I was thinking this morning about an appliance solution -- Koha or Evergreen in a box -- something to make it as stir-and-pour as possible for libraries with minimal resources.
K.G. Schneider On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:54:15 -0500, "Edward Corrado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Johnathan, > > I've been interested in solutions for small libraries (say liek Churtrhc > or club libraries) as well. While if I was setting one up, Koha would be > the way I'd go, I can see why it might not be the best solution for all. > The e-mail from Mary really didn't talk about the requirements they > have, but Koha, once configured would probably be pretty easy to deal > with. If they don't need something Web-based, and it is for one > location, I'd look at some of the really nice Personal Library > management programs out there. I'm not sure what is out there, but I > personally really like Delicious Library > (http://www.delicious-monster.com/). If you have $40 and Mac, it is a > great little program. > > Edward > > Jonathan Rochkind said the following on 01/30/2008 11:54 PM: > > Hi all, this is forwarded from a prison librarian listserv. Does > > anyone know of any very low-cost (or open source?) library systems > > that would be suitable for small and/or low-staffed libraries? I'm > > thinking something like Koha or Evergreen would probably be overkill > > and/or too hard to install without much/any tech/systems staff, but I > > could very well be wrong, I don't know much about either system. I > > also don't know much about the needs of that kind of small library. > > > > If anyone does have ideas, could you send them directly to Mary (in > > addition to CCing the list if you want, because I'm interested too > > and I bet other list members would be.). > > > > I've been curious for a while about solutions available to the very > > small/limited-resource library in the way 'automation', but know > > almost nothing about it and am not sure if there's an easy way to > > find out. If anyone happens to know something about this (or is > > interested in researching it), I personally think the Code4Lib > > Journal would be a great place to publish an essay or survey on that > > topic. > > > > Jonathan > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Date: January 30, 2008 9:12:19 PM EST > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: [prison-l] Library automation software > >> > >> Greetings: > >> > >> Last month there was some discussion here about cheap/free/ > >> reasonably priced automation software for correctional libraries. > >> I am on a statewide committee which has just been formed to > >> research and recommend a software package to replace Athena > >> (formerly by Sagebrush, now Follett) in most of the correctional > >> libraries in Virginia. After years in public libraries I am very > >> familiar with some of the big vendors, but they are simply > >> financially out of the question for our agency, not to mention web- > >> based. > >> > >> I have looked at the websites for LibraryThing, Auto Librarian, and > >> ResourceMate, which were recommended here in the previous > >> discussion. If you know of or have a circ/cat system that is > >> reasonably priced (or dirt cheap) and works well for you, please > >> share the information with me, with pros and cons if you like. All > >> replies greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance. > >> > >> > >> Mary Geist, librarian > >> Dept. of Correctional Education > >> Brunswick Correctional Center > >> 1147 Planter's Road > >> Lawrenceville, VA 23868 > >> 434.848.4131, ext. 1146 > >> > > -- > Edward M. Corrado > http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ > Systems Librarian > The College of New Jersey > 403E TCNJ Library > PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 > Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
