Custom recommendations
Automatic and curated recommendations: newest, most popular, our staff recommend.
Public online catalogue
OPAC / Discovery
A custom public catalogue tailored to your institution’s brand, with online patron services from registration to payment, available anywhere, 24/7.
More about the product
A catalogue tailored to your institution's identity
Beyond customising the design, the data fields to be displayed can also be configured individually. On the OPAC interface, logged-in readers can handle their library affairs remotely, 24 hours a day, from registration to online payment.
Beyond the usual online services, users can also look forward to personal recommendations, a customisable topic alert service, and the option to compile and share reading and academic literature lists.
Key features
Customisation
Appearance and functionality tailored to your institution
During implementation, we tailor the Qulto OPAC/Discovery web interface to the institution’s needs in terms of both appearance and functionality. Appearance means adopting the institution’s brand elements (colours, fonts, frames, logos, backgrounds), while functionality primarily means adapting the search and filtering criteria and the data content of the results list and record pages to the institution’s requirements.
Discovery
Extended search options
With the Discovery service, documents in the library’s collection can be searched on the library’s online interface together with the content of the institutional repository and e-books from online databases. Items from multiple sources appear in a single shared results list that can be sorted and filtered together, which increases the number of relevant results for readers for almost every search query.
Home page
Recommendations and bookshelves
On the Qulto OPAC/Discovery home page, the institution can recommend books or other catalogue items to readers on gallery-style virtual bookshelves. These can include automatically generated and updated lists, such as new acquisitions or the most popular children’s books, as well as shelves curated by library staff, for example around current events, holidays or even life situations.
Workspace
Reader dashboard
A dashboard tailored to their own needs can be set up for each reader category (university students, teaching staff, school pupils, children). It offers features such as personal reading lists, building bookshelves, saving search lists for topic alerts, and workbooks that support annotation and bookmarking.
Data visualisation
Map search
Catalogue records linked to geographic locations (photos, postcards, etc.) can also be placed on a map, allowing readers to discover items from the entire catalogue, or from part of it such as the local history collection, by browsing the map.
What does OPAC / Discovery offer?
Built-in expertise, reader-centred development
These capabilities are included in every OPAC implementation.
Featured facet
Quick filters for defined reader groups above the result list.
Federated search
Displaying the number of results returned by external content providers for a search query.
Workspace — My lists
Virtual bookshelves, editing and sharing of lists.
24/7 services
Registration, renewal, reservation, online payment at any time.
Discovery
Shared, relevance-based search across several data sources.
Return
What will your institution gain after implementing the OPAC?
Independent, 24-hour reader services — fewer personal enquiries for librarians.
Personalised recommendations and topic alerts that bring readers back.
Faster, more relevant searching with featured facets and federated search.
A unified appearance that matches your identity on every device.
Reliable, highlighted librarian recommendations alongside reader reviews.
Extendable with other components of the Qulto Platform (Discovery, eCard).
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Qulto Library and the OPAC?
Qulto Library is the internal collection management system, while the OPAC is the public online catalogue in which readers can search and handle their affairs on their own.
What can readers do on the OPAC?
Logged-in readers can remotely, 24 hours a day, handle registration, renewals, reservations and online payment.
What personalised features does the OPAC offer?
Personal recommendations, a customisable topic alert service, and the compiling and sharing of reading and academic literature lists.
Can the appearance of the OPAC be customised?
Yes, the design can be adapted to your institution's identity, and the data fields to be displayed can also be configured individually.
Is it possible to search several sources together?
Yes, with our Discovery solution, several catalogues, repositories and online databases can be searched together on a relevance basis.
Which types of public collection is it recommended for?
For libraries, museums and archives alike — the Qulto Platform connects to any of our collection management systems.
- 20 millionrecords
- 400public catalogues
- 20+years of professional experience
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Katona József Library of Kecskemét
Search across the holdings of the Kecskemét library and the local libraries in its library service network, its local history collection and various external sources.
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University of Szeged Klebelsberg Library
Extended search across the library’s own holdings and subscribed content: books, journals, manuscripts, sheet music, sound recordings and films, as well as electronic databases, e-books and e-journals.
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Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library catalogue
Search across documents in the library’s own holdings and Hungarian and international sources available through external databases, with a wide range of library recommendations and digital content.
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