Posted by: Administrator
on December 22, 2006 10:48 PM
We've been using dBase, but no one (ie. one expert on the spot, and one remote) wants to maintain it anymore; and due to some mishandling the datafiles got corrupted, and no one wants to fix it. So now TPTB want a packaged all-in-one solution. And it's gotta be preconfigured for library use, cuz no one is going to do a bloody thing with it after the fact. We've tried a bunch of demos and freebies, all without finding any that really work right. As I say, one problem is that most of the freebies seem to be just compiled spreadsheets.
Since this is a lending library with multiple catalog subsets, I'm not sure hierarchal is the way to go, but it's not something I grok sufficiently to make the decision. I know they're not going to even look at another raw database that would need the interface built by us.
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Re:System for smaller library and Windows PC?
Posted by: Administrator on December 22, 2006 10:48 PMSince this is a lending library with multiple catalog subsets, I'm not sure hierarchal is the way to go, but it's not something I grok sufficiently to make the decision. I know they're not going to even look at another raw database that would need the interface built by us.
Thanks for the suggestion, tho.
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