Overview

The Mandarin Oasis Library Automation System is a native MARC database and search engine designed by Mandarin Library Automation specifically for library use. Mandarin Oasis is an ASP .NET-based program, created using C# program- ming and TCP/IP protocols. It runs on Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and is compatible with Windows 2008 Server.

Oasis meets the following international library automation standards

Standard	Description
USMARC	Records in Electronic Form
NISO Z39.2	Information Interchange Format
NISO Z39.23	Standard Technical Report Number Format and Creation
NISO Z39.43	Standard Address Number for the Publishing Industry
NISO Z39.47	Extended Latin Alphabet Coded Character Set for Bibliographic Use
NISO Z39.50	Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Open Systems Interconnection
NISO Z39.9	International Standard Serial Numbering (ISSN)
ISO 2108	International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN)
ISO 2709	Format for Bibliographic Information Interchange

Oasis contains the following main library automation functions:

• Catalog (searching/OPAC, KidsOPAC and cataloging)

• Circulation

• Group Editor

• Reports

• Inventory

Optional modules include:

• Authority Control

• ZServer (Z39.50 server)

• Syndetic Solutions

• Textbook Module

• Serials and Acquisitions