OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
Tigran Zargaryan
eIFL FOSS coordinator – Armenia
e-mail: tigran@flib.sci.am
tigran.zargaryan@eifl.net
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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eIFL member country libraries have long
lasting experience with 2 Free/Open Source
Integrated Library Systems:
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Evergreen. Could be downloaded from the URL
http://www.open-ils.org/
Koha. Could be downloaded from the URL
http://koha-community.org/
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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Both are powerful systems designed
mainly for the libraries with large
collections (several hundred thousand
items).
For installation of both systems you need
powerful servers, well trained systems
librarians, system administrators with good
knowledge in Linux, Apache, MySQL.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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And what about rural libraries, school libraries?
eIFL-PLIP community members are mainly
representatives from small libraries.
Due to technical, financial and organisational
restrictions most of them can’t implement
Evergreen or Koha systems.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
OpenBiblio is an exact solution for such
libraries.
eIFL-PLIP grantees can very easily install
OpenBiblio system on:
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Windows or Linux based servers,
or
Windows or Linux based workstations.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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OpenBiblio is a simple to use Web-based library
automation system, written in PHP. The program
is presented in a user-friendly interface and is
designed for small libraries.
OpenBiblio enables to automate the library’s
circulation, cataloging and reporting functions, as
well as manage the library’s administration.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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Having basic knowledge in IT and computers is
enough to proceed with the system installation
and later - for system maintenance!!!
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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OpenBiblio system could be downloaded
from the SourceForge site at:
http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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OpenBiblio system could be downloaded
from the SourceForge site at:
http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/
Developers site (in German) is:
http://www.openbiblio.de
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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And you will be redirected to
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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And you will be redirected to
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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and OpenBiblio “Save File” window will be
opened, asking to download the installer.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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After unzipping the installer, you will have a
folder openbiblio, and after opening the folder
you will see an HTML file ‘install_instructions.html’
with detailed instructions how to install the
OpenBiblio system.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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If in your library you already have a
server with preinstalled Apache, MySql,
PHP modules then you can just add your
OenBiblio files and folders to the
desired directions, according to the
instructions.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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Such as most of librarians are not a
savvy system administrators, most of
libraries didn’t have any servers…
You can easily reconfigure your
personal computer to the server,
according to these instructions.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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Download XAMPP for Windows
package from the “Apache Friends” site,
or from the SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/
Install XAMPP and your personal computer
will operate as a server.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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After successful installation of XAMP
and OpenBiblio packages, and typing in
your browser’s (FireFox, Internet
Explorer, etc) search window
http://127.0.0.1/openbiblio/home/index.php
OpenBiblio will be ready for use.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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In the National Library of Armenia
OpenBiblio is used in the Book
Exchange department, as a stand alone
solution.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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Book Exchange partners of the National
Library of Armenia are acting as a
library patrons.
Collections of the Book Exchange
Department are cataloged in the
OpenBiblio.
When the material is being shipped to
another library, then that material is
being circulated to that partner.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
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In such way Book Exchange Department
is controlling how many materials to
which libraries is shipped.
OpenBiblio: an easy-to-use free
Integrated Library System software
Thank you