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>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:19:17 -0500
>From: Christopher Stormer <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: Language Learning Center
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum   
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>Subject: RE: barcode & catalog system for Macs

Michael--

We use an open source web-based system for cataloging and lending called
"Open Media Collectors Database" (http://opendb.iamvegan.net ) -- it
runs on PHP with a MySQL backend, and has the nice advantage of allowing
patrons to search the catalog online.  For our purposes, the code
required a bunch of tweaking from the vanilla install, but in the end it
has worked great for us for almost a year.

You can see our customizations at:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/llc/library

I'd be happy to share the customizations-- with the caveat that the
changes I made are VERY kludgey, and quite possibly only work well in
our environment. :-)

For making labels, we just use Word with a free (for educational use)
bar code font from:
http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/free/

We did have more specialized bar code label printing software, but just
using the font and making our out label templates in word is a lot
easier for us to manage.  Plus, we can just buy regular old avery labels
of any size/shape and use those on a laser printer.  Regular labels
combined with a protective layer of clear packing tape seem to do the
trick for us.  The font is TTF so should work on a Mac as well.

Cheers,
Chris

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Christopher Stormer
Director, Language Learning Center
Saint Louis University
Ritter Hall 325
220 North Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
tel. (314) 977-3644
fax. (314) 977-1495

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