Koha ILS case study in Ulaanbaatar Public Library,
MONGOLIAhttp://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn
L.Gantulga – Mongolian Libraries ConsortiumJ.Begzsuren – Ulaanbaatar Public LibraryU.Bum-Erdene – Ulaanbaatar Public LibraryShin Hee Young – KOICA Volunteer for Ulaanbaatar Public Library
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Dewey writes about “a universal catalog that would include citations to the holdings of the country’s--and ideally all-- libraries”
Software
Main features Koha Evergreen Voyager
Acquisitions
Cataloging
OPAC
Circulations
Serials
Reports
Costs Free Free Commercial
Koha, Evergreen and Voyager
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