We are hosting Koha successfully, but the "add biblio" screen is really a big problem (accessed via the internet). ... Is there anything to be done to circumvent this issue? The problem is not Javascript related.
It is both Javascript-related and HTML-related. The default MARC framework is very large. When I view the source for the page it comes to 23320 lines of markup. That's about 800k of markup, not even counting the javascript and CSS files, although 95% of those should already be cached by your browser. The second factor that slows down cataloging is the process of saving records. That takes a long time too, and that's where the javascript factors in more. There is javascript to validate every field and subfield, to check whether any mandatory fields are missing. This process is time-consuming as well. Both problems can be mitigated by paring down your framework. Eliminate any tags and subfields you're not likely to use. Create multiple frameworks so that each one can be efficiently designed to contain only what you need for that material type. The other option is to do your cataloging outside of Koha. I'm not sure what tools are available. My library actually pays a subscription fee to use proprietary software. We simply never altered our cataloging process when we switched to Koha years ago. And of course there's biblios.net, but that's another web-based tool, so I don't know how well it will perform for you where you are. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org