Reply below On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:30 PM, MPL <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hi everyone, > > I found this site, you might be interested for your libraries- > http://ebooktiangge.multiply.com/ > Selections are very interesting and really cheap! > > also, I need your opinion, feedback, suggestion, recommendation on the > folllowing issues I discussed with one of the consultant in our area: > 1. Cutter's Number is obsolete already so it's not recommended to be > used anymore, instead the first 3 letters of the author. The first three > letters have been in use for a long time. This does not make Cutter > obsolete. I use both ways of assigning the author'snumber depending on the > size of the library. Cutter is easier to expand when needed. > 2. Textbooks(multiple copies the ones like for rental in public > school) used by the students can be included and actually record it as > library book to boost the number of library collection for > accreditation. Hmp, should this be a different database apart from the > library books? Nor really. In putting books on reserve, we actually buy > textbooks for our students specially in schools where the students are > poor. It is true that as a ruke libraries should not buy textbooks but in a > country such as the Philippines we are actually breaking that rule as a > service to students. If however, the number is one book per student then > that is a different scenario altogether. I think this is happening in > elementary and highschools where all textbooks are kept in the library and > distributed by the library to the students. In this case the library is > used as a storage only. such materials should not be in the catalog at all. > They should be under the charge of the property office but they are given to > the library because they are books. They are not counted as part of the > collection. > 3. There's no good free software for the library that you can find on > the net...I partly agree but Im not sure with other librarians who > have tried free library software. Free software is good if sup[port is > available and if the library is smallsay a collection of ten thousand or > less. > > lastly, I received 50 free e-books and I don't have any system yet > for this kind of resource. how should I go about it? How can the > patron actually use it, can anyone share their procedures or > experience? Al you need are computers, intenet connection and of course > knowledge about information retrieval and searching. If you do not have the > Internet then your e-books are useless unless what you are calling e-books > are on CD-ROMs. Cheers! Lou David > > > thanks in advance and happy ash wednesday > > MPL > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
