Koha - not your average library system
Aleisha Amohia aleisha@catalyst.net.nz
Aleisha Amohia
- Catalyst
- New Zealand
- First Koha contribution: 2014
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- Catalyst - NZ open source software company
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Aleisha Amohia
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua
I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past
Aleisha Amohia
- Started 1999
- Y2k fix
- Horowhenua Library Trust
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- 2000: First fully web, open source, ILS
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- Now: More than a library system
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- 18,000+ libraries worldwide use Koha
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"It's just a big database..."
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What's a "library system" anyway?
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- FKA Children's Services (Melbourne, Australia)
- Kolovai Library Kingdom of Tonga
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- Bookable items
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Circulation - moving from one location to another?
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- Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- South Taranaki District Council & Stratford District Council
- Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
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- Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)
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- Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)
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- A request tracker
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- Empowering Indigenous communities and stories
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- The business of free software
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- A super librarian-driven experience
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- For the people, by the people, about the people
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Ngā mihi /
Thank you!
Aleisha Amohia
aleisha@catalyst.net.nz
Aleisha Amohia
Koha - not your average library system
By aleisha
Koha - not your average library system
Since its conception, Koha has never been a traditional library system. After its release in 2000, when it became the first open source library system, one of the first installations of Koha was for cataloguing car manuals for a manufacturer in Detroit, USA. Koha has continued to push the boundaries on what a library system can do, what problems it can solve, and how different types of organisations can put it to use.
