[Koha] Federated Library based on Koha

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi Anselm,

Yes, thank you.  And good luck.  Fantastic project!

Lori

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Anselm Olweny <aolweny at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lori,
>
> These libraries are in different countries and whether they will lend
> materials to each other is something yet to be worked on.
>
> However, using circulation rules and koha preference settings, the way
> holds are managed and limited can be easly controlled.
>
> Hope I have answered you
>
> Thanks
>
> Anselm
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>wrote:
>
>> Anselm,
>>
>> Thanks for this.  I think it may come in very handy with a group I'm
>> working with.
>>
>> I have a question about holds.  Do any of these libraries lend materials
>> to one another (via patron initiated requests)?
>>
>> If yes, do you have any limits on that?  I'd be interested to hear more
>> about that if you do.  Or are you just keeping everything in one database as
>> a cost saving measure more than as a way to support resource-sharing?
>>
>> Lori
>>
>> 2010/8/15 Anselm Olweny <aolweny at gmail.com>
>>
>>>  Dear List members,
>>>
>>> Recently I was involved in setting up a federated library system using
>>> koha for African parliamentary libraries. See http://fpl.apkn.org/
>>> In this set up all the libraries (18) are using a single database
>>>
>>> If you visit the particpating libraries found at http://fpl.apkn.org/you will notice that they all have there own look and feel as well as
>>> different addresses for both the opac and staff interface. For example the
>>> opac for the Parliament of Kenya library is accessed using
>>> http://ke.fpl.apkn.org and its staff interface is at
>>> http://ke.fpl.apkn.org:8080; whereas the opac for the Uganda
>>> Parliamentary Library is accessed using http://ug.fpl.apkn.org and its
>>> staff interface is at http://ug.fpl.apkn.org:8080. Using these addresses
>>> these libraries are able to search only their collection.
>>>
>>> With this mail I intend to share with you how I achieved this, just in
>>> case someone may want to develop the same or even help me improve.
>>>
>>> The illustration below is limited to the creation of a single
>>> participating library, however, the steps described were peroformed for all
>>> the 18 libraries. The default koha installation serves as the Federated
>>> Parliamentary Library interface
>>>
>>> After successfully installing koha:
>>>
>>>    - I duplicate the perl scripts located in koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac and
>>>    koha/intranet/cgi-bin/.
>>>    - I duplicated the templates located in
>>>    /koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules and
>>>    koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules
>>>    - I duplicated the files located in
>>>    koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes and
>>>    koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes
>>>    - I duplicated the file opac.css located in
>>>    koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/css
>>>    - I duplicated the file Auth.pm located in koha/lib/C4
>>>    - I identified a two letter code to represent the individual
>>>    libraries e.g. "ug" for Uganda and "ke" for kenya. These codes were also
>>>    used in distinguishing the opac and staff interface URLs
>>>    - I renamed all the duplicated files, adding the two letter code e.g.
>>>    "ug" as a suffix to the file names i.e a file like opac-main.plbecomes
>>>    opac-mainug.pl, masthead.inc becomes mastheadug.inc; opac-main.tmpl,
>>>    becomes opac-mainug.pl and opac.css becomes opacug.css
>>>    - I edited all the renamed files and modified all links in each of
>>>    them to reflect the new file names e.g. a reference to a file like
>>>    /cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl was modified to /cgi-bin/koha/
>>>    opac-searchug.pl; opac-bottom.inc was modifed to opac-bottomug.inc
>>>    etc in all files in which it occurs
>>>    - In the perl scripts I change C4::Auth; to C4::Authug; and C4::Auth
>>>    qw; to C4::Authug qw; in all ocurances
>>>    - I created a new DNS record for the new library e.g ug.fpl.apkn.orgfor the Uganda Parliament Library and enabled the "Repeat this virtualhost
>>>    stanza" found in /koha/etc/koha-httpd.confSavitra's advice see
>>>    http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Koha-as-a-federated-library-p28289266.html)
>>>    (thanks to
>>>    - I created new virtual host entries for the new library opac and
>>>    staff interfaces in /koha/etc/koha-httpd.conf
>>>    - I restarted the apache server
>>>    - I accessed the individual library opac e.g. the uganda
>>>    Parliamentary library opac using http://ug.fpl.apkn.org
>>>    - I created logo and banner images and transfered them to
>>>    koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/images and
>>>    koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/img
>>>    - I edited mastheadxx.inc, opacxx.css, loginxx.css and
>>>    staff-globalxx.css to achieve required look and feel
>>>
>>> I hope this may help anyone who might need to achieve the same kind of
>>> library with koha.
>>>
>>> I will be glad to provide any clarification and receive advise from you
>>> all.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Anselm O
>>>
>>>
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