[sims] Library Management System

[tben2505]

Hi folks

 

We require a new system for the library and I wondered what people's thoughts were? I know of none! Our existing one is an old one which was built in-house.

 

I suppose the only requirements we'd have is that it would talk to SIMS, so as to keep the database of staff and pupils up-to-date, and work well on active directory.

 

Desirable features would be web-based (as we're a mostly mac school), maybe an app too for kids/parents to see what's available - and we're looking to maybe get a fingerprint sign-in system (BIO STORE) for the (late) senior kids, so might be worthwhile having a library system that can integrate with that too.

 

Hope that's not too much to ask!

 

Cheers all

 

T

[Gibson335]

We're going with the Eclipse system from MLS. Web-based, and can be hosted by them. They use Biostore, which links with SIMS.

[Quatermass]

We use Heritage Cirqa

[NewFormz]

We're using Eclipse. It should do everything you asking for. Our librarian likes and it hasn't caused me to many issues.

[gumbygaz]

We have Eclipse, it just about does what we want but very annoying it's silverlight based so doesn't work in Chrome or Chromebooks/ipads etc etc However, they did tell me at BETT that a HTML5 version being released for Sept.

We did look at moving because we've grown frustrated with it linking into our VLE Frog, which they've sorted with FrogOS, which runs better in Chrome so users then have to close Chrome and reload in IE if they want to use the library system. Very annoying. Looked at Oliver/Heritage and found we could justify the cost to switch at the moment.

[tben2505]

We have Eclipse, it just about does what we want but very annoying it's silverlight based so doesn't work in Chrome or Chromebooks/ipads etc etc However, they did tell me at BETT that a HTML5 version being released for Sept.

We did look at moving because we've grown frustrated with it linking into our VLE Frog, which they've sorted with FrogOS, which runs better in Chrome so users then have to close Chrome and reload in IE if they want to use the library system. Very annoying. Looked at Oliver/Heritage and found we could justify the cost to switch at the moment.

 

That's a gamechanger. Extraordinary that it's incompatible with chrome. I suppose we'll have to seek guarantees that September will indeed bring an HTML5 version, as other systems I've looked at don't have the same features as Eclipse, that we're looking for!

 

Grr. Always something!

[localzuk]

Softlink Oliver has served us well for close to a decade now, having updated from Softlink Alice before it. Worth speaking to them.

[tben2505]

That looks slick!

[tben2505]

I thought it was rather ambitious!

[p858snake]

Softlink Oliver has served us well for close to a decade now, having updated from Softlink Alice before it. Worth speaking to them.

 

Ah, the days of using Alice (and Oasis before that)… My local primary still uses alice…

[ITGURU]

I built an in-house system years ago based on Visual Basic for the program side for staff to use, and linked it to a student intranet also developed in-house as a web based side for students to search the library, view reviews, reserve a book,see what they had out with due date, etc etc.

However, due to a merger they went with the other schools system which is Eclipse.

Every so often we get some issues with it and their support response is pretty slow and taken some time to resolve. It links into SIMS and pulls across the data. We are using the on-site version rather than hosted.