course/control - Reserves Management System

[Ross Singer]

[Pardon the crossposting]

course/control, a PHP and PostgreSQL based reserves management system, 
is available for download at http://coursecontrol.sourceforge.net.

Created by Emory University General Libraries, course/control is 
designed to give instructors as much control over their class reserves 
as they or the reserves department want.  It allows instructors to:
 
    Create classes
    Place reserves in any order
    Set Activation Dates to hide items until specific dates
    Add files to their course reserves
    Reactivate reserves from previously taught classes
    Request items from the catalog via z39.50
    Add comments/annotations to particular reserve items
    In combination with Hylafax, fax items to the server and 
automatically convert the document to pdf

Library staff also have the ability to do this, plus process requests 
for new reserve items.

Through the public interface, Reserves Direct, students set up profiles 
of their current schedule, which allows them to see only what they're 
supposed to see.  Reserves Direct also allows the user to hide items 
from their class listing to reduce visual clutter for courses with many 
items on reserves.

Handling both electronic and "traditional" (physical) reserves, 
course/control is intended to be a free, opensource alternative to the 
myriad commercial reserves management offerings on the market.

Ross Singer
Application Developer
Emory University General Libraries