<p>Nelson,<br />
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Cataloguing with KOHA is not a dificult thing. You can design several frameworks with an ISBD basic description<br />
(tilte, publication, subject, authors) wich is easy for everyone.<br />
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Rafael<br />
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Citando Krishnan M <kmlist@yahoo.in>:</p>
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Except for the bit about cataloguing, Koha is a candidate for good behaviour..., all of your other questions boil down to something that sits there and does things without complaining much, and Koha won't.<br />
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You should provide some more information about your cataloguing. Koha does not currently have (in the official version, at least), alternatives to regular MARC cataloguing (if i may call it that). Having said that, with some configuration, and a little bit of training, you should be able to get your non-librarians do some half-decent stuff. But i am not a librarian myself, so i am on sticky terrain there...<br />
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Yes, Koha will handle single install, multiple administrators...<br />
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regards,<br />
krishnan<br />
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--- On <b>Wed, 18/2/09, Nelson Fredsell -CCE <i><nelson@cfce.org.za></i></b> wrote:<br />
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Subject: [Koha] Counting the cost<br />
To: "Koha list" <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz><br />
Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 2:12 PM<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am considering Koha for our very small libraries (Fewer than 50 transactions/day). We might get some help doing the initial setup on a CentOS 5.2 server. We're wanting a basic install, allowing patrons to do online search of catalogues of multiple collections in a single library, and multiple libraries belonging to legally separate NGOs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+Once set up, is it possible that it could need very little support/maintenance? We could pay something for set up, but ongoing annual support fees we'd like to avoid.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+And I suppose that support could be provided remotely, perhaps on an hourly basis, with the exception of possibly needing to reboot the server. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+We have limited IT skills inhouse and NO full time library staff. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+ Staff who do the cataloguing would not be professional librarians.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+We've developed our own cataloguing system, not standard in any way - can Koha work with this? Maybe over time we'd like to standardize. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">+If so, the chaser question is that each very small (NGO/school) library has its own cataloguing system: would this be a problem for Koha - single install, multiple administrators (one at each library).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I don't want to bite off more than we can chew, and I don't want to leave my NGO in the lurch after I'm no longer employed there. I have about three months to implement something, and make sure it's stable.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks very much for feedback,</span></p>
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