Hello, It's time for Koha to empower its credibility .... I need your help to demonstrate the suitability of Koha in large libraries, here in Province of Quebec (Canada). Generally, proprietary vendors have a strong influence on librarians and it's very difficult to convince that a common 200K$ LIS solution could decrease by 70% when using open source. What I'd like to work on with you, is the risk that is associated with open source Koha. This common risk perception is that Koha will fail if it is used in a large library because of the high transaction (loan) volume. Having been working in information technology for more than 10 years, I know that the capacity of a transaction solution is related to the hardware and not to the software, but this isn't easy to explain. Now, I'd like the Koha community raises up and demonstrates to the rest of the world that Koha can be suited for small, medium and large libraries. All you need to do is to answer those 3 simple questions joined with your contact information and to send the result to me (daniel.caissy@bibliothequeglobale.org). I will compile the survey and publish it on this mailing list, also I'll forward it to koha.org and koha-fr.org for web publishing. 1. You're using Koha since what date ? 2. How many members are deserved by your library ? 3. How many loans per year are issued by your library ? (the following won't be published and will be used only if I need to validate the information) Name of contact : email of contact : Name of library : Address of library : Phone : website : Many thanks for your support ! Daniel Caissy daniel.caissy@bibliothequeglobale.org +1-514-802-5642 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha