I have been looking at different open source ILS, and is using koha for a union catalog. Namely, koha, openbiblio, WEBILS, and GNUTeca are some of the examples. A faculty member told me that GNUTeca is popular in South America. Here is a quick overview http://www.anctil.org/users/eric/oss4ils.html Koha probably is the most used and the one with most of features that libraries need. I had some comparisons between koha and other ils. In addition, when thinking of open source ILS, you probably should look at the changing env of information resources. ILS is no longer the only/central system of a library. ILS needs to talk to other digital systems to make an integrated information env for users. Yan Han U. of Arizona -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Rosalie Blake Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:04 PM To: Koha-devel; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] South American libraries Hi everyone Would some South American library please get in touch with Marcia? Thanks Rosalie Hello Rosalie, Thank for your answer, but I need one more helpfull: Do you know say me in which countries and/or libraries the software Koha is used? Best regards, Márcia ---------- Cabeçalho original ----------- De: "Rosalie Blake" rosalie@library.org.nz Para: "marciagrossi" marciagrossi@terra.com.br Cópia: Data: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:08:43 +1300 Assunto: Re: software Koha

Hello Marcia I am not sure what you want to know. Koha was the first open-source library sytem, and it is probably the most developed and the most used open-source library system. But it is impossible to prove or disprove this, because no-one knows how many people are using Koha. You can discover more about Koha on http://www.koha.org Good luck Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust

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My name is Márcia Gorett Ribeiro Grossi. I´m electric engineer and I´m student in Information Science, in Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil. I need some information about koha´software. Inside the open source systems form libraries, is the koha the most use and why?

My best regards,

Márcia

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