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Who’s using Koha?Academic Libraries

Profi le: Near East UniversityNicosia, CYPRUS-- Near East University (NEU) in Cyprus chose Koha to manage their impressive new library and culture complex in early 2006. NEU Library houses 250,000 open shelves, is open 24 hours a day, and is available to the public free of charge.

Tümer B. Garip - University Libraries Director at NEU-- was unimpressed with the handling of Turkish charac-ters in other major proprietary ILS systems. Improper handling of characters is bad news for libraries because it results in bad searching. “Since Koha is open source, we decided to implement Koha and develop according to our needs,” says Tumer.

The increased scalability offered by Koha’s Zebra integration was critical for NEU, who already has over a million volumes in their rapidly growing collection. NEU had begun testing the Koha/Zebra integration in early 2006. Impressed with initial results, they decided to

pitch in. NEU devoted signifi cant programmer resources to help complete Zebra’s integration with Koha’s cataloging system. They are the largest collection using Koha to date.

• Migrated to Koha in 2006• Over 1 million items in their growing collection

”With Zebra-backed Koha, we have the most advanced search engine available to the library community. It is also probably the fastest. And, it provides us with the capability of organizing union-catalogs,” says Tumer.

Tumer sees a bright future for Koha: “We believe that Koha has the capacity and functionality to become the Apache of the LIS (Library Information Science) world.”Their OPAC is online at: http://library.neu.edu.tr/

Contributed DevelopmentNEU devoted signifi cant programmer resources to help complete Zebra’s integration with Koha’s cataloging system. The ability to customize Koha has enabled NEU to develop many new features for Koha in-house, including a SMS service where users just send a text message from their mobile phones to renew their books automatically. NEU is a major player in the Koha community, and are devoted to fostering community growth by contributing back their features. NEU’s features will likely be included in Koha version 3.0

__________________________Tumer GaripUniversity Libraries Directoremail: [email protected]

“With Zebra-backed

Koha, we have the

most advanced

search engine avail-

able to the library

community. It is also

probably the fast-

est. And it provides

us with the capability

of organizing union-

catalogs.”

-- Tümer B. Garip University Libraries Director

Near East University


Profi le: Universidad Mayor de San AndresLa Paz, BOLIVIA-- Biblioteca Central Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) migrated their 23 depart-mental branches to Koha in 2006. The library’s collec-tion has approximately 70,000 items and serves over 65,000 students. Their OPAC can be found online:http://bibliotecas.umsa.bo

• 23 Branches• Serving 65,000 students• 400,000 circulation/annually• Migrated to Koha in 2006

__________________________ContactEng. Javier M. Griffi ths Jauregui UMSATIC La Paz - Bolivia tel: 70669635 email: [email protected] http://www.umsa.bo/


Profi le: Lorenzo de’ MediciFlorence, ITALY-- ITALY-- ITALY Lorenzo de’ Medici (LDM) started life in 1973 as one of the fi rst centers in Florence to special-ize in teaching Italian as a foreign language. Later the School branched out into Studio Art courses, and has now become Italy’s leading study abroad institution, with centers in Florence, Tuscania and Rome. After more than thirty years of growth and expertise, LDM currently offers approximately 2,500 men and women a year the opportunity to live in the midst of Italian culture and share their study experience with others of different nationali-ties. LDM’s unrivalled facilities and cutting-edge methods enable students to enjoy direct learning and to experi-ence Italy as ‘a classroom without walls’.

Their OPAC is online at: http://ldmopac.liblime.com

• Migrated to Koha in 2006• Supported by LibLime

__________________________Vania Pistolozziemail: [email protected] [email protected]


Profi le: Northland Baptist Bible CollegeWisconsin, USA—Northland Baptist Bible College (NBBC) is a specialized, primarily four-year, under-graduate institution. Students mainly study Bible and Theology subjects in preparation for religious ministry. Many will become missionaries, pastors and teachers.


With 45,000 records and 75,000 items, NBBC wanted to upgrade to a feature-rich and web-based system that could handle demands of students and staff. Head Librarian Van Carpenter says NBBC chose Koha for three reasons: cost, features, fl exibility. “We have the opportunity to develop ourselves or drive development,” says Van. “This is the issue that is the largest drawback in vendors of proprietary systems. Vendors just aren’t listening to the customer any more, and they charge exorbitant fees.”

“The open-source model allows us to use cutting-edge technology without experi-encing bleeding-edge costs,” explains Van. “While not ideologically committed to open source, we have found a number of open-source products that work well in our environment. Koha is only one of several open-source products deployed within our institution. It allows us the ability to focus on core competencies without getting soaked from the serious costs of competing products.”

