Nelson, 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. 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... Yes, Koha will handle single install, multiple administrators... regards, krishnan --- On Wed, 18/2/09, Nelson Fredsell -CCE <nelson@cfce.org.za> wrote: From: Nelson Fredsell -CCE <nelson@cfce.org.za> Subject: [Koha] Counting the cost To: "Koha list" <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 2:12 PM 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. +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. +And I suppose that support could be provided remotely, perhaps on an hourly basis, with the exception of possibly needing to reboot the server. +We have limited IT skills inhouse and NO full time library staff. + Staff who do the cataloguing would not be professional librarians. +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. +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). 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. Thanks very much for feedback, Nelson Administrator / resident techie Centre for Creative Education Cape Town, South Africa www.cfce.org.za _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/