Message-Id: <199707280538.AAA01453@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 13:41:13 +0800 From: Shane White <mailto:swhite@LIBRARY.UWA.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: converting small library database to intranet catalogue To: Multiple recipients of list WEBCAT-L <mailto:WEBCAT-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
Maren, You may be able to keep the Access database. There is at least one tool available that claims to enable an Access database to be searchable via the web. It is called ColdFusion from Allaire Software ( http://www.allaire.com ) There may be other products.Shane
At 02:28 pm 28-07-97 +1000, you wrote: >I am managing a small collection for a research section of the
>University of Canberra, and I want to convert it from an MSAccess
>database to a catalogue which can be used on our intranet, incorporating
>a thesaurus which I have bought on disc and will import and add to. I
>want the users to be able to do Boolean searches over several fields or
>groups of fields. We are also looking at buying a records management
>system (we have looked at one called TRIM) and since a lot of our
>library collection consists of reports and other short documents rather
>than published books, and we are not part of any union catalogue or
>interlibrary loan service, maybe we can use the same system for the
>library collection. Our budget for the records management would be
>larger than a budget for a library system. Does anyone have
>recommendations for systems that could handle our needs for the library
>and are inexpensive? Or does anyone have experience of using a records
>management system for library records? TRIM seems to have all the
>features I need (including thesaurus use and connection to the internet)
>but it's very expensive. I've also tried Inmagic database but have not
>used it with a full set of records.
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Shane White Phone 61 8 9380 2347 Cataloguer & Web Person Fax 61 8 9380 1012 Library, University of Western Australia mailto:swhite@library.uwa.edu.au http://www.library.uwa.edu.au This week's Shakespearian insult (don't take it personally): "Thou beslubbering clay-brained nut-hook"