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Thanks for the comments. As I said in the original post it sounded too good to be true. Shirley Patrick, Librarian Canton Junior High School 1115 South Buffalo St. Canton, TX 75103 903-567-4329 x 3118 Fax903-567-1298 <mailto:slpatric@ednet10.net> slpatric@ednet10.net HIT: What can you tell me about this company? Library World We are using this automation system this year at Lorena ISD. Yes, it almost is too good to be true. Library World is the new name for CASPR, if you are familiar with them. We had used CASPR for nearly 10 years and had been fairly content with them, but wanted an online catalog for our students and faculty. We checked into Alexandria and Follett Destiny, but both were far out of our price range, so we decided to try LibraryWorld online. This is a bare bones program but really pretty amazing for the price. There are several irritating things it does not do, but we are supposed to get an upgrade sometime in the next few weeks. After that comes, we will re-evaluate our commitment to them. We can always go back to the desktop version if necessary, until we can scrape together the money for a better system. Bottom line, we were willing to put up with some inconveniences for the incredible price. And all the records are kept on their servers, so our tech department was delighted with that. FYI, most of the inconvenient things about this program have to do with circulation. The catalog, adding new records, etc. works great. We have had almost no trouble with it this year. You just have to get used to what it doesn't do (yet). I think they will continue to upgrade the program, so it will get better all the time, if schools are willing to be patient. We have Library World, and I have no big complaints. That said, it is the only thing I know. I have heard that there are other programs that are more elegant. Also, I have never had to call LW tech support, but I heard that it leaves a little to be desired. All I can say is that it does what I need it to do. I need to modify my former reply. I am using the network version, not the Web based one. Sorry. I teach an automation course with LibraryWorld. It is a passable, though not fully featured, automation system housed on their server. You can get a 30 day free trial to see for yourself. It's probably better for a small church library than a busy school, however. It has some quirks, like it allows 1 grace day before fines are calculated, and that isn't adjustable. Holds are a little odd, too. The book must be in before you can place a hold. But the Z39.50 client is nice, and its fast to set up for novices. We have it in Killeen ISD. All I can say after using Follett Destiny is that you get what you pay for. It was in my library when I started in 2005. Last summer I switched to Follett's Destiny. I had previously automated a K-8 library with Follett's Circ/Cat & loved it. Library World was not very user friendly (in my opinion) and I couldn't ever find answers for what I needed in the manual. Good morning, All I can say, is RUN! LibraryWorld is a dinosaur! I've used a number of automation programs during my career and this is by far the worst! We are currently using Library World Gold 3.2 and it is nothing more than an old DOS database. You can not access information from different modules without "clicking" out of one into another (which means you must copy/paste information). Good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------