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Using Koha in the National Library of Finland and in Other Finnish Libraries

  • The National Library of Finland has been using Koha as its library system since September 2019. Library has huge collections dating back many centuries. As a depository library and an active academic library, the collections are growing every year. The National Library of Finland is a very big Koha library with over 3,3 million bibliographic records. Linked to Koha, the library uses Finna as its OPAC (VuFind engine) and Melinda (Aleph) as the union cataloging environment for Finnish libraries. The different systems form a functional library system infrastructure, each system used for what it is best suited for. 17 academic and special libraries in Finland are using Koha. Their services are provided by the Library network services at the National Library of Finland by its Koha-development team. They work closely with the teams that provide Finna and Melinda services to Finnish libraries. Koha is quite popular library system in Finland. In addition to academic and special libraries, many public libraries in Finland are also using Koha. Their Koha-services are provided by a company called Koha-Suomi Oy (Koha-Finland), which is owned by Finnish municipalities. They, too, are using Finna and Melinda in combination with Koha. There has been a continuous wave of public libraries switching to Koha in recent years. Finland has quite an active Koha community. Academic and public libraries work together and share their ideas and knowledge. Both the librarians and the developers take part in the discussion and work together to build an even better Koha library system year by year. This open-source software has brought tight collaboration to Koha-libraries. KohaCon2023 was organized in Finland, and many Koha-people from Finland are also active in the international Koha community.

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Author:Inkeri Hakulinen
URN:urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-191308
Parent Title (English):TK 5: Organisation, Organisationsentwicklung, Management und Services/ Next Generation Koha (04.06.2024, 16:00 - 18:00, Saal F / 2. OG)
Document Type:Conference publication (Presentation slides)
Language:English
Year of Completion:2024
Release Date:2024/05/10
Tag:Finland; Koha; National Libraries; The National library of Finland; library systems
Themes:Bibliotheksmanagementsysteme, OPAC
German Bibliothekartage / BiblioCon:112. BiblioCon
112. BiblioCon / Themenkreise / TK 5: Organisation, Organisationsentwicklung, Management und Services
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
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