Services
Shared platforms and tools that member libraries use to automate, share and discover.
Managed Koha Cloud hosting
A fully managed Koha integrated library system, so your team can focus on the collection rather than on servers.
- Installation and configuration done for you
- Security, secure (https) access and daily backups managed by PASTIC
- Reachable from any computer, anywhere
- Support from the PASTIC team
PakCat union catalogue
One search across the holdings of participating Pakistani libraries. PakCat shows where a book or journal is held, and is the basis for inter-library loan.
- One search over many catalogues
- Add your library’s holdings
- Foundation for inter-library loan
Digital repository of indigenous literature
An open-access archive that keeps and shares Pakistan’s own science and technology material — theses, reports, journals and grey literature.
- Full-text search and browsing by community
- Permanent links for citation
- Open access to indigenous S&T knowledge
International databases
Member libraries get access to international scientific and research databases: journals and articles, citation indexes, e-books and other S&T resources.
Training for librarians
Workshops and courses for librarians and research scholars across Pakistan, including short-term and attachment courses.
- Running a library on Koha
- Digitisation, metadata standards and repositories
- Information literacy: searching techniques and citation tools
- User-centred services and research support