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Idea
#14067: Koha To be Included in the Synaptic
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Written by jipson the 4 Oct 08 at 15:48.
Category: Others.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Why should we hesitate to include Koha, which is an award winning open source Integrated library system in the Synaptic?
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neon wrote on the 4 Oct 08 at 18:16
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uhm, you really should include a link to programs you're talking about.
anyway, please file a bug on launchpad with the needs-packaging tag. [:
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cheesehead wrote on the 4 Oct 08 at 23:41
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Tip for needs-packaging: That queue is huge, with a glut of Brainstorm-inspired packaging requests.
And most of them will sit there, ignored, until a volunteer steps forward on Launchpad.net to maintain the package. (Just find the bug and add your volunteer comment to it)
A Google search shows an attempt to create a koha.deb. If it gets into Debian -again, assuming a volunteer steps forward to maintain it- Ubuntu should pick it up automatically in the following release.
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Tree MendUs wrote on the 6 Oct 08 at 04:52
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Great idea ! There are currently very few (if any) Library programs available in Ubuntu repositories, or any other Linux. They are available for Linux, but tend not to have been added to repos.
A request for Koha has already been sent to Launchpad to be added to the Ubuntu repositories , along with a number of ILS (integradted Library Systems), including ;
Koha http://www.koha.org/about-koha/
Kete http://kete.net.nz/
Greenstone ttp://www.greenstone.org/
Prospero http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/
Evergreen http://open-ils.org/
Open Collections http://www.opencollection.org
Digital Asset Factory http://wiki.bibalex.org/DAFWiki/index.php/Main_Page
PMB - PhpMyBibli - http://www.sigb.net/index.php?page=secteurs&id_rubrique=1&lang=fr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpMyBibli
New Gen Lib - http://www.verussolutions.biz/web/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewGenLib
Scout Portal Toolkit - http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/SPT/index.php
This is an extensive list of some very good free open source integrated library systems (ILS) used by businesses, universities, local councils, governments, etc.
These can operate on Ubuntu servers, and clients.
Large organizations need methods for managing all their documents, knowledge-ware, and (digital) media. With even a few of these programs available, Ubuntu would find some new areas of useful application, which gains it introductory footholds in these big organizations.
Because part of the function of these programs is to manage the lending (hiring) of items in general, there will also be many more useful applications.
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Tree MendUs wrote on the 6 Oct 08 at 04:59
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Jipson,
are you a librarian or manager of knowledge?
Know others involved?
May be it's time to get some knowledge managers working on some projects at Ubuntu.
And the skills may be very helpful for what Ubuntu is doing also.
Any others? - welcome.
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