Agreed on all points. One thing, though: It would certainly be
possible to have fields for who has each part checked out, but
remember that every datum has to be entered and that this will take
your librarian quite a while. There are times when a simple paper
signout sheet is still preferable to a high tech alternative!
John
At 12:01 PM +0200 8/19/08, Eric Fiedler wrote:
Johannes,
We have all our primary and secondary source material (microfilms,
books, new and old editions, etc.) in several File Maker Pro
databases (running on Macs), which can be searched for as many
criteria as you choose to enter originally (composer, performing
forces, performance materials, even who-has-what, and so on). The
data base is very flexible and easy to set up, but it's important to
have the right concept or plan for your needs when creating it. We
have an older version of the programm (FMP 6) but I believe they're
up to version 9 by now, which has much more power than we need...
Hope this helps.
MfG
Eric
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On 19.08.2008, at 07:38, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
My orchestra needs to create a database for its small, but growing
music library. Can someone give me some hints on how to do this,
preferable on a Mac? I want something which is easy to maintain and
where I can see how many string parts we have, perhaps also who
borrows which part, etc.
Johannes
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