[Koha] Huge grant from Ebsco Publishing

[Stefano Bargioni]

Hi, folks,
Koha Gruppo Italiano https://www.facebook.com/KohaGruppoItaliano has received a major award by EBSCO Publishing to integrate the ElasticSearch tool into Koha.

The press release link is http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=20347

Last year, the Koha Gruppo Italiano launched the idea of substituting Zebra with Solr or ElasticSearch at the Hackfest in Marseille. 

We discussed about the best way to replace Zebra, and if and how to fund this enhancement through companies interested in a diffusion of open source software in libraries.

During the upcoming Hackest in Marseille there will be a presentation of this grant. Further we hope to obtain an additional grant for a new project. We will also discuss how to manage the development and payment of the implementation of ElasticSearch in Koha.

Koha Gruppo Italiano was founded in 2012 by Franziska Wallner (www.aur.edu), Stefano Bargioni and Juan Diego Ramírez (www.pusc.it/bib) and Sebastian Hierl (aarome.org).
Best regards. Stefano