Software for cataloguing university books and publications

Universities, departments, laboratories and research centres may need to organise books, manuals, journals, conference proceedings, scientific articles and other publications.

A structured bibliographic archive makes it possible to distinguish different types of material and retrieve available information more easily.

PowerBK is Windows software for cataloguing books, journals, ebooks and other bibliographic resources.

Its records can be adapted to the requirements of university libraries, departments, book collections and document archives.

🎓 Discover PowerBK features

The catalogue can be stored on a single computer, shared on a local network or managed through a remote MySQL database.

This configuration allows several authorised operators to work on the same archive from different workstations.

For each item, users can record the title, author, publisher, year, edition, ISBN, language, series, number of pages and other information.

When available, book data can be retrieved from online bibliographic sources using the ISBN code, reducing manual data entry.

🔎 How ISBN searches work

The software allows users to specify the site, room, shelf, cabinet, section, collection and other information useful for locating the material.

Records can be configured to archive scientific articles, book chapters, technical reports, conference proceedings and other publications.

Dedicated fields can be used for the title, authors, affiliations, journal, volume, issue, pages, year, DOI, abstract, keywords and notes.

PDF files, images, documents, local paths and external links can be associated with records according to the archiving methods adopted by the institution.

PowerBK can organise journals, issues, years and editions, recording the publisher, frequency, shelving location and notes.

Conference proceedings, workshops and collections can be catalogued as independent volumes or linked to specific categories and collections.

Categories, subjects, keywords and codes can be used to distinguish academic fields and document types.

📚 Dewey Decimal Classification

Students, teachers, researchers, collaborators and other users can be recorded with contact details, identification codes and notes.

The software can record the issue date, expected return date, actual return date and material status.

Operations remain linked to the item and user, making the transaction history available.

The catalogue can be searched by title, author, year, publisher, ISBN, category, shelving location, keywords and other fields.

Results can be printed or used to produce lists, inventories and internal reports.

Information can be exported in several formats for subsequent processing, sharing or integration with other processes.

📊 Data import and export

University of Milano-Bicocca is one of the organisations that uses PowerBK.

👉 Visit the University of Milano-Bicocca website

The University of Milano-Bicocca has used PowerBK since 2016 to catalogue books and journals.

The software is used to organise the bibliographic catalogue, manage the institution's archive and make information easier to retrieve.

This experience is a practical example of PowerBK being used in an academic context.

The same functions can be configured for departmental libraries, book collections, laboratories, research archives and specialist collections.

Visit the official page to learn about features, versions, compatibility and usage options.

📚 Go to the PowerBK page

The demo version allows users to assess the main features before purchasing.

⬇️ Download the PowerBK demo

PowerBK is developed by PowerWolf Software Solutions, an Italian company specialising in Windows management applications.

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