Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-25 Thread Gabriel Farrell
I agree it's a good suggestion, and something that's been asked for again and again. If OCLC prices this reasonably, I can see a lot of small public and school libraries signing up. Also, nice mugshot, Jack: http://experimental.worldcat.org/lib/n/us.tn.loremville-public-library/home On Sat, Sep

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-25 Thread Karen Coyle
Quoting Roy Tennant roytenn...@gmail.com: Actually, I have an even better option from OCLC: Web Site for Small Libraries (WSSL) http://experimental.worldcat.org/lib/ I wrote about an idea for an online service for small libraries when I got back from Kosovo. [1] It had the added (?)

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-25 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete! I wrote about an idea for an online service for small libraries when I got back from Kosovo. [1] It had the added (?) capability of social networking, where the social beings are libraries. It seemed to me that in many cases small libraries are more dependent on each other

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-25 Thread rowan eisner
Ok, I tried to sign up for WSSL and you have to be in US. Also, if it will cost 'a cup of coffee a day' am I right that would be at least $700 a year? That's our entire annual budget. So probably only for first world countries anyway. And you're meant to have one or two full-time staff which we