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School Library Automation
| Software Name and Company | Web Address | Remote Hosting/ SaaS/ASP | Federated Searching | Visual Search | Z39.50 | Online Demos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria (COMPanion Corporation) | http://www.goalexandria.com | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Atriuum or Concourse (Book Systems) | http://www.booksys.com/ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Evergreen - Open Source (Spuce Project - NELINET) | http://www3.nelinet.net/services/spruce | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Evergreen - Open Source (Equinox Software) | http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/ | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Destiny (Follett) | http://www.fsc.follett.com/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Koha and Koha Zoom - Open Source (LibLime or others) | http://liblime.com/koha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| L4U (Kelowna Software) | http://www.l4u.com/ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Mandarin Oasis/M3 (Mandarin Library Automation) | http://www.mlasolutions.com/index.php | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Minerva (MaineInfonet) (Triple I)* | http://www.maine.gov/infonet/ | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Liberty (Softlink) | http://www.softlinkint.com/ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| OPALS - Open Source (Media Flex) | http://opals-na.org/opals-fac.html | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Surpass Centriva (Surpass) | http://www.surpasssoftware.com/centriva.htm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Resources for School Librarians/Media Specialists on Automation/ILS
- Automation System Marketplace 2008: Opportunity Out of Turmoil
- As the industry consolidates, competition heats up to provide next-generation catalogs, and open source enters the mainstream
By Marshall Breeding -- Library Journal, 4/1/2008
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6542440.html - Capterra: Library Automation Software Finder
- Sort/Filter by Platform, Number of Users and Software features
http://www.capterra.com/library-automation-software - American Libraries Buyer’s Guide
- Automation section allows you to search by various categories.
Links to each vendor’s website, phone numbers,
http://americanlibrariesbuyersguide.com/ - Free for All: Open Source Software
- Open source software has become a catchword in libraryland. Yet many remain unclear about open source’s benefits—or even what it is.
By Karen Schneider -- School Library Journal, 8/1/2008
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6582321.html - A Primer in Risk
- Taking a critical look at common support scenarios for open source software
By Jonathan Rochkind -- Library Journal, 11/15/2008
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6611591.html - Comparing Evergreen and Koha
- Kent County Public Library compares Evergreen and Koha
http://kcplinnovations.blogspot.com/2007/11/comparing-evergreen-and-koha.html - Librarian’s Yellow Pages
- Buyer's Guide: Integrated Library Systems – public and school libraries
http://www.lyponline.com/infocus/0108/Buyers_Guide.htm - Evergreen/Nelinet – Spuce Project
- http://www3.nelinet.net/services/spruce
