[ISLMA-Share] Cataloging/Circulation system on near zero budget?

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I used Library World my first four years at my school for those very reasons you mentioned. They are basic but it gets the job done much better than doing things manually. For my student body of 1600 kids the cost was $300 per year. It will likely be less for you if you are a smaller school.

We switched to destiny when our collection and needs outgrew Library World but I was happy with it while we had it.  They are based on the West Coast so getting ahold of them for issues was tricky due to time zones.

Hope that helps.

Kristen Rademacher
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Hi,

What cataloging/circulation systems would you recommend for a very small school library with almost no budget?

I'm an MLIS-degreed parent-volunteer at my daughter's school library, in a very small, private Montessori school (pre-K - 8).  The library has no librarian, no circulation system, and no cataloging system.  It is run entirely by parent volunteers. (Don't get me started).

Our most urgent priority is to catalog the collection and get a functioning circulation system.  We don't have a computer but we could probably get a parent to donate one or to donate an iPad for library use.

Is there anything we could do an on iPad that would help us to capture the metadata for the books we have (e.g. by scanning ISBNs?) with the camera and then use that in conjunction with a circulation system?  Student body is approx 400 students.

I work primarily with academic libraries so I don't even know where to start with this!  Help!

Thank you!

Maria Ziemer


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