The Internet Connection: Open Source Library Software--Ready for Prime Time?
The article focuses on the use of the Koha open source software at Horohenua Library Trust, a small library system in New Zealand. Based on Linux, MYSQL and Perl, Koha was created to address the need of the library system for a replacement circulation software. Pubic, school and special libraries in...
| Publicado en: | Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian Vol. 27; no. 3/4; pp. 211 - 214 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2008
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