OpenBook

[jacobs]

Greetings.  I am looking into the OpenBook software in order to build an 
online community catalog. I am wondering if anyone has experience with the 
software?

Specifically, I'd like to know:

Have you used the cataloging module? is it easy/difficult/intuitive? (This is 
important because there will be non-catalogers creating bib. records)

Is it easy to import MARC records from OCLC? Does one need to be an OCLC 
member in order to do that?

How is the circulation module? Is it stable?

Here is the link to the TRFoundation's site: 
http://www.trfoundation.org/projects/koha_w.html

Thanks for any input you can give.

Regards,

James Jacobs


James R. Jacobs 
Graduate Reference Assistant 
Education/Social Science Library
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign                        
Home: 303B1 Paddock Drive  
Savoy, IL 61874           
(217)359-9283
jacobs at uiuc.edu
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