Also you may want to investigate an open source software solution called
Koha at http://www.koha.org/ this is part of a larger open source software
for libraries movement see: http://oss4lib.org.

Bob

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Robert H. Scheier
Serials/ILL Librarian
New York Institute of Technology
Wisser Library
Wheatley Rd., P.O. Box 8000
Old Westbury, New York 11568-8000
Phone: (516) 686-7624
Fax: (516) 626-2914
Email: rscheier@nyit.edu
Library Web Site: iris.nyit.edu/library
College Web Site: www.nyit.edu
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"I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the
violence of the  oppressed in the ghettos without having first
spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world
today -- my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake
of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling
under our violence, I cannot be silent. "

-- Martin Luther King from his speech, Beyond Vietnam:  A Time To
Break Silence,” Riverside Church, New York City 4 April 1967

##-----Original Message-----
##From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
##[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Erik Arfeuille
##Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:52 AM
##To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
##Subject: Re: MSACCES as check-in tool
##
##
##Dear Mark
##
##If you're not using a dedicated, integrated library system, then MS
##Access can of course be considered to use as a check-in tool?
##
##But in order to use it so, you'd have to fill the database with your
##document data, reader data, etc... In fact you'd be setting up a
##-indeed- dedicated, integrated library system.
##
##So you're stuck with two options. Either you buy a professional library
##software tool and dish out a great deal of money, or youdesign your own
##MSAccess database system, which would be a hell of a job if you're not a
##professional MSAccess worker. The hours you put in are not free either I
##take it.
##
##I can suggest something in between. There is a firm in Norway,
##"Programvare" who are designing ready-made databases, based on MSAccess.
##They sell (at a very reasonable price) databases for books, videos, cds,
##stamp collections and software. I use them for personal projects and
##consider them to be very good value for money.
##What you need is their BookCAT database, which sells at $ 39.
##You'll find them at http://www.fnprg.com
##
##You can download a 30-day free trial and check it out.
##
##Good Luck!
##
##Erik Arfeuille
##Central Library K.U.Leuven, Belgium
##Periodicals department
##
##
##Erik.Arfeuille@bib.kuleuven.ac.be
##--------------------------------------
##"Though Science can cause problems,
##It is not Through Ignorance,
##That We Can Solve Them".
##(Isaac Asimov)
##--------------------------------------
##REMEMBER SOFIE PARTON!
##FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
##
##
##-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
##Van: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
##[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] Namens Mark Ferguson
##Verzonden: woensdag 6 november 2002 21:22
##Aan: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
##Onderwerp:
##
##Dear serials listers:
##
##Has anyone out there ever tried using the MS Access database as a
##check-in
##tool?  If anyone has, I would be interested in hearing about your
##experiences and what Access tools (forms, tables, lookup columns?) you
##utilized to make it work.
##
##Thanks,
##
##Mark Ferguson
##Periodicals librarian, Mahoney Library
##