[Koha] Re: FILMS

[baljkas at mts.net]

Wednesday, March 10, 2004    20:10 CST

Hi, Max!

Just a note of thanks for the forward. It does sound like e-Library would be a good product. And boy did what Ashley said on control of back-ups ring true!!

If your library does go forward with e-Library and it weren't too much trouble to you, I'd be curious to know the cost factors. Back in 1997-1998 I did a pro bono consult on automating for a local NPO so I am always interested to know what it all comes down to in brass tacks, after the fun of the different bells and whistles.

I don't know if it would be of any interest to you for your situation, but I am currently checking out another free system called Emilda (out of Finland), which, although I've been told there are some MARC issues (viz. what it is actually doing with MARC - MARC is very dear to my heart as a cataloguing technician), seems interesting. Originally, I'd been told it was Windows-based and wouldn't require me to find a host for a linux based system as does Koha. That's not true though. Also, I'd have to learn XML that is closer to HTML than Linux is to Windows. All that said though, I am pretty sure I'll still be going forward with Koha once they have achieved LC-call number compatability. If you do want to check out Emilda, though, you can surf to:
URL <http://www.realnode.fi/index.php?location=eng/projects/emilda/introduction> with more details off of
URL <http://www.realnode.fi/index.php?location=eng/projects/emilda/about/why_choose>

I will be sending a note to Pamela Cibbarelli on the weekend so that she can follow up on e-Library for the next edition of her Directory. It certainly sounds worthy of her consideration and is well within her scope. Hopefully, she is already aware of Koha. If not, she will be!  ; -)

Thank you for bringing up such an interesting new thread and enlightening us all. : -)

Cheers,
Steven F. Baljkas
library tech at large
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg, MB, Canada