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Which is better? Installing Koha on a cloud or local server?
Koha is the world’s first and most popular open source library system. It’s free but it is not that easy to set up. Find out whether installing Koha onsite or in the cloud is the best option for you.
7 Reasons Why You Need an Integrated Library Management System
Running a library isn’t as simple and straightforward as many people I have encountered think. It’s more than just checking out books and putting them back on the shelf when they are returned. Librarians have to deal other complex, time-consuming responsibilities like acquisitions, cataloguing, inventory, budgets, reports and interlibrary loaning. Pen and paper won’t cut it, and using an excel spreadsheet is only marginally better than digging a trench using a caviar spoon.
7 Key features of an integrated library system
An integrated library management system, or “ILS” for short is an electronic program that help librarians and users to circulate and catalogue items, manage patron activity, track item movement as well as interact with databases from other libraries or institutions, amongst other functions. An ILS is meant to increase the output and efficiency of a library, and improve access to resources for its patrons, by automating the processes that would otherwise have been done manually.
Koha Hacks: How to Install the Koha Offline Circulation Plugin
What do you do if your Koha library system suddenly goes offline due to a server crash, power or internet outage? Go back to the dark ages and start writing with pen and paper? Surely not! Koha has a very useful feature called Offline Circulation which allows you to...
Koha Hacks: How to Perform Batch Item Checkouts in Koha
Checking out books has never been this easy! Learn how to enable batch item checkouts in Koha to save you time.
Which is better? Installing Koha on a cloud or local server?
Koha is the world’s first and most popular open source library system. It’s free but it is not that easy to set up. Find out whether installing Koha onsite or in the cloud is the best option for you.
7 Reasons Why You Need an Integrated Library Management System
Running a library isn’t as simple and straightforward as many people I have encountered think. It’s more than just checking out books and putting them back on the shelf when they are returned. Librarians have to deal other complex, time-consuming responsibilities like acquisitions, cataloguing, inventory, budgets, reports and interlibrary loaning. Pen and paper won’t cut it, and using an excel spreadsheet is only marginally better than digging a trench using a caviar spoon.
7 Key features of an integrated library system
An integrated library management system, or “ILS” for short is an electronic program that help librarians and users to circulate and catalogue items, manage patron activity, track item movement as well as interact with databases from other libraries or institutions, amongst other functions. An ILS is meant to increase the output and efficiency of a library, and improve access to resources for its patrons, by automating the processes that would otherwise have been done manually.
Koha Hacks: How to Install the Koha Offline Circulation Plugin
What do you do if your Koha library system suddenly goes offline due to a server crash, power or internet outage? Go back to the dark ages and start writing with pen and paper? Surely not! Koha has a very useful feature called Offline Circulation which allows you to...
Koha Hacks: How to Perform Batch Item Checkouts in Koha
Checking out books has never been this easy! Learn how to enable batch item checkouts in Koha to save you time.