NOS (library software)
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Basic data
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developer | Bauer + Kirch GmbH |
Current version | NOS.5 (2016) |
operating system | Microsoft Windows |
category | Library software |
License | Proprietary |
German speaking | Yes |
www.nos.de |
NOS , formerly the News Office System , is a commercially developed software for managing library collections . It is aimed primarily at large companies, authorities and institutions that maintain specialist and specialist academic libraries . The library management software has been developed by the German company Bauer + Kirch GmbH since 1988 and sold as proprietary software for Windows.
Functional scope and delimitation
NOS is a library system , the functional scope of which maps the essential areas of the library system both for library staff and for users (readers). The core system consists of an OPAC (with dialog function and / or OPAC app if desired) as well as generic modules for cataloging (possibly with the help of external data sources), acquisition , lending , management of electronic media , individual articles, periodicals , monographs , etc. to search / research. E-mail distribution, contract, authorization and circulation management, evaluations and statistics, cost evaluation and accounting (including cost unit and cost center accounting) are further functions of the system. It can be expanded in a modular manner.
Areas of application and distribution
NOS was developed for the management of academic library collections and is mainly used by companies, authorities and institutes that have special requirements for their collection and cost management as well as the management of individual articles, periodicals and digital media.
The system is used by numerous companies, health insurance companies, banks and insurance companies. In addition, numerous authorities at state and federal level (e.g. the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Health) are users of this system.
literature
- Bauer + Kirch GmbH, New NOS.5 library system integrates innovative features In: BuB, 68th year, edition 02–03 / 2016, ISSN 1869-1137 , p. 089
- Know where it is. In: bitonline, Vol. 19, Issue 1, 2016, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 122
- Making good even better: Bauer + Kirch announces the fifth version of the successful library management system. Librarian's Day Nuremberg, May 26-29, 2015
- 20 years of NOS. Bauer + Kirch publishes library system NOS.4. In: BITonline . Vol. 11, Edition 2, 2008, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 232 f.
- Integrated library system NOS.4. In: BuB Forum Library and Information . Issue 60 (2008) 5, ISSN 0340-0301 , p. 388.
- NOS: 3 material cost management and internal cost allocation. In: BuB Forum Library and Information . Issue 58 (2006) 7/8, ISSN 0340-0301 , p. 523.
- Management of media stocks - internal cost allocation. In: Accountants and Controllers . Issue 12, 2004, ISSN 1432-699X , p. XVI.
- Working group of parliamentary and public authorities' libraries: Communications No. 93. (PDF file; 68 kB) September 2003, ISSN 0170-5598 , p. 15 f.
- NOS: 3 successfully launched on the market. Unanimously positive response to the current version of the software for magazine management from Bauer + Kirch GmbH. In: BITonline . Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2003, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 83.
- New at Bauer + Kirch: Far-reaching changes to the special software for magazine management NOS: 3. In: BITonline . Vol. 5, Edition 2, 2002, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 171 f.
- Worldwide magazine management via one system. Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes opts for NOS News Office System. In: ABI technology . Vol. 22, Issue 1, 2002, ISSN 0720-6763 , p. 58.
- NOS: 3 special software for magazine management - demonstration on librarian day. In: ABI technology . Vol. 22, Issue 1, 2002, ISSN 0720-6763 , p. 61.
- Bauer + Kirch GmbH. NOS news office system with a new module. [1] In: BITonline . Vol. 4, Edition 3, 2001, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 300.
- NOS news office system with a new website. Extra pages for interested parties and customers with many contact and download options: www.zeitschriftenverwaltung.de. In: ABI technology . Vol. 20, Issue 4, 2000, ISSN 0720-6763
- Unknown author: NOS news office system with a new website. In: BITonline. Vol. 3, Edition 4, 2000, ISSN 1435-7607 , p. 462 f.
- Y. von Starck: The administration is becoming a service provider. Increased efficiency and better quality in magazine management. (PDF file; 720 kB) In: ABI technology . Vol. 20, Edition 3, 2000, ISSN 0720-6763 , pp. 293-295.
- Y. von Starck: Bauer + Kirch. The administration becomes a service provider. Increased efficiency and better quality in magazine management. In: BITonline . Vol. 3, Edition 3, 2000, ISSN 1435-7607 , pp. 356 f.