Thanks Esme

No, the library is open all hours but volunteers just come in 2 hrs a week.
I'm not sure how it could work but if we leave anything plugged in it will
get stolen or struck by lightning. We're in cloud forest.

With koha and open-ils do we have to run the software on a server or do we
just get an account on an existing system? Running a system ourselves might
take a lot for us to figure out.

Cheers
Rowan

On 23 September 2011 16:38, Cowles, Esme <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Rowan-
>
> Having a hosted catalog and circ system seems very easy to do.  There are
> several open source library systems such as Koha and Evergreen that might
> suit your needs:
>
> http://www.koha.org/
>
> http://open-ils.org/
>
> Are there volunteers present the entire time the library is open to
> borrowers?  Or are you counting on borrowers having smartphones to complete
> self-checkout?
>
> -Esme
> --
> Esme Cowles <[log in to unmask]>
>
> "I don't need to be forgiven." -- The Who, Baba O'Reilly
>
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 3:27 PM, rowan eisner wrote:
>
> > Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but if anyone can point me in the
> > right direction...
> >
> > We have an unstaffed library and can't leave a computer in it. Is there a
> > way to automate
> >
> > 1) with no computer - do circulation and catalog in the cloud. Volunteers
> > bring in laptops to do circulation and clients access catalog with
> iphones
> > 2) that doesn't cost a fortune
> >
> > Thanks so much
> >
> > Rowan
>