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Looking for Automation type Software
or an Easy Way to Put Your Collection on the Computer
Catalog! your Book Collection with these Software Titles!!

Related links:

• Less expensive options for automating your library
• Open Source applications
• Serials Management  & Software options
• Miscellaneous resources(barcodes, scanners, other automation links, etc.)
• Marc Records
• More Software Solutions for Libraries
• Free & Inexpensive tools for Libraries - separate page
• Resources useful to Catalogers - separate page

NOTE: This information is provided for informational use only 
and does not constitute an endorsement of the products listed.
Information has been quoted/ taken from individual product websites

Prices ranging from FREE to $1500 for Complete Library Automation  System
Many under $60!
Please take advantage of FREE trials
and Evaluation Software Demo downloads & CDs

**EXCERPTS/DESCRIPTIONS ARE QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM INDIVIDUAL WEB SITES**

Book Librarian Plus 4.0
Free to try, $35 to buy
Description
From the developer: "The program is fast easy to learn and use database manager that will help you organize and keep track of your books. With this program you can quickly search your library and print reports to the screen or printer. You can also keep track of which books are checked out and who has them and when they are due back. The program will also print an overdue print list. Simple, clear, easy-to-use interface, multiple search methods. Professional, flexible reporting, with many pre-formatted professional reports for a variety of situations, plus 2 custom report modules. Backup/Restore utility, import/export - import data from dBase or ASCII format. Export data to dBase III, dBase IV, ASCII delimited, Flat ASCII, Excel and HTML web page format. Security - comes with a very flexible security system. You can have no security at all, require a login password to access, or restrict access to certain features. Much more" 

Not exactly FREE,
but FREE to Try and only $14.95 if you keep it!
Book Tracker - Collectors Edition 2.2
Book Tracker - Collector’s Edition software will help you 
catalog all your books with 19 different customizable fields 
including Title, Author, Category, Value, Printing Date, Publish Date, 
Purchase Price, Date Purchased, Edition, Rating, Condition, Location, 
publisher, ISBN, and a graphic field. 
BookTracker has a simple, easy-to-use interface
that not only makes it easy to enter information,
but also makes it easy to browse, sort, and print reports 
on the information you have entered. 
Other features include custom reports, labels, database searching,
librarian fields, file export/import, a Notes section, and more. 
See also: Film Tracker v2.2
From www.ducksoftware.com/

Book Collector Pro
Easily organize your books and manuals. 
Quick, powerful sorting makes referencing your materials very easy. 
From the smallest collection to the largest library, 
Book Collector Pro is exactly what you need to organize your information. 
Extensive reports and export features.    $29.95

Book Librarian for Windows
Book Librarian for Windows by Turbosystems  is a feature packed 
easy-to-use program to organize 
and manage your personal, club, school, church or corporate library. 
Tracks borrowers and due dates. Includes fields for Title, Author, Subject(3), 
edition, catalog#, purchase, current value, publisher, location and more.
Includes a comprehensive but easy-to-use query/search system that
allows you to quickly find just the book or list of books you want.
The report system also features a comprehensive query/filter system, 
and can list reports to the screen, printer or disk. 
Also prints index cards in addition to numerous reports 
that can be generated at the click of a menu item. 
See also from Turbosystems.com **NOTE**Most software less than $30**
Download "evaluation" copies of software before purchasing.
Manage Your Books 98
 (similar to above)
Audio Librarian 
The program can be used to catalog any type of audio media, cd's, 
cassettes, albums, singles etc
MANAGE Your Videos 98 
Powerful feature packed easy-to use program to organize and manage a 
movie library of any size. The program automatically indexes 
each entry by Title, Star, Co-Star, Director, TapeNo, and Category. 
Also one of the few programs that can print mutiple movie titles on a single VCR label. 
The program fields include, Title, Star, Co-Star, Cast, Category, Director, Rating, 
Color, Pubisher, Year, Critics, Note1, Note2, Tape#, Position, Start Counter, Stop Counter, Tape Speed, 
Loaned, Borrower, Due Date and a 64k note field. 
Data can be quickly listed by any of the seven index fields by simply selecting one of the browse tabs. 
MANAGE Your Disks 97 for Windows 95
What is it?
MANAGE Your Disks 97 for Windows 95 is a 32-bit program that allows you to
painlessly catalog the contents of diskettes, cd-roms, hard drives, 
and other media. 
The information is stored in a database, so you can quickly find what is needed.
Membership Librarian 97
Membership Librarian 97 is a powerful club/association management program. 
Membership Librarian 97 is designed to let you keep track of the members
in your club or association, by tracking names, address, 
phone numbers, email addresses and more. 

Book Organizer - Freeware
http://www.bookorganizer.com/
OXD Software Book Organizer v2.0.0 
Book Organizer is a very useful program to organize your books. 
You can enter anything you might think of and make your book collection easy to overlook. 
A very advanced and easy-to-use search function and lots of smart functions 
makes this program better than any similar programs.
http://www.bookorganizer.com/
Free!

Collectorz.com - Book Collector
http://www.collectorz.com/book/
Book Collector Overview 
 Do you know which books you own? Or how many? 
Using Book Collector, you can: 
Make a list of your books quickly and easily.
Just enter the title and Book Collector will download all information from the internet, 
including the cover images. 
Instantly sort the list on any field.
E.g. alphabetically on author, title or genre, or sorted on release date or purchase date. 
Print sorted lists.
Ideal for insurance purposes, or to take with you to the store. 
Search your book collection on any field. 
E.g. find all books with "house" in the title. 
Easy to use, intuitive user interface 
Price: $25
http://www.collectorz.com/book/
 

DV Book Manager
DV Book Manager manages your book collection. 
It has a Windows 95-style interface with tabs, a toolbar, and a status bar. 
The common entry feature can make entering information 
a snap with predefined menus and tabs.
It also offers keyword searches,
list options, and several printing features. 
It also has a loans management feature with borrowers database,
list of borrowed and due books, and a loan history for each book.
$35!

