3. Koha
From Independent Study: Library Automation
1. History
2. Sales figures
3. Ownership and financial status, and vendor stability
The following is quoted directly from "Automation System Marketplace 2007: An Industry Redefined
Private equity moves into the ILS, and open source support emerges"
By Marshall Breeding -- Library Journal, 4/1/2007
LibLime Athens, OH; 888-564-2457 liblime.com
A new company formed in 2005, LibLime specializes in providing support for libraries that choose the Koha open source ILS. The company employed six full-timers at the end of 2006. Many of the early employees of LibLime formerly worked at Ohio's Nelsonville PL, an early adopter of Koha and a current customer. LibLime has recently added employees from New Zealand with its acquisition of Katipo, the original developers of Koha.
PRODUCT NEWS LibLime coordinates and executes much of the development of Koha. In 2006, the company partnered with Index Data, another player specializing in open source software, to enhance Koha with the Zebra database, giving the product greater ability to support larger libraries. Dubbed Koha ZOOM, this version had been installed in three libraries by year-end 2006.
4. Product lines and level of vendor support for product
5. System requirements and Available components/modules
6. Type, size of the library for product, and number of customers and examples
7. Recent development of the company
8. Strengths and weaknesses
9. Subjective evaluation (your comments after testing the demo product)
10. Recommendations (one or more paragraphs summarizing the findings)
