TCB::AddressBook - an interface for the TCB Group's Library 
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TCB::Library is a DBIx::Frame object written to keep track of library
books at the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at UIUC.  It
provides a web interface for adding books to the library, for users to
check out and return them, and for reminder messages to be sent out
periodically listing what books are checked out.  This is actually a
fairly basic function of research groups, but doesn't have a standard
software package.

Prerequisites
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You must have the following modules installed:

  DBIx::Frame		v1.05

You will also need a running database (mysql is the only one tested), and 
permission to either use the existing contents or create new ones.

Installation Notes
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Installing this software is easy:

  perl Makefile.pl
  make
  make test
  make install

Creating the database is a bit trickier - you'll need a running mysql
database, and permission to create the tables necessary.  Once you've got
that, log into the database server and run:

  library_create.pl -b DATABASE -u USER -p PASSWORD -ca 

(You'll probably want to look at the script first, and read the
installation instructions for new databases from the DBIx::Frame
installation manual.)

Documentation
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All of the documentation is in the manual pages - 'man TCB::Library'
after installation, or 'pod2text TCB/Library.pm | less' right now.
'perldoc TCB::Library' probably also works.

Web Page
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http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/MDTools/tcb-library/

                            - Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@ks.uiuc.edu)
-- 
   Theoretical and Computational    http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~tskirvin/
Biophysics, Beckman Institute, UIUC    Senior Systems Administrator
