OLA:- http://ola.sourceforge.net/ Open Source (630 KB). Platform Independent.
OLA (Online Library Application) is a browser-based library database for organizations with a small library (from hundreds to thousands of resources) and a small client base. The software allows users to browse the library collection over the internet, and allows authorized persons to manage sign-in and sign-out procedures, resource adds and updates, and data backups. It requires PHP4 and MySQL. The features of this software are: -
Internet based
Highly graphical
Compatible with Netscape and Windows browsers
Suitable for tracking many types of resources (books, magazines, videos, music, etc.)
Can store a large amount of data about each resource
Borrowers do not have to set up an account
Stores minimal information about borrowers--just the bare essentials
Simple database export function
Template based for easy configuration/customization
Optional gzip compressed output to save on bandwidth
Although designed for small organizations, catalog should scale well to millions of entries
It also comes with a sample database to demonstrate the system in action and based on that, collection can be built.
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Site of the Week:- http://www.kwmap.net/
This website provides a Keyword Map for Whole Internet. Just put a word in the search box of the site and it will search for the keywords associated with that word and present an Alphabetical Keyword list for the searched word. It will also present some web links with description about the searched word. It also gives a Navigator Panel, in which it gives the various aspects of the searched term.
That's all for this week. See you next week.
Madhuresh Singhal
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