private industry software headquarters inwood west virginia united states number of locations 4 area served international key people annette harwood murphy co founder president ceo calvin whittington director of finance and administration paul leppert vice president and managing director denver operations brad murphy vice president singapore operations rich jacobson coo of inwood operations products integrated library systems opacs library circulation software library cataloging software marc records library acquisitions software website tlcdelivers.com the library corporation tlc creates and distributes automation and cataloging software to public school academic and special library systems worldwide . 1 based in inwood w.va . with additional offices in denver singapore and ontario the company is owned and operated by the same family that established it in 1974 . 2 in 1985 it became the first organization in the world to successfully use cd rom technology for data storage when it released its bibliofile cataloging software . the cd rom drive used to read those first commercially produced discs as well as the original bibliofile cataloging cd roms are now in the smithsonian institution . 3 tlc a gsa certified company earned a 2009 best in tech award from scholastic administrator magazine . 4 also in 2009 its senior product developer matt moran was selected by library journal magazine as one of the library industry s top 51 movers and shakers . 5 contents 1 library automation systems 2 online public access catalog products 3 library automation enhancements 4 see also 5 references 6 external links library automation systems edit the company offers three integrated library systems library solution for public academic and special libraries ; library solution for schools for public and private school libraries ; and carl x the next generation version of the legacy carl solution automation system . each system automates the standard operations of a library including the check in check out process cataloging inventory authority control reports and management of floating collections . facilities that utilize a tlc ils include los angeles public library in california dallas independent school district in texas ministry of home affairs in singapore anchorage school district in alaska chicago public schools in illinois and national society of the daughters of the american revolution library in washington d.c. online public access catalog products edit tlc adds web based touchscreen optimized functionality to its ils products with the ls2 suite of opacs ls2 pac ls2 kids ls2 staff and ls2 mobile web . ls2 pac works with all three of tlc s automation systems to give patrons online access to library catalogs including downloadable e books audiobooks and other digital resources . it includes a customizable display of library titles rss news and information feeds that highlight current events and library books related to those events maps that show where items are located within a library google analytics integration federated searching of in house and online content integrated searching of subscription databases list creation and sharing capabilities and patron ratings reviews and search tags . 6 ls2 kids is the children s version of ls2 pac designed to enable young readers to independently explore a library s online catalog . it includes quick links to popular book series interactive title displays with enlarged book jackets and detailed information about selected titles a search box that provides spelling suggestions and corrections and a category wheel with icons representing a wide variety of subjects that interest children . 7 ls2 staff allows libraries to perform basic circulation functions from any computer with internet access . ls2 mobile web is a smart phone interface that allows people to connect with the online catalogs of public and school libraries from any place with wi fi or mobile internet service . an ls2 mobile web user can search for titles ; reserve books cds dvds or audiobooks for pickup at a later time ; check library account balances ; and cancel holds on previously reserved titles . library automation enhancements edit the company also offers standalone cataloging and acquisitions products that work with any ils . ebibliofile is a cataloging service that offers complete marc records for e books and other digital materials . rdaexpress is a catalog conversion service for ebibliofile users that upgrades a library s marc records to the new resource description and access rda standard . bibliofile is a cataloging program that accesses and processes marc records for printed library materials from online databases . its marc offers z39 .50 and internet access to marc records . the metadata is processed by cataloging programs like bibliofile . additionally tlc is the exclusive distributor of socialflow to the library marketplace . socialflow is a social media optimization tool that uses algorithms and key metrics to determine the best time to publish content for the widest possible audience . see also edit libraries that have implemented tlc s automation products have been featured in media reports including cbc radio sault public library launches new computer service jan. 9 2012 8 wala fox 10 tv libraries going mobile dec. 13 2011 9 government technology smartphones replacing old fashioned library cards aug. 3 2011 10 the wright county monitor tlc system grows as more libraries join beacon consortium jan. 6 2011 11 daily mountain eagle library gets smart phone application nov. 28 2010 12 the des moines register council approves purchase of library data management system nov. 1 2010 13 independent tribune concord library to get major renovation oct. 1 2010 14 contra costa times library streamlines online access march 17 2010 15 elbert county news library announces software update nov. 3 2009 16 the winsted journal 35 000 grant helps modernize beardsley and memorial library aug. 21 2009 17 references edit marshall breeding . automation marketplace 2011 . library journal 1 april 1 2011 american libraries 2 nov. 17 2010 tlc history 3 jan. 29 2011 scholastic administrator 4 march april 2009 library journal 5 march 16 2009 library journal 6 march 1 2009 school library journal 7 nov. 1 2009 external links edit official website ebibliofile rdaexpress its marc and bibliofile library technology guides profile of the library corporation marshall breeding s history of mergers and acquisitions in the library automation industry retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the library corporation & oldid 724159787 categories library automationlibrary related organizationslibrary 2.0 library cataloging and classificationlibrary and information science softwareprivately held companies based in west virginiacompanies based in west virginiatextbook business navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 june 2016 at 14 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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