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Bug#561003: RFP: pmb -- an Integrated Library System entirely free



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : pmb
  Version         : 3.2.11
  Upstream Author : Eric Robert <erobert@sigb.net>
* URL             : http://www.sigb.net/index.php?page=secteurs&id_rubrique=2&lang=en
* License         : CeCILL
  Programming Lang: PHP
  Description     : an Integrated Library System entirely free

PMB: a unique ILS

    * PMB complies with the rules of library science.
    * It respects the UNIMARC standard, the recommendation 995 and enables the import of notices from BDP and from all databases.
    * PMB works on single and multiple computers, the machine serves as a server and a workstation.
    * PMB is made for and adapted to resource centre and library networks. Being able to host the database elsewhere makes PMB the ideal tool for a group cataloguing for library networks.
    * If you add a workstation or a site, there will be no extra cost: you will only need to have a network connection.
    * PMB is mobile, and runs with all the main platforms on the market, Windows, MacOs, Linux and more generally all UNIX.
    * PMB is flexible and durable The sources of the programme are at your disposal and you can modify them, the parameters of the graphic interface can be entirely changed.
    * PMB is open in addition to the source code, the conceptual model of the database is at your disposal.

Progressive and innovative…

    * PMB is an ILS in constant evolutionAlways more services for the users: requests for loan extensions, associated readings, comments can be added to the notices…An expanded research to external sources (Gallica, CNRS, BDP base…) via the OAI (Open Archives Initiative) : a result focused on the initial request of the user in only one click! The SDI, Selective Dissemination of Information module, the management of the incoming and outgoing RSS flows that are available since the 2.1 version insure the development of your action and your collections.
    * PMB anticipates your needs. The Express loan is the result of studies and audits of “real” situations.
    * PMB is innovative. Integrating notices from the BNF, the SUDOC via Z3950 is enriched with Web services and it allows you to recover the Amazon notices from all OAI storages.

With perennial technologies

    * PMB is ready for the future. The XML format that guarantees the availability and the recovery of your data in 10 or 15 years is already integrated.
    * PMB is under a free license. The free license guaranties the durability of your ILS, evolving at your request.
    * PMB is reliable and robust : it uses free and recognized servers, the Web Apache server: 71% of worldwide web servers, data server MySQL : more than 5 million servers in the world.
    * PMB is full web. PMB is immediately in web mode, can be used with a simple browser orientated towards user friendly new research interfaces of the web.
    * The OPAC that comes with the software offers a point up of your rich, innovative and powerful collection!



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