[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Corporate Software Library

[Eric.Elliott at l-3com.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don McMorris [mailto:don.mcmorris at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:04 AM

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> To my knowledge, there isn't anybody in that geographic area 
> with a production installation of Evergreen.

D'oh!!

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> I'm unsure what you mean when you say "software library", 
> whether it deals with physical media, software available on a 
> LAN/WAN, license tracking, or a little bit of everything.  
> Evergreen should be able to support it all, though.

Yes!  ;-)
Software asset management in all of it's glory is the end goals.  This
is includes having resources (media, manuals, etc.) readily available
when needed and not sitting in a cube somewhere.

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> Every version of every title usually gets a MARC record known 
> as a "Bibliographic Record".  Examples for your case might be 
> "RedHat Enterprise Linux 3", "RedHat Enterprise Linux 2", 
> "Microsoft Office 2003", etc... The "Bib" usually contains 
> the title, publisher, media format, and anything you can 
> think of! <<SNIP>>

Is this information readily available?  I am not sure where to look and
have read conflicting statements about OCLC and NY library system for
example as some attempt to gather the information.  If I am not using it
for gain but as a library (even though a corp entity), is that an issue?

> A second part of cataloging has to do with the individual 
> items.  Once you create the Bibliographic record telling 
> about the product... The Item record tells about a specific 
> copy (where it's located, what it's price was, etc.).  If you 
> have physical media, you can use item records for this 
> purpose.  You could also use item records to keep track of 
> where your licenses are assigned, if you so desired.  It's 
> quite flexible.
> 
> There is a third part to cataloging called "Authority 
> records".  These records are intended to standardize 
> information in the bibliographic records (for example, 
> "Microsoft Corp" may have an authority record so that every 
> program by Microsoft has the standardized 
> format/spelling/etc. of the name).

So much to learn, so little time and room in the noggin!

Thank you again for your time everyone.

eselliott

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Eric Shayne Elliott
L-3 Communications, Link Simulation & Training