I think your functional requirement that made this non-trivial was
your mention of it needing ILL functionality.
There's a definite threshold that has to be crossed before you start
seeing something like that integrated into the ILS.
If you've got some other way to deal with ILL, I'd suggest OpenBiblio
(http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/) as a super simple, super basic ILS.
It deals with inventory, borrowers, circulation, etc. but nothing
terribly sophisticated.
You could use it with VuFind via the Jangle connector:
http://jangle.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/connectors/openbiblio/
-Ross.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:15 PM, ... <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Some folks in the VuFind library suggested I ask here. We are starting a
> small library and thinking of using VuFind as our online catalog. As for
> the ILS we would like something small and simple (evergreen and others seem
> massive for the small amount of functionality we need), and especially
> something which is flexible enough to allow us to base our library on book
> sharing rather than an institutionally owned collection.
>
>
> book sharing will probably happen through creative use of inter-library loan
> functionality, and so an ILS that has a solid and flexible ILL is necessary.
>
> We will probably have less than 1,000 books (perhaps a couple thousand if
> things really take off) and less than 100 borrowers. Probably about as many
> book sharers (ie, partner libraries) as borrowers.
>
> Does anyone have experience with the ILS which already have drivers for
> VuFind? I think the list is:
>
> * SirsiDynix Horizon
> * Sirsi Unicorn
> * Voyager:
> * VTLS Virtua
> * Innovative:
> * DAIA / OCLC PICA:
> * NewGenLib:
>
> If you can, please comment on the suitability of these ILS for our system
> (low complexity and flexible ILL system).
>
> I have considered just writing some administrative scripts in python. It
> would be a good project and not ridiculously difficult. I would much rather
> write the whole thing from scratch than try to write a VuFind driver for an
> ILS not yet supported.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Elliot
>
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