Book Case
http://www.epigroove.com
BookCase organizes and tracks book collections of any type and size.
Its many powerful features allow you to track your books effortlessly. 
You can track your books by title, author, publisher, length, book type, 
copyright date, genre, rating, date read, book number, series, 
book location, ISBN, personal catalog number, and personal notes. 
You can also search with keywords to bring up a list of all the books
that contain those keywords, or view a list of all your books using various sorting methods.
This update includes an Expanded Library section that has six new categories 
and the ability to export data in plain text, HTML, or bibliography format.
$29.95

Book Collection
http://www.portable-software.com/download/bc/Book%20Collection.htm
Organize, manage and browse your book collection.
Organize a printed or electronic book collection for personal or lending libraries. 
File and organize with a comprehensive list of fields and customizable lists, 
now including automated web download of book details directly into your
database by just entering an ISBN number.
Create detailed printable reports and export book data to text, 
MS Excel(r), XML and customizable HTML templates.
So you can print or publish to the web easily and catalogue 
your collection knowing the information is not locked into just one source.
Record loan histories, store borrowers details and track overdue books. 
$24.95 - $95
www.portable-software.com/download/bc/Book%20Collection.htm
 

Book Library
Book Library is an easy-to-use yet powerful book collection manager. 
It lets you catalog any printed materials such as books, magazines, 
comic books and newspapers with a MS Access database. 
Book Library offers a comprehensive set of database fields,
it also allows you to add contents such as chapters, articles etc. 
to each book.
Book Library offers an "explorer" like interface with a 
built-in Internet Explorer window, it displays book detail in a HTML page format. 
User can customize the HTML templates and use different templates for different type of books.
Flexible and customizable view options allows you to group and sort entries the ways you like. 
Other features includes report/printing, export to ASCII/HTML, loan tracking, SQL support and more.
The registration fee is only US $24.95 per user
Also Music and Video Library software available
 

Take a look at the features of Book Manager
Includes "Common entries" and autocomplete to 
type authors, collections, keywords. only once, even if they belong to 100 books !
Comes with an extensive search and selection function and a
very flexible report function, with customizable templates
(created by wizard and drag & drop) and previewing.
Also features loans management with borrowers database,
list of lent and due books, loans history for each book.
Free to try
$35 for Personal use or $50 for "Pro Version", if you decide to keep it.

The Book, Magazine & Paper Collector
is designed to the the only collecting software program
you will need to catalog any type of book or paper collectible.
$14.95 from: http://www.collectiblessoftware.com

Bookworm 1,2,3 is $29.95
This book cataloguing software is suitable for
individuals, bookshops and libraries.
Multiple windows can be open simultaneously
giving different views of the data,
in form and grid views.
The program can handle an unlimited number of records
and data can be sorted on various fields.
The program tracks books that are lent out.
The program has context-sensitive help.
Uninstall utility included.
Read about: More Features of Bookworm 1,2,3.

BookCAT 6.21 is $39.95, and full of useful features.
BookCAT is a powerful database program designed specifically to maintain 
an inventory of your book collection. BookCAT is used by book-lovers, 
schools, churches, clubs, and business libraries. Using BookCAT
you can quickly catalog your books by downloading information 
from the Internet. 
BookCAT will help you track what you have in your library, 
where it is (including books out on loan) and the total value of your collection. 

BookCAT has a comprehensive set of fields, enabling you to catalog 
a wide range of information: author, title, publisher, ISBN number,
publish date, number of pages, editor, original title, translator, 
binding, edition, type of book (fiction, non-fiction, etc.), 
category and sub-category, purchase date and price, 
current value, condition, status (own, want, for sale), 
personal rating, owner, location, keywords, awards and nominations, 
comments, synopsis, reviews, and more.
http://www.fnprg.com/

Book Collection db Design v2.0 -FREEware
http://www.freewarepalm.com/database/bookcollectiondbdesign.shtml
Description:
Are you a rare book collector or do you just like to read? 
Organize the books you already own and make notes on books 
you would like to read and/or buy in one database. 
Plus, keep track of books you’ve borrowed or lent to others. 
**Note** See information about Freeware -Employee Database Design v1.0
http://www.freewarepalm.com/database/employeedatabasedesign.shtml
Description:
The Employee Database is an excellent tool for efficiently keeping track
of your company's employees both on the desktop and on the handheld. 
This Employee Database file is a free "Database Design" for dbNow, 
the one easy-to-use database that works on your desktop, laptop, and Palm handheld.

