[comp.databases] FOX/DB3 library manager request?

nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) (11/30/89)

Does any one know of a free/shareware DBASE program (FOX or DB3 I'll
take clipper too) that manages a small scale book/tape library say
about 5000 items.

I am interested in features such as tracking check-in and
check-out of material, print labels, provide serialization and may
be some reports.

Please e-mail (or post).

Thank you.
  

nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) (12/08/89)

Would anyone be kind to provide good sources (books, articles,
papers...) for how one should approach the problem of designing a
numbering or identification scheme say for a small church library
system (15,000 books).  I am interested if it would discuss the
benefits and drawbacks of several techniques regarding flexibility,
uniqueness, readability, compactness, popularity of these
serialization schemes.


Best regards.  Abdenacer Moussaoui.

PS. I would like to avoid any (too much) theory stuff :-) thanks.