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

2017-03-14 Thread Paul A
Wholehearted endorsement of the comments below -- the Koha "project", software and community are remarkable -- just adding a few hands-on comments from seven years of Koha use... On 2017-03-13 07:08 AM, Librarian Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: [snip] But you do need a server, someone to run it, and

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

2017-03-13 Thread Hernandez, Heather
Hi, all-- Like Bruce, I use Koha at work, and LIbraryThing for my personal library and reading--I even turned on the circulation function of LibraryThing (I felt like *such* a library nerd doing this, by the way!) because it's proven so handy for when I lend people my books--I tend to forget to

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

2017-03-13 Thread Librarian Bruce A. Metcalf
On 03/08/2017 03:59 AM, King, Fred wrote: First of all, I should say that like everybody else on this list I'm > biased--I think Koha is wonderful, user-friendly, and a great > product. That it's free and open-source is icing on the cake. It's > also supported by a great bunch of people. > >

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

2017-03-08 Thread Bob Birchall
On 08/03/17 01:29, Rebecca Shtasel wrote: 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.

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

2017-03-08 Thread 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

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

2017-03-07 Thread King, Fred
- From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Rebecca Shtasel Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 9:30 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] is koha right for our project run by volunteers? Hello We are a small group of volunteers (one of whom is a retired school librarian

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

2017-03-07 Thread Mark Tompsett
Tompsett -Original Message- From: Rebecca Shtasel Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 9:29 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] is koha right for our project run by volunteers? Hello We are a small group of volunteers (one of whom is a retired school librarian) who run our synagogue's

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

2017-03-07 Thread vikram zadgaonkar
Hello Rebecca, koha is very simple to use and maintain. Being a community software you get support from all community members. I strongly suggest koha. On 7 Mar 2017 8:00 p.m., "Rebecca Shtasel" wrote: > Hello > > We are a small group of volunteers (one of whom is a

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

2017-03-07 Thread Rebecca Shtasel
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