We are looking at next gen interfaces for our catalog and Koha was something we were interested in looking at, however at this point we are not interested in switching our ILS. We were wondering if the OPAC interface for Koha could be used with a different back-end or if it was pretty tied to the Koha back-end. If it could be used outside of the Koha ILS system, what would be required for a back-end. Thanks, -- Mark Dehmlow Electronic Services Librarian Electronic Resources and Serials Access Department 115A Hesburgh Library | mdehmlow@nd.edu University of Notre Dame | voice: (574) 631-3092 Notre Dame, IN 46556 | fax: (574) 631-6772
Hi, On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Mark Dehmlow <mdehmlow@nd.edu> wrote:
We are looking at next gen interfaces for our catalog and Koha was something we were interested in looking at, however at this point we are not interested in switching our ILS. We were wondering if the OPAC interface for Koha could be used with a different back-end or if it was pretty tied to the Koha back-end. If it could be used outside of the Koha ILS system, what would be required for a back-end.
LibLime is working on a sponsored development to allow Koha to be used as an OPAC for another ILS. This would work by periodically loading updated bib and item information from the source ILS. It will also integrate with some services provided by the source ILS to handle patron empowerment features. There are of course other open-source OPAC replacement projects as well, including VUFind and Blacklight. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Koha Application Developer LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709
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