Koha
Koha is a highly popular, award-winning open source integrated
library system
(ILS).
Koha offers cataloging, searching, an acquisitions system,
member/patron management, and circulation (issues, returns,
and reserves). It has expanded from serving as the ILS at a
public library in New Zealand to more than 1000 academic, public, and
private libraries across the world.
Koha 3.6
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Price
Free to download
Size
44.2MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Koha Library Software Community
Website
koha-community.org
System Requirements
Apache webserver 2.0 or higher
MySQL 4.1 or higher
Perl
Perl modules for some functionality
Support
Sites:
Documentation,
FAQ
Selected
Reviews:
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Features include:
- Simple, clear interface for librarians and members (patrons)
- Full-featured integrated library system
- Library Standards Compliant
- MARC based cataloging
- Various Web 2.0 facilities like tagging and RSS feeds
- Union Catalog Facility
- Full text searching using a relational database management
system which can read structured records in almost any input format
such as XML and MARC
- Circulation and borrower management
- Cataloging module with integrated Z39.50 client
- Full acquisitions system including budgets and pricing
information (including supplier and currency conversion)
- Simple acquisitions system for the smaller library
- Ability to cope with any number of branches, patrons,
patron categories, item categories, items, currencies and other data
- Serials system for magazines or newspapers
- Reading lists for members
- Web-based interfaces
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