Library Technology Guides

Latest CARL.Solution release introduces much-anticipated features. The Library Corporation announced the latest release of the CARL.Solution integrated library system. Based directly on their feedback, customers will enjoy a redesigned interface in CARL.Connect Staff, new Holds Management functionality, and the addition of PayPal as an eCommerce option for CARL.Connect Discovery Desktop and Mobile. Development also focused on updates to existing functionality and emerging needs and priorities. [Full Announcement].

La Porte County Public Library keeps innovating with move to CARL.Solution. The Library Corporation announced the completed implementation of the CARL.Solution integrated library system for La Porte County Public Library in La Porte, Indiana. TLC completed migration services for the eight-site library earlier in the year to facilitate partnerships with their local schools, implement native self-check software, and provide sleek new searching capabilities. [Full Announcement].

Latest CARL.Solution release advances search and Discovery. The Library Corporation announced the latest release of the CARL.Solution integrated library system. Among the variety of new features and customer-driven development made in this recent release is a distinct crowd favorite: enhanced searching infrastructure of the online catalog for more relevant results of titles containing special characters, alphanumerics, and compound punctuation — both in the traditional display and in the Grouped Title display. [Full Announcement].

Monroe County Library system signs five-year CARL.Solution contract. Monroe County Library System in New York has renewed its contract for TLC’s CARL.Solution. [Full Announcement].

SNAP Consortium signs multi-uear CARL.Solution contract. Solano Napa and Partners Consortium in California has renewed its contract for TLC’s ILS, CARL.Solution [Full Announcement].

TLC's CARL.Solution ILS offers flexible consortia options. TLC has restructured the CARL.Solution system shared by Arlington County Public Library and Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia to enable increased site autonomy and consortium functionality. [Full Announcement].

TLC releases CARL.Solution Version 5.0. The Library Corporation Version 5.0 of CARL.Solution with new circulation, serials, security, Companion Searcher, CARLWeb, acquisitions and reports features. It also introduces a full graphical interface for system administrators to manage parameters, operations, and security for all modules.In addition, Version 5.0 pushes CARL.Solution beyond the boundaries of its text-based origins, by offering new file structures and flexible parameters to support e-mail, e-commerce, e-data exchange, and other e-based services. [Full Announcement].

TLC to resell Computype's barcode label products. The Library Corporation will resell the Computype barcode label product line to users of CARL.Solution, one of TLC''s integrated systems. [Full Announcement].

. TLC Implements Tamil Search Capabilities in Singapore. Speakers of Tamil, an official language of Singapore, can now search the online catalog of Singapore’s National Library Board in their own language. [Full Announcement].

Compaq Partners with TLC to Deliver Interactive Wellington City Libraries System. Wellington City Council selects CARL.Solution from The Library Corporation as its new interactive library system. [Full Announcement].