Good catch, Ray.

It seems Basecamp has changed their pricing model in the past couple months.  They used to have a completely free version that would get you 1 "project" with 1GB of storage, unlimited to-dos and a handful of writeboards.  Unfortunately, looks like I'm a bit outdated.  Apologies.

That said, both organizations of which I am a part, that use Basecamp, have seen enough need to upgrade.  So, I've been on the paid version for a while now.

-Adam

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Schwartz, Raymond
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system

Adam,

Where is the free version of basecamp.  The website only offers a 45 day free trial.  All the rest are subscriptions.  /Ray

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Traub
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:33 PM
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Hi Kun,

I'm a big fan of Basecamp (http://basecamp.com/).  With a small group, it is pretty easy to get by with just the free version and it handles distribution and archiving of emails.  Unless you're looking for time-tracking, it has done a very good job for a couple of the projects I've worked on.  I've noticed a few people get excited about the ability for it to store files and have "wikis" (called "whiteboards" in Basecamp), though it is easy to outgrow the free version quickly.  I generally use it as a scheduling, to-do list (with assignments), and email system.  You can always complement the file storage with Dropbox or an internal file system.  

Cheers,
Adam Traub

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lin, Kun
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:27 PM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] project management system

Hi all,

Our library is looking for a project management system. Does anyone has any suggestions on which one to choose? We only have a very small team and our main focus is to guide our librarians to submit their ideas and for record tacking purposes.

Thanks
Kun