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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Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua

I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past

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• 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

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