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

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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