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Libraries Online, Inc.

Libraries Online, Inc.(LION) is a consortium of public libraries (plus one high school library and one college library) formed to share a common integrated library system and to provide easy access to all of the consortium’s collections. LION is currently using the Innovative Interfaces (III) Millennium software to provide services to its members. The system supports a shared online public catalog (OPAC), a circulation subsystem, cataloging services, acquisitions functionality, and serials checkin. Beyond the central server and software, LION supports the libraries staff workstations, OPAC PCs network access, and various local library capabilities like wireless networking. LION also provides bibliographic database maintenance and cataloging services. The LION staff comprises the Executive Director, the Associate Director, two technical staff, a cataloger, and an office manager.