Book Organizer 3.6
The program organizes and displays the data efficiently, 
so that the information is readily accessible in a variety of ways.
You can arrange information any way you want to view it.
Flexible search, powerful filter, and multilevel sort functions 
allow you to find and retrieve information easily.
You can quickly define and print a variety of reports,
labels directly from the program. There are already templates
for all American/European Avery label formats.
Or consider this more powerful version
Book Organizer Deluxe $65 if you decide to keep it.
Book Organizer Deluxe is a complete program that allows book collectors,
hobbyists, book clubs, small private or public libraries to organize, 
catalog, and manage their collections on their PCs. 
Organizer is intuitive and easy to use for the beginner, 
at the same moment feature-rich and powerful enough
to satisfy the most advanced users. 
A separate database designer program called Designer Deluxe
greatly increases the versatility of the program.
It enables you to customize the database structure
so that you can use it for many different,
unrelated applications.
Also see:
http://www.software4collectors.com/deluxe/bkodx.htm

Collection Explorer
http://www.collectionexplorer.com/books/index.htm
Collection Explorer helps you organize your book collections. 
You can group your collections into categories, and customize the way item information is stored and viewed.
This collection software looks and operates like Microsoft's Windows Explorer. 
This makes it easy to learn, since many people are already very familiar with the Windows Explorer.
$42.00
http://www.collectionexplorer.com/books/index.htm
 

ELibrary
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/57917.html
E-Library makes it easy for you to manage all your books, fiction or none-fiction, in one database. 
The program makes it easy to search and find the book or arthur you where looking for.
Find the book and read about this or the arthur or find all books with a specific word in the title.
Sort your list as you would need them or make a print of your complete list of books or a list of a specific arthur.
The system makes it possible to insert a picture of the cover that you can find on the Internet or you have scanned yourself - you can insert a picture of both the book cover and the arthur.
Order the CD of this software for only $9.95 - Free S&H!!
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/57917.html
 

Smart Tracker Books
Track, Organize and Catalog your library. 
Search, Sort 4 levels deep, Search and Replace, Import, Export, 
User Definable Reports and Maintain Multiple Databases. 
Track values, locations, categorize, catalog, library checkout status. 
$28
Also Smart Tracker Videos 

Home Librarian
The Home Librarian system maintains a database of "cards", which describe books, magazines, video and audio tapes, CDs, record albums, laser disks, and other similar items. The data is indexed by a unique ID for each "card", a title index, an author index, and a subject index. Each card contains fields for a title, an author, a publisher, a year, a volume number, a description, and an item type. The Home Librarian package has six programs: EditLibr for editing card catalog files, Librarian for searching card catalog files, PrintCards for make card catalog cards, PrintLabels for printing item labels, Libr2Ascii for dumping a card catalog file to a plain ASCII text format, and Ascii2Libr for building a card catalog file from an ASCII text file (as generated by Ascii2Libr).
License :: Shareware
Price :: Between $10 and $40
Download at:
http://software.linux.com/projects/homelibrarian/?topic=332,337
 

Library 2000
http://www.alberts.com/authorpages/00013314/prod_904.htm
and
HomeLibrary
The Home Library & Library 2000 helps you keep track of your book collection. 
It incorporates a powerful search engine, a versatile report writer, 
easy data entry, context sensitive help, full customization, data graphing, 
a book shelf view, a spreadsheet view, multimedia sound annotation, 
and much more. As an added bonus the software is extremely easy to use, 
and includes helpful hints throughout.  $20 - $24.95 to register! (Canadian based company)
Check out their other software solutions for home  & office
Such as Magazine Manager
Magazine Manager helps you keep track of magazines,
journals, periodicals and newspapers. 
http://www.datavillage.com
*Related see some other software ideas & articles regarding journals/serials*

BOOK DB - It's FREE!!!!
With BookDB you can enter all your books with author, 
category, publisher etc and print them out in a variety of formats. 
Why would you need such a thing? 
Well, if you're always going to book sales
and buying bargains only to get home and
find you've doubled up, take a printout with you! 
BookDB has a super-condensed print mode so you'll need a magnifying glass, 
but at least it'll save a tree or two.
NEW! BookDB now has a field which allows you to enter 
a path to an ebook. If it's a text, html or rtf file you can 
even click a button to open it in yBook or yRead.
BookDB is freeware. from: www.spacejock.com

ReaderWare
If you love books, are an avid reader, collector, researcher or anyone who
needs to maintain a collection of books, then Readerware is a must have product. 
Readerware is the ultimate book lovers tool, there is no easier way 
to catalog and maintain your collection. Its unique auto catalog feature 
will do the work of building a database for you. 
Just enter a list of ISBN's and Readerware does the rest,
searching the internet to build your database.
Readerware allows you to use the ISBN bar codes on the back of your books
Now available for CD and video libraries too! 
It gets even easier, Readerware supports bar code readers. 
Build your collection at the swipe of a bar code wand. 
No data entry required! 
This download contains 3 products:
Readerware - The easiest, fastest way to catalog your books. 
From a few books to thousands, It will automatically catalog your library complete with cover art.
ReaderwareAW - The easiest, fastest way to catalog your CDs. 
It will automatically catalog your collection complete with full track information
and cover art. No need to keep loading CDs into your drive, 
just enter the UPC or scan the barcode. 
ReaderwareVW - The easiest, fastest way to catalog your videos. 
It will automatically catalog your collection, complete with full credits and cover art.
And not just DVDs but video tapes and LaserDiscs as well." 
Less than $50
http://www.readerware.com/

Use Readerwares "search" page to find book information
Find a book then simply drag and drop to catalog. 
Readerware is the easiest, fastest way to catalog your collection! 
http://www.readerware.com/userhome/rwsearch.html

Find information about Bar code Readers at Readerware
www.readerware.com/rwbarcode.html

Barcode Reader Specials
www.readerware.com/rwbarcodespec.html

Readerware has obtained a limited quantity of CueCats. 
While supplies last you can now get a FREE CueCat
when you order a Readerware bundle on CD.
USB and PS/2 CueCats are available, your choice. 
www.readerware.com/rwfreecc.html

WinLibrary.com
WinLibrary Pro
Features
http://www.winlibrary.com/WinLibrary/Description.htm

Biblioscape
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.biblioscape.com/index.html

Biblioscape is an information manager for researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians. It is used to organize literature references, research notes, automatically generate citations and bibliographies, search and capture bibliographic data on the Internet, and post bibliographic databases live on the web. The flood of bibliographic resources on the Internet requires new solutions for bibliographic information management. Biblioscape offers such a solution -- whether you work alone, or as part of a group, or even in a large organization.

