Summary

In this final chapter we looked at some advanced features of Koha:

  • The ability to create one's own record matching rules gives us a powerful way to import new records and to update and maintain the catalog.
  • Many large organization use LDAP to maintain users and passwords. Koha can talk to any LDAP server including Microsoft Active Directory. The configuration is simple; however, attention must be paid to the replicate, update, and the mapping fields.
  • To setup customized OPACs for each library or branch that share a Koha system, we set up separate Apache2 virtual hosts for each branch. For each virtual host we set up the corresponding domain name, the name of the stylesheet file, and the branch code.
  • To install additional languages, we learned ...

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