Learn about Koha, it's features and users:
Best Open Source LMS
Koha is the oldest and widely recognized as the best Open Source Library Management System in the world today.
Open Source Software brings the benefits of vendor independence, high quality and low costs.
Click here to read more on Why Open Source Software?.
Active Community
Koha has an active user and developer community involved in ongoing development and support.
Koha's community support includes:
User and Installation documentation
Mailing lists or Forums
Developers' IRC chat
Most koha users will find timely and effective help when they use community resources.
Over a dozen vendors from around the world support Koha.
A large vendor community helps ensure continued and rapid development of Koha.
Trusted Worldwide
Koha is used by 1,000 and more small and Large libraries worldwide.
These include public, university, college and school, special, non-profit and commercial libraries.
Some of the well knows users of Koha are:
Crawford County Federated Library System, USA
Nelsonville Public Library System, USA
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library, USA
Rangitikei Libraries, NZ
Near East University (NEU), Cyprus
Northland Baptist Bible College, USA
The Antioch University Santa Barbara, USA
Lorenzo de’ Medici, USA
Guggenheim Museum Library, USA
Superior Technology
Koha is used successfully in hundreds of large public and academic libraries due to it's proven open source technology platform.
Koha is built on:
Linux operating system
Mysql database management system
Apache2 web server
Perl programming language
It uses the Zebra search technology for serving catalog searches.
International Standards & Features
Koha complies with international library standards like MARC cataloging, Z39.50, UTF-8 & SIP/NCIP.
Koha is also a full featured Integrated Library System (ILS) with modules ranging from Acquisitions to Circulation to Serials.
It has several cutting edge features that makes it comparable to the best commercial library products available in the market. Some of these features are:
Amazon Reviews
Z39.50 copy cataloging
Inter Library Loans
Federated Search
Authority Control
Purchase Suggestions
Google Jackets
Click here for a complete Koha Features Listing.