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Koha ILS case study in Ulaanbaatar Public Library, MONGOLIA http://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn. L.Gantulga – Mongolian Libraries Consortium J.Begzsuren – Ulaanbaatar Public Library U.Bum-Erdene – Ulaanbaatar Public Library Shin Hee Young – KOICA Volunteer for Ulaanbaatar Public Library. 1880 он.
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Koha ILS case study in Ulaanbaatar Public Library, MONGOLIAhttp://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn L.Gantulga – Mongolian Libraries Consortium J.Begzsuren – Ulaanbaatar Public Library U.Bum-Erdene – Ulaanbaatar Public Library Shin Hee Young – KOICA Volunteer for Ulaanbaatar Public Library
1880 он Dewey writes about “a universal catalog that would include citations to the holdings of the country’s--and ideally all-- libraries”
Features of Koha • Completely web based OPAC • Circulation • Cataloging • Serials control • Acquisitions • Custom Reporting
Koha support • Koha documentation • Discussion forums • Wiki • Mail lists • Chat • Blogs • Commercial support • Data migration • Hosting • Customization • development
Why use Koha in Mongolian libraries? • Koha is free software • Mongolian Libraries not international standart softwares. • Koha ILS grant from EIFL, 2009 • Localization to Mongolian • Public library FOSS project supported by KOICA at Ulaanbaatar Public Library
Hardware solutions • 12computers for patron • 2computers for children • Catalog search - 6 computers(Ncomputing) • Wifi - 2 stations
Desktop ebook reader Mobipocket Reader
International E-Book projects integration HTML format from Gutenberg project Audio book from Gutenberg project Epub format for digital device
What we learned, before you start • Koha on Ubuntu easy to install, both open source • Koha chat support with international team • Zebra indexing = character set configuration/cyrillic/ • Dual CLASSIFICATION – DDC and Russian Classification
Thanks !Hope you see Koha running at your library http://koha.pl.ub.gov.mn