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  • Bette Hess August 19, 2020 13:50
    OUR CHURCH USES OPALS for 4 years and I love it. Cross platform, internet based, OpenSource, easy to use. https://opalsinfo.net/ gives sales info but this link will let you see how easy it is https://opalsinfo.net/
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  • Audrey Carr August 17, 2020 22:17
    We have begun to use Librarything (which is now free for all)with Tinycat ( which has an annual fee) for circulation.
  • Rhonda Rolen August 10, 2020 19:43
    Kim,
    In the church library we use Concourse, but at work I use Atriuum. We got it in February 2017 and it was easy to learn, yet has a lot of functionality. These are our stats from then until today:

    Items Checked Out: 83,707
    Items Checked In: 82,924
    Renewals: 7,785
    In-House Use: 9,582

    Bibliographic Records Added: 70,419
    Bibliographic Records Modified: 287,008
    Bibliographic Records Deleted: 10,875

    Holding Records Added: 79,004
    Holding Records Modified: 125,850
    Holding Records Deleted: 11,827

    Patrons Added: 18,461
    Patrons Modified: 23,234
    Patrons Deleted: 303

    We've been able to catalog the entire genealogy collection and can account for all of the equipment we have. Using various reports we also found that 3,790 items were missing from the collection. We are able to mark them lost in Atriuum to account for them. Everybody in the library can catalog now. I create mini-cataloging projects to work on problems that we find.

    The reports is one of its best features. I brought up all of the above information quickly and easily using two reports. This makes it very easy to do our state reporting. I can also make my own report, save it, and reuse it.

    I don't know about the Mac part of it but we are more than satisfied with what we have. But the best thing is the customer service.
    Rhonda
  • Clarice Crews July 20, 2020 19:22
    We have been using Surpass for several years now and find it to be very easy to use. Their service has been exceptional.
  • Glenn McEowen March 12, 2020 20:55

    There are two systems I know of that are web-based (therefore, cross-platform) and are popular in church libraries:  Atriuum and CONCEPT III. (See their ads on this page's right column.)

    Both systems work on Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, iPads, Android, and smartphones of every type. Atriuum is more widely used and is quite flexible. CONCEPT III is a bit more basic, intuitive to use and less expensive. Either will serve your library well.

    To be perfectly honest, my church library uses CONCEPT III, and we love it. I do work for Library Concepts. I might have a bias:-)  

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