[Web4lib] Make a shelf list searchable online?

[Chris Barr]

For something lightweight and manageable, you may want to try Scriblio. 
It is a plugin that turns the Wordpress blog system into an OPAC.

http://about.scriblio.net/

* Free and open source
* Represents bibliographic collections — library catalogs and such — in 
an easily searchable, highly remixable web-based format
* Leverages WordPress to offer rich content management features for all 
a library’s content

This would allow you to have a good search and a nice interface for 
non-techies to create new records.

Best,
Chris Barr



Bruce Jensen wrote:
> Most of you can probably do this in your sleep, so I hope you might be
> able to point me toward the right book or online tutorial:
>
> The folks at a lending library with a couple thousand titles listed on
> a five-column sheet in an Excel workbook, want to make their
> collection visible & searchable on the Web.  Sorting the list by
> title, by author, etc. and making a static HTML page of each did not
> thrill them.  They wonder if a kind of keyword-searchable OPAC is
> possible.
>
> I moved the list to Access and have built some representative queries
> but am clueless where to go from here.  We have an ASP.NET-capable
> server available to use, but no real VBasic nor other programming
> talents to go with it.  I'd like to see a source that could step me
> through putting the database on the server, making the connection to
> it, building the .aspx page with the search form, and whatever else is
> needed.
>
> Any tips or models or instructive sources would be gratefully
> welcomed.  Thank you,
>
> Bruce
>
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