[Koha] koha features

[Kyle Hall]

I've used Greenstone in the past, and it seemed to work fairly well.
However, given that you have the files hosted on a fileserver, you
shouldn't have a problem using Koha for indexing and searching them. I
don't know the particulars of the process, but I've always wanted to
add the contents of Project Gutenberg to our catalog. I would say that
I've found Koha easier to use than Greenstone, but it's been years
since I've worked with Greenstone.

Kyle

http://www.kylehall.info
Information Technology
Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )




On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Sébastien Hinderer
<Sebastien.Hinderer at snv.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Galen Charlton (2009/04/20 07:07 -0500):
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2009/4/20 Deependra Tandukar <dtandukar at icimod.org>:
>> > I am new to this list and KOHA. Does KOHA support document attachment and
>> > full text indexing? How about multimedia objects?
>>
>> Koha doesn't support these features directly, although Koha can
>> certainly be used to link to multimedia objects stored in an external
>> content management system.  You may be looking for a digital library
>> platform.  There are a number of open source digital library systems
>> out there, including Kete (http://kete.net.nz/), Greenstone
>> (http://www.greenstone.org/), Fedora (http://www.fedora-commons.org/).
>
> Many thanks for having mentionned these projects on the list.
> I just went through all of them and would like to request advices from
> all of you.
> The organization that employs to me provides a digital library for
> visually impaired persons:
> http://www.bibliotheque-helene.org
> and
> http://www.serveur-helene.org
> Generally speaking, the books are provided to us by their publishers.
> In general the files they provide are in PDF format.
> We then convert these files o obtain books in DAISY format, cf.
> http://www.daisy.org
> The books are then made available to the blind, either directly in daisy
> or in other formats which are produced automatically thanks to the files
> in daisy. The books are delivered so that the readrs cannot copy them
> freely, thanks to a public-key infrastructure.
>
> For the moment, almost all the tools we are using to manage the library
> are home-made.
> Technically speaking, there are two components involved.
> 1. A file server where the books are stored and who performs the
> necessary conversions between formats, and the encryption of copyrighted
> material.
>
> 2. A webserver which is used as a gateway between the file server and
> the rest of the world.
>
> Now, our project is to build a new version of the library, which would
> use as much open-source technology as possible.
> One idea we have is to rewrite the web server part based on a Library
> Management System such as koha.
> Given the projects mentionned above and the short description of our
> library, I have several questions.
>
> 1. According to you, is koha the best candidate for building a digital
> library ?
> Can you think of other library management systems which would make it
> easier to handle digital ressources and at the same time use standards
> such as Marc and Z3950 ?
>
> 2. Does the present architecture (web server + file server) look
> relevant to you ?
> Would you recommend to base the file server on a tool such that Fedora
> Commons, or would you rather suggest to use a revision control system or
> even another content management system ?
>
> Let me thank you all in advance for any comment, idea, suggestion or
> criticism you will share. Everything is welcome so please do not
> hesitate to share everything that comes to your mind.
>
> Best wishes,
> Sébastien.
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