Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs

2017-01-23 Thread Shmookler, Cecile 
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
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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?

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Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs

2017-01-17 Thread Lee Jaffe 
From: Stephanie Krasner 
To: "hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" 
Cc:
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:05:07 -0500
Subject: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs
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?

I've written to this list a couple of times about our experience using
LIBIB to host our temple library's online catalog.  If you have the
resources to consider a higher-end system, such as Surpass, I probably
wouldn't recommend LIBIB, which has a much smaller feature set.  But if you
are thinking of librarything as your system, I think you should give LIBIB
a look.  It's easy enough to get a free account to give it a try to see if
it has the features you need and get a realistic sense of how it is to work
with before committing to it.  We loaded 500 records via a CSV spreadsheet
and then invited a sample of congregants to test it as users and comment on
their experience.

We selected LIBIB after comparing it to several other options, including
librarything, and we've been happy with that choice.  A basic, paid account
will cost $60 year, and adding accounts will bump it up in small
increments.  We have 3 additional editors and pay about $100 year.   To be
clear, we didn't have high expectations or requirements when we made that
choice. I want to make sure others are realistic about this point if they
follow up my recommendation. I'm available for follow up questions.

Lee Jaffe
Temple Beth El, Aptos
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Re: [ha-Safran] Online Catalogs

2017-01-17 Thread Anahé Morales 
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 :

> 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?
>
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