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Neat, if you put this into production at a public URL anytime, do let us know. Elliot Hallmark wrote: > Re: simple, flexible ILS for small library > > hello all, > > > Just wanted to mention that I did decide to code an ILS for a book > sharing library. Tweaking conventional ILS or bartering software would > not accomplish what I want, and programatically the problem isn't very > difficult. Modern programming frameworks make building something like > this out very quick. > > The program currently has all the basic functionality I need including > user front ends for checkin/out, adding new items from downloaded MARC > records and a powerful backend for fixing anything that a user > (librarian) did accidentally or shouldnt have permission to easily do. > > I am doing this in Django because Python is awesome. There are more > defined reasons people use Django, but I will admit that I would never > have done any substantial programming if I had not found python. > Everytime a project comes up, python just happens to have a set of > tools that go well beyond what I need from them. > > The code is available for anyone: > http://bitbucket.org/permafacture/django-ils/ > > I'll gladly explain/document more if anyone cares to hear > > -Elliot Hallmark > > PS: I am now using a more clean email address. Previously I was using > an address that I dont mind getting a little spammy because I was just > poking around. I am the same person as offonoffoffonoff at gmail. > >