The Wait is Over: Open Source Library Automation, All Grown Up
(Marketing and Product Development Track)

Joshua Ferraro, LibLime; Darrell Ulm, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library

2006 saw two major milestones in the open-source library automation world: the success of Georgia 's PINES' Evergreen ILS; and the completion of the next generation Koha solution, dubbed 'Koha ZOOM'. Koha ZOOM includes a powerful search engine with search behavior and interface that mimics successful commercial search services such as Amazon.com, Ebay, and Google. Joshua Ferraro, Release Manager for the Koha project and President, Technology of LibLime, and Darrell Ulm, Systems Administrator of the recently migrated Stow Munroe Falls Public Library, give an overview of these developments and discuss why open-source software will continue to change the face of library technology and empower libraries. For libraries who fear they can't take advantage of the benefits of open source, they address the perceived barriers to implementation and show how libraries can now enjoy the advantages of open-source library automation—with or without an IT staff. The presentation will demonstrate how Ohio libraries in particular—including the Nelsonville Public Library, Stow Munroe Falls Public Library, Barberton Public Library, WD Partners and the Diocese of Toledo Media Library—are taking the lead and collaborating to achieve their technology goals by using Koha.

Sponsored by: Information Technology Division

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