This Python package provides a Libero Web Services SOAP API client.

Depending on your preferred installation scope, you may need to use sudo or pip’s --user flag when running the following setup commands. However, it is recommended to use a virtual environment that does not require either:

python3 -m venv env
. env/bin/activate

pip install -e git+ssh://[email protected]/herreio/liberopy.git#egg=liberopy

pip install -e git+https://github.com/herreio/liberopy.git#egg=liberopy

• Libero LMS (tested on 6.3.22 and 6.4.1)

These webservices are provided to be used by third parties to design and write their own applications based on the Libero platform. (SOAP Protocol, Rev. 39)

• Authenticate
  • Login
  • PatronLogin
  • Logout
• CatalogueSearcher
  • Catalogue (Type=newitem)
  • Search
  • SearchCount
  • GetTitle (Deprecated)
  • GetRsnByRID
• LibraryAPI
  • GetTitleDetails
  • GetItemDetails
  • GetMemberDetails
  • OrderStatus
  • OrderInformation
  • OrderLineInformation
  • Branch
• OnlineCatalogue
  • GetItemByBarcode
  • GetALLItemsByRID
  • GetMABBlock
  • GetMARCBlock
• OnlineILLService
  • GetMemberInformation

import liberopy
# Initialize client instance
libero = liberopy.WebServices("http://www.library.ACME.gov/libero", db="ACM")
# Retrieve items via barcode
item = libero.item("123456")
# Retrieve titles via RSN
title = libero.title("123456")
# Search for items by given term
result = libero.search("Harry Potter")
# Result count for given search term
result_count = libero.search_count("Harry Potter")
# Retrieve MAB data of titles via RID
mab = libero.mabblock("123456")
# Retrieve MARC data of titles via RID
marc = libero.marcblock("123456")
# Retrieve list of titles with new items
newlist = libero.newitems()
# Get RSN of title from the provided RID
rsn = libero.rid2rsn("123456")
# Get barcodes of items from the provided RID
bcs = libero.rid2bc("123456")
# Get information on member via member code
member = libero.memberinfo("10189")
# Log in before using methods of LibraryAPI
libero.login("GuestUser", "GuestPassword")
# Retrieve title details via RSN
titledetails = libero.titledetails("123456")
# Retrieve item details via barcode
itemdetails = libero.itemdetails("123456")
# Retrieve member details via member code (or ID of member)
memberdetails = libero.memberdetails(mc="10157")
# Retrieve header information for an order
orderinfo = libero.orderinfo("725")
# Retrieve the order’s line number information
orderlineinfo = libero.orderlineinfo("9", "1")
# Retrieve the current order status
orderstatus = libero.orderstatus("1", "1")
# Retrieve list of branches
branches = libero.branches()

According to the company’s website, the library management system Libero has more than 450 users worldwide. Some examples of users can be found in the following list whose links point to the WebOpac class. Each link is followed by the base URL (domain) of the instance which can be used to initialize a client.

• Bach Archiv Leipzig
  • https://bacharchiv.libero-is.de/libero
• Cairns Regional Council - Libraries
  • https://lib.cairnslibrary.com.au/libero
• Central Coast Council - Library Service
  • https://centralcoast.libero.com.au/libero
• Deutsche Bundesbank - Bibliothek
  • http://www.libit.de/bbkwo
• Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
  • https://hgb.libero-is.de/libero
• Kunsthaus Zürich
  • https://opac.kunsthaus.ch/libero
• University of Mauritius - Library
  • https://library.uom.ac.mu/libero
• Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
  • https://opac.sulb.uni-saarland.de/libero
• Stadtbibliothek Aachen
  • https://webopac.stadtbibliothek-aachen.de/libero
• Stadtbibliothek Saarbrücken
  • https://opac.saarbruecken.de/libero
• Stadt- und Regionalbibliothek Cottbus
  • https://web-opac.bibliothek-cottbus.de/libero
• Università Pontificia Salesiana - Biblioteca Don Bosco
  • https://webopacups.urbe.it/libero
• Universität Konstanz - KIM
  • https://libero.ub.uni-konstanz.de/libero
• Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz
  • https://opac.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/libero
• Universitätsbibliothek TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • https://webopac.ub.tu-freiberg.de/libero
• Waverley Library
  • https://library.waverley.nsw.gov.au/libero

cf. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=libero+webopac / https://www.google.com/search?q=libero+webopac