presentation koha ils and biblibre beirut, may 2016
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The world's first free and open source library system
A presentation by
Who I am
Paul Poulain, French (Marseille)
Open source fan since 1997
Involved in Koha since early 2002
Former Koha Release Manager[v 2.0, 2.2, 3.8, 3.10]
Founder of BibLibre, Open Source for libraries
[email protected], twitter: paul_poulain
What is ?
An Open Source ILS
Developped since 2000
by volonteers worldwide
Developped
since 2000
by 250+ volunteers worldwide
More than
10000 libraries
use it today
Major release2 times a year
A regular release schedule
Maintenance releaseevery month
A fully featured ILS
Web platform (staff and OPAC)
Easy to use
Easy to deploy
Fully themable
Complete acquisition module
Patron suggestionsBudgetBook vendorsEDIFACT
Full cataloging module
MARC 21
UNIMARC
Circulation
Check-outCheck-inHoldsTransfers between branchesRFIDSelf-checkout support
Serials management
Subscription
Expected issues
Claiming lateissues,...
Members management
Including:
LDAPCASShibboleth
Statistics
Lots of parameters
Plans for the future
New search engine (Elastic Search)
Interoperability (restful Webservices for all modules)
Link with other Library software (Coral for ERM, Drupal or Bokeh for portal)
Some myths
Open Source is not sustainableKoha is supported by 10+ organizations all around the world, including some ministries (Argentina, Turkey), and for profit companies
Open Source is not reliableWith more than 10000 libraries including ALL public libraries in Argentina, all public libraries in Turkey, 10+ universities in France, not reliable, really ?
Some myths
Open Source is free (cost nothing)Not really. The software is available for free. But setting it, maintaining it, developing it, require an effort. That can be either money (support company) or time (internal IT staff)
Open Source need IT proficiencyNot more, not less than a proprietary software
BUT you have the choice to do it yourself or ask a support company
References
Main websites:Koha: http://koha-community.org
Drupal: http://www.drupal.org
Bokeh: http://www.bokeh-library-portal.org
Coral: http://coral-erm.org
BibLibre: http://www.biblibre.com
First company in Europe dedicated to Open Source for libraries
8 French Universities migrated to Koha
First company worldwide in terms of community involvement
Services
Cloud services
More than 70 customers in our private cloud
Support and maintenance
150+ customers,
600+ libraries supported
Project management
With a dedicated project manager
Training
Learn how to master Koha
Migration
We have some of the best specialists
Development
Adjust Koha to
your needs
Services
8 French universities and 10+ large public libraries migrated
to
55 libraries
1.5 million items
70 000 patrons
The largest being:
High quality service
during the project
At
we promise
High quality service
during maintenance
Support plateform accessible 24/7
Quick bugfixes when needed
Updates every quarter
Major upgrade once a year
Koha is free software
BibLibre is supporting your freedom
Contact us:
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www.biblibre.com/en
Thank you
Learn more about us:
www.koha-community.org
Learn more about Koha: