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Koha Services from LibLime
Nicole C. Engard, Open Source Evangelist nce_at_libl
ime.com http//liblime.com
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Outline

• LibLime
• What is Open Source?
• Demos
• Open Discussion

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The leader in open-source solutions for libraries
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Athens County Public Libraries
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First Library in the US to Adopt an Open Source
ILS Koha
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Intensely Frustrated

• Libraries slow to adopt open source
• No Support was the most common objection
• An Open Source Software Company seemed the most
  practical approach

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It all started with an idea open access to
ideas and information not only builds better
libraries, it builds better software too.
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Integrated Library Systems
Digital Library
Meta-Search
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Its all Open Source!

• You steer development!
• Features can be implemented in days and weeks,
  not years and decades
• You can share your solutions with other libraries

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Growth Patterns

• 400 growth three years running
• Incorporated January 2005, 1 full-time employee,
  1 customer
• September 2008, 24 employees, over 400 customers
  and 120 contracts

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Our Customers
supports hundreds of
libraries around the globe. Our customers
include library consortia, academic and research
institutions, public libraries, museum and
special libraries, K-12 schools, enterprise
corporations and government and non-profit
organizations.
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Consortia using Koha

• Crawford County Federated Library System
• 9 member libraries 246,616 items 518,382 annual
  circulation
• Independently Cooperating Ashtabula Network
  (ICAN)
• 6 member libraries 166,597 bibs
• Westchester Academic Library Directors
  Organization (WALDO)
• 15 member libraries migrating to Koha
• Central Kansas Library System
• 31 member libraries
• Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority
  (INCOLSA)
• 30 member libraries
• MassCat
• 100 member libraries
• Northeast Kansas Library System
• 116 member libraries

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Strategic Partnerships
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What is Open Source?
Open source software is software that users have
the ability to run, distribute, study and modify
for any purpose. This permits users to use,
change, and improve the software, and to
redistribute it in modified or unmodified form.
Open source software is often developed over
the Internet in a collaborative manner.

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What is Open Source?
55 of US Companies use OSS for Mission
Critical applications -- Forester Research
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What is Open Source?
Why So Popular?
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Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
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Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
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Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
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Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
Freedom to Innovate
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Why so Popular?
Reliability through Peer Review
No Vendor Lock-in
User-centric Development
Freedom to Innovate
Zero License Fees
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Software is a service industry operating under
the delusion that it is a manufacturing industry
-- Raymond, Eric, The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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How much would you pay for a Horizon 8.0 license?
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The Value of Software Hinges on Maintainability
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Open Source in Libraries
Open Source hasnt been as widely adopted in
libraries as in the business world.
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Open Source in Libraries
Common questions libraries have

• Is there support?
• Do I have to skimp on features?
• Isnt Open Source risky?

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Open Source in Libraries
Is there support?

• This is where LibLime comes in.
• Phone Support
• Email Support
• Chat Rooms
• Instant Messaging
• Mailing Lists
• Online Documentation
• Worldwide User Community

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Open Source in Libraries
Do I have to skimp on features?

• Open Source developers follow the rule of
  Release early and release often
• Users vote with their dollars
• LibLime has a dedicated business analyst and
  development staff to respond immediately to
  customer sponsored development projects

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Open Source in Libraries
Isnt Open Source Risky?

• Several Levels of Risk to consider
• Software security issues
• Open source is just as secure if not more secure
  than proprietary systems because of its
  transparency
• Company mergers and acquisitions
• Because you own the code to your system you are
  not tied to one support source and will never be
  left without support

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The Koha Project
2003
NPL goes live in 2003 with a bold claim
Within the next few years, our web site will
offer some of the best online library services
available anywhere in the world. Stephen Hedges,
Director
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The Koha ILSContinued

• Fully web-based ILS
• Offers same features as the proprietary ILS
• Software available for free
• Support and customization available at
  reasonable prices
• Data is yours!

http//liblime.com http//koha.org
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Lets take a look!

• http//public.demo.kohalibrary.com/
• http//public-staff.demo.kohalibrary.com/

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Demo
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Thank You
Nicole C. Engard, Open Source Evangelist nce_at_libl
ime.com http//liblime.com