OSS Library Management Solutions?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday April 21, 2005 @04:30AM from the curl-up-with-a-good-book dept.

spectre_240sx asks: "I work for a growing educational institution in need of a good database for its library. We're fairly small at the moment, and the cost of some of a decent commercial solution just isn't realistic in our situation. We'd rather spend that money on more books and better equipment for our labs. I'm sure I could come up with a usable database myself, but it would lack the refinement of a mature project and it would also be quite troublesome for me to find the time as I'm the only IT person at the school. Does anyone know of an open source solution that might suit our needs? 99% of the computers here are Mac OS X machines, and using X11 is a possibility, though a native (or web based) app would be preferable."

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Koha by isn't+my+name · 2005-04-21 04:46 · Score: 4, Informative
I've heard lots of good things about Koha. I do not run library systems. I have never used Koha, but I have come across more than one article on it.

Their first FAQ item:

What is Koha*?/What can Koha do?

Koha is intended to be:
- a library catalogue front end/OPAC
- a library system intranet
- a circulation tracking system
- an acquisitions/budgeting system
You might also check out oss4lib