The document discusses a study on managing the Koha open source library management system using a Live CD, highlighting challenges such as a lack of awareness and complex installation procedures. It presents the benefits of the Koha Live CD, including user-friendliness and offline installation capabilities. The study concludes that despite various options for building Live CDs, the installation of Koha remains a difficult task for librarians.

1. A STUDY ON MANAGING KOHA
OPEN SOURCE LIBRARY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING
LIVE CD.
National Conference on Emerging Trends in User
Expectations for Next Generation Libraries
24-26 February 2012,
Dravidian University, Kuppam.
Biju V.V., Jasimudeen S., Vimal Kumar V.
Library Asst’s, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

2. Problem Statement

Lack of proper awareness and training on Open
Source tools,

Complex installation procedure,

Open Source software installation need an
experts help,

Lack of support.

3. What is KOHA?

Full-featured ILS

Library standards compliant

Web based interfaces

Free software (Licensed under GNU General
Public License)

No Vendor Lock in

Active development process

Community decides what they want

Frequent software releases

4. What is Koha Live CD
A “Live CD” is a bootable CD, which contains pre-
configured software, this allows the user to be
productive without accessing any other hard
drives.
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5. Koha Live CD Projects
LibliveCD
http://sourceforge.net/projects/liblivecd
Koha Live DVD
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalived
KOHA GSDL Integrated -- LIVE
CD

6. Benefits
Bundled with Linux operating system,
Suitable for trial without install inside the hard disk
of the computer,
User friendly installation,
No need of high end Linux expertise for
maintenance,
Customised version of Koha is ready to use,
Availability of third party applications (e.g. email
client, database backup utility),
Suitable for offline installation

7. How to prepare Koha Live CD?
Adding
Third Party
Koha
Tools
Installation
Linux Running
Installation Live CD Maker
Software

8. Conclusion

Lot of optopns
available to build live
CD,

Koha installation is
difficult for librarians,