Transcript Koha Services from LibLime

Koha Services
from LibLime
Nicole C. Engard,
Open Source Evangelist
[email protected]
http://liblime.com
Outline
• LibLime
• What is Open Source?
• Demos
• Open Discussion
The leader in open-source solutions for libraries
Athens County Public Libraries
First Library in the US to
Adopt an Open Source ILS:
Koha
Intensely
Frustrated
• Libraries slow to adopt open
source
• ‘No Support’ was the most
common objection
• An Open Source Software
Company seemed the most
practical approach
It all started with an idea:
open access to ideas and
information not only builds
better libraries, it builds
better software too.
Integrated Library Systems
Meta-Search
Digital Library
It’s all Open
Source!
• You steer development!
• Features can be implemented
in days and weeks, not years
and decades
• You can share your solutions
with other libraries
Growth Patterns
• 400% growth three years running
• Incorporated January 2005, 1 fulltime employee, 1 customer
• September 2008, 24 employees,
over 400 customers and 120
contracts
Our Customers
supports hundreds of libraries around the globe. Our customers include: library
consortia, academic and research institutions, public libraries, museum and special libraries,
K-12 schools, enterprise corporations and government and non-profit organizations.
Consortia using Koha
•Crawford County Federated Library System
•9 member libraries; 246,616 items; 518,382
circulation
•Independently Cooperating Ashtabula Network
•6 member libraries; 166,597 bibs
•Westchester Academic Library Directors Organ
(WALDO)
•15 member libraries migrating to Koha
•Central Kansas Library System
•31 member libraries
•Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority
(INCOLSA)
•30 member libraries
•MassCat
•100+ member libraries
•Northeast Kansas Library System
•116 member libraries
Strategic Partnerships
What is Open Source?
Open source software is software that
users have the ability to run, distribute,
study and modify for any purpose.
This permits users to use, change, and
improve the software, and to redistribute it
in modified or unmodified form.
Open source software is often developed
over the Internet in a collaborative
manner.
What is Open Source?
“55% of US Companies use OSS
for Mission Critical applications” -Forester Research
What is Open Source?
Why So Popular?
Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
Freedom to Innovate
Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
Freedom to Innovate
Zero License Fees
“Software is a
service industry
operating under
the delusion that it
is a manufacturing
industry”
-- Raymond, Eric,
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
How much would
you pay for a
Horizon 8.0 license?
The Value of
Software Hinges on
Maintainability
Open Source in Libraries
Open Source hasn’t been
as widely adopted in libraries
as in the business world.
Open Source in Libraries
Common questions
libraries have:
• Is there support?
• Do I have to skimp on features?
• Isn’t Open Source risky?
Open Source in Libraries
Is there support?
This is where LibLime comes in.
• Phone Support
• Email Support
• Chat Rooms
• Instant Messaging
• Mailing Lists
• Online Documentation
• Worldwide User Community
Open Source in Libraries
Do I have to skimp on features?
• Open Source developers follow
the rule of “Release early and
release often”
• Users vote with their dollars
• LibLime has a dedicated business
analyst and development staff to
respond immediately to customer
sponsored development projects
Open Source in Libraries
Isn’t Open Source Risky?
Several Levels of Risk to consider:
•Software security issues
• Open source is just as secure if
not more secure than proprietary
systems because of its
transparency
•Company mergers and acquisitions
• Because you own the code to your
system you are not tied to one
support source and will never be
left without support
The Koha Project
NPL goes live in 2003
with a bold claim:
“Within the next few years,
our web site will offer
some of the best online
library services available
anywhere in the world.”
Stephen Hedges, Director
The Koha ILS:
Continued
• Fully web-based ILS
• Offers same features as the
proprietary ILS
• Software available for free
• Support and customization
available at reasonable
prices
• Data is yours!
http://liblime.com
http://koha.org
Lets take a look!
• http://public.demo.kohalibrary.com/
• http://public-staff.demo.kohalibrary.com/
Demo
Thank You
Nicole C. Engard,
Open Source Evangelist
[email protected]
http://liblime.com