Koha Workshop
Evaluating Koha

Evaluating Koha
● Understanding OSS
● Koha History & Showcase
● Koha Features
● Koha Community
● Hardware & Software Requirements
● Support Options
● GUI Demonstration

Evaluating Koha
Understanding OSS

OSS or FLOSS

OSS Costs
● Whole Software stack
is free
● Software Upgrades are
free
● No restrictions on no.
of users, modules,
servers

OSS Philosophy
● “carefully crafted by
individual wizards or
small bands working in
splendid isolation”
● “a great babbling
bazaar of differing
agendas and
approaches”

OSS Quality

No Vendor Lock-In

Possible OSS Downsides
● Incomplete Testing
● Lack of documentation
● Uneven code quality
● Lack of timely &
effective support

OSS - Exercise
● OSS vs. Commercial Software

Evaluating Koha
History & Showcase

How it all started

Chronology

Koha Users Worldwide

Athens County Public Library

Crawford County Federated System

Stow Munroe Public Library

Rengitikei Libraries

Near East University, Cyprus

Delhi Public Library

Granthalaya

Kerala Government

Koha History & Showcase
● Q&A