I'd really like some basic advice, as I don't have experience of choosing software at all.
Our small information centre employs 7 staff and generates a large number of research documents (mostly Word format). I have been asked to investigate the possibility of investing in some sort of IT system/database to catalogue these. The system would have to be able to index each document and allow multi-criteria searching to retrieve them. We only need a simple system, and cost is an issue.
The system would have to cope with various record types as we need to input details of the books/periodicals etc. held in our library as well as the research documents I mentioned above.
I feel a complete novice and need some pointers of where to look to find reviews of library software, how to find out what is available on the UK market - and in particular, how much this is likely to cost (any ideas?)
You could have a look at the buyers guide on CILIP's website http://www.cilip.org.uk/buyersguide/index.html
Alternatively http://www.biblio-tech.com/ might be of some help.
Elaine
29/04/04 16:32
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