aVISTA is a revolutionary self contained turnkey library automation system built around the LearningAccess ILS V1.0.
With aVISTA, automating your library could hardly be simpler. No costly specialized servers and technically skilled staff are necessary; everything you need is in one box no larger then a stack of five CD!
aVISTA has the power to automate a typical small to medium sized library with 50,000 items with ease!
aVISTA is built on the award-winning Apple MAC Mini platform, which gives you unparalleled stability using the MAC OS X operating system (included).
aVISTA deploys the latest Learning Access Institute automation tools which your users can access with any web browser on a PC or MAC. All administration tasks, including cataloging and circulation are also performed via a web browser, making system administration and maintenance a breeze!
The Learning Access Institute Difference
When acquiring the aVISTA product, you get access to a whole array of services, including the benefit of our years of experience working with under served libraries, small and large. As a non-profit, we are different from the typical library vendor: we are interested in your institution and the community you are trying to serve!
Many smaller libraries have over-committed staffs that rely on volunteer help, and struggle to stretch their budgets. The last thing you want to worry about is yet another piece of unsustainably complex and expensive technology. This is the problem that the aVISTA solution addresses, with a simple yet powerful turnkey library automation system which works for you!
aVISTA your portal to the world
The aVISTA system not only makes your local library material accessible, but also functions as an easy-to-use gateway to remote information resources. Your users access your catalog and full text articles from commercial database services like ProQuest, all using the same simple-to-navigate Web-based OPAC interface.
No longer do you need to worry about who gets access to what, since the system has a seamless, innovative built-in authenticating proxy service. Now users can access remote resources from home, from the library, or fram around the world — all managed with a few clicks using our intuitive Web-based administrative interface.
And because of our commitment to open standards, the aVISTA system lets you easily collaborate with others libraries.
aVISTA can also provide easy access to community resources, by using its built-in capabilities to create, manage and search community based records. Such records may include local contact information for after school programs, social services, volunteer and scholarship opportunities, or whatever is appropriate in your community.