Hi, Jeff, I would like provide more information from librarian's point of view.
My [Jeff] questions:
- Some of the books are very old but most have an ISBN number. Where can I download the book information so I don't have to manually input the info for each of the books/videos/etc.
I presume your collection full of Japanese materials. Try National Diet Library [Congress Library of Japan] http://www.ndl.go.jp/ They should provide Z39.50 server for download bibliographic data. English and French materials should consult AMICUS, Canada national library and archives
- Has Koha ever been deployed in a Japanese library? I've installed Koha on XP and Japanese characters can be inputted and displayed but will it search properly with Japanese characters?
- Are there any "skins" or templates that simplifies or customizes the Koha GUI?
long_sam.tw provided a Japanese interface on this listserv several months ago.
- I'm assuming you can use a barcode scanner during check in/out of the books but are there any recommended bar code scanners in the market?
Any bar code scanner should be fine. -- Best regards 毛慶禎, Anthony Mao, mao at mail. ntl dot edu.tw National Taiwan Library 85, Jhong-an St., Jhonghe City, Taipei County 235, Taiwan(R.O.C.) TEL +886 2 29266888 ext 3600 FAX +886 2 29268670