Greetings,
I've been given the go-ahead to investigate replacing the Firm's InMagic
2.1 library database. After searching the Law-lib archives, I found
nothing informative posted after May 2005. Does anyone have additional
application recommendations for small-medium size law libraries? Or did
I miss a more recent Law-lib summary/review?
What we're looking for:
In-house ownership rather than out-sourced subscription to our records
Separate records for copies (i.e.: use accession or record numbers
instead of titles to allow duplicate titles)
Import data and/or copy selected text to records (current database has
typos from by-hand data entry)
Export data and/or selected text to Word, Excel, email, etc. We don't
need to have the application do everything itself, but it'd be a
time-saver to be able transfer data.
Does *NOT* have to be MARC-compatible
Record hyperlinks for websites and electronic items
Shelf-list reports (sorting and filtering options would be nice)
Private and public fields, read-only access for the users
Access via network or the Firm intranet
Ability to add reports and/or make structural database changes down the
road
Existing application/systems would be great -- IT and yours truly don't
have the staff or time to learn how to germinate a "Christmas tree".
And as a 2005 Law-lib post said, travel for training is "out of the
question".
Merci d'avance,
Mary Margaret Serpento
Librarian
Sommers Schwartz, P.C.
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