Reposting messages for everyone to view as requested. Thanks, Charlene
---------- From: Kathy Merkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Dear Charlene, I work with a (very) small synagogue library, 2500 items (books, DVD's, CDs etc). I am not familiar with CASPR; we use ResourceMate and I'd suggest you check into them. They are affordable and have automation available. Kathy Merkin -------------------------------------- From: Paula Fine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Charlene, We are in the process of automating our collection (under 6,000 volumes) using Surpass CL. After checking into several programs, we found this to be perfect for our needs and affordable. You can run a demo through their web site. Good luck. Paula Fine Cong. Beth Israel Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ulric, Karen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Charlene- I would take a look at OPALS - a number of school librarians are looking into it at the moment, and the prices are very reasonable. It is an open source program, with support and maintenance from a company run by Harry Chan - who used to be with Mandarin. I believe the price for a synagogue library is $300/yr for support and $250/year for server hosting - no IT hassles at all. It is Hebrew-language and Z39 compatible. We are switching to it in the fall. The website is http://www.opals-na.org/ Karen Ulric Library Media Specialist Bernard J. Meislin Memorial Library Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union 1418 Pleasant Valley Way West Orange, NJ 07052 973-669-8000 x253 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------- From: Susan Dubin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 11:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Surpass has a good system for small libraries. Susan Dubin Off-the-Shelf Library Services --------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Hi Charlene, We are just a little bigger than you, and we use Resource Mate. I have not done a retrospective conversion, as it was too expensive when we switched to Resource Mate, so I continue to print cards as well as having newer holdings automated. If you hear of an inexpensive way to do a retrospective conversion, I'd appreciate learning about it. Thanks, Amy Kaplan, Librarian Bell Library Congregation Beth El 8000 Main Street Voorhees, NJ 08043 (856)675-1166, ext. 305 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library I also asked this question recently for our small congregation in Toronto. Several people suggested a product called ResourceMate Plus (www.resourcemate.com). It's a Canadian product so your dollar should make it very appealing. It looked pretty good and came highly recommended by some other congregations. I also looked at a product called Surpass CL (www.surpasssoftware.com) but it was a bit too expensive for us, although we haven't made a final decision. Good Luck. Jenny Schnoll Congregation Darchei Noam Toronto --------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library I am the part-time librarian at a synagogue library in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We started planning for automation of our approximately 5,000 item library just over a year ago. Our highest priorities, after cost, included web access to the catalog and easy software for the volunteers of the library committee members to use. We looked at Resource Mate, Koha and Surpass CL. We are very happy with our choice of Surpass CL software. The support department has been great. The software has been easy for me to learn and teach to a committee of "technology challenged" volunteers. We already had many of our records in MARC format using MARC Magician. Once those records were corrected and downloaded, we have been going back to add anything missing. Our card catalog was a disaster of inaccuracies! Our catalog is almost ready to go live with searching, details of circulation functions have not been worked out yet since the library is not staffed most of the time. I can send you the web address if you want to look at the catalog. Susan Woitte Temple Israel Librarian Tulsa, OK ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Bernstein, Steven (Library) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Charlene, My suggestion would be Surpass <http://www.surpasssoftware.com>. I am an academic librarian and I'm used to working with high-end automation systems such as Aleph, Millennium, and Voyager. Having investigated cheaper alternatives for synagogue libraries, I have found that the system with the features that come closest to the "big boys" for the least amount of money is Surpass (it even has some features that academic systems do not have). You can see an example of a synagogue library installation at the website of the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati <http://www.wisetemple.org>. Let me know if you have any questions, Steven Bernstein +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steven Jay Bernstein Assistant Catalog Librarian Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, Connecticut 06050 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ PHONE: (860) 832-2079 FAX: (860) 832-2053 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------------------------------------- From: Barbara Mende [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Automation of Synagogue Library Just to note that the non-availability of MARC records for DVDs and CDs is a non-issue for us, since our regional public library network has most of what we order and makes the MARCs available, so we can simply copy the records from its website. 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