[Koha] Library System - good system, LC problem

Tue Apr 27 13:28:23 NZST 2004

Hopefully this one drawback will soon  be seamless....
It is the finishing touch it needs...

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

> Subj:RE: [Koha] Library System - good system, LC problem 
> Date:4/26/2004 4:25:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:BernadetteC at burwood.org.nz
> To:baljkas at mb.sympatico.ca, pgichiri at strathmore.edu, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> CC:baljkas at mts.net
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> Greetings all,
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> I would concur with much of what Steven 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 will be great. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven F. Baljkas [mailto:baljkas at mb.sympatico.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2004 8:21 a.m.
> To: Peter Gichiri; koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Cc: baljkas at mts.net
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Library System - good system, LC problem
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> Wednesday, April 21, 2004    15:05 CDT
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> Greetings, Peter,
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> Just a 'quick' reply to your message inquiring about Koha, that others on 
> the listserv will hopefully augment with their wisdom.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)!!.
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> There are only 2 significant issues that I can see in terms of your library 
> adopting Koha.
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> The first is that it would be 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
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> The second -- and this is really the major one -- is that Koha is NOT at 
> present compatible viz. LC classification numbers. 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.
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> 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.
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> Hope this lengthy response helps a bit, Peter. I think your library would 
> ultimately benefit greatly by adopting Koha.
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> Best wishes in your automation/migration project,
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> Steven F. Baljkas
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> library tech at large
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> Koha neophyte (and cheerleader!)
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> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
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>> From: Peter Gichiri 
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>> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz 
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>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:09 AM
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>> Subject: [Koha] Library System
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>> 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.
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>> Is Koha a suitable system and what are is the best way ahead.
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>> Peter Wanyoike Gichiri
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>> Ass. Librarian
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>> Strathmore University
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Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - -   See the Museum's Web Site at  
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