NBBC’s OPAC is online at:https://libcat.nbbc.edu/

__________________________Van Carpenter Head Librarian, NBBC W10085 Pike Plains Rd.Dunbar, WI 54119 USAemail: [email protected]://www.nbbc.edu/

“The open-source

model allows us to

use cutting-edge

technology without

experiencing bleed-

ing-edge costs. The

value-add of a

consultant like

Liblime really makes

the product suite

shine for staff and

patrons”

-- Van CarpenterHead Librarian

Northland Baptist Bible College


Profi le: Antioch University LibraryCalifornia, USA-- The Antioch University Santa Barbara (AUSB) is a small liberal arts college located in the picturesque ocean side community of downtown Santa Barbara, California. Antioch University is a national university founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1852. The University’s Mission Statement emphasizes academic and experiential learning, critical appraisal of the traditions and practices of the professions, and a commitment to social action and community service. Their OPAC can be found online at:http://opac.antiochsb.edu/


__________________________Christine FortePsyD Librarian801 Garden Street, Suite 101Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USAtel: 866-526-8462 X 177email: [email protected]://www.antiochsb.edu


Profi le: Szczecin UniversitySzczecin, POLAND— Szczecin University is located in Szczecin-- the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivode-ship in Poland. Szczecin is the country’s seventh-larg-est city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. The library’s collection contains 775,255 volumes and serves a population of 45,000 students, faculty and staff.

• 12 branches• 775,255 volumes• Serves population of 45,000 • Migrated to Koha in 2005

__________________________Sekretariatemail: [email protected]://bg.univ.szczecin.pl/


Profi le: Strathmore University LibraryNairobi, KENYA—Nairobi, KENYA—Nairobi Strathmore University is a leading not-for profi t private university operating in Kenya, which aims at serving the Kenyan society to the best of its ability. Spe-cializing in commerce and informa-tion technology, Strathmore holds a peerless reputation for quality in both academic and professional education and personal formation. The library’s collection contains 40,000 volumes. The library serves a population of 4,000 students, faculty and staff.

• Migrated to Koha in 2006• 40,000 volumes• Serves population of 4,000

__________________________Bernard ShiunduPO Box 59857Nairobi, 00200Kenya Phone: +254-020-606155http://www.strathmore.edu/academics/library.htmlhttp://www.strathmore.edu

Library system supplied and maintained by Strathmore Research and Consultancy Ltd. (http://www.srcc.co.ke)


Profi le: Addis Ababa University LibrariesAddis Ababa, KENYA— The Addis Ababa University Library System (AAULS), formerly known as Haile-selassie I University Library, is the largest academic library in Ethiopia. At this time the AAULS is serving the University community and oth-ers with a collection of more than 500,000 catalogued volumes, 632 micro formats, more than 7,000 print and electronic serial titles, and other electronic formats. All the collections are organized to provide services and resources at seven separate points including the Main Library and six other branches. The Library Sys-tem is also showing a tremendous development in areas of IT-related services.

• 7 branches• 500,000 volumes• Migrated to Koha in 2006

__________________________Netsanet Animut email: [email protected])http://www.aau.edu.et/libraries/about.htm

Who’s using Koha?Consortia Libraries

Profi le: Crawford County Federated Library SystemPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaPennsylvani , USA— Crawford County Federated Library System (CCFLS) in Pennsylvania chose LibLime to support their new Koha ZOOM system in 2006. The nine-library system leveraged its own IT staff to implement and customize Koha, and selected LibLime’s ZOOM system in 2006. The nine-library system leveraged its own IT staff to implement and customize Koha, and selected LibLime’s ZOOMKoha ZOOM Basic package for additional support. CCFLS is set to go live by February 2007.

“CCFLS spent a year evaluating fi ve different integrated library systems,” says John Brice, director of the Meadville Public Library and System Administrator of CCFLS. “The fi nal decision to use Koha was based on the fact that we could modify the software to fi t our policies and not have to modify our policies to fi t the software.” In short, Koha offered CCFLS what they wanted most: freedom to customize and steer the development of their ILS.

Sponsored DevelopmentIn addition to taking advantage of the rich func-tionality sponsored by other libraries, CCFLS decided to give back to the open-source commu-nity by becoming a major sponsor of Koha’s Zebra integration-- an effort lead by LibLime to improve the underlying architecture and scalability of the system.

Brice explains, “LibLime understands Koha and knows how to integrate enhancements and improvements so that the application is improved, not just for one library, but the whole Koha community. LibLime has been an effective partner for CCFLS in helping develop and install Koha throughout our nine libraries. We look forward in working with LibLime in the future.”

