[WEB4LIB] Koha use

[Joshua Ferraro]

Hi Andrew,

So far, the only public library in the US using Koha is the
Nelsonville Public Library System in Athens County Ohio.  Their
catalog is here: http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

I'm the sys admin for Nelsonville and we've been using Koha for
over two years now -- we're very happy both with the price and
with the level of control we have over the functionality
of the system.

After talking with library directors at conferences where I've 
presented on Koha, it became clear to me that the main reason
libraries in the US were not implementing it was because of
the lack of vendor services: most libraries simply don't have
the in-house resources or local provider contacts to ensure
success.

With these concerns in mind, several business partners and I
started a company for providing vendor services on open-source
software, including Koha.  In fact, our site just launched this
month: http://liblime.com

We provide full vendor services on Koha including migration
assistance, staff training, and software maintenance, support
and development. 

You can take LibLime's 'Koha features tour' here:
http://liblime.com/c/koha.html

You can also try out Koha in LibLime's 'virtual library' demos:
http://liblime.com/c/demos.html

Our mission is to make open-source software like Koha accessible
to libraries who can support it themselves.  If you have any 
questions about functionality, scalability, etc., I'd be happy 
to answer them on or off list.

Let me also say that if you're a library that does have the
resources to support Koha in-house, please consider it seriously.
One of the main 'selling points' with open-source software is that
you have control over the quality of the software.  Developing
a new feature or improving an old one costs much less than
paying yearly license fees.

-- 
Joshua Ferraro               VENDOR SERVICES FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
CEO, LIBLIME                migration, training, maintenance, support
jmf at liblime.com          Koha ILS, Mambo Intranet, DiscrimiNet Filter
1(740)707-7654               TRY OUR FULL DEMOS AT http://liblime.com