Quoting Roy Tennant <roytenn...@gmail.com>:
Actually, I have an even better option from OCLC:
Web Site for Small Libraries (WSSL)
http://experimental.worldcat.org/lib/
I wrote about an idea for an online service for small libraries when I
got back from Kosovo. [1] It had the added (?) capability of social
networking, where the social beings are libraries. It seemed to me
that in many cases small libraries are more dependent on each other
than large libraries are, and that in some communities (and some
countries) it makes sense to allow the libraries to have a combined
presence as well as separate catalogs. I didn't include circulation,
in part because the libraries I had been viewing did not circulate
books. But I still like the idea of a society of small libraries
organized perhaps geographically as well as by collections.
kc
[1] http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2008/05/easy-online-social-library-catalog.html
It is really aimed at very small libraries, so it is very easy to use
but still has some basic circulation capabilities. It's in free trial
mode now, so take a look and see if it does what you need.
Roy Tennant
OCLC Research
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:22 AM, JONATHAN LEBRETON
<lebre...@temple.edu> wrote:
You may be able to do something with OCLCs so-called Web Management
System whereby your OPAC (in the form of WorldCat local.) and circ
functions are in the cloud..
Jonathan LeBreton
Senior Associate University Librarian
Temple University Libraries
Philadelphia PA 19122
Voice: 215-204-3184
Fax: 215-204-5201
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----- Original Message -----
From: rowan eisner [mailto:rowaneis...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:51 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?
Hi Dave
It's an honesty system, card based, the way most community libraries used to
work before computers. Because it's unstaffed about 15% of books aren't
returned but we get a similar amount of donations. So we have that constant
churn to take in and out of a card catalog manually.
We need borrowers to be able to check out books. I was thinking maybe with a
scanner attached to an iphone running an app. I didn't think librarything
could do circulation. I thought it was just a catalog.
What do you reckon?
Cheers
Rowan
On 23 September 2011 21:34, David Mayo <pobo...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it's going to be difficult to find a solution that's entirely cloud
based.
What functionality do you need? If you have a very limited subset of
ILS/OPAC functions in mind, theoretically a LibraryThing paid account or
similar quasi-library service might suffice.
I'm having trouble understanding how circulation works/is expected to work
when librarians aren't present. Is there a sign-out sheet? How do you
monitor for lossage?
- Dave Mayo
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:42 PM, rowan eisner <rowaneis...@gmail.com
>wrote:
> Thanks Esme
>
> No, the library is open all hours but volunteers just come in 2 hrs a
week.
> I'm not sure how it could work but if we leave anything plugged in it
will
> get stolen or struck by lightning. We're in cloud forest.
>
> With koha and open-ils do we have to run the software on a server or do
we
> just get an account on an existing system? Running a system ourselves
might
> take a lot for us to figure out.
>
> Cheers
> Rowan
>
> On 23 September 2011 16:38, Cowles, Esme <escow...@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> > Rowan-
> >
> > Having a hosted catalog and circ system seems very easy to do. There
are
> > several open source library systems such as Koha and Evergreen that
might
> > suit your needs:
> >
> > http://www.koha.org/
> >
> > http://open-ils.org/
> >
> > Are there volunteers present the entire time the library is open to
> > borrowers? Or are you counting on borrowers having smartphones to
> complete
> > self-checkout?
> >
> > -Esme
> > --
> > Esme Cowles <escow...@ucsd.edu>
> >
> > "I don't need to be forgiven." -- The Who, Baba O'Reilly
> >
> > On Sep 23, 2011, at 3:27 PM, rowan eisner wrote:
> >
> > > Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but if anyone can point me in
the
> > > right direction...
> > >
> > > We have an unstaffed library and can't leave a computer in it. Is
there
> a
> > > way to automate
> > >
> > > 1) with no computer - do circulation and catalog in the cloud.
> Volunteers
> > > bring in laptops to do circulation and clients access catalog with
> > iphones
> > > 2) that doesn't cost a fortune
> > >
> > > Thanks so much
> > >
> > > Rowan
> >
>
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