Dear Stephanie, I use KOHA in my library. It was chosen as the ILS of choice by the person who initially set this library up. I came in with very little experience in the back end management of ILS and, without having someone around who is tech savvy and has an understanding of SQL, I found it hard going. The choice of Koha was made because it is “free” and open source. The time I spent trying to make sense of the online documentation and learning my way around to manage the rudiments probably was worth the price of a consultant.
ByWater Solutions is a company devoted to supporting Koha and Koha in libraries. I assume, however, that you are as budget constrained as many of us in small libraries, and that would not be an option. They do have a “Koha Education” tab on their website with useful, if limited, information. Have you contacted Library Thing directly regarding downloading your current records? I have dealt with them too, in another context, and found them to be very helpful. Good luck, Cecile Cecile E. Shmookler, MA, MLS Librarian, Department of Jewish Thought College of Arts and Sciences University at Buffalo 712 Clemens Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 c...@buffalo.edu<mailto:c...@buffalo.edu> tel: (716) 645-0809 From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Anahé Morales Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 8:43 AM To: Stephanie Krasner <stephkra...@gmail.com> Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs Hello Ms. Stephanie You could use open source library software like KOHA https://koha-community.org/, you can find it online and customized as you wish, if you are already using a library software you have to make sure this software exports your database into excel lists so you can upload it to Koha and put your catalog online. Hope this helps. Mgter. Anahé Morales Touron Biblioteca Teofilo y Margot Hafeitz INSTITUTO ALBERTO EINSTEIN Telf.: 2702266 ext.: 180 2017-01-16 22:05 GMT-05:00 Stephanie Krasner <stephkra...@gmail.com<mailto:stephkra...@gmail.com>>: I have been trying to find a good low cost way to put my collection online. If anyone is using Librarything please send me your comments. Do you think an online catalog would increase library usage? Does anyone know how to export data from my current Surpass system to an online application? Sent from my iPhone __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<mailto:hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu<mailto:galro...@osu.edu> Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu<mailto:Hasafran@lists.osu.edu> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran [http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/YUFqjM.jpg]
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