Main library catalog featuring items listed in the Chinese language.

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the French language.

library with french books, unicode, multiple languages

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the German language.

library with german books, unicode, multiple languages

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the Hebrew language.

library with hebrew books, unicode, multiple languages

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the Hindi language.

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the Japanese language.

library with japanese books, unicode, multiple languages

Main library catalog featuring items listed in the Polish language.

library with polish books, unicode, multiple languages

Question:
Library software with Arabic entries.
Hello! We are a church in the Middle East and therefore our library has not only English, but also Arabic titles. Is the Handy Library Manager software Unicode and compatible with Arabic script? Can we type from right to left? Thank you for informing us, because we wouldn't like to buy your product and discover we cannot use it for our Arabic collection.

Answer:
You can catalog your library collections in both English and Arabic. Before making a purchase, you can download and test our software.

Question:
Does your library software display Greek characters in data fields?

Answer:
You can input library materials in Greek.

Question:
I am looking to buy the Handy Library Manager for the Bible College, we are missionaries in Albania. Most of our library material are in English, but want to begin adding books in Albanian. Is this possible, to have books in English and in Albanian?

Answer:
You can manage library items in both English and Albanian.

Question:
When I have 5 books to add to main catalog, I have to manually since these books are in Korean. I cannot utilize auto catalog. And these books are written same author and published by same publisher. Only difference is the titles. Is there a way I can use same information when I add these books. I don't have to type same author, publisher for each book?

Answer:
You can use the "Copy Selected Item" command. Copy Selected Item

Question:
My organization been researching library management solutions. However, most of our books are in Arabic. Do you support Arabic search, while ignoring the diacritics and accents?

And what about a report functionality: can I do a search and then export that output to something like .csv or .doc format?

Answer:
You can enter book information in any language. However, please note that we cannot test all features in every possible language. The best way to determine if our software meets your needs is to download and install the library software, enter some books, and test the search and export functionalities.
You can review the description and download the library software, conduct a library search, and export your library data. To copy selected items, use the "Copy Selected Item" command.
review description and download library software
library search
export library data

Question: I am using demo version on my Windows laptop. I imported data from excel sheet (text tab delimited file) but it doesn't show Japanese characters properly. (Each character was replaced with "?") Would the system support non-English characters at all?

Answer:
The tab-delimited text file must be saved with the UTF-8 option. Then, select the same UTF-8 option in the library import function.

Question:
I am creating a library catalog with a book of 10,000 for a school in rural Bangladesh. After the catalog is created how do I allow the catalog to be accessed by nearby schools. The idea is to allow other school students to look into the catalog before borrowing books from the library.

Answer:
Install the main library application on the Windows web server. Handy Library Manager supports web service applications. Please ask your IT personnel to configure the web search. Other schools will need Internet access to use the web OPAC.
library web search, opac

Question:
I will be using book title as well as author in English for English books and Bengali for Bengali books. The library will have 75% Bengali books. I do not have any problem in adding book data in the library catalog in Bengali as well as English..
Now I have about 3000 books with title and author in a spread sheet. I am wondering if it can be imported . to current catalog without any problem- keeping same language
I tested with a small sample to verify the effectiveness. I found that Bengali book title does not remain the same, it converts to question mark.
Is there any solution to this problem?
How to retain original language used in Spread sheet.

Answer:
To use the copy feature in your spreadsheet application, first copy the desired content. Then, paste it into a text file using Notepad. After that, save the file as a tab-delimited text file while ensuring you select the UTF-8 encoding option. Finally, when using the library import function, make sure to select the same UTF-8 encoding option.

Question:
I'm looking for a library system for a very small school library that can handle English as well as Hebrew language.

Answer:
Our Handy Library Manager software is designed for small school libraries and supports multiple languages, including English and Hebrew. With our system, you can effortlessly manage your library in both languages. For more information and purchasing options, please visit our website at the following link: Handy Library Manager for small school libraries.
Handy Library Manager for small school library