Calyx has been a long term supporter and advocate for open-source technologies with their empowering potential for the library and information management space. Its about harmonizing with the underlying principles of the internet: openness and innovation.
By supporting open-source and collaborating with the Koha project, we are able to deliver cost effective solutions that offer well developed functionality, flexibility and independence.
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base.
Why Koha?
Koha is a full featured integrated library system (ILS). In use worldwide in libraries of all sizes, Koha is a true enterprise-class ILS with comprehensive functionality including basic or advanced options. Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloguing, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more. For a comprehensive overview of features visit the Koha feature map.
Features
- Friendly and intuitive web-based catalogue searching
- Accessible from any web enabled computer
- Powerful self-service tools for patrons
- Circulation, borrower and fees management
- Acquisitions, cataloguing, authority control, serials
- Koha 3.0 is OAI-PMH compatible
- FRBR-style results display
- True n-tier architecture
- Granular permissions in the administration module
- Branch flexibility and control
- Easily create records from scratch or download records from free sources
- Customize record types and locations to match your needs
- Web-based search engine integrates with your existing intranet
- Can easily integrate with existing member’s database
- Manage digital objects
- Reading-level, abstracts, thumbnail cover images
- Full utilization of record metadata
- Incorporate digital resources directly into the catalog results
- Integrated federated searches for databases and other external resources
- Library standards compliance (MARC, Z39.50)
- A powerful full-featured search engine
- Scalability from a thousand to tens of millions of records
- Multiple record formats (MARC, XML, etc.)
