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One of the problems with establishing a lending library has been keeping track of the inventory. Recently I asked [http://freshmeat.net/ freshmeat] about relevant applications. Here are the top contendors: | One of the problems with establishing a lending library has been keeping track of the inventory. Recently I asked [http://freshmeat.net/ freshmeat] about relevant applications. Here are the top contendors: | ||
| − | ; [http://www.koha.org/ Koha] (if this page doesn't work, try [http://sourceforge.net/projects/koha Koha's Sourceforge page]): Used by real public libraries in the actual New Zealand in the present day. Web and curses interfaces written in Perl. | + | ; [http://www.koha.org/ Koha] |
| − | ; [http://opendb.i-am-vegan.net/ Open Media Lending Database]: aka OpenDB. Shows signs of reasonably recent development. Web interface written in PHP. package [http://packages.debian.org/opendb opendb] 0.62p9-3 in debian sarge. | + | :''(if this page doesn't work, try [http://sourceforge.net/projects/koha Koha's Sourceforge page])'' |
| − | ; [http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ Alexandria]: Seems targeted at much smaller installations than Koha, more like a personal collection manager that happens to also have a field for who the book is lent to. Under current development. Gnome interface written in Ruby. package [http://packages.debian.org/alexandria alexandria] 0.5.1-3 in debian sarge. | + | : Used by real public libraries in the actual New Zealand in the present day. Web and curses interfaces written in Perl. |
| − | ; [http://www.periapsis.org/tellico/ Tellico]: Like Alexandria in scope, but with a KDE interface written in C++. Under current development. package [http://packages.debian.org/tellico tellico] 0.13.3-1 in debian sarge. | + | ; [http://opendb.i-am-vegan.net/ Open Media Lending Database] |
| − | ; [http://www.emilda.org/ Emilda] | + | : aka OpenDB. Shows signs of reasonably recent development. Web interface written in PHP. package [http://packages.debian.org/opendb opendb] 0.62p9-3 in debian sarge. |
| + | ; [http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ Alexandria] | ||
| + | : Seems targeted at much smaller installations than Koha, more like a personal collection manager that happens to also have a field for who the book is lent to. Under current development. Gnome interface written in Ruby. package [http://packages.debian.org/alexandria alexandria] 0.5.1-3 in debian sarge. | ||
| + | ; [http://www.periapsis.org/tellico/ Tellico] | ||
| + | : Like Alexandria in scope, but with a KDE interface written in C++. Under current development. package [http://packages.debian.org/tellico tellico] 0.13.3-1 in debian sarge. | ||
| + | ; [http://www.emilda.org/ Emilda] | ||
| + | :This is the another one the library is thinking about. Either this or Koha. It isn't in Debian right now, but there's a Debian apt repository you can add to /etc/apt/sources.list, then you can apt-get it. | ||
[[Category:Library]] | [[Category:Library]] | ||
Revision as of 11:27, 10 January 2006
The library is a collection that we have assembled over the years through our day to day donations. Outside the Monkey House contains the books of our library. There is a list of Books We Want to look out for (or request).
Library Software
One of the problems with establishing a lending library has been keeping track of the inventory. Recently I asked freshmeat about relevant applications. Here are the top contendors:
- Koha
- (if this page doesn't work, try Koha's Sourceforge page)
- Used by real public libraries in the actual New Zealand in the present day. Web and curses interfaces written in Perl.
- Open Media Lending Database
- aka OpenDB. Shows signs of reasonably recent development. Web interface written in PHP. package opendb 0.62p9-3 in debian sarge.
- Alexandria
- Seems targeted at much smaller installations than Koha, more like a personal collection manager that happens to also have a field for who the book is lent to. Under current development. Gnome interface written in Ruby. package alexandria 0.5.1-3 in debian sarge.
- Tellico
- Like Alexandria in scope, but with a KDE interface written in C++. Under current development. package tellico 0.13.3-1 in debian sarge.
- Emilda
- This is the another one the library is thinking about. Either this or Koha. It isn't in Debian right now, but there's a Debian apt repository you can add to /etc/apt/sources.list, then you can apt-get it.