[LM_NET] TARGET: Cataloging Services Preferences--Marcive, Alliance Plus or Z39.50 software?

[Jennifer England <jengland@HERITAGEHALL.COM>]

Hi all,

 

After reading through archives and not finding quite what I was looking for,
I bow to your cumulative wisdom in helping me solve a cataloging dilemma:

 

For the Follett-using, time-crunched librarian with at least 350 titles that
have been acquired without accompanying MARC records, would you prefer
using:

--Follett's Alliance Plus

(looks nice but a tad pricey for a year's subscription)

or

--Marcive

(I am very familiar with Marcive after having used it in conjunction with
Winnebago/Spectrum software-easy and inexpensive but sometimes poorly
detailed records)

or

--a Z39.50 application like BookWhere or Follett's own z39.5 software?

(never actually used a z39.50 connection-would I need to purchase a server
for it? Is "BookWhere" really good?)

 

 

Please Help!  Many, many thanks,

Jennifer England 

Librarian 
Heritage Hall School 
Oklahoma City, OK 
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