History

Created in 2002 under General Public Licence (GNU-GPL). It is written in PHP

PHP

PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...

 containing OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality.

The system has been translated into Spanish, by a professor of Castilian

Castilian Spanish

Castilian Spanish is a term related to the Spanish language, but its exact meaning can vary even in that language. In English Castilian Spanish usually refers to the variety of European Spanish spoken in north and central Spain or as the language standard for radio and TV speakers...

, and is used in the primary school system in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. In addition, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

 and Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 have expressed a interest in this program, stated Mr. Wiesterman of the Chilean government.

Operation

The catalogue format is based on MARC 21 but records may be imported from other compatible formats. Versions up to 0.6 are not completely compatible with the MARC format. OpenBiblio is designed for small libraries.

Characteristics

• User alerts via predesigned messages.
• Control of fines for late returns of documents.
• Statistical models for the use of the library and the material.

Module

• Circulation. Administering users’ data, loans, returns, reservations and fines.
• Cataloguing. Control of bibliographical records and their copies.
• Administration. Configuration and management of the system.
• Reports. Retrieve and format information from the database, for example: media labels, member cards, overdue letters.

External links

• OpenBiblio home page on SourceForge.net