[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Help for a tiny library?

[Hardy, Elaine]

Ben,



If you don’t have anyone on staff that is a trained cataloger and knows MARC 
formatting and other cataloging standards, Evergreen would also not be a 
good fit for your library.



http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/church/churchlib4.shtml has a list of low cost 
software primarily for church libraries but there are some for special 
libraries. Not all had pricing on their website but some are in the 
$300-$500 range. The list does include products Terran and Ruth mentioned.



There is a “free” product on that site called Lexwin --  
http://www.lex.sk.ca/index.html There is a one-year trial period and then 
they want you to purchase a service contract if you want to auto-load data 
into a LexWeb(?) It looks like it is free if you don’t want to be part of 
LexWeb.



St Charles County Library System in Missouri developed an open source 
catalog called Listen 2000 that they market to Missouri libraries. I couldn’t 
find any recent details so I don’t know anything more. Their contact 
information is at http://www.youranswerplace.org/administrative-staff 
(this may also require knowledge of library standards).



Have you tried contacting other special libraries in your area to see what 
system they use? You might even be able to create a partnership with some of 
them to defray costs and share technical knowledge.





Elaine



J. Elaine Hardy
PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Ste 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304



404.235.7128
404.235.7201, fax
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org/pines



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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Ben 
T.
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 6:25 PM
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Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Help for a tiny library?



Hello All,



I volunteer for a tiny library that is growing.  At this point we're looking 
for a way to manage our check-outs/returns some way more efficient than 
paper and pencil.  Evergreen seems like it could be a good solution for us, 
however we are not able to afford a server at this point nor a subscription 
(we basically have no money).  Is there any way (hopefully a simple one) to 
run Evergreen just on a single Windows (7) machine, keeping the catalog and 
patron information locally?



Sincerely,

Ben

Librarian Volunteer

Kendall Clawson Library



p.s. I am decently tech savvy, but not VERY tech savvy.  I won't be able to 
do any major amount of coding on my own.

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