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Surpass CL: Library Automation for Churches

Surpass CL Safari offers your church (or other place of worship) library catalog on computers.  It's an easy-to-use program that greatly enhances your church library media ministry. Items you catalog in Surpass CL appear automatically in the Surpass CL Safari patron catalog.

To offer your catalog over the Internet, use Surpass CL Web Safari.
 
Welcome: On the Safari welcome screen, congregants are given several options for searching (such as subject or title). Members also access reading lists, personal account information, and more.

Search Results:  Safari returns a list of resources to match the search terms submitted. Users can check availability, save items to a personal "bookbag," and reserve materials.  The search results shown here include enhanced content from Safari Selections.

Enhanced Content:  Enjoy added content in your Safari catalog with Safari Selections.  Bring book cover jacket images, professional book reviews, table of contents, author notes and more into your catalog listings with this affordable subscription.  Safari Selections is an annual subscription option for Safari owners. For more information on Safari Selections subscriptions, click here.

Patron Account Access: Members and staff can use their ID and PIN to access their accounts.  They can see items they have on loan, hold, or reserve.

Patron book reviews: Congregants submit reviews for possible publication (upon approval of library director).  Once approved, reviews appear right in the item's listing in the Safari catalog. It's a fun, and helpful way, for members to share their favorites with others.

Bookbags:  Patron book bags can be used for storing selected items from multiple searches.  Book bags allow members to build a bibliography.  By logging in, the patron can even store the book bag for later use.  (show me )

Recommended Reading Lists:  A recommended reading list is a prepared bibliography available for browsing by other patrons.  Each list can have a description and a representative graphic or photo attached. Create lists for special Bible studies, holidays, pastor's favorites, and more!  Lists can be created by any authorized user (such as church staff and library volunteers) by using Safari catalog.

Visual Navigator:  Visual Navigator provides icon-based browsing to Safari users.  Safari includes over 200 beautiful graphics with the program in two artistic styles that appeal to all ages.  Easily customize visual navigator by adding, editing, hiding, and re-arranging buttons.  Create buttons that launch searches, link to other pages of buttons, launch web sites, even link to local documents such as the church directory! Safari comes pre-configured with buttons relevant to churches, such as devotionals and commentaries.

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Key Features

• New Materials List
• Popular Titles List
• Visual Navigator
• Facility Calendar
• Event Calendar
• Library bulletins/news items
• Save items to "My Book Bag" and they will be there for your next session (show me )
• Patron submitted book reviews
• Simple and advanced searches
• Sort results lists by call number, author, title or material type
• Option to display item summaries in results list to help locate needed materials faster
• Hot links to search for materials by the same author or on the same subjects
• Place holds or reserves on materials
• Link to related web sites or local documents
• View integrated book jacket graphics, summaries, table of contents and other enhanced content with Safari Selections
• View materials at 3 levels of detail
• Limit searches to specific material types/categories

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