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Unlocking the Unlimited Potentials of Koha OSS/ILS for Library House-Keeping Functions: A Global View

Unlocking the Unlimited Potentials of Koha OSS/ILS for Library House-Keeping Functions: A Global View

Adekunle P. Adesola, Grace Omolara O. Olla
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 40
ISBN13: 9781522553144|ISBN10: 1522553142|EISBN13: 9781522553151
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5314-4.ch006
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Adesola, Adekunle P., and Grace Omolara O. Olla. "Unlocking the Unlimited Potentials of Koha OSS/ILS for Library House-Keeping Functions: A Global View." Optimizing Contemporary Application and Processes in Open Source Software, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 124-163. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5314-4.ch006

APA

Adesola, A. P. & Olla, G. O. (2018). Unlocking the Unlimited Potentials of Koha OSS/ILS for Library House-Keeping Functions: A Global View. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Optimizing Contemporary Application and Processes in Open Source Software (pp. 124-163). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5314-4.ch006

Chicago

Adesola, Adekunle P., and Grace Omolara O. Olla. "Unlocking the Unlimited Potentials of Koha OSS/ILS for Library House-Keeping Functions: A Global View." In Optimizing Contemporary Application and Processes in Open Source Software, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 124-163. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5314-4.ch006

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Abstract

Drawing praxis from Bowen University, Nigeria and other libraries worldwide, the chapter unveils the limitless capabilities of Koha ILS to successfully manage core library house-keeping functions—cataloging, acquisitions, circulation control, patrons' management, OPAC, serials, and report generation—in one seamless whole. Web-based features like its flexibility, adaptability, interoperability, MARC, Z39.50, patrons' ability for online logging in, registration, renewal, and many more were revealed. Also, reasons for its global adoptability, benefits, likely challenges, and solutions from practitioners were also highlighted. The chapter concludes that despite the puny but eventually surmounted challenges, Koha holds unlimited potential for libraries of any shape/size by just garnering from the experiences of subsisting users of the software globally.

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