FW: [WEB4LIB] web database for catalogue.

[Gimon, Charles A]

You're currently running Apache on Unix. PHP and MySQL would require no
money to be spent, but would require someone with a little programming savvy
to set up and maintain.

If you have access to a Windows server, Active Server Pages + Access can be
done with some programming; cost goes up if you have to purchase NT Server,
etc.

There are other pricier options; FileMaker 5 Server can be bought for
US$999, relatively easy to use, but that might be more money than you want
to spend.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yvonne Reynolds [mailto:Reynolds at nbict.nbi.ac.za] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:37 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] web database for catalogue.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We use Inmagic DBTEXT to run our small library database 
> (about 30 000 refs)  We would like to make this accessible 
> via the web, but unfortunately cannot afford the price of the 
> Inmagic Webpublisher product.   Does anyone know of a simple, 
> free ( or very inexpensive) web database product we could  
> populate with a few fields of data from our database to 
> provide basic bibliographic references on the Web?
> 
> I recall someone, an Australian company I think , mentioning 
> such a product last year, but I cannot find the reference.
> TIA
> Yvonne
> 
> 
> Yvonne Reynolds
> Web site Manager/ Librarian
> National Botanical Institute
> Kirstenbosch.
> P/Bag x 7, Claremont 7735, South Africa
> Tel +27 21 799 8712
> Fax +27 762 0646
> email: reynolds at nbict.nbi.ac.za
> http://www.nbi.ac.za
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