New library software development project.

[Ed Sharpe]

there are already things like this out there....
re-inventing the wheel is not an option.
check out www.koha.org or .com
see what they are up to downunder!

there is also openbook out of Seattle
www.trfoundation.org

Lets all put our efforts into one of these directions, they need our help
rather than  birthing yet another unique enity.

ed sharpe archivist for smecc

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Richard Snow <snowrichard at earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3B3601BE.3C84E49A at earthlink.net...
> I'm looking for 2 types of people who might be interested in this
> project:
>
> School librarians/staff
> Python coders
>
> and also possibly: junior or senior high school students who like to
> program
>
>
> hence the cross post.
>
> A brief description of the project: An open source library circulation
> system written in Python and running
> on Linux. Handles patron records, book records, and checkouts
> currently.  We might add other types of
> records such as videos, audio tapes, and so on later.
>
> The web page at http://richardsnow.bizland.com/opendev describes the
> project, and has source code in Python 1.5.2 for an initial version.  I
> need some real users/testers who know  about libraries to help guide
> further development.  The project will eventually be released under the
> GPL.  Initially I'm targeting Linux as
> it will run on inexpensive equipment however most schools may already
> have Windows so a windows port
> is not out of the question and Python is also available for Windows so
> it should be fairly easily done.
>
> However the first version uses the Unix Curses library for its user
> interface, and runs on a linux console rather than the X windowing
> system.
>
> The initial version has been developed/tested on Red Hat Linux 7.1 but
> should also run on other Linux
> systems that have Python, namely Debian, which some of the early work
> was done on and I still have
> available for testing purposes.
>
> If you are interest in helping out or in using the code, please see the
> web page and email me from there.
>
> --
> Richard Snow
> http://richardsnow.bizland.com
>
>
>