Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Oscar Gaona
Hi Currently I sell personalized data bases in CDS-Isis for Windows (WinIsis) for small libraries and museums. Intranet and / or Internet. If it is of your interest, you can contact me. Best regards, Oscar Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, this is forwarded from a

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Cloutman, David
I don't know what alternatives that you have, but I am in the beginning stages of developing a simplified ILS that would allow for basic cataloging (not MARC compliant) with the idea that with instruction bibliographic records could be created by non-librarians. In the case of my test client, a LGB

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Jason Ronallo
How about Alexandria? Runs on Linux, latest version always packaged as a deb, very easy to use and has a tab for loaning. I haven't used it extensively but I think it's worth checking out this kind of simple personal library tool. http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ --Jason On Jan 30, 2008 11:54 P

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread K.G. Schneider
I was thinking this morning about an appliance solution -- Koha or Evergreen in a box -- something to make it as stir-and-pour as possible for libraries with minimal resources. K.G. Schneider On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:54:15 -0500, "Edward Corrado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Johnathan, > > I've

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Edward Corrado
Hi Johnathan, I've been interested in solutions for small libraries (say liek Churtrhc or club libraries) as well. While if I was setting one up, Koha would be the way I'd go, I can see why it might not be the best solution for all. The e-mail from Mary really didn't talk about the requirements t

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Carol Bean
These were mostly gleaned from OSS4LIB (http://www.oss4lib.org/ projects): emilda (http://www.emilda.org/) openbiblio (http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/) phpmylibrary (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmylibrary) pmb (demo: http://pmb.biblio.free.fr/main.php), (documentation: http://www.pizz.net/

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Tim Spalding
I think the point about prisons is that they cannot provide any web access to inmates. This is why members of this list need to be very careful to stay on the right side of the law. Tim On 1/31/08, Casey Bisson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Libraryworld.net is a hosted solution for $1/day. > > Se

Re: [CODE4LIB] low-cost software for prison libraries?

2008-01-31 Thread Casey Bisson
Libraryworld.net is a hosted solution for $1/day. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:54 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, this is forwarded from a prison librarian listserv. Does anyone know of any very low-cost (or open source?) library systems that would be su