Shalom, One of our synagogue members is a librarian at Stanford University and she referred me to your organization for information. I am a member of the Kol Emeth Synagogue Board of Directors and my current task is upgrading our congregation's library.
Our synagogue has 595 membership units with a small (approximately 16 x 14 feet) library which we are looking to upgrade and expand. We would like to put the card catalog on a computer so that congregants will be able to search our data base for specific books or by topics or by author. We would also like to make this data base available on our website. We need: 1. A recommendation of reasonably priced software that will be easy to use that will run on a home type computer - probably PC, but we would consider Mac if it were better. The software should be able to handle both English and Hebrew fonts. 2. Information on who makes library shelves that run on rails. I've this type of shelf at the Indian Museum in Santa Fe, NM. The room had many two-sided shelves rolled one right next to the other to get the maximum storage space in a given amount of room. There was just enough space to separate one set of shelves from the stack and walk between them. If what one were looking for was not there, the next stack of shelves would be easily rolled on the rails to open up the next isle. I've looked at the FAQ on your website and there is a reference there to a lot of software, but not having a library background, I have no idea which would be most appropriate for our needs at minimal cost. I'm hoping you can give me a recommendation and/or tell me what some of the trade-offs are. Similarly, there is a reference to shelving material, but the reference does not specifically address shelves on rails. Any guidance you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks Rich Stiebel Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