Biblioscape is offered in 4 editions to suit the needs of different users. The Lite edition can be used to organize references, import bibliographic records from different sources, generate bibliography output in different styles, etc. If you need to use Biblioscape to convert a document with temporary citations into a formatted document with citations and bibliography properly generated according to an output style, you need to purchase the Standard edition. For users who want to go beyond what traditional bibliographic software can do, the Professional edition offers 3 extra modules. The Note module is for users to organize research notes, ideas, and other free text information in a tree structure. The Task module is for managing your ToDo lists related to your research. The Chart module can be used to build all kinds of flow charts, organization charts, and link a chart object to references, notes, etc.

TheLibrarian editioncan be used to manage a small library, it includes sub-modules: Catalog, Serials, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Borrowers, Lenders, and Suppliers. Both the Professional and Librarian edition include BiblioWeb server to publish your reference database on the Web. *under $800

What Biblioscape can do for an Information Specialist
http://www.biblioscape.com/librarian.htm

The Most Expensive of these type programs
May fill all of your needs 
Library Pro
Software from Canada
Catalog your documents, books, cd's, videos,
and manage your borrowers.
Add-ons 
Library Web
With Library Web your library is never closed. 
Students, parents and teachers can access and search 
the collection and reserve materials any time via the Internet.
Cross-Platform 
Library Pro incorporates cross-platform technology. 
So, if there is a mix of Windows and Macintosh computers in your library,
you'll be able to work effectively from either platform with this optional add-on. 
Library Pro - Brochure
http://www.chancery.com/products/product_pdf/library.pdf
PDF File

Organize your Books Online! - Prices as low as $19.95 per year for service
Singlefile:
Quoted from Site:
http://www.spinfree.com/singlefile/
What is Singlefile?
Singlefile is an easy-to-use web-based service that helps you organize the books you own, the books you are reading, the books you've read and the books you want to read.
Why would I use Singlefile?
You can use it to keep track of the books you've loaned to friends, or books you haven't bought/read yet, or to find out how many non-fiction paperbacks with 275 pages you own, etc. Singlefile is also great for keeping a record of your books for insurance purposes. And, in affiliation with Amazon.com, you can discover and buy new books you might enjoy based on the authors in your collection!
Why is Singlefile the best choice?
Because Singlefile is web-based, and your data is stored in a central location, you can view your book collection from home, work, school, an internet cafe, the public library, or any other computer in the world with an Internet connection and a web browser. Plus, since it's web-based, you don't need to download and install new software on your own computer and worry about updates, compatibility, etc. You also have the option to let other people view your book collection over the web -- great for trading books with your friends.
Read the rest of information at: http://www.spinfree.com/singlefile/

Homebase is a FREE Bookstore management program, 
currently for Windows-based PCs.  From AbeBooks
http://www.abebooks.com/overHomeBase.htm

Audio Visual Collection Databases can be created also:
Organize your Video collection with this software for $29.95
Vidtracker
or Audio Librarian 2001 for $36.95 and
Catalog Your Music Collection (and other collections) with this software,
"Organize Your Collection!" for $60.

Organize your CD Collection for FREE
with MyOrganizer 1.0
Description From the developer: "myOrganizer is a tool to archive file & directory structure into a database, and to make a index of your CD library. It allows you to search/browse across everything you've burned on CDs without having to physically insert those CDs into the computer. It also makes great file lists that you can share with friends. Check out the website for screen shots." 
http://www.kingofmath.com/Freeware/

ResourceMate® 2.0 is Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000/XP 
Excerpt squoted from website
Resource Library Software designed for Churches, Clergy, Synagogues, 
Professionals, Corporations, Private Schools, Non-profit organizations and more. 
This software will catalog, search, and circulate, and it begins at just $149.99 for the 
Regular version and $299.99 for the Plus version. 
All versions include the popular Import from Internet feature!
Related service: 
EntryMate (**This is a FEE Based $ervice):
The cataloguing of your collection can be a daunting task. 
Whether you're cataloguing a library from scratch or attempting to 
add a new batch of items, with ResourceMate® you have several options 
for data entry/conversion.  One of these is a new service called EntryMate™.
EntryMate™ can save you enormous amounts of cataloguing time. 
Give us a file containing a list of the ISBN's of your items and we return you full cataloguing data, 
culled from the Library of Congress, that ResourceMate® can read!
Find out more at:
http://www.resourcemate.com/rm-entrymate-overview.html
See also:
ResourceMate and Library In A Box - from Vernon Library Supplies
Excerpt quoted from website:
For under $600.00, you'll receive:
• ResourceMate® Plus Software 
• ResourceMate® Training Video 
• CCD1000 Bar Code Scanner (stand not included)
• 3000 #7754 Custom Printed Bar Code Labels
• $20 Gift Certificate towards your next purchase of library
supplies in the amount of $100 or more.
Cat. #RMLIB $595.00
http://www.vernlib.com/resourcemate.asp
 

Home Librarian 2.0
Excerpt quoted from site
http://www.rectorpress.com/HomeLibrarian.html
Home Librarian creates, manages, and searches a database of Library Catalog Card images such as books, records, tapes, magazines, videos, etc. that represent a home library. 
 

