[Koha] Groups of schools using Koha

[Caroline Cyr-La-Rose]

Hi Katryn,

They are not schools, so I don't know if this is relevant, but we have 
two projects where independent organizations share one Koha 
installation. We also support schools using Koha, but they are either 
school councils (where they share one Koha for the council) or private 
schools (where they each have their own Koha), not independent schools 
using the same Koha.

We offer something like this for very small municipalities (population 
under 5000). We had to do some development, especially around system 
preferences, because there are some things that I consider to be 
policies that can be specific for each library (like maxfine, 
noissuescharge, etc.). We also blocked the more "advanced" Koha modules 
(Serials, Acquisitions, Administration, etc.). They each have their own 
OPAC and the patrons can only search their library's collection. In the 
Intranet, library staff and volunteers can see the other libraries' 
collections. This helps for cataloguing. They do not however have access 
to the other libraries' patrons, of course.

We have two libraries running in production on this system and another 
one will be added in September.

We also have a Koha installation that is shared by two (soon to be three 
also) genealogy societies. In this case, they also each have their own 
OPAC, but the patrons can see the other collections. This is something 
they agreed on at the beginning of the project. These institutions do 
not loan out materials, so the need for specific sysprefs, and hiding 
patron information form one another was not necessary.

Regards,

Caroline

On 19-08-14 18 h 06, Kathryn Tyree wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope you're having a good week so far.
>
> I would love to hear about any examples where multiple schools share a Koha instance or some other arrangement to work together using Koha. Many thanks to anyone that could take a moment to share
> their example.
>
> Best wishes,
> Kathryn
>
>
> Kathryn Tyree // Project and Account Manager - Libraries
> Catalyst IT  Limited
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