding databases with binders; facilitating the exchange of information and automating many of the activities associated with library binding. Previous versions of ABLE™ have been in service since 1985. ABLE™ 6 Library and Library Web Access are in service since 1998 at over 1,200 libraries. Both configurations have received rave reviews.
Major binderies, Mekatronics and Programming Concepts have joined to form the ABLE Ventures LLC Partnership. The Partnership welcomes additional partners.
Breakthrough Technology: ABLE™ 6 with Internet Access The Partnership's first product is ABLE™ 6. ABLE™ 6 is a major enhancement over its predecessor. ABLE™ 6 brings state-of-the-art library bindery preparation to the Internet. This was an aggressive project that lowers the costs for both the libraries and binderies.
The ABLE™ 6 system features include:
Facing the Forces of Change 2000 ABLE™ has been in successful operation for the past twelve years and is used by major binderies in the U.S.A., Canada, UK, Germany and Japan. Some 1,000+ libraries use the ABLE™ Library component. We are in an era of technological change similar to that of the industrial revolution in the early part of this century. Technology is driving capital spending. With the accelerated pace of change, you need technology that accelerates the pace of binding and maintaining a superior edge which is often a prerequisite to success. The time has come for making a leap into the future with ABLE™ 6.
Product Overview ABLE™ provides cost savings, high reliability and a higher level of service than ever before available. Advanced technology along with innovative system design provides the library and bindery with a sophisticated tool which is both easy and efficient in operation.
ABLE™ is a hardware/software product that provides both the bindery and the library with a means for communicating binding/rebinding information quickly and accurately. ABLE™ is comprised of two major systems: ABLE™ Library and ABLE™ Bindery. The bindery customer (e.g. a library) uses the ABLE™ Library system and the bindery uses the ABLE™ Bindery system. The two systems may be utilized independently or as a closely associated pair of systems. Independent operation means that the ABLE™ Library can be used by customers independent of the system used by the binders and that ABLE™ Bindery can be used by a bindery independent of the system used at the library.
When both the bindery customer and the bindery utilize the ABLE™ systems, the systems are coordinated. This means that the same database information (e.g. titles) would be in both the ABLE™ Library and the ABLE™ Bindery systems. Database information is exchanged, via floppy diskettes or the Internet, whenever a Lot (i.e. collection of volumes to be bound) is sent to the bindery and when the Lot is sent back to the customer.
ABLE™ Library provides the bindery customer services for gathering and routing data describing books and periodicals that are to be processed by the bindery. ABLE™ Library is equally effective when used with periodicals or books. ABLE™ Bindery concentrates on eliminating redundant effort within the binding operation and on tighter control of work in progress.
Binders with ABLE™ Bindery systems are realizing savings and improvements in quality when serving libraries that utilize ABLE™ Library. There is also a significant savings when ABLE™ Bindery is utilized for libraries not using ABLE™ Library. The Lots generated by ABLE™ Library can be transferred directly into the ABLE™ Bindery system to completely eliminate the manual (and error-prone) steps of re-keying title data.
Additional Information on the ABLE Web Site ILS Integration: Ex Libris Aleph
Articles (PDF File) Binding Preparation—Swipe a Barcode, You’re Done; Paul Parisi; Managing Partner, ABLE Ventures, LLC
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