[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Using Evergreen in a Small Specialist Library

[James Beaton]

Good Afternoon

 

This is my first post to the list, and I wonder if someone would be able to
answer some of the (more basic) questions which I have about the system.

 

The background to this library is that it is a small specialist music
library, which is part of an institution which provides teaching in the
Highland bagpipes, both to undergraduates doing Scottish traditional music
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as well as individuals not
studying the instrument as part of their education, but who play at all
levels from beginner to elite. We are in the process of setting up, and I am
interested in using Evergreen as our catalogue

 

I would be interested in hearing about the experience of others in small
institutions who use the system for OPAC, circulation and acquisition, any
benefits or issues which might be relevant in smaller libraries.

 

One of the issues that we would have is about putting the individual titles
of pieces of music within a collection of tunes into a searchable field in
the system, to create an index of tunes - the same would also be required in
terms of our audio collection, as one of our key requirements is that users
would want to listen to different performances of the same piece, and as we
are starting from scratch it would be very useful to have that capacity.

 

I think that's about it at the moment, and I will very grateful for any
input that list members can provide.

 

Thanks

 

James Beaton

The Library

The National Piping Centre

30-34 McPhater Street

Glasgow

G4 0HW

 

t. +44 (0) 141 353 0220

f. +44 (0) 141 353 1570

www.thepipingcentre.co.uk

www.pipingfestival.co.uk

 

The National Piping Centre Ltd.  Registered in Scotland no. 139271, Charity
no. 020391

The Piping Centre Trading Ltd. Registered in Scotland no. 162342

Glasgow International Piping Festival.  Registered in Scotland no. 256248,
Charity no. 34875

 

 

 

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