Koha Dhoom An ILS
by KICS UET Lahore
Presenter:
Zahoor ur Rehman
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Outlines
LMS Group
Integrated Library Systems
Koha an ILS
Maintainability of OSS
KOHA Dhoom Packages
Demo
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Group Introduction
Training programs (develop, automate and update docs centers) Library automation and capacity building programs Platform for exchange of views
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Integrated Library
System
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ILS Defined
Integrated Library System
ILS = Integrated Library System (Cataloging + Serials + Acquisitions +
Circulation) Electronic content at the Journal Title or
collection level Emerged in the 1960’s – 1970’s Functionality has evolved and expanded, but
basic concepts and modules remain intact
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ILS
Functionality
Circulation Acquisitions
Cataloging Serials
Staff Interfaces:
Public User Interface:
Data Stores:
Functional modules:
Vendor Based ePurchasing
Vendor Based Metadata Enhancement
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Academic ILS Needs
Bibliographic Subsystem
Electronic Leased Content
Electronic Owned Content
Physical Inventory
Search/Discovery Subsystem
Patron Management Subsystem
Document Delivery Subsystem
Physical Delivery Library to Library
Electronic Delivery to Customer
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Open Source ILS
•MicroLCS, •Emilda •Evergreen •FireFly •GNUTeca •Avanti
•Koha •OpenBiblio •phpMyLibrary •PMB • PYTHEAS • WEBLIS
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Evaluating Criteria for ILS
Active current development under way
At least the cataloging, circulation, patron access catalog modules, acquisitions and serials control should be available.
MARC support
Current source code and documentation available
Currently in use in libraries
Scalability
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Koha an
ILS
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Koha Features
Fully web-based ILS
Multilingual support OS independence Z39.50 server MARC & UniCode Support and customization
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Koha Modules
OPAC
Cataloging
Circulation
Serials
Acquisition
Patron Management
Branch management
Reservations
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The Value of
Software is Pivoted to
Maintainability
Maintainability
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Open Source in Libraries
Open Source hasn’t been as widely adopted in libraries as in the business world.
Reasons?
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Libraries Reservations
Is there support?
Do I have to skimp on features?
Isn’t Open Source risky?
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Is there Support?
This is where LMS group of KICS comes in.
On-site services
Phone Support
Email & Chat Support
Online Documentation
Worldwide User Community
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Skimp on features?
Open Source developers follow the rule of “Release early and release often”
LMS Group at KICS has dedicated business analyst and development staff to respond immediately to customer sponsored development projects
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Isn't Open Source Risky
Several Levels of Risk to consider
Software security issues
Open source is just as secure as proprietary systems because of its transparency
Company mergers and acquisitions
Because you own the code to your system you are not tied to one support source and will never be left without support
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Q & A
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