Koha Dhoom An ILS

by KICS UET Lahore

Presenter:

Zahoor ur Rehman

Reach us at:

lms@kics.edu.pk

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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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