Koha Open Access Library Services Platform
Introduction
Koha is the most advanced, free and open-source integrated library management software. Introduced in 1999, Koha is used by thousands of libraries around the world. The most important reason Koha is used by thousands of libraries is not that it is free, but the features of the software. The software is applicable, scalable, and ideal for all types of libraries.
Koha is the most used library system in the world.
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Koha includes all the features you need in your Library.
- OPAC Web Catalog Search,
- Cataloging,
- Authorities Record Management,
- Circulation,
- Users Management,
- Inventory,
- Serials Management,
- Acquisitions Management,
- Reports and Statistics,
- Electronic Resource Management (ERM),
- SIP2 and RFID support,
- EDI-FACT protocols,
- Z39.50 and SRU protocols provides import and export,
- Multiple Languages interfaces,
- REST API,
- OAI-PMH
Koha OPAC Web Catalog Search
Koha can be designed and customized according to your corporate colors and logos as you wish with CSS and JS.
- Search in Catalog Records and Advanced Search,
- Search in Authority Records,
- Ranking options in Search Results (Relevancy, Author, Date),
- Did you mean functionality,
- Book Jacket Integration with Google Books, Amazon and other third-party Book Jacket providers,
- Share and download records in BibTeX, ISBD, MARC ve RIS (Zotero, EndNote and others) formats,
- Comment and Ranking for Records,
- Search History,
- Create Personal Lists,
- Place Hold,
- Renewals Process,
- Listing your checkedouts,
- Other details with user accounts (Fee and Fines, Due Dates, etc…),
- RSS,
- Multiple Language Options,
- Facet Fİlter in Search Results,
- Sending Purchase Requests,
- Popup News/Announcement in OPAC page,
- Create sub-Content page in OPAC.
Cataloging
Koha supports all MARC21 global standards.
- Easy Cataloging with MARC21 templates and macro tools,
- Set Custom Search fields based on library use specific fields,
- Import and Export with Z39.50 standards,
- Create and manage Authority Records,
- Bulk export and import, checking duplicate records,
- Bulk Delete and Update,
- Create Label, Barcode and, Spine Labels,
- Inventory Process,
- Upload Book Jacket.
Authority Records Management
Koha provides to create and manage Authority directories for Author Areas and Subject Areas. It is possible to retrieve authority records from the Library of Congress and other libraries via Z39.50.
Circulation
Koha provides ensures the circulation tracking of all materials in the library.
- Check out,
- Check In,
- Usage inside,
- Renewals,
- Place Hold,
- Recall,
- Sending email/SMS notification to users based on their selected languages,
- Fee and Fines Process,
- Transfer Process in multiple languages,
- Offline Circulation
User Management
Koha allows you to easily manage your Library Patrons.
- Create Users,
- Bulk Upload Users,
- Bulk Update Users,
- Categorize Users Profiles,
- Manage Users’s Comments,
- LDAP, SAML SSO integrations,
- Integration for Checking fee/fines from other Institution’s systems,
- Patrons Library Card Templates.
Inventory
Koha includes the features you need in counting, such as loading scanned barcodes, detecting missing items, checking the shelf order with shelf numbers.
Serials
Koha provides you to manage your Serial subscriptions.
- Koha allows you to track and record according to the pattern created according to your subscription.
- You can create and arrange Volume, Number, Issue, Copy and Year patterns,
- Integration with your provider with EDIFACT
- Notifications to your provider for unreceived copies (Claim).
Acquisitions
Starting from getting requests from patrons, and managing all purchase materials to your library.
- Convert User Requests to purchase order,
- Manage Budgets,
- Manage Funds,
- Manage Orders,
- Manage Invoices,
- Manage Providers,
- Send notices to Providers for orders, and claim orders,
- EDIFACT integrations.
Reports and Statistics
Koha allows you to access all the necessary reports regarding all the data.
- You can create SQL commands according to your own needs and access the data as you wish.
- It offers the opportunity to run reports by using ready-made SQL reports used in thousands of different libraries.
- You can always save the used reports, run them whenever you want and access up-to-date data.
- Koha allows you to create Pie, Line or column charts for reports.
Electronic Resource Management (ERM)
Koha provides management of Agreements, Licenses, Subscription packages or titles and usage statistics regarding electronic resources.
- Uploading Agreements documents,
- Arrangement of agreement periods and related library staff information,
- Uploading agreement licenses and bundling licenses to agreements,
- Defining packages and titles based on agreements,
- Management of your Holdings already defined in EBSCO via EBSCO HoldingsIQ API integration,
- COUNTER reports for defined packages and titles.
Technical Details
Koha were developed with the Perl programming language. Modules written in languages such as Python and Java can be integrated. Koha can be easily integrated with different systems with API support. Elastic Search, MySQL or MariaDB infrastructures are available. Koha can be integrated with login infrastructure such as LDAP, SAML SSO, Shibboleth.
Integrations and supported global formats:
- SIP2 and RFID supports,
- EDI-FACT protocol,
- Z39.50 and SRU Protocols for import and export
- REST API,
- OAI-PMH