Following sponsored development, Cindy Murdock-- CCFLS’ Network Administrator-- began the task of merging nine library data-bases into one and the process of customization began. CCFLS decided to implement a custom interface for Koha’s intranet based

Who’s using Koha?Consortia Libraries

on their unique usability requirements. “When evaluating other circulation systems, CCFLS found that no one program had the user interface we desired. So following the open-source philosophy, we developed our own!” explains Brice. CCFLS’ new intranet interface-- developed by Kyle Hall-- achieves usability tailored to CCFLS staff and users. “CCFLS is rather unique in that all nine of our librar-ies are independent of each other, and different libraries have varying degrees of staff knowledge with computers,” says Brice. “We designed the interface so that every activity has a unique large colored button or tab. So when someone calls for help, we can simply say ‘click on the purple tab.’”

CCFLS plans to contribute their interface design back to the Koha project as a ‘theme’, supporting Koha’s philosophy of collaborative and library-driven development. Any library using Koha ZOOM can then choose that theme for their own intranet. Yet the fl exibility of ZOOM can then choose that theme for their own intranet. Yet the fl exibility of ZOOMKoha isn’t just limited to changing how stuff ‘looks’, but offers freedom to customize functionality as well. For instance, CCFLS custom-

ized their new interface to enable widely-used reports to be generated with the click of a button-- a usability feature based on feedback from their own staff. “By just clicking on a few boxes libraries can create statistical reports that summarize very specifi c areas of opera-tion. For example, reports can be generated that just show which books were circulated to children during the summer reading pro-gram.” CCFLS will also be contributing back to the project a Firefox plugin that tracks each library’s checkouts (written by Hall) as well as several migration scripts.

Using Koha ZOOM, CCFLS leverages their unique skills and resources to promote library technologies that truly evolve with the expec-tations of their staff and community. “Using canned software developed for a one size fi ts all world is no longer an effective solution,” said Brice. “Open-source software allows libraries to take control of their technology. You will not necessarily save time or money imple-menting open source. However, what you gain is priceless: complete control.”

• Migrated to Koha in 2006• 9 library consortia• 400,000 items

__________________________John BriceSystems Administrator CCFLS; Director of the Meadville Public LibraryCCFLS Headquarters848 North Main StreetMeadville, PA 16335 USAtel: 814-336-1773http://ccfls.org

“Open-source software allows libraries to take control of their tech-nology. You will not necessarily save time or money implementing open source. However, what you gain is priceless: complete control over the user interface.”

-- John Brice Systems Administrator, CCFLS


Academic Libraries Using KohaUnited States

Antioch University (Santa Barbara, California, USA)

Northland Baptist Bible College (Dunbar, Wisconsin, USA)

Galen College of Nursing ( Louisville, KY USA)

University of Virginia. International Studies Library ( Charlottesville, VA United States)

Canada

University of Waterloo. The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group Library ( Waterloo, ON Canada)

South America

Central Universidad Mayor de San Andres ( La Paz, Bolivia)

La Universidad ORT ( Montevideo, Uruguay)

National University of Missions . Faculty of Arts of Oberá ( Argentina)

Universidad Nacional de la Plata. La Biblioteca de la Facultad de Informatica ( La Plata, Argentina)

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina)

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina)

Africa

College of Telecommunications and Information Technology ( Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Strathmore University. Strathmore University Library ( Nairobi, Kenya)

Europe

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. Biliothèque de l’ENSMP ( Paris, France)

Universite de Provence. Bibliotheque du Centre des Mathematiques et Informatique ( France)

Universite Piere-Mendes. Universite Piere-Mendes Library ( France)

United Nations University - MERIT. Charles M. Cooper Library ( Maastricht, Netherlands)

Escola Universita ria del Maresme. Centre de Recursos per a l’Aprenentatge ( Mataro, Spain)

Lorenzo d’Medici. Lorenzo d’Medici Library ( Firenze, Italy)

Scuola Superiore di Catania. Biblioteca Studenti della Scuola Superiore di Catania ( Catania, Italy)


India

Malla Reddy Engineering College. MREC Library ( Secunderbadd, India)

Asian School of Business (Trivandrum, Kerala India)

Narmada College of Science and Commerce (Bharuch, Gujarat India)

St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri (Calicut,Kerala India)

Mary Matha Arts and Science College (Wayanad, Kerala India)

Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College (Ludhiana, Punjab India)

Nirmalagiri College (Kannur, Kerala India)

West Bengal University of Technology (Kolkata, India)

Southeast Asia

Ruhuna University. Ruhuna University Library ( Matara, Sri Lanka)

Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management (MiaoLi, Taiwan)

Presidency Library (Bangladesh)

University of Ruhuna (Matara, Sri Lanka)

Oceania

Perth Bible College. Perth Bible College Library ( Karrinyup, Australia)

Poland

Szczecin University. Main Library of Szczecin University ( Szczecin, Poland)

Middle East

University of Management and Technology. UMT Learning Resource Centre ( Lahore, Pakistan)

Near East University. Near East University Library ( Nicosia, Cyprus)

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