So just wondering if there are any libraries who have used KOHA in limited/emergency circumstances to only manage Interlibrary Loans?
The reason I ask is because our Network and POLARIS Integrated Library System (ILS) are down/offline and POLARIS is therefore not able to interface with our statewide ILL management platform, ShareIt, a product of Auto-Graphics, Inc. Our IT staff is working on the outage (possibly due to some kind of cyberattack, still under investigation); regular circ is eeking by using the Offline Circ functions in POLARIS for check out and check in. But this is not an option for ILL. My thought was, ILL borrowing could be restored if we set up a version of KOHA on one of our county government servers, for the sole purpose of managing and circulating ILL items. It would need to be able to interface with ShareIt to validate (ILL) patrons, create temporary bib records, generate patron holds, etc. Are there any KOHA users out there who also use ShareIt to manage their ILLs? How has it worked out for you and was the setup easy or hard? The downside to Open Source like KOHA is while it is free to download it would require the commitment of some IT Staff who are already overworked as it is. We are also considering cloud based alternatives like LibLime (despite the extra vendor costs) as a viable stopgap measure to keep ILL services operational during the crisis, to be discontinued once POLARIS is restored. Right now we are keeping things running as best we can with hotspots & laptops. --John J. Ronald, MA, MLS ILL Paraprofessional Fort Bend County Libraries Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
