Chris Hammond-Thrasher is a librarian who manages the library systems at USP. The main USP library system uses the open source Koha library software to manage functions like borrowing books, inventory, and customer lists. Koha is installed on two IBM servers and has over 200 tables in its database. Greenstone is a digital library management system used for catalogued electronic publications, while Koha is for physical library management. Both Koha and Greenstone are open source systems with various technical underpinnings and have been installed in libraries across the Pacific region.

1. chris hammond-thrasher

2. i am a librarian

3. fantasy

4. borrowers books loans

5. borrowers items loans titles authors subjects

6. reality

7. front office finding

8. front office finding getting

9. front office finding getting who has what when?

10. back office inventory

11. back office inventory decision support

12. back office describing inventory decision support

13. back office describing inventory customer lists decision support

14. back office describing buying inventory customer lists decision support

15. back office describing buying inventory customer lists decision support money

16. the main USP library system has 200+ tables in its database, runs on a pair of quad-core powered IBM servers with 6 drives each, and manages all major functions of the library

17. open source library software PacINET 2008

18. koha

19. koha is an integrated library management system for managing all major functions of a physical library

20. greenstone

21. greenstone is a digital library management system – essentially a document management system for final, catalogued, electronic publications.

22. what's the diff?

23. front office GK G K finding getting who has what when?

24. back office K K GK K K K describing buying inventory customer lists decision support money