Koha ILS case study in Ulaanbaatar Public Library
Koha ILS case study in Ulaanbaatar Public Library, MONGOLIA http: //koha. pl. ub. gov. mn L. Gantulga – Mongolian Libraries Consortium J. Begzsuren – Ulaanbaatar Public Library U. Bum-Erdene – Ulaanbaatar Public Library Shin Hee Young – KOICA Volunteer for Ulaanbaatar Public Library
1880 он Dewey writes about “a universal catalog that would include citations to the holdings of the country’s--and ideally all-- libraries”
Koha, Evergreen and Voyager Software Main features Koha Evergreen Voyager Acquisitions Cataloging OPAC Circulations Serials Reports Free Commercial Costs
Features of Koha • Completely web based OPAC • Circulation • Cataloging • Serials control • Acquisitions • Custom Reporting
Koha support • • Koha documentation Discussion forums Wiki Mail lists Chat Blogs Commercial support • Data migration • Hosting • Customization • development
Why use Koha in Mongolian libraries? • Koha is free software • Mongolian Libraries not international standart softwares. • Koha ILS grant from EIFL, 2009 • Localization to Mongolian • Public library FOSS project supported by KOICA at Ulaanbaatar Public Library
Коha - Catalog
Authorities control
Hardware solutions
Hardware solutions • 12 computers for patron • 2 computers for children • Catalog search - 6 computers (Ncomputing) • Wifi - 2 stations
Desktop ebook reader Mobipocket Reader
Mongolian E-Book projects integration
International E-Book projects integration HTML format from Gutenberg project Audio book from Gutenberg project Epub format for digital device
Statistics
Statistics
Statistics
What we learned, before you start • Koha on Ubuntu easy to install, both open source • Koha chat support with international team • Zebra indexing = character set configuration/cyrillic/ • Dual CLASSIFICATION – DDC and Russian Classification
Team work. . .
Thanks ! Hope you see Koha running at your library http: //koha. pl. ub. gov. mn
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