A repository is very different, Koha is comparable
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 22, 2006 03:49 PM
Dspace is a repository not a library system. Repositories generally lack a lot of extras that make integrated library systems such a pain in the ass to write.
Examples include, but are not limited to subscription tracking, membership / library cards, circulation (,checkin checkout, overdue notices and fines, etc.).
There may be some similarities in the search interfaces and ontologies, but in a repository there is generally, especially in a digital repository, just one 'copy' of each edition. An integrated library system ought to be able to track many copies of the same title/edition.
That's just the surface. But to be sure, there are a few function in repositories, that are not in library systems. Different purpose == different tool.
If you want a more relevant comparison, it might be more useful to ask how does <a href="http://www.open-ils.org/" title="open-ils.org">Evergreen</a open-ils.org> compare with <a href="http://koha.org/" title="koha.org">Koha</a koha.org>.
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A repository is very different, Koha is comparable
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 22, 2006 03:49 PMDspace is a repository not a library system. Repositories generally lack a lot of extras that make integrated library systems such a pain in the ass to write.
Examples include, but are not limited to subscription tracking, membership / library cards, circulation (,checkin checkout, overdue notices and fines, etc.).
There may be some similarities in the search interfaces and ontologies, but in a repository there is generally, especially in a digital repository, just one 'copy' of each edition. An integrated library system ought to be able to track many copies of the same title/edition.
That's just the surface. But to be sure, there are a few function in repositories, that are not in library systems. Different purpose == different tool.
If you want a more relevant comparison, it might be more useful to ask how does <a href="http://www.open-ils.org/" title="open-ils.org">Evergreen</a open-ils.org> compare with <a href="http://koha.org/" title="koha.org">Koha</a koha.org>.
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