Sacred Heart in Geeveston and St Pauls in Bridgewater are both using OpenBiblio, an opensource library software. I decided to investigate as St Therese's will probably head this way in the future.
This morning I spoke to our technician, Thibaut, who is regarded as the "God of anything that plugs in" around here. Thibaut is also the technician at Sacred Heart. He is more than impressed with OpenBiblio and believes the advantages far outweigh any disadvantages there may be (he hasn't come across any yet).
Sacred Heart did spent $200 having OpenBiblio customised (as this CANNOT be done by just anyone - perhaps a disadvantage?) but then it was up and ready to go (with "a few" extra hours spent importing their data onto the system). Because OpenBiblio is opensource, any improvements you make to it is then made available on the internet to anyone in the community ... BTW this may not be news to most of you out there but to me, the technological novice, it came as a surprise to say the least.
I have emailed both Sacred Heart and St Pauls and am still waiting for a response. I have also emailed the OpenBiblio expert at the CEO. As soon as they are in touch I will keep you posted on their opinions.
The website for OpenBiblio is http://http//obiblio.sourceforge.net/index.php/Main/OpenBiblio for those of you interested in learning more.
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This is really interesting, Maria and I will be interested in what Sacred Heart and St Paul's say.
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