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Koha 3 Library Management System

Koha 3 Library Management System

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Overview of this book

Koha is the first full-featured open source library management system that is widely used for efficiently managing libraries. However, setting up and maintaining Koha is no walk in the park. It is not as straightforward as setting up the other popular LAMP applications.This practical guide provides all the essential information that is needed to make the task of installing and configuring Koha really seem simple and easy. It demonstrates how to set up Koha and its various aspects – installation, configuration, application administration, and data migration. It also covers troubleshooting, software maintenance, software customization, and other advanced topics.The book starts with installing and configuring the LAMP stack and the Koha application to meet your needs. It then goes deeper into setting up various rules and configuring settings for Koha. It also covers data migration of catalog records, software maintenance, and customization of the application. Chapters are also dedicated to providing an insight into advanced topics such as LDAP integration and Internationalization. Filled with numerous code samples and screenshots, this book will tour you through setting up Koha for evaluation or test purposes. It also includes loads of tips for troubleshooting and maintenance activities. By the end of this book, you will have gained the knowledge to get the most out of your Koha installation.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Koha 3 Library Management System
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
Preface
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Index

Multiple OPAC interfaces


If you have multiple libraries or branches on the same Koha installation, you might want to use the multiple OPAC interfaces feature of Koha.

We use this feature to:

  • Create a customized OPAC interface for each library

  • Each OPAC interface can have its own logo, colors, fonts, and so on.

  • Search is limited to the particular library

Here are the steps to doing this:

  1. Edit the Apache2 koha-httpd.conf file and create a virtual host block for each library or branch.

  2. You will need domain names for each branch, for example, branch1.mykohalibrary.org, branch2.mykohalibrary.org.

  3. In each virtual host, repeat this stanza, change the values of environment variables OPAC_CSS_OVERRIDE and OPAC_SEARCH_LIMIT appropriately.

    SetEnv OPAC_CSS_OVERRIDE branch1.css
    SetEnv OPAC_SEARCH_LIMIT branch:branch1
    SetEnv OPAC_LIMIT_OVERRIDE 1
  4. Create the corresponding style sheet files in the folder:

    /koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/css/branch1.css

If we had two branches, we would have two Apache2 virtual hosts as...

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