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has said re Koha. As for LC classification, at our library we’ve come up
with a temporary solution of including LC numbers in the biblio in the notes
section!! Seriously once the developers come up with a solution to LC numbers
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Steven F. Baljkas
[mailto:baljkas@mb.sympatico.ca] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 22 April 2004 8:21
a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Peter Gichiri;
koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> baljkas@mts.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Koha] Library System
- good system, LC problem</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wednesday, April 21,
2004 15:05 CDT</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Greetings, Peter,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Just a 'quick' reply to your message
inquiring about Koha, that others on the listserv will hopefully augment with
their wisdom.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>First, I (and many others) think
Koha is a great system. It is extremely versatile and compared to other ILS
that one would have to purchase at significant cost, it is astoundingly good.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In terms of technical support and
further development, the prospects are at least as good. Most questions to the
listserv receive a response within 24 hours, usually less. The community is
very good at lending a hand with advice.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Development is continual and the
nice thing there is that, being an open source product, your library could
direct further development along lines that would give you features you wanted
simply by financing the programming and/or appealing to the Koha community
to see if some nice volunteer could effect the change you wanted.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As people write in to the listserv
with different questions and requests for features, many are added to the
programmer's 'bug' lists for future work. If you look back at the archive of
message, you can see how much has been accomplished in just one year (something
we should all be applauding and thanking the developpers for)!!.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are only 2 significant issues
that I can see in terms of your library adopting Koha.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The first is that it would be <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>preferable if there were a member of
the systems administration team who were familiar or willing to familarise him-
or herself with the program so that you would have technical support closer to
home</span></font></b></strong>.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The second -- and this is really the
major one -- is that <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Koha
is </span></font></b></strong><em><b><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>NOT</span></font></i></b></em><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> at present compatible viz. LC
classification numbers</span></font></b></strong>. I am not sure what the
progress has been in the last several months towards that. I know that the
understandable focus of the developpers has been on achieving a stable 2.0
release, which is now done.</span></font></p>
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<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>In the meantime,
perhaps somebody on the development side could reply with a guesstimation on
how long it might be until LC-numbers are usable within Koha. Also, if there is
a library that uses LC classification that has found a way around this issue,
it would be helpful to let the community know.</span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hope this lengthy response helps a
bit, Peter. I think your library would ultimately benefit greatly by adopting
Koha.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Best wishes in your
automation/migration project,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Steven F. Baljkas</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>library tech at large</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Koha neophyte (and cheerleader!)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;background:#E4E4E4'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a href="mailto:pgichiri@strathmore.edu"
title="pgichiri@strathmore.edu">Peter Gichiri</a> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" title="koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Wednesday,
April 21, 2004 4:09 AM</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Koha]
Library System</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I am an
assistant librarian working at Strathmore university, an up-coming
university in Kenya, Africa. We are scouting for a library
system that will address all the aspects of the library. We are using the
Library of Congress systems of cataloging books. We hope to have a system that
is compatible with other departments of the university for we share
enough information with other department. The university has a well laid
computer network.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Is Koha
a suitable system and what are is the best way ahead.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Peter
Wanyoike Gichiri</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Ass.
Librarian</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Strathmore
University</span></font></p>
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