I have been requested to post a hit so here are the repsonses I received:
I don't know if they still offer this but the Companion corporation used to give
away their Alexandria ciruclation program for free and for only one station. It's
not an expensive program to buy, either, which I ended up doing in order for the
library to get free technical service. I use it with a very small, very
specialized library and the folks who run it and are not librarians say it's a
pretty easy program to use.
Only advice on which NOT to use - Chancery's LibraryPro. We started with that one,
but it was a disaster.
I work in a very small elementary library and purchased Readerware software. I
haven't fully implemented it yet, but it seems like it will be just fine for my
school's needs.
http://www.readerware.com/
Your friend might want to look into Alexandria. I used that for a single library
setting and was easy to use.
I work in a small school library approximately 230 elementary students, and I only
have one computer connected for automation. The middle school and high school has
about 200 students combined and there is only one library and also one work
station. We have been using Alexandria at both campus for the past five years.
How small? I have automated 7 elementary libraries all with one work station and a
server using Follett Circ/Cat+. One library has been using a stand alone version of
Athena but I am moving it to Follett also. I find Follett much more user friendly
than
Athena.
Have a look at the list at
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/libsoft/
This is part of a larger librarian's page at
http://www.shambles.net/librarian/
Also like at KOHA a Linux based automation software. It's free.
Try a program called Caspr...I think you spell it something like it...but you will
find it at www.Library.com
I just noticed that someone recommended CASPR - our district uses it and we are
trying valiantly to find the money to get away from it. about half of us hate it,
the most of the ones who don't have a problem with it have never used another
system to know the difference.
May we suggest your friend go to our website:
www.rightonprograms.com
where she can read the descriptions of our software and decide which will do the
job she needs done. And, perhaps the best part, we are currently celebrating our
25th ANNIVERSARY with a 50% off all software sale. Hope this helps... Best
wishes....
David Farren, VP RIGHT ON PROGRAMS
You might want to look at our company's Surpass SL product. Surpass SL is for
libraries with fewer than 5,000 volumes (for more volume capacity, upgrade to
Surpass Select). We sell Surpass SL to a lot of small public/private/charter
school libraries. A full price sheet is available in pdf format at:
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/download/Surpass_Pricing.pdf
Our support department is outstanding and very willing to help any users who need
the assistance. They are experienced helping volunteers and part-time library
staffers.
Please contact me or a Surpass library automation specialist if we can be of
further assistance!
Diane Volzer
Communications Director
Surpass Software
517 Oothcalooga St., Ste. C, Calhoun, GA, USA 30701
Phone (706) 625.5399 ext. 120 || Fax (706) 625-2699
www.SurpassSoftware.com
Jennifer B. Brown
Navajo Middle School
Navajo, NM 87328
505-721-5305
jbrown@gmcs.k12.nm.us
Radical Militant Librarian
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