[Genealib] Inexpensive cataloging and OPAC software

[Sandy Day]

Mara and all
I have personally used Sky Software for many years for indexing purposes and 
it is great. I still use it today. I would guess our staff here has indexed 
close to one hundred projects using this very easy to use software.
Sandy Day
Genealogy Librarian
Schiappa Library
Steubenville, OH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mara Munroe" <Munroe at oshkoshpubliclibrary.org>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Inexpensive cataloging and OPAC software


Many OPAC systems for small libraries are meant to handle circulation--in a 
school library, for instance.  For a research collection, you may prefer an 
indexing system.

One widely used software package is SkyIndex http://www.sky-software.com/
I'm sure there are others.

Mara B. Munroe
Oshkosh Public Library




-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on behalf of Mary Kraeszig, MLS
Sent: Sun 1/27/2008 12:06 AM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Inexpensive cataloging and OPAC software

Greetings,

I am investigating software options for cataloging and creating an OPAC for 
a small to medium sized private genealogy collection.  For years, books were 
simply sorted geographically, with no way to cross-reference materials that 
involved multiple states or included a variety of surnames.  The "catalog" 
was the genealogist's memory.  She is no longer there.

I'm trying to help them do some weeding, cataloging, and creating a basic 
OPAC so visitors can at least see what is in the collection before they come 
to visit the library.

Any suggestions, especially from librarians or genealogists at smaller or 
private collections, would be most appreciated.  The goal is to make this 
very nice collection much more user-friendly.  There will be no circulation 
concerns since it is strictly a research library.

Thank you so much,
Mary D. Kraeszig, MLS


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