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 Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Access
Author:Katie May
Date:Friday, 5th Mar 2004 11:28
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*** With apologies for cross posting***

I work for a small voluntary information provider, and have been asked to
create a simple library management system using Microsoft Access 2000.
(i.e. catalogue, membership and issue) which (if it is successful) is
likely to be made available on the web.

My first problem to solve is to create the database. Has anyone any
experience of using Microsoft Access to create a LMS, and would you be
prepared to share some advice, tips or plain old horror stories to warn us
of the dangers? Although I have (some) experience of using Microsoft
Access, I've found it difficult to find examples of work produced within
libraries to solve traditional library needs. (albeit, an old hard to
obtain book 'Using Microsoft Access : A guide for Librarians, based on
Access 95)

Many thanks for your time

Katie

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  Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Access
*** With apologies for cross posting*** I work for a small voluntary information provider, and have been asked to create a ...
Katie May 05/03/04 11:28 27882
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Dear FreePinters - Many, many thanks for all your varied and thoughtful responses. I've spent the last week looking at some ...
Katie May 12/03/04 14:23 27990
    Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Dear Katie Thank you for raising this issue. Sorry to have joined the thread late. Please let me know what you ...
Liz Lster 18/03/04 14:10 28066
   Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
I have my library catalogue set up in access. We are also currently working on a sophistocated search facility. It ...
Catherine Smith 09/03/04 17:25 27938
    Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Is it possible to see a sample of what you've done with Access? Thanks.
C.L.Vargo 13/05/04 20:47 28659
     Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
If you send me your e-mail I can do some screen dumps for you and give you an explantion of ...
Catherine Smith 14/05/04 12:26 28672
      Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Is it possible to send me the screen dumps as well? I work in a small not-for-profit organisation in Austrialia ...
Pamela Grassick 28/07/04 23:51 29477
       Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
If you send me your e-mail I will send them through - we have even got the search facility to ...
Catherine Smith 29/07/04 14:19 29489
        Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Thanks! My email is pg@safework.qld.edu.au This will be a great help. Pamela
Pamela 29/07/04 23:29 29501
     Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Email me at : JAKM_LIS_Student@hotmail.com, and I will forward you (or anyone else who is interested) examples, etc. Best wishes Katie
Katie May 14/05/04 10:34 28668
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Dear Katie May Contact at the following e-mail address: ajmal@nu.edu.pk they have developed their library database using Microsoft Access. It provides all ...
Naveed ul Haq Hashmi 09/03/04 14:10 27933
   Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
This Freepint thread (Using ACCESS in a small library) might be of interest: http://freepint.willco.com/forum/bar/read.php?i=17816 There was also a thread on the CILIP ...
Juliet 09/03/04 11:03 27926
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May be worth your while looking at open source library software. Koha is well regarded by some- there's also OpenBiblio ...
librarywebbie 08/03/04 16:56 27913
   Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
Katie, I hope you don't mind me writing this, but my personal opinion would be don't bother. I have used MS ...
Jane M 06/03/04 13:11 27897
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As a voluntary organisation you would qualify for UNESCO's CDS/ISIS library software. I believe that there is a nominal ...
Sue Black 09/03/04 12:34 27928
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I believe that CILIP run a course for librarians using Access. I also used to work for a voluntary ...
Katherine Ingham 09/03/04 13:43 27931
      Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
What does LMS stand for? I am new to this field. I am also trying to catalogue a ...
ah 29/04/04 19:53 28529
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It stands for Library Management System. Basically the system that allows the library to manage its stock - incorporating usually ...
katie May 30/04/04 11:24 28535
      Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
I've also heard good things about Koha. It's free, it's open source. It's got to be easier than building an ...
Simon Chamberlain 10/03/04 02:35 27942
    Re: Building a library catalogue usingMicrosoft Ac
I agree completely. I have done a lot of cataloguing on Access, because employers wouldn't shell out for the ...
Atalanta 07/03/04 18:05 27906
     Re: Building a library catalogue using Microsoft A
I can't let this thread close without mentioning my favourite database software, FileMaker Pro (and no I am not in ...
Neil Infield 12/03/04 10:18 27977

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