Re: MSACCES as check-in tool Bob Scheier 07 Nov 2002 20:39 UTC
Also you may want to investigate an open source software solution called Koha at http://www.koha.org/ this is part of a larger open source software for libraries movement see: http://oss4lib.org. Bob ===================================== Robert H. Scheier Serials/ILL Librarian New York Institute of Technology Wisser Library Wheatley Rd., P.O. Box 8000 Old Westbury, New York 11568-8000 Phone: (516) 686-7624 Fax: (516) 626-2914 Email: rscheier@nyit.edu Library Web Site: iris.nyit.edu/library College Web Site: www.nyit.edu ===================================== "I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent. " -- Martin Luther King from his speech, Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence, Riverside Church, New York City 4 April 1967 ##-----Original Message----- ##From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum ##[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Erik Arfeuille ##Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:52 AM ##To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU ##Subject: Re: MSACCES as check-in tool ## ## ##Dear Mark ## ##If you're not using a dedicated, integrated library system, then MS ##Access can of course be considered to use as a check-in tool? ## ##But in order to use it so, you'd have to fill the database with your ##document data, reader data, etc... In fact you'd be setting up a ##-indeed- dedicated, integrated library system. ## ##So you're stuck with two options. Either you buy a professional library ##software tool and dish out a great deal of money, or youdesign your own ##MSAccess database system, which would be a hell of a job if you're not a ##professional MSAccess worker. The hours you put in are not free either I ##take it. ## ##I can suggest something in between. There is a firm in Norway, ##"Programvare" who are designing ready-made databases, based on MSAccess. ##They sell (at a very reasonable price) databases for books, videos, cds, ##stamp collections and software. I use them for personal projects and ##consider them to be very good value for money. ##What you need is their BookCAT database, which sells at $ 39. ##You'll find them at http://www.fnprg.com ## ##You can download a 30-day free trial and check it out. ## ##Good Luck! ## ##Erik Arfeuille ##Central Library K.U.Leuven, Belgium ##Periodicals department ## ## ##Erik.Arfeuille@bib.kuleuven.ac.be ##-------------------------------------- ##"Though Science can cause problems, ##It is not Through Ignorance, ##That We Can Solve Them". ##(Isaac Asimov) ##-------------------------------------- ##REMEMBER SOFIE PARTON! ##FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS ## ## ##-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- ##Van: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum ##[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] Namens Mark Ferguson ##Verzonden: woensdag 6 november 2002 21:22 ##Aan: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU ##Onderwerp: ## ##Dear serials listers: ## ##Has anyone out there ever tried using the MS Access database as a ##check-in ##tool? If anyone has, I would be interested in hearing about your ##experiences and what Access tools (forms, tables, lookup columns?) you ##utilized to make it work. ## ##Thanks, ## ##Mark Ferguson ##Periodicals librarian, Mahoney Library ##