[Koha] is koha right for our project run by volunteers?

[vanda koha]

Hello Rebecca,

I work in a small library in a govermental institution, and we have adopted
just  now Koha. I must say that once it is implemented it is very easy to
work with.
The most difficult part is that you really need to have someone with very
good knowledge of Linux language, otherwise you won't be able to make it
work. My computer collegues installed the program, but it wasn't  very easy
for them to do so. We had some problems with the advanced search and
authorities. They had to reinstall the program to make it function, and
even now I am not able to send emails to users through koha. They haven't
figured that out yet, and they have computer experience.

You must also keep in mind that in Koha everything must be set by you,
from MARC
bibliographic framework to Patron categories, Item types, and so on. It is
a huge project, believe me, I know, I have done all that.

That being said, I think it is a good choice because it is user friendly.

Wishing you all the best

Vanda

2017-03-07 14:29 GMT+00:00 Rebecca Shtasel <rebeccashtasel at gmail.com>:

> Hello
>
> We are a small group of volunteers (one of whom is a retired school
> librarian) who run our synagogue's library in the UK.  We would like to
> produce an online catalogue and are interesting in using Koha for this
> purpose as we haven't much money.  The library has about 4000 books
> covering a variety of classifications (fiction, history etc) all related to
> Judaism.  The original accessions book was lost when the library had to be
> moved a year ago and we have a notebook with handwritten entries for the
> accessions we have received since the library moved to its new home.
> Looking at the information to do with koha it appears very technical and we
> are wondering if we will be able to use it for our catalogue.  We would
> literally be taking books off the shelves to input their information, not
> importing the data from elsewhere and  none of us has anything more than
> basic computing knowledge.
>
> Given this, do you think koha is too complicated for us to use or amongst
> all the information related to using koha is there a very basic guide that
> would suit beginners like us?
> If you think we would struggle using koha, could you advise us on software
> that you think would be more user-friendly and is not too expensive?
>
> Thanking you all very much in advance for any advice you can give.
>
> Rebecca (on behalf of the group)
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