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Re: Mandarin
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Mandarin
6:39 PM EDT 5/26/06
Does anyone out there use Mandarin? Would you recommend it?
Re: Mandarin
2:51 PM EDT 5/30/06 as a reply to Mary Jo Joiner.
Welcome 'ojeram'!

I hope someone cal tell us both more about this system. I just surfed up the website:
http://www.mlasolutions.com/

For my curiosity: How large is your library? What other system have you used and why are you looking at this one?
Re: Mandarin
9:06 PM EDT 5/31/06 as a reply to Betha Gutsche.
Our library has a collection of approximately 77,000 titles. We are using Horizon. I just moved here from a smaller library with about 45,000 volumes where we used Athena by Sagebrush. Horizon seems ridiculously difficult to use compared to Athena, particularly for staff.
Re: Mandarin
2:15 PM EDT 6/13/06 as a reply to Mary Jo Joiner.
This makes me wonder where the line is between a simpler system that is all a small library needs and the larger, more complex systems with more bells-and-whistles than a medium-sized library can assimilate. It's kind of a Goldilocks story --which one is just right?

I'd still like to hear from Mandarin users, if there are any out there.
Re: Mandarin
8:46 PM EDT 9/25/07 as a reply to Mary Jo Joiner.
What have you learned, ojeram?
dtobias
Re: Mandarin
2:56 PM EDT 7/11/08 as a reply to Archived Member.
Still haven't heard from anyone using Mandarin. That could be a sign that they are all happy and never need to use Web Junction. Meanwhile, am still searching for an automation system that does just what I need it to.
Re: Mandarin
11:24 AM EDT 8/1/08 as a reply to Mary Jo Joiner.
Lorraine Lanius keeps a list of who has what automated system in Vermont at
http://dol.state.vt.us/sites/libraries/files/tsu/whohaswhat.htm.

Plenty of school and public libraries using Mandarin, though most of the listings won't tell you which version.

Schools: Craftsbury Academy, Lyndon Institute, Rochester, three in Montpelier.

Public libraries all around the state: John G. McCullough/ N. Bennington, Brandon Free, Blake Memorial/ Corinth, Rochester, Royalton, Hartford, Hartland, Norman Williams/Woodstock, to name a few.

If you need more information to get in touch with a library, try the VT Library Directory at
http://dol.state.vt.us/libraries/dir