SebinaYOU
Create the portal dedicated to library users
SebinaYOU is the platform that unifies library catalogue, website and user services into a single digital environment. A single interface, simple and intuitive, for searching, accessing information and using all types of resources, including digital ones.
Closely integrated with SebinaNEXT, it can also be used with other software platforms.
Thematic showcases
To guide the user to discover the catalogue, including news, top-ten and reading suggestions.
Virtual shelves
To explore the library shelf online, in a fun and useful way.
Library pages
All information about the library (opening hours, contacts, address) and showcases, in one page.
Events and news
To communicate and promote the initiatives organised by libraries and beyond. lo.
Comments and lists
Available to readers with reviews, suggestions, bibliographies and customisable lists.
Social sharing
To communicate about catalogue resources and create an active online community.
User space
To check loans and reservations, receive notifications, suggest reads and choose your favourite libraries.
Self-registration
To register online and become a library user, easily and at any time.
Buying a library card
From the comfort of your home, to access the library's paid services.
SebinaYOU is much more than an OPAC
Customisable
Each SebinaYOU is the result of careful graphic and service design, modelled on the identity of your library.
Accessible
SebinaYOU is the new generation OPAC designed for easy use of contents and services, even by users with disabilities.
Multilingual
SebinaYOU speaks the language of your users, for an increasingly international, communicative and welcoming library portal.
Responsive
An excellent user experience for all your users, regardless of the access device: smartphone, tablet or PC.
Scalable
Are you a public reading library, a university library, a hub or a library system? Each SebinaYOU is designed around your unique requirements.
Complete
Enrich the online catalogue with the digital resources, accessible from SebinaYOU for a digital library just a click away.
A SebinaYOU profile for everyone
Activate a personalised profile for your library or 'system', linked to the SebinaYOU portal of your library hub. The profile, using the same software infrastructure of the hub, will have its own visual and catalogue identity tailored to your library, with specific services designed for users.
SebinaKIDS
SebinaYOU KIDS is the portal entirely dedicated to the little readers of your library. From fonts to graphics, from services to research, every detail is child-friendly to encourage children to play with the catalogue and learn. A digital space in which children and parents can discover the library's resources. Depending on the age groups, create the SebinaYOU KIDS that best suits your users.
The digital library assistant
Make the chatbot available to your users: an interactive virtual assistant, integrated in SebinaYOU, for basic reference and loan information. The system allows users to request and obtain in real time all the information they need to use the library services, online and on-site, and information regarding their own situation.
For example, the user can immediately receive information regarding: opening hours and addresses of libraries, document delivery services, loans and reservations in progress, books read and much more.
The library in your pocket
With the Sebina Apps, you can offer your users not only the services of the SebinaYOU portal but also the typical services of mobile devices. Together, we have already developed over 60 Library Apps, in iOS and Android environments, to create a reader-friendly daily tool. Visit the App Store and Google Play and discover our apps!
Reading ISBN code
You can read the ISBN with the camera for immediate book search in the catalogue.
Libraries' maps
Indication on the map of the closest libraries that have the books of interest.
Push notifications
Reserved documents available, eBooks available for digital lending, expired documents.
Do you have the EBSCO DISCOVERY SERVICE (EDS)? Integrate it into SebinaYOU!
With a single search, your users will be able to access all the content and services offered by the library system, both in the catalogue and in the electronic resources provided by EDS.
- Institution Single Sign-On
- Apply fine-tuning filters that operate based on the functionality of the EDS APIs.
- Simple and immediate searching in the library catalogue and content offered by EDS.
- Consultation of information on electronic resources, with metadata provided by the EDS APIs.
- Access to the full-text of electronic resources provided by EDS
- Creation of bibliographies with resources owned by libraries and provided by EDS (e.g. articles).
