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