For more choices to see:
Software for Book Collectors and Dealers (may include some of the titles above)

EZ Collector - Organizing just about any Collection
From the developer: "EZcollector allows you to keep track of all of your collectible items, 
sales, auctions and customers. It's customizable screens allow you to make 
different screens for different categories without programming." 
$25.99

See the various software titles available from:
DataVillage.com
Include Collector software, Office  Staffing, Office Library & Inventory, and more.
http://www.datavillage.com/

See other "Collectibles" Software options for Organizing Collections:
**Note** Some of the titles listed on this page may be found in these collector software links.

• http://www.winsite.com/rec/collecting/
• http://www.tucows.com/business/collect95.html
• http://sharewareconnection.com/play/404000index.html
• http://www.5star-shareware.com/Homehob/CollectionOrganizers/CollectionOrganizers1.html
• http://www.organized-living.com/prodshop2.html

Azz Cardfile - organizer for any information
There are many uses for the AZZ card file that computer crafters would find beneficial. 
It is another small tool to help collect information and help organize notes. 
You can organize your sayings, tips, links, use it as a back up address book and much more. 
Shareware
http://www.azzcardfile.com/organizer/

DVD Dewey  v0.940 
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Homehob/CollectionOrganizers/dvd-dewey.html
DVD Dewey lets you simply enter the title of your discs, and DVD Dewey Database
for Windows connects to the internet to download movie and disc information
from your choice of one of many of the Net's best DVD and movie sites.
This information is then available for browsing, searching, and creating customized lists. 
The powerful search engine allows simple and complex searches using any available field.
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Homehob/CollectionOrganizers/dvd-dewey.html

Library Automation Management
Library Automation Management. is a unique combination of consulting, implementation, and integration services specifically for the small and medium-sized school, special, or public library.
In other words, we get libraries computerized, on-site and hands-on.

We can often render these services at a total cost less than a librarian would typically pay trying to piece together an automation project from many different sources.

Library Automation Management is independent of any one software company.  But we do make it our business to know the ins and outs of the many choices. We help you pick and order the right ones for you. Then, we bring them in and MAKE THEM WORK together.
http://libraryautomation.com/
 

Individual Companies

Neuton Data Systems
http://www.neuton.net/products.htm
Library Automation Systems
See too from Neuton Data Systems
Item Name: "Get your feet wet" Library Automation Starter Kit
Price: $39.00 + Shipping
Availability: Yes
Description:
Library Automation in a Box!! "Get your feet wet" Library Automation Starter Kit includes the following: + Cue Cat Wand-style Barcode Scanner + PAL, v3.4 Library Automation Software (network version, single licence); + Your library's own web site on Library Avenue to post your catalog info on the web; + Support for PAL via Library Avenue forum; + 300 Custom Pre-Printed Barcode Labels; + Sample (Brodart) Barcode Label Protectors; + 300 Spine Labels + 15 Sample Overdue Post Cards for PAL; + and More * Includes shipping to U.S. addresses
http://www.neuton.net/products/index.cgi?command=mi&id=27&ccat=3
 

Access-It Software Ltd
Home of Access-It - The Library Management Software Package.
Access-It Software Ltd. has been developing library packages for Macintosh and Windows since 1994. Our aim has been to provide elegant, useful and easy-to-use software that is both powerful and yet able to mask complexities.
http://www.accessitsoftware.com/

Alexandria
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.companioncorp.com/products/products.html
Automating your library or district libraries with Alexandria gives 
your students easy access to your library materials, the web, 
electronic documents, multimedia capabilities and much more.
http://www.goalexandria.com/features/features_nav.html
Librarians Corner
http://www.goalexandria.com/librarians_corner/lib_corner_nav.html

Aurora
  The Aurora Library system is a functionally rich suite of programs presented as separate modules.
These modules are described below, and together build the Aurora system. We do not normally sell individual modules.
http://www.ait.com.au/products.htm

AUTO LIBRARIAN™ VERSION 4.0 
is a full-featured computerized library management system utilizing optional bar codes to handle all library functions. Check in, check out, fine generation, reports, reserves, online card catalog, inventory and its own bar code label generator and Reports Wizard to create custom reports are many of the features included. The MARC/AL™ INTERFACE UTILITY (purchased separately) allows importing of MARC records into AUTO LIBRARIAN™. 
http://www.autolib.com/web5/windows.htm
 

Biblioscape
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.biblioscape.com/index.html

Biblioscape is an information manager for researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians. It is used to organize literature references, research notes, automatically generate citations and bibliographies, search and capture bibliographic data on the Internet, and post bibliographic databases live on the web. The flood of bibliographic resources on the Internet requires new solutions for bibliographic information management. Biblioscape offers such a solution -- whether you work alone, or as part of a group, or even in a large organization.

Biblioscape is offered in 4 editions to suit the needs of different users. The Lite edition can be used to organize references, import bibliographic records from different sources, generate bibliography output in different styles, etc. If you need to use Biblioscape to convert a document with temporary citations into a formatted document with citations and bibliography properly generated according to an output style, you need to purchase the Standard edition. For users who want to go beyond what traditional bibliographic software can do, the Professional edition offers 3 extra modules. The Note module is for users to organize research notes, ideas, and other free text information in a tree structure. The Task module is for managing your ToDo lists related to your research. The Chart module can be used to build all kinds of flow charts, organization charts, and link a chart object to references, notes, etc.

