this is a development relase of RAKIM....

download it, install it, and try it out; please report any bugs to the 
development list at rakim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; patches to fix those 
bugs are encouraged....

Server Requirements:
    -Apache webserver (http://httpd.apache.org/)
    -PHP enabled as an Apache module (http://www.php.net)
    -PEAR DB (http://pear.php.net/)
    -a database supported by PEAR DB abstraction (currently only PostgreSQL and
     MySQL, but should be trivial to make work with others; just be careful 
     with date and time handling in SQL)

Client Requirements (both patron and librarian):
    -web browser that supports cookies, frames, JavaScript, CSS 
    -right now, the only ones really tested are Mozilla (and its offspring
     like NN6+, etc) and IE.
    -Opera, Konqueror, and NN4 haven't been tested much, if at all, but 
     fixes to help them work will likely be minor
     (Netscape 4 is the last priority if it becomes too difficult...i'm
     considering NN4 to be at the end of its lifecycle; i'd suggest
     Mozilla cuz its opensource, and has a ton of nice features as well)

To install RAKIM:
    -read either INSTALL.mysql or INSTALL.pgsql for database specific 
     instructions
    -if you have problems, or discover errors in the instructions, please let
     me <rob@styro.lib.muohio.edu> know.