Hi Joseph,
Sorry for the little questions. I know software, but librairies, I am still learning. Been there, done that !
Welcome aboard !
How are searches done for looking in an external library? It actually depends on what you mean by looking for external library.
Koha doesn't /easily /support the search of external library out of the box by the library's patrons through the OPAC (library's catalog). However, librarians can set up Z39.50 targets in order to search external libraries and import their records which speed up the cataloguing process. Cheers, Eric Bégin Solutions inLibro inc. 7240, Waverly St. Montreal (Quebec) Canada 888 604-2627 | www.inLibro.com On 2016-04-15 12:20, Joseph Hogan wrote:
What if the library is not one of the branches in the local system?
How are searches done for looking in an external library?
Do the librarian have to look at each external library individually?
Sorry for the little questions. I know software, but librairies, I am still learning.
Thanks
Joseph
On 2016-04-15 12:10, vikram zadgaonkar wrote:
Hi, Koha has inter library loan feature. Yes you can search books from all branch libraries.
On 15-Apr-2016 9:35 PM, "Joseph Hogan" <joehogan@gmx.com <mailto:joehogan@gmx.com>> wrote:
Hello All,
I already feel like part of the family:)
I like the answers that I have received so far!
I am already very encouraged.
I think that VMs will be the easiest way to deploy a new libraries.
I thought of another question.
Being that we will be promoting the inter-library loan concept, which is currently not available, but does it work for searching other libraries to find books?
Is there a way for the librarian to have access to multiple libraries at once when doing research to get the other books, or is this done one at a time at other other libraries in the system?
Thanks for yoru feedback
Joseph
On 2016-04-15 02:11, Mengu Yazicioglu wrote:
Hi Joe,
Here are my answers
1. Yes, you may, we use 1126 branches for one instutition, 6 for another, etc. Koha supports branches.
2. Yes you can, we use 3 database servers, 8-10 web servers for big installation.
3. Yes, you can. You need the look at some coonfiguration files. But I suggest you use a specific server for your Koha insallation and use the default values for future support.
Best regards Mengu
On 15-04-2016 06:06, Joseph Hogan wrote:
Hello,
My name is Joe.
I am writing because we are in discussions with a possible college campus looking to update the searching ability on the campus.
We found Koha and the features seem full and rich.
We have more technical questions about installing a new library and sharing server with multiple libraries.
I will ask a couple of questions, and then follow up, depending on the replies I get.
1 - The campus has more then one library on campus: 1 for physical sciences 1 for medecine 1 for social sciences How can this be treated? Can one installation cover for a campus allow for the location data to include which building/library, or even on which campus it might be located?
2 - Can we run multiple instances of Koha on the same server? I ask because any other the documentation that I have read always mentioned 1 server, 1 koha. If this works well for us, there are a couple of other libraries interested in working with us. We want to under stand the resources needed. 1 koha per server, or many per server?
3 - Can Koha be installed to run from a particular folder? We already have our server up and running, and if they can just be installed in a directory of a web page installation?
This is just my beginning. We are trying to understand the software in order to know what is possible or now.
Thanks!
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