TheLibrarian editioncan be used to manage a small library, it includes sub-modules: 
Catalog, Serials, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Borrowers, Lenders, and Suppliers. 
Both the Professional and Librarian edition include BiblioWeb server to 
publish your reference database on the Web. *under $800

What Biblioscape can do for an Information Specialist
http://www.biblioscape.com/librarian.htm
 

BookMark Library Automation system (Australian based)
http://www.nexus.edu.au/bookmark/
Excerpt quoted from website:
Bookmark is a library automation system designed for use in smaller schools 
and non-school libraries with small to medium size collections. 
The complete Bookmark software package with all
the features listed and more costs only $750 (Australian). 
A standard quality CCD-scanner type barcode reader is available at $198 
and a portable version for $665. Other barcode readers can be used as well. 
If you already have a computer and printer, the cost to automate your
school library with BOOK MARK, 10,000 barcode labels and a 
barcode reader can be less than $1,500! 
http://www.nexus.edu.au/bookmark/

LibrarySoft - $495 -$ 595 for complete system!!
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.librarysoft.com/
Modules included:
Acquisitions | Catalog | Circulation | MARC | Notices/Inventory
OPAC | Patron Import/Export | Security | Telecom | Text to MARC | Utilities 
LiBRARYSOFT's modular system is integrated to avoid duplication of effort 
and data while providing your patrons quick access to items. 

Translate any text data into LiBRARYSOFT 
Data useful to you which is not in standard MARC format often represents a substantial investment. 
Text to MARC allows you to append any text data into LiBRARYSOFT.

Communicate better
The librarian can communicate directly with an individual patron by using LibMail,
which allows messages to be sent on-line directly to the patron. 
When the patron uses the OPAC module they can check their mail and respond to your message. 
This is particularly useful for corporate and school libraries to communicate a problem quickly.
Messages can also be posted on-line to all library patrons. 
Post library closures, holidays, and make special presentations.
The Self-Circulation Module ($149 option)
This is useful for corporate and medical libraries that do not
have a librarian present. 
Users can check items in and out but cannot alter patron or library data.
http://www.librarysoft.com/
 

Library Tracker
http://www.librarysoftware.com/LibraryTracker.htm
Exceprt quoted from website:
Library Tracker "LT" is a complete Library Automation System, but it doesn't stop there!
  Flexible, Customizable, and Well-Designed
LT is so flexible, so customizable, and so well-designed that it can be used for many more purposes such as the management of documents, files, parts, multimedia resources, and anything else you can imagine.  These additional features are offered without compromising or confusing the basic features  that you need to effectively manage a typical library.

LibraryWorld Software from CASPR
excerpts quoted from website:
http://www.caspr.com/
LibraryWorld Software
Presenting LibraryWorld 3.0: the latest generation of the leading cross-platform library automation program on the market. LibraryWorld provides a fully integrated library automation solution for cataloging, circulation, serials control, acquisitions, patron access and digital documents. Version 3.0 now has full MARC authority control and See/See-Also reference searching. The program has the same standard user interface, networking and database for both Macintosh and Windows computers. 
http://www.caspr.com/
If you don't have a Web server, or a budget to purchase software, register today on LibraryCom to get started automating your library for as little as $300 per year. Try it for 60 days for free. 
You can even pull MARC records and put them directly into your online library. 
LibraryCom.com
Online Library Automation Service
Let us take the complexity and high cost out of automating your library. Use this state of the art Web based system to build your collection and start circulating. No costly software, hardware, or networking nightmares. With a standard Web browser you can search, catalog, or circulate from any location on the Internet. Your data is always available, backed up and secure.
http://www.librarycom.com/

LIB-IT LIBERO
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.libero.de/gbindex2.htm
LIB-IT GmbH is exclusively concerned with automating libraries of all kinds and sizes. The basis for this is our standard library management software LIBERO which is based on the most modern technology. Standardisation, modern programming techniques and a clear support concept enables us to provide the most favorable price strategy making LIBERO affordable for all kinds of libraries. LIBERO liberates libraries so that after installation the customer has the ability to make modifications without further assistance from the supplier by setting parameters for a very wide range of functions and to create statistics and reports.
http://www.libero.de/gbindex2.htm

Librarian's Edge
Excerpt quoted from website
For over ten years, Hunter Systems has been providing affordable management software solutions
to over 2,000 schools, churches, and non-profit organizations.
http://www.huntersys.com/librarians_edge.html ** Basic system $345.**

PC Card Catalog, from Library Concepts
Excerpt quoted from website
An affordable, intuitive, comprehensive, expandable automation system designed for the growing library.
* Churches and Synagogues
* Schools
* Community and Public Libraries
* Non-profit Groups
* Corporate Resource Centers
For libraries with a few hundred titles to tens of thousands,
using a single computer or an advanced network, with all types of media,
PC Card Catalog is the perfect solution! http://www.diakonsystems.com/

Surpass Software
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/Default.htm
Library Automation Products and Services 
Surpass provides powerful, customizable, affordable library automation solutions for:
School Media Centers | School Districts | Public Libraries
Church/Synagogue Libraries | Corporate Resource Centers

From small libraries of just a few thousand titles, to school districts with multiple sites, 
Surpass has an affordable solution for you!
 Surpass can operate at four levels:
Stand-alone package running on a single computer
Networked solution for a single library
Distributed networked solution to serve multiple libraries operating independently
Centralized automation system with multiple libraries (branches or schools)
sharing resources and live circulation data from a single, centralized server

