Koha is an award-winning open source ILS project supported by international community with commits by almost 300 authors and with an estimated adoption by thousands of Libraries worldwide.

1. Pre-configured Koha
services
Presentation by
Binu Thomas
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2. Agenda
• Feature summary
• KOHA deployment Architecture
• Pre-configured KOHA templates
• Benefits of cloud services
• Drawbacks of onsite installation
• Budget estimates
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3. Feature Summary: Need for external hosting
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Anywhere
OPAC Access
possible
Bar-code
Enabled
Z39.50 Copy
Cataloging
Print Patron
Cards
Google &
Amazon Book
Jackets
Flexible
Reporting
Email or SMS
Overdue
Notices
Manage
Acquisitions
Serials
Control
Stocktaking &
Inventory
Fully RFID
Ready
Bootstrap
based CSS
templates for
OPAC GUI
Off-line
Circulation
Tool
Multiple
Libraries on
one System
Authority
Control
B

4. Secured & Optimized Deployment Architecture
KOHA servers optimized for superior performance with enhanced security, auto
backup and auto version upgrade facility.
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Apache
Web
ServerMySQL
DB
Server
Zebra
Indexing
Server
Firewa
ll
Open Ports 443 (OPAC), 8080
(Backend)
Optional Open Ports 22
(SSH),
SIP2 (5060/5061)
Note:
Optionally 8080 (staff backend),
SIP can be blocked and opened
via
VPN at required sites
Internal
Network
Intern
et
Jacket covers
Fetched from
Amazon or
LOC
EDIFACT
Order Status,
Item Details,
etc. Fetched from firewalled internet
(outbound)

5. Pre-configured Templates
• OPAC GUI
• Standard Marc Frame works
• Item types
• Patron Categories & Attribute types
• Authorized Values
• Budgets & Fund codes
• Cities & State codes
• Currency & Exchange rates
• Barcode Formats
• Accession Nos.
• Reports
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6. Select from available OPAC themes
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7. Ready to use cataloguing forms
Ready data entry forms having only required fields for different item types
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8. Item codes defined by expert library professionals
Standardized codes for 50 plus item types: Helps Search and Reporting
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9. Just select your member categories
10 predefined User Category groups with 50 plus user types. Codification useful
for user category based reporting.
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10. Capture Important member info
Important patron attributes readily available for CAS services
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11. Pre-configured Templates
100 plus secondary & primary subject interest areas classified for SDI & RSS
feeds
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12. Pre-configured Authorized values
Collection codes to facilitate collection wise grouping
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13. Pre-configured Location codes
Location codes facilitates OPAC search
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14. Pre-configured relator terms
200 plus relator terms for author/creator description
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15. KOHA for audit
Standardized Budget & Fund codes to facilitate reporting for audit requirements
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16. Ready to use city & state list
Select from 200 plus cities while creating branch libraries, ILL member addresses
etc
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17. Ready to print Barcode & Spine labels
PDF formats for readily available label size to print Barcode & Spine
labels
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18. Ready to use report templates
Saved reports for category based usage statistics, accn. Register, new
arrivals list etc.
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19. Benefits of Cloud Hosting
• High Availability for User services (e.g. like gmail)
• Real time response from service provider to solve technical issues
• On the fly upgrades and improvements to Koha site
• Lower support costs due to savings in travel costs
• Lower server costs due to virtualization technologies and economies
of scale
• Data center services with high availability (99.9%) and multiple ISP
connections
• High end servers with auto backup and enhanced security features
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20. Drawbacks - Onsite Installation
• User service availability depends on institute IT infrastructure
• Support from IT team a prerequisite
• High upfront costs of server
• Difficult to support remotely
• Cost of support very high due to travel expenses
• Maintaining upgrades and data backup
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21. Myths- Hosting services
• Data controlled by Service Provider: Library can download data
anytime
• Data is not secure
✓ Hosted data is more secure than data on your local server
✓ RAID disks prevent data loss even if hard disk crashes
✓ we use strong information security processes
✓ Pre configured auto data backup plans
✓ Backup files are kept on another machine
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