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chris hammond-thrasher

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i am a librarian

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fantasy

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borrowers books loans

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borrowers items loans titles authors subjects

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reality

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front office finding

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front office finding getting

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front office finding getting who has what when?

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back office inventory

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back office inventory decision support

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back office describing inventory decision support

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back office describing inventory customer lists decision support

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back office describing buying inventory customer lists decision support

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back office describing buying inventory customer lists decision support money

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the main USP library system has 200+ tables in its database, runs on a pair of quad-core powered IBM servers with 6 drives each, and manages all major functions of the library

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open source library software PacINET 2008

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koha

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koha is an integrated library management system for managing all major functions of a physical library

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greenstone

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greenstone is a digital library management system – essentially a document management system for final, catalogued, electronic publications.

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what's the diff?

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front office GK G K finding getting who has what when?

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back office K K GK K K K describing buying inventory customer lists decision support money

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koha facts <ul><li>koha means “gift” similar to Fijian “savusavu” </li></ul><ul><li>license: gpl </li></ul><ul><li>Technologies: apache (others are ok), perl, zebra (index data), yaz (index data), MARC::Record, Net::Z3950::ZOOM, MySQL (or PostgreSQL), OAI support </li></ul><ul><li>client: web </li></ul><ul><li>server: linux with a delayed windows port </li></ul><ul><li>Pacific installs: CINL, www.nelsonlibrary.ws </li></ul>

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greenstone facts <ul><li>named after “New Zealand jade” </li></ul><ul><li>license: gpl </li></ul><ul><li>driven by the Waikato comp sci department </li></ul><ul><li>technologies: apache (others are ok), perl, java, mg/mg++, ghostscript, assorted open source conversion tools, OAI support </li></ul><ul><li>client: web, java applet or application </li></ul><ul><li>server: linux or windows or mac </li></ul><ul><li>Pacific installs: SPC library, PADDLE, USP Pacific governance portal </li></ul>

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Links <ul><li>www.koha.org </li></ul><ul><li>www.greenstone.org </li></ul><ul><li>www.indexdata.dk </li></ul><ul><li>www.nelsonlibrary.ws </li></ul><ul><li>www.paddle.usp.ac.fj </li></ul>chris hammond-thrasher usp library systems manager [email_address] [email_address] http://dfiji.blogspot.com/