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Originally Posted by Arche
- run a database of all the physical books in the fraternity library.
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Yes, calibre can do this.
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With placemarkers and possibilities of multiple entries of the same book in the same place or in different locations.
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Yes. Different duplicate entries, different custom fields are allowed.
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- allow users/fraternity members to create and run a database of their books at home.
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Yes.
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And be able to have parts of their library show up in the big library system for all the members.
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Would have to be managed by someone to add this info to the main library. Won't work automatically. Note that content server remote access can't change the main database.
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- offer a system to track and time borrowings. So that the whereabouts of the books would be easy to track and remember.
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Nothing is automated for this.
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- offer an easy GUI for entering all kinds of books - by ISBN etc.
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This is available, but again, only for the administrator, not for other users.
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- be able to maintain customized fields in database
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Yes, by admin.
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- possibly be able to run multiple user groups with different rights to different parts of the system
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Yes, in a limited way. You need one server for each group, with tags for the books and a restriction run for that server.
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- and last but not least - be able to host an extensive library of ebooks.
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Yes
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possibly over the internet.
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Not at this time, except for admin running remote access software, e.g. PCAnywhere, VNC, etc.
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And also be able to include different databases - if someone wants to open up their calibre database to other fraternity members then it would be easy...
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Yes, access is easy to other databases if they run the content server and set up remote access.