[Koha] Does it generate picture catalog?

[Joe Atzberger]

2009/7/14 Selimaj, Agron <selimaja at kihbd.com>

>  I am not sure I understand.
> What is Koha? Is it a digital library application
>
No, try Kete:
http://kete.net.nz


> or OPAC?
>
Yes, as part of being an ILS.


> Basically, I would like Koha to generate a list of books I have in the
> library, but I would like to see the book jacket pictures together with
> titles.
>
A "list" would be useless at any appreciable size.  You don't want to load
5000 items when you only want a particular one or three.  Wouldn't you want
to search the list for a given term, or by type, or by author, or by titls
or by date added?  Wouldn't you want additional details available on a
separate page?  That's what the OPAC interface provides, amongst other
things.

If you really just want a list, try something like Delicious Monster:
http://delicious-monster.com/


> Also, can I add my own pictures for books that amazon or google don't know
> about?
>
Not directly.  Instead you add the image to some external server (we don't
care where) and add the image URL to the catalog data.

--Joe

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> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nicole.engard at liblime.com<nicole.engard at liblime.com>
> ]
> Sent: Tue 7/14/2009 11:30 AM
> To: Selimaj, Agron
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> Subject: Re: [Koha] Does it generate picture catalog?
>
> It sounds like you're looking for a digital library application -
> unless you're asking if the OPAC shows pictures of book jackets.  If
> that's what you want, there are several options in Koha (Google,
> Amazon, Synetics, Baker & Taylor, LIbraryThing, and Babeltheque).
>
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> 2009/7/14 Selimaj, Agron <selimaja at kihbd.com>:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am considering to use KOHA in a project, and on the list of features I
> did
> > not see that you can generate a picture catalog of the items in the
> > inventory. Can some explain if it can?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > //Agron
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