Compatible with National & International Standard
Soul 3.0 is compliant to international standards such as MARC 21 bibliographic format, Unicode based Universal Character Sets for multilingual bibliographic records and NCIP 2.0 and SIP 2 based protocols for electronic surveillance and control.
●  Compliant to NCIP 2.0 protocol for RFID and other related applications especially for electronic surveillance and self check-out & check-in;
●  Supports data exchange through ISO-2709 standard.
●  Compliant to International Standards such as MARC21, AACR-2, MARCXML.

Features of SOUL:

➤  UNICODE based multilingual support for Indian and foreign languages;

➤  Compliant to International Standards such as MARC21, AACR-2, MARCXML;

➤  Client-server based architecture, user-friendly interface that does not require extensive training;

➤  Supports multi-platform for bibliographic database such as My SQL, MS-SQL or any other RDBMS;

➤  Supports cataloguing of electronic resources such as e-journals, e-books, virtually any type of material;

➤  Supports requirements of digital library and facilitate link to full-text articles and other digital objects;

➤  Support online copy cataloguing from MARC21 supported bibliographic database;

➤  Provides default templates for data entry of different type of documents. User can also customize their own data entry templates for different type of documents;

➤  Provides freedom to users for generating reports of their choice and format along with template and query parameters;

➤  Supports ground-level practical requirements of the libraries such as stock verification, book bank, vigorous maintenance functions, transaction level enhanced security, etc.;

➤  Provides facility to send reports through e-mail, allows users to save the reports in various formats such as Word, PDF, Excel, MARCXML, etc.;

➤  Highly versatile and user-friendly OPAC with simple and advanced search. OPAC users can export their search results in to PDF, MS Excel, and MARCXML format;

➤  Supports authority files of personal name, corporate body, subject headings and series name;

➤  Supports data exchange through ISO-2709 standard;

➤  Provides simple budgeting system and single window operation for all major circulation functions;

➤  Strong region-wise support for maintenance through regional coordinators. Strong online and offline support by e-mail, chat and through dedicated telephone line during office hours.