[oss4lib-discuss] course/control - Reserves Management System

[Chris Gray]

Ross,

I intend to download it and give it a test spin, since we are home-growing
something similar (but with a lot less functionality) using ColdFusion.

Might I recommend you put some screen shots on the sourceforge site so
that people can get a quick idea of what the product looks like.

Does it collect statistics on student usage of materials?

Chris

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Ross Singer wrote:

> [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
>
>
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