Any suggestions for library administration software please?

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:53:38 +0000 dave at thefletchers.net, "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> My girlfriend is in Kathmandu at the moment. She's been trying but
> failing to get a laptop set up with database software for a new
> community library that's being built in an area to the north that's
> been ravaged by earthquakes. The building is up, books are being
> delivered, and she's carried a pack of 1000 serial numbered membership
> cards and other materials there.
> 
> Apparently internet connections in the community are sketchy to say the
> least.
> 
> I've been doing a little searching with Google and discovered projects
> such as Evergreen, BiblioteQ and Koha but can't locate anything in the
> repositories, which would be ideal.

There is not likely to be anything in the repos for that.

It should be possible to install any of the above on a LAMP server. I believe 
that they are all "Web Based" -- they should work on an "IntraNet" (eg a 
private LAN with a LAMP server on it), but I don't know for sure.  The above 
mentioned packages are meant for a fairly "big" library or library "system" 
(collection of libraries) and might be overkill for a small, isolated library.

One option that I know will work on an isolated "IntraNet" Web Server is
WordPress with the WebLibrarian plugin. But you will have to download the Zip
files (for WP and WebLibrarian) to a thumb drive if there is no Internet
available. And yes, if the Laptop is running Ubuntu, it can be set up as a
LAMP server. (The AMP bits are in the repo: Apache, MySQL, and PHP).

> 
> Please, does anybody know of any solutions?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave
> 

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