[Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog

[Renata Dyer]

Stephanie,
I know this slide is old but you may find it interesting:
http://www.slideshare.net/vimal0212/open-source-library-management-systems
.

Also, KOHA became quite big in recent years and you can relatively easily 
find help form either community of suers or a commercial company such as 
the LibLime.

I think LOC will provide MARC records free of charge - not sure how you 
can automate the system; maybe you should consider an LMS with Z39.50 
functionality that will enable you to do copy cataloguing on the go. 
Meaning you will need to open one of the public z39 opacs; perform your 
search for ISBN with a scanner and then when a record is identified you 
revise, make changes and save to your LMS.

Good luck!

Renata Dyer
Manager, Systems and Electronic Services
High Court of Australia Library
Canberra, ACT 2604
ph: 02 6270 6916



From:   Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com>
To:     Stephanie Zimmerman <slzimm1 at gmail.com>
Cc:     T is For Training <tisfortraining at googlegroups.com>, 
learnrt at ala.org, nexgenlib at googlegroups.com, web4lib at webjunction.org, 
publib at webjunction.org
Date:   03/06/2010 06:53 AM
Subject:        Re: [Web4lib] [Publib] "Homemade" Catalog
Sent by:        web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org



LibraryThing was my first thought, and it will accept ISBNs. LT has
organized several cataloging blitzes for organizations like the one
you describe.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Technology Librarian
http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/
"Have you tried switching it off and on again?"




On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stephanie Zimmerman <slzimm1 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (Please excuse cross-postings)
>
> One of my coworkers was awarded a grant and is required to organize a 
small
> library at a local Youth Intervention Center.  Here's what she is 
asking...
>
> "As part of the grant we’re receiving from United Way, we’ve agreed to
> organize the YIC library.  We were hoping to create documentation of
> everything the YIC owns.  Rather than enter this into a spreadsheet on 
our
> own, we were wondering what kind of free library software is out there…  
I
> have heard of some for MAC that are not free, like Monster Delicious – 
where
> you use the iSight to scan ISBN and it loads all the information (title,
> author, publication, etc.) into a program that looks much like iTunes.  
Do
> you know of anything free for a PC that we could do something similar, 
but
> with a normal scanner like we use for checking out library books?  Like
> perhaps we could scan ISBN’s and it would bring up all the information 
into
> a program?  We would use this information to make quality book purchases 
for
> the future – by seeing what topics we need more of and so on…"
>
> I did some research on Library Thing but don't see a way to scan the 
books
> in which would save a lot of time.  Does anyone know of any free or low 
cost
> way to do such a thing?
>
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stephanie Zimmerman
> Training Coordinator
> Library System of Lancaster County
> 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107
> Lancaster PA  17601
> phone:  717.207.0500 x 1281
> fax:  717.207.0504
> email:  szimmerman at lancasterlibraries.org
> website:  www.lancasterlibraries.org
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