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Top 10 Library Management Software
May 18, 2025 | Editor: Maria Lin
Library Management Software is used by public, school, municipal, enterprise and special libraries to manage loans, circulation, acquisition and patron management.
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Koha is the most advanced open-source web-based Integrated Library System in use today by hundreds of libraries worldwide. Koha offers easy-to-use circulation policies, strong patron management, intuitive navigation, and extensive permissions for staff accounts, extensive support for holds, OPAC, staff, administrative features.
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Insignia Library System Enterprise is a high-end scalable system which can be installed for a single site or a consortium of libraries. Insignia is the most comprehensive and fully integrated library automation system on the market. It is powerful and easy to use. Users can access any feature in the system in one mouse click. The software is currently in use by public, K-12, post-secondary, and corporate institutions.
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Bibliovation is the only Library Services Platform with a totally integrated capability for managing digital collections. Since 2005, LibLime has been at the forefront of providing library management software solutions. Our librarians, software engineers and information technologists work closely with our customers to create the best workflow solutions.
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Evergreen is a highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries.
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FOLIO is an open source library services platform. It supports traditional resource management functionality and can be extended into other institutional areas.
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Destiny Library Manager is a complete library management system that can be accessed from anywhere, 24/7. It not only allows librarians and administrators keep thorough, real-time track of a library’s inventory and media assets, but also gives students a fun means of discovery and reading. Provide students with a fast, federated search that leads to results that show print materials alongside digital books, websites, and databases. Students can open eBooks right from the search results, shortening the time between discovery and learning.
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OPALS is a proven, open-source automated library system. Whether your library has hundreds of resources or millions, there is likely a library just like yours that has adopted OPALS. Well over 2000 libraries around the world use OPALS every day to manage library resources that hundreds of thousands of library members can access on the Web in their institutions, at home or at a local cafe.
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An elegant, yet easy to use solution that puts the library at the heart of your learning community. Integrated library management for schools designed for a modern learning environment - including cloud-hosted or local network deploy. Accessit is flexible enough to handle everything from small, specialist collections to complex multi-dimensional libraries.
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Fully mobile, cloud-based, web browser-accessible & works with Windows 10. Discovery & consortia solutions also available. LIBERO is the perfect solution to your eResource, learning, and discovery requirements. Customisation options, ongoing product development and LIBERO WebServices ensure the library continues to effectively support the curriculum and the long-term strategy of your institution.
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Soutron’s web-based library management system engages users by providing self-service functionality, encourages collaboration and the capture of feedback and comments. It reduces the pressure on library staff and increases access to knowledge from any device including mobile smart phones and tablets. Fast cloud based and mobile friendly library management software.
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Mandarin allows access to library resources through any computer with an Internet connection. The simple interface is easy to learn, and the appearance and features can be tailored for each library. Optional modules and services offered by Mandarin allow libraries to customize their system to meet their individual needs. M5 also supports Unicode, which allows librarians and users to catalog and search their collections in any language.
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Handy Library Manager is fully featured, affordably priced, library management software for small to medium library. Process check in, check out, renew, or reserve transactions, barcode scanner circulations, circulation rules, manage loans (display overdue items, print/email overdue notices, print overdue reports, ...), send e-mail overdue notices
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Atriuum, 100% Web-based system, has been built on a foundation of over twenty-five years experience in library technology and feedback from over 10,000 customers. Because it’s browser-based, patrons have instant access to the thousands of resource materials housed at your library from any Internet connected computer or mobile device. Atriuum is a powerful asset in your quest for comprehensive, reliable, and easy-to-use patron tools and resources.
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MODERNLIB is a Windows software for Library Automation. Three modules are available in the system. Library Management Module (Used by Librarian and Assistance). Library Circulation Module (Used by Librarian and Assistance). Student Search and Inquiry Module (Used by student and staff)
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DSpace is a web application, allowing researchers and scholars to publish documents and data. While DSpace shares some feature overlap with content management systems and document management systems, the DSpace repository software serves a specific need as a digital archives system, focused on the long-term storage, access and preservation of digital content
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Сhurch library is a place where books and other materials related to religion, church history and spiritual literature are stored. These can be small collections of books in parish churches or large libraries at monasteries or theological academies. Although the church does not particularly strive for technical progress and the study of new technologies, but still, using software to manage the church library is a good idea for church ministers, because it allows to save time and ensure the safety of books, organize them better and help parishioners (and other church ministers) find what they are interested in. ***
2025. AnyBook invented social book-kiosks for companies
Israeli startup AnyBook has come up with a new idea for companies how to unite employees into a friendly community - by identifying common interests (in reading books). To do this, a book kiosk is installed in your office (for example, in the reception area or in the break room). At first, it is filled with popular (professional or fiction) books by AnyBook itself, but the company management and employees can bring their own books from home and share them via this kiosk. Then, employees can borrow books to read. A mobile app is used to keep track of books - it shows which books are currently on the kiosk shelf and which ones have been borrowed by certain employees. In the same application, employees can share their reviews and recommendations. Thus, soon the team will read the same books and employess have something to talk about. In addition, the startup's AI tracks the company's book preferences and updates the kiosk library, pushing new books that are most likely to interest the employees. The service is already used by several companies such as the Tel Aviv Municipality, Elbit, Amdocs, Playtika, Pango, HiBob and Natural Intelligence.
