Re: [LM_NET] TECH: Inexpensive stand alone system

[Michelle Torrise <Michelle.Torrise@GMAIL.COM>]

Frederick,

I know of a few open source cataloging systems.  Of course, the easiest
would be LibraryThing <http://www.librarything.com/>, but I believe it only
catalogs books and requires Internet access--see how the Puerto Rican
Cultural 
Cente<http://www.librarything.com/venue/42574/Puerto-Rican-Cultural-Center---Andr%C3%A9s-Figueroa-Cordero-Library-and-Community-Information-Center>r
with the assistance of UI's Graduate School of Library and Information
Science used LibraryThing to catalog a special collection of books.

A few other that I have heard of are listed below.  I believe that each of
them can run on a stand alone system but also have a web interface.

BiblioteQ <http://biblioteq.sourceforge.net/>

Biblios <http://biblios.org/>

Koha <http://koha.org/>

Good luck!

Michelle Torrise, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Westmont Senior High School
Westmont, IL
mtorrise@cusd.org


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Frederick Muller <mullinator52@gmail.com>wrote:

> I am a member of an organization that has a large collection of books,
> cds, tapes, etc. and they want them cataloged somehow.  Is there an
> INEXPENSIVE bare-bones system for a catalog on a stand alone computer
> that would only need original cataloging..I think they will be willing
> to work with a old card system for circulation.  What are my options
> to suggest to them.  I will be doing the cataloging.  Thanks for your
> help.
>
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