[Koha] RE: Setup costs for database using Microsoft Access

[Rosalie Blake]

Hello Aroha, Coralie and Jennifer,
First of all my apologies for non-response to your inquiries, and 
thanks to Jennifer for her response which said most of what I would 
have said. I broke my wrist (right, dammit!) on the day your inquiry 
hit the list, and I am only just back to fulltime work, and clearing the 
bottom of my email bin, now. 
So I am sorry, but in case it's still useful, here goes:

On 18 Feb 2002, at 8:26, Coralie wrote:

> 
> Kia ora koutou
> 
> One of our local iwi research centres has asked me for some help 
with
> putting together a funding application to setup a database for their
> collection of reports, papers and maps - approx. 2000 items
> (bibliographic detail and keywords).  They have some experience 
with
> Microsoft Access so are wanting to use this for the database.
> 
> Has anyone done anything similar that might be help me guage 
the time
> involved in setting up the database.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Coralie Campbell-Whitehead
> Circulation and Extension Services Librarian
> H.B. Williams Memorial Library                  Ph. 06 867 6709
> PO Box 747                                   Fax 06 867 9068
> Peel Street                                   Email:
> campbell at gpl.govt.nz Gisborne                                  
> http://www.gpl.govt.nz
> 

On 18 Feb 2002, at 11:18, Jennifer Geard wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Aroha asked:
> > ... I too have an iwi that is wanting to catalogue their library and
> > is
> wanting information similar to what you have asked.  They are also
> wanting to know what cataloguing programme would best suit their
> needs.  Does anyone know what is available on the market for small
> libraries such as these and costs?
> 
> Is Rosalie Blake on this list? 
Yes

> Will she have replied by the time my message goes through?
She should have, but she didn't!
> 
> Two of the options to consider are Koha http://www.koha.org/ and
> Greenstone http://www.greenstone.org/. Both are NZ-built: Koha by
> Katipo in conjunction with Horowhenua Library Trust; Greenstone by
> Waikato University's NZ Digital Library Project in conjunction with
> UNESCO and the Humanity Libraries Project. Both are open-source,
> issued under the GNU public licence. Both software packages are
> available free of charge. 
> 
> Note that you'll need one computer that runs Linux if you want to run
> Koha. Greenstone comes in versions for Windows and Unix (the Unix
> version works on Linux). 

Koha for Windows NT is working now. I've taken the liberty of 
posting this reply to the koha list, where the techies who know about 
such things lurk. If you want to know more about running Koha 
under Windows, a message to the koha list will bring results, I'm 
sure.

You may be interested that Te Wananga o Raukawa is installing 
Koha in their library in Otaki. Katipo is (I think) helping them with 
their installation and setup.

You can contact katipo at www.katipo.co.nz and join the koha list by 
following links on that site.

Cheers,
Rosalie Blake
Horowhenua Library Trust