Hi Matthew, <br><br>We managed to set it up at our small independent library in south London with precious little systems admin experience at the time. There's plenty of useful documentation and troubleshooting info available online if you run into problems. There's also a new(ish) email list for libraries in the U.K. setting up (or considering) koha: <a href="http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LIS-Koha">http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/LIS-Koha</a>.<br>
<br>Happy to help if you have any specific questions about installation or our experiences with Koha. <br><br>Cheers, <br>Kate<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/6/18 Keogh, Matthew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Matthew.Keogh@eht.nhs.uk">Matthew.Keogh@eht.nhs.uk</a>></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I work in a small healthcare library, based in a general
hospital in west London
with an expanding user-base and a diminishing budget.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We need a replacement for our aging DOS based library
management system, but can’t afford a commercial solution.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Koha seems to fit our purposes, but I would appreciate some
idea of how feasible it would be to implement on our own - without using
vendors such as PTFS?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two of us staff the library and we both have a reasonable
level of IT literacy. We also have a supportive hospital IT department.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I would be grateful if anyone could share their experience
of setting up and using Koha unsupported.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Many thanks for your help.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Matthew</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Ealing</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Hospital</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Library</span></font></p>
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