Koha

What do you like best?

It's free to use.

The modules can be customised

It can well integrate with other software.

There is a large user community to resolve your queries

The software is regularly updated

What do you dislike?

It requires some basic IT knowledge to install

Customisation beyond basic needs a coding knowledge.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

We have a database of around 36500 books and 185 journals.

It also has a students/users database about 4500.

KOHA has helped improve the use of the library by providing user friendly front end with efficient search filters.

The backend vendor database enables quick ordering thereby proving faster action to user requests.

The billing is quick every month so cuts down payment delays to the vrndors

Our library usage stats helps to customise our orientation programs and also to promote the books having lesser usage.

Users are able to customise their areas of learning in KOHA thereby sharing the books information within their group including the faculty.