Tequita - the littlest library system
The main purposes of this project are to:
- refresh my programming skills.
- learn how to use CakePHP.
- perhaps, build a working library management system.
There may be other small library automation systems around. I really have no idea, but the full-blown systems I have met are monstrous.
This system, if it has any use at all, would be for small libraries such as:
- community libraries run by volunteers
- small private libraries or collections
Tequita should be immediately usable to untrained users with no previous experience of library work and no qualifications in librarianship.
Initially, the project should cover:
- Data entry for stock items including books, serials, computer files, etc.
- OPAC with the ability to search all relevant fields from the above.
- Security, to only permit changes to be made by users with the proper credentials
- Updating and deleting stock records.
- Exporting data to MARC21 and JSON formats.
- Aggregating exported records into a single file for OPAC display or for exchange.