[Koha-devel] Koha as a federated library

[Anselm Olweny]

Dear Bernard,

I must say am so glad to get a response from this group more so from you, as
you know its you who introduced me to koha.

I had not got any response so, I tried a couple of things.

I created opacs for the different libraries using the repeatble virtualhost
stanza found in http://koha-httpd.conf. I also duplicated the templates, and
perl scripts found in /koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules,
/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes and /koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac
respectively. I also duplicated opac.css and things seem to be working fine.
Check http://koha.apkn.org, http://ke.koha.apkn.org,
http://ug.koha.apkn.org(I threw out joomla which I mentioned in the
previous mail)

However, I need confirmation that am on the right track from you the
developers.

I intend to sweeten things a bit by using the ‘SearchMyLibraryFirst’ syspref
but I also would like to go futher and use branch IP for location. How does
this work, please provide some tips to get me going.

I would also like you to help with a few other things. I would like to
change the codes that a displayed with the results, eg *“kw,wrdl:
health ” *returned
216 results. I would like to change *kw, wrdl *to something the user
understands. *“kw,wrdl: health branch: KENLIB” *returned 71 results. I would
like to change *branch: *to Library. Kindly offer any assistance on how I
might achieve this.

Thanks and I look forward to your assitance

Anselm Olweny



multiple opacs

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bernard Shiundu
<BShiundu at strathmore.edu>wrote:

> Hello Anselm,
>
> Don’t know if you got a response to this but the simplest way I see your
> requirements panning out:
>
> 1. Set the independent branches syspref (as you have done)
>
> 2. Use virtual hosting to have the different sites use different templates
> but the same basic application code and database which should allow you to
> have the different sites use different look and feel while still be able to
> do searches across the entire collection
>
> 3. You could sweeten things a bit by using the ‘SearchMyLibraryFirst’
> syspref which would have OPAC searches return results limited by the user's
> library by default if they are logged in or go even further and hack the
> code to use branch IP for location as well as branch library (and of course
> submit the code back to community maybe ☺ )
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Cheers
>
> Bernard Shiundu
> Strathmore University
> Nairobi, Kenya
>
> ---------------------------------
> From: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha.org [mailto:
> koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Anselm Olweny
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:57 AM
> To: koha-devel at lists.koha.org
> Subject: [Koha-devel] Koha as a federated library
>
> Dear Colleagues and thanks for the great work,
>
> Below is content of a mail I posted to the koha list (
> Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz) but I have not been advised about the right and
> best way to go about this. I am sorry for posting this to this forum. Could
> someone kindly advise me on this. I need this advise in order to be
> certainly sure that I am doing things right.
>
> I am setting up a federated library system using koha where each of the
> libraries needs to have its own look and feel and also should be able to
> search its own collection and also be able to search the collection of the
> other libraries in the federation by the users choice. I have also
> integrated koha into a CMS "joomla" in order to handle non koha pages.
>
> In my koha set up I have created the different libraries as branches and
> activitated the IndependantBranches preference in koha. You can see this at
> http://koha.apkn.org (koha in Joomla) or http://koha.apkn.org:81 (Koha
> pure) or http://koha.apkn.org:81/cgi-bin/koha/opac-mainug.pl and
> http://koha.apkn.org:81/cgi-bin/koha/opac-mainke.pl (Independent
> libraries).
>
> However, I am not sure whether this is the right way to set up federated
> libraries using koha. Could someone kindly advise me about the right way to
> set up federated libraries using koha?
>
> Thanks
>
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