| Emilda:- http://www.emilda.org/ Open Source (354 KB). Platform Independent.
Emilda is a complete Integrated Library System that features amongst others an OPAC, circulation and administration fuctions, Z39.50 capabilities and 100% MARC compatibility. MARC compatibility is achieved using Zebra in conjunction with MySQL. The software is web-enabled so one can administer it from anywhere. It has 2 search modules - Quick Search and Advanced Search. The software is simple to use and it can eb used for Issue/Return of the book as well as for database of the book. The features of the software are -
Full featured Web-OPAC, allowing comprehensive system management from virtually any computer with an Internet connection.
Template based layout allowing anyone to alter the visual appearance of Emilda.
XML based language for fast and easy portability to virtually any language.
100% MARC compatibility using the Zebra Server from Indexdata as backend server.
Extensive configuration made easy with the Emilda Configurator, allowing full customization of the system.
Requirements:- General requirement to install this software are
A web server with support for PHP
SQL database server
PHP with YAZ
Perl
MARC-compatible server accessible via Z39.50
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