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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 >