Hi
Can any one Use as a document manager or digital library in koha. Thanks in advance:-
Yes. We've got several client organisations using Koha as a digital library, and we use one ourselves. There are some issues however. Koha doesn't have an easy browse/upload mechanism for adding the actual files (PDF's etc), so we use it with our CMS. We get the files up to the webserver using the CMS, and then catalogue them in Koha. We've done a little custom work to get the CMS to pass the core details (like file path name etc) through to Koha to make that part of things easier. You then catalogue etc in Koha as you would for any other web link. Being a digital library isn't really what Koha is best at. If you have a mixed library - some physical assets, some digital then it can handle both. You just need to make sure you have an itemtype that is "Web", then Koha will put in the URL/link to the file on the results screens in place of the barcode. The only provisio on that is it's what we had our 2.? doing, whether the latest versions have that functionality or not I'm not sure. There is of course also a lot of Koha functionality that you don't need for a digital library - like circulations. We (Katipo) have been making a piece of software that we think is complementary to Koha (Although it doesn't use the same programming framework). We call it Kete and it's aimed much more squarely at the digital archive/library space. It's also open source, and you're welcome to check it out at www.kete.net.nz. Cheers Rachel -- ----------------------------- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager Katipo Communications Ltd Phone: +64-4-934 1285 Mobile: 021 389 128 E-mail: rachel@katipo.co.nz Web: www.katipo.co.nz