All products:
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/products.htm
Please note: other options from Surpass
Surpass Serials is subscription management software that logs, tracks, and manages all of your periodicals.
Marc Magician - Clean up your MARC records and keep them in good shape! 
Use templates to add new records or make global changes to your database.
Surpass sells barcode scanners, as well.
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/Default.htm

School Library Software
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://home1.gte.net/res0frhw/school.htm
IS YOUR SCHOOL LOOKING FOR A LIBRARY SOFTWARE PROGRAM
that will actually grow with your school and which offers an 
optional free Student Search Program that can be used on a 
separate terminal for students doing research? 
Or how about starting off with a manual entry system, 
and we'll upgrade you free of charge to a bar code prepared program 
only requiring the barcode hardware and print software? 
$799.95!

*Note* - Links to resources  for Barcodes & Readers

Links to those above and other "Automation Solutions"
See also:
School Library Automation
Resources on the Internet
http://www.iasl-slo.org/libaut.html

Software for Church Libraries - resource links
http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/church/churchlib4.shtml

8 Ways to Organize Your Music Collection
Adapted from The Zen of Organizing by Regina Leeds
http://www.ivillage.com/home/experts/zen/articles/0,9449,167096_250521,00.html

Organize your Digital Photos
FotoAlbum - http://www.fototime.com/
Description
FotoAlbum is an image organizer that makes it easy to organize your thousands of digital pictures. It lets you group your pictures into albums for easy viewing, sorting, filtering, and archiving. Support for popular digital cameras and scanners make it easy to import pictures into FotoAlbum. The program is integrated with the FotoTime.com photo-sharing site and includes a Web Sync feature to copy your favorite pictures to the Web for sharing with friends and family. Other features of FotoAlbum include a screensaver, enhanced printing, archiving of pictures to CD, lossless JPEG manipulations, batch image manipulations, 2-way sync, and an Office 2000 style user interface. Version 3.1 improves e-mail capability and includes address book support. Printing has also been enhanced to support more paper sizes for all print layouts. 

Visit:
oss4lib.com
http://www.oss4lib.org/

Information Technology & Libraries
Volume 21, Number 1, March 2002
SPECIAL ISSUE: Open Source Software | JEREMY FRUMKIN, Guest Editor
htp://www.lita.org

Possibilities for Open Source Software in Libraries
Eric Lease Morgan
This short essay, based on a presentation given at the 2001 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, enumerates a number of possibilities for open source software (OSS) in libraries and how it can be leveraged to provide better and more effective digital library collections and services.
http://www.lita.org/Content/

Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography
(version 0.6)
This bibliography has been compiled by Brenda Chawner, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, as part of her Ph.D. studies. This is the first version, and it includes announcements, journal articles, and web documents that are about open source software development in libraries. It also includes articles that describe specific open source applications used in libraries, in particular Koha, Greenstone, and MyLibrary.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html

The "Open Source" Software Alternative
"Open Source" software has no proprietary code, and depends on programming-savvy users to help provide updates and fixes to the software. This software is vendor-independent, and free, though users sometimes pay for some form of technical support.
http://www.cslib.org/smalllibopt.htm

Open Stacks: The Open Source Integrated Library System
Eric Anctil, B.A., M.L.I.S. (McGill)
McGill University, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
2002-2003
A comparison of open source integrated library systems (ILS) projects
http://www.anctil.org/users/eric/oss4ils.html

Excerpts quoted from individual websites

Koha
koha, the first open source integrated library system
Made in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd. and maintained by a team of volunteers from around the globe, the Koha system is a full catalogue, opac, circulation and acquisitions system. 
http://www.koha.org/

OpenBiblio - 
OpenBiblio is an easy to use, open source, automated library system written in PHP containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality. The purpose of this project is to provide a cost effective library automation solution for private collections, clubs, churches, schools, or public libraries. 
http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/

The PhpMyLibrary  Automation Project
http://phpmylibrary.sourceforge.net/

See related:
Find More Information about Open Source Software/Technologies for Libraries.
on the jobhelp8.html page.

MORE SOFTWARE OPTIONS FOR LIBRARIES
Open Directory links
Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Software
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Software/
 

Serials Management Ideas &  Software:

Consider joining the Serials Listserv and ask questions, propose working solutions for management
and automation of serials, with sofware in small libraries.
Scope of list - quoted from website:
SERIALST (Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum) was established in October 1990, with technical support from the Office of Academic Computing at the University of Vermont (UVM), in order to serve as an informal electronic forum for most aspects of serials processing in libraries. Appropriate topics include (but are not limited to): cataloging, acquisitions, collection management, serials budgets and pricing concerns, binding, preservation, microfilm and other non print serials media, union list activities, announcements, news, and job postings that are of interest to the serials community.
Read further and learn how to subscribe
http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html
**See too my resources for Serials Specialists - on the jobhelp3.html page**

Read on Infotoday
Surpass Software Releases Serials Management Software

SurpassSoftware.com
Excerpt Quoted from Website:
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/serials.htm
Surpass Serials helps you manage your periodicals by cataloging subscriptions, alerting you when issues are due to arrive, marking them received upon arrival, printing reader routing lists if needed, generating claim notices to notify venders of issues that don't arrive, and creating MARC records for your circulation system.  Serials even allows you to track vendor performance to find out which vendors do a good job at getting your issues to you on time and which ones don't!  You'll find that Serials lets you generate a variety of reports to help with all of these tasks and more!. 
FREE TRIAL available
USA Site:
http://www.surpasssoftware.com/serials.htm
United Kingdom Site
http://www.surpasssoftware.co.uk/serials.htm

W.T. Cox - TRACKER
http://www.wtcox.com/services5.html
Excerpt quoted from website
W. T. Cox Subscriptions offers TRACKER, a periodicals tracking software system. TRACKER facilitates ordering, checking-in, renewing and processing claims. It also produces spine labels.
TRACKER is a proven tool that automates periodicals management and saves time and labor. Many of our clients use TRACKER, and we strongly recommend using TRACKER to take the "hassle" out of your periodicals management.
(800) 571-9554

Sagebrush Serials
http://www.sagebrushcorp.com/tech/
Serials Manager, 
http://www.sagebrushcorp.com/tech/serials.cfm
a stand-alone program designed to streamline management of magazines, journals, and other periodicals in all types of libraries. The Serials Manager program enhances management of subscriptions, vendors, receiving, routing, and claims, and also provides a number of reports.
FREE 30-day Serials Manager trial version available to download
Discover your library's solution for quick, easy, convenient serials management - Serials Manager. Call Sagebrush Corporation toll free at 1-800-533-5430 ext. 2001 today for more information.

DbTextsWorks by Inmagic
http://www.inmagic.com/sol_libauto.htm
Excerpt quoted from website:
DB/Text for Libraries gives you the flexibility to build network or stand-alone textbases to manage diverse types of information, including text, images and multimedia with minimal support from your IT department. Also, not only will you be able to keep track of borrowers, route serials, and more, you can even also streamline your book-buying process by ordering online directly through DB/TextWorks with Inmagic·net and easily download the bibliographic data right into your Catalog.
DB/Text for Libraries textbases help you organize information about your library collection, library users and suppliers:
Product data
    * CATALOG: Use for ordering, receiving, cataloging and searching for books, serials, maps, technical reports, videos, and all kinds of resources;
    * SERIALS: Use as a serials management tool for checking in newly received issues, routing them or claiming them when they have not been received;
    * LOANS: Use this textbase in conjunction with the BORROWER textbase to manage circulation and track loan history and statistics;
    * SUPPLIER: Use to store the names and address of all your suppliers;
    * BORROWER:Use to store the names and addresses of all your library or information center users;
    * ILL: Use to manage interlibrary loan requests;
* ILLENDER: Use to store the names, address, and policies of the organizations that loan materials to you. 

Related: See online
San Jose State Univerisity online tutorial for Introduction to DbTextWorks (use as informational only
as: This workshop is designed for students enrolled in Library 202 (Information Retrieval Systems), and also for anyone else interested in learning how to use DB/TextWorksTM)
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ecommunication/db_text.htm
 

SRLS serials management system for CDS/ISIS
A UNION CATALOG OF SERIALS 
http://www.bib.wau.nl/isis/srls.html

SIMA, Inc.
Excerpt quoted form website:
 We specialize in state-of-the-art library software that is ideal for law libraries of all sizes and libraries in other organizations.
Considering how affordable and powerful our library programs are, 
you won't find a better value than SIMA library software! 
http://www.simainc.com/
Overview of SIMA Serials/Acquisitions/Accounting 2000
http://www.simainc.com/serials2000.htm
This full-featured serials-management program automates everything: 
checking in serials, preparing routing slips, processing books and other acquisitions, 
and generating labels for check-out cards, pockets and spines. 

Articles of Interest
Read:
Constructing a Database of Local Serials Holdings
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct99/roberts.htm

Creating Fields for Your Serials Database (using MS Access)
http://faculty.washington.edu/~larsson/conf/aiha98/primer/tables.htm

Read from Searcher Vol.8, No. 2 • February 2000 
Interim Serials Management Strategies from the Real Virtual World
by Davida Scharf
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/feb00/scharf.htm

Serials Management in Heritage IV
http://www.isoxford.com/H4/Serials.htm

Journal articles to read:
Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change Part II
The Serial Librarian
v. 40  issue 3/4
Navigating the Waves of Change in Serials Management:
Employing MS Access Database Management Software
page 267+
Lisa DePalo,Workshop Leader

Creating an Interactive Web Application for Providing Access 
to Full-Text Electronic Journals from Any Location
page 277+
John W. Felts, Jr.,Workshop Leader

The Impact of EDI on Serials Management :Don't Let the Ship Sail Without You!
page 331+
Charlene N. Simser and Rachel R. Vukas

Creating 
an Access Database: 
A Primer for Resource Center Managers 
 by    Laura C. Larsson
Planning Your Access Database
http://staff.washington.edu/~larsson/conf/aiha98/primer/planning.htm

• Functions of a Serials Database 

Article:
Computers in Libraries
Vol. 19, No. 9 • October 1999 
• FEATURE • 
Constructing a Database of Local Serials Holdings
by Gary Roberts 
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/oct99/roberts.htm
 

Article:
Using Microsoft Access and HTML to Produce Browseable Web Lists
http://www.lita.org/ital/2103_opasik.html

USING DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 
TO IMPLEMENT AN IOLS
Nina Platt & Mary Dzurinko
http://www.ilsr.com/iols98.htm

KRC Software : Law Library Data Manager
http://www.ilsr.com/krc.htm

Electronic Resources Management
by Nina Platt, Director of Library Services, Faegre & Benson LLP
http://www.ilsr.com/erm.htm