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Monday, July 19, 2010

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PMB

PMB (formerly known as PhpMyBibli) is a French library automation system based on PHP and MySQL.

It is a highly customizable productivity tool.

PMB is designed for medium-sized and large libraries, and can also manage networks of libraries integrated in a collective catalogue. It uses the cataloguing format UNIMARC. The software also incorporates format conversion and importation systems (USMARC and XML, among others).

PMB 3.3.8

Price
Free to download
Size
13.8MB
License
CeCILL License (GPL compliant)
Developer
PMB Services

Website
www.sigb.net

System Requirements
PHP
Apache web server
MySQL database
Web Browser

Support Sites:
Documentation, User Guide

Selected Reviews:

Features include:

Management of authority data (by author, publisher, collection)
Management of a thesaurus of subject areas
Use of the Z39.50 protocol
Automation of the DSI
Control of serial publications
Management of journal summaries and storage
System for producing back-up copies
Modules:

Administration of the system. How to parametrize the configuration of the system, manage the system’s users, produce back-up copies, etc
Cataloguing. For monographs, serial publications, acquisition of records from the Z39.50 catalogue, creation of lists of records (for novelties, saved searches, etc)
Loan
Authorities. For authors, publishers, collections and classification. Includes the creation of a thesaurus by subject area
DSI
OPAC which allows readers to carry out a search in the library catalogue