Comparison of Koha and Evergreen features from PTFS-Europe at OPen Source for Libraries Seminar 17th April 2009

1. PTFS Europe Evergreen vs. Koha Jonathan Field – Technical Director

2. Procuring a LMS in 2009

3. The Case FOR ... Proprietary Open Source Tried and tested I can directly influence future development I can point the finger of blame at the company if anything goes wrong! I can get my hands on the code and adapt it to my local needs Functionally very rich (packaged) No licence fees Vendor professional Services (training, support etc.) Open standards and security Easy adoption (although becoming less so all the time) The software never disappears (even if the vendor does!) Regularly and easily upgradeable Community code review Bug fix turnaround

4. So, what’s out there?

5. Some facts to start with ... Evergreen Koha First Deployed 2006 January 2000 First Customer Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) Horowhenua Library Trust ( 4-branch library with only about 30-40K records) Number of Installations >100 (mainly public and academic) >300 (including academic, public, school, special) Biggest Installation Georgia PINES Consortium (over 270 public libraries) North East University (2 million records) Windows Version? via a virtualized Unix-guest OS (e.g. VMware) Yes, but not version 3.0 yet Client Standalone staff client 100% web based

27. PTFS Europe Evergreen vs. Koha Jonathan Field – Technical Director