An overview of Koha Library Management Software

1. An overview of Koha ILS (Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria Koha Training March 2105) Olugbenga Adara

2. Presentation Overview

3. History of Koha First Open Source ILS It’s Koha – and not KOHA Koha means “gift , present, offering, donation or contribution ” in Maori Language “ Koha is an example of the  reciprocity which is a common feature of much Māori tradition, and often involves the giving of gifts by visitors ( manuhiri ) to a host  ( marae ) - Wikipedia  

4. Horowhenua Library Trust (HLT)commissioned Katipo Communications to write a new library software because of the Y2K bug Software made open source and released mid 2000 Free as in speech Used by public, academic, government, special libraries.

5. Brief Koha Timeline 2000 – Koha 1.0 Released as Open Source Software April 2004 – Koha 2.0 released May 2006 – 1 st International Koha Conference ( KohaCon ) in Paris, France Sept. 2007 – Bowen deploys Koha (Longest Running Install in Nigeria) Aug . 2008 – Koha 3.0 released April 2009 - KohaCon 2009 in Plano, Texas, USA Oct 2010 – KohaCon10 in New Zealand (10 years anniversary) Oct 2011 – KohaCon11 in Mumbai, India June 2012 – KohaCon12 in Edinburgh, Scotland Oct. 2013 – KohaCon13 in Reno, Neveda , U.S.A. Oct. 2014 – KohaCon14 in Cordoba, Argentina Feb. 2015 – Koha 3.18.04 released

6. Koha Features Standard modules Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Patrons Management, Authorities, Serials, Course Reserves, Reports, OPAC All Modules included in every installation Web based – works on mobile devices Web 2.0 compliant No license fees

7. Circulation Send SMS, Email on Check in and Check out Overdue notices by email and paper Bar patrons owing from borrowing books Drop book off after library closed Offline circulation Fast cataloguing Self checkout and return In library usage tracking

8. Cataloguing Copy cataloguing (using z39.50) Full MARC standards (and RDA compliant) Catalogue different materials, including electronic resources Upload local images Patrons Management Self registration Access control Upload patron pictures Upload documents to patron accounts(for librarian use) Manage fines and fees

9. OPAC Self Renewal and Reserves Web 2.0 – Facebook, Twitter, Email, Comments R atings and Tags Private OPAC (login required) Purchase Suggestions

10. References Create lists Catalogue relevant websites Acquisitions Manage Vendors Order books from patron’s suggestions Manage budgets and funds

11. Serials Catalogue serials/journals Manage frequencies and subscriptions Catalogue individual articles in Journals (Analytics) Reports Run any kind of report on your data Auto schedule reports and email

12. Other features Export and import data Multi language Inventory/stocktaking Fully customizable Printing barcodes, spine labels, patron cards

13. Some Koha Statistics http://hea.koha-community.org/ collects stats about Koha installs. You can contribute if your Koha has Internet access. (Data just from 62 libraries, Feb. 2015) Largest Koha Library has 444,000 books, 754,234 items Highest number of patrons in single Koha install is 74,322 Highest issued items in a single install is 9,384,321 Koha has been translated into 46 languages 2854 Koha libraries in library tech.org database

14. Requirement to run Koha Software – LAMP (Linux , Apache, MySQL and Perl) Hardware (Recommended) Physical server - 2 GB RAM, 4 core processor, 250GB Hard Disk Cloud hosted – 2 GB RAM, 2 core processor, 20 GB Disk space Internet Access (Optional but recommended) (Note: Bigger is always better with hardware)

15. What next? Learn Koha, Deploy Koha and spread the word about Koha! Join the mailing list, help new users. Translate Koha to the major Nigerian Languages Attend KohaCon15

16. Web links Koha website – www.koha-community.org Like Koha on Facebook - www.facebook.com/kohails Koha on Twitter - twitter.com/ kohails