Release Manager for Koha 3.0
LIBLIME HQ, ATHENS, OH--May 19, 2005--LibLime's President, Technology, Joshua Ferraro, was selected as Release Manager yesterday for version 3.0 of Koha [ http://koha.org ].
Koha was the first open-source ILS. Developed initially in New Zealand, and first deployed in January of 2000, it is currently maintained by a team of volunteers from around the globe. Koha includes a full catalog, opac, circulation and acquisitions system. Koha is currently used in more than 50 libraries including academic, public, school, and religious, and has demonstrated good scalability (from 1 to 8 branches, and from 1,000 to 300,000 items).
"We have a number of exciting features that will be included in the release", Ferraro said, "including NCIP support and a completely redesigned search method using a textual database engine."
Pricing and Availability
In the world of open source all the software is free! "The idea is that when we all work together on a software project it will better evolve to meet all of our needs," Ferraro said. "LibLime's business model relies on 'support' rather than 'licenses'. If you have the means to support the software, we want you to be able to do so, and we hope you'll even contribute to the development efforts (either by programming or by suggestions) to make the software better. If you can't support it yourself, or you need help with other services like webhosting, installation, training, that's where we come in."
LibLime is focusing on providing support for North American libraries of all types: academic, public, consortia, school and special.
Press Contact:
Tina Burger
Vice President, Marketing
LibLime
(888)Koha ILS (564-2457)
tnb@liblime.com
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