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From YouTube: Koha and Open Source at the King's Fund Library
Description
Presenter: Matthew Hale (The King's Fund)
A
Hello,
I'm
Matthew
from
the
king's
front.
Thank
you
to
Barbara
and
kohai
us
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
present
to
you
today
and
for
allowing
me
to
do
it
remotely
all
been
well
I'm,
currently
at
home,
in
the
UK
in
walthamstow,
Northeast,
London
home
in
the
19th
century,
to
William
Morris
and
the
art
and
craft
movement
and
I'm
particularly
pleased
to
be
able
to
talk
about
koha
in
the
context
of
Open
Source
for
many
libraries
I've
spoken
to
over
the
years.
A
A
A
The
library
has
been
in
operation
since
1948
and
operates
under
a
public
library
license
providing
a
support
service
to
its
staff
and
is
open
reference
only
to
the
public.
As
well
as
providing
a
free
remote
inquiry
service,
we
hold
around
140
000
bibliographic
records,
many
of
which
are
abstracts
of
Journal
articles.
A
Firstly,
we
implemented
a
Wiki
and
a
message
board
on
a
local
machine.
Let's
try
it
in
try.
Our
internal
Communications
I
started
to
write
our
own
code
with
simple
things
like
an
online
visitor
counter
to
replace
a
traditional
five
bar
gate
and
repackage
bibliographic
records
into
the
newly
emerging
RSS
format.
For
our
external
audience,
these
early
Explorations
were
successful,
so
an
external
Linux
server
space
was
arranged
as
more
robust
home
for
our
downloaded
open
source
software.
An
original
code
and
the
lamp
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP
standard
was
adopted
for
selection
development.
A
Php
was
what
I
had
most
experiencing
the
successful
preparation
for
the
library
move
in
2008,
where
we
combined
a
stock
check
a
weeding
process,
a
relabeling
security
and
RFID
taking
of
each
item
as
well
as
separation
of
sorted
stock.
Ready
for
new
various
destinations
saw
a
wonderful
rumpus
of
books,
trolleys
labels
and
Librarians
working
with
smooth
efficiency,
underpinned
by
scripts
and
spreadsheets,
and
relying
heavily
on
technology
was
a
key
factor
in
gaining
confidence
for
a
new
and
modern
approach,
and
some
of
the
bigger
ideas
we'd
been
working
on.
A
The
fundamental
part
of
these
bigger
plans
from
our
perspective
was
to
develop
a
database
for
our
inquiry
service
to
replace
the
existing
paper-based
system.
Doing
so
would
create
many
efficiencies,
allow
the
ReUse
of
information
in
a
knowledge
base
and
allow
access
to
instant
statistics,
so
I
started
to
build
a
system
with
the
web
forms
interface
for
the
front
ends
and
mySQL
database
for
storing
inquiry
details
and
a
hook
into
a
local
Wiki
to
store
the
answers.
A
Meanwhile,
in
terms
of
our
library
management
system,
the
king's
fund
was
the
first
European
customer
for
cersei's
unicorn
in
18
1989,
but
by
2008
we
felt
neither
engaged
with
the
company
which
by
then
merged
with
Dynex,
all
the
current
workflow
system,
which
was
stuttering
toward
its
its
end
of
life
and
weren't
enamored
by
the
option
of
moving
to
the
new
symphony
system,
which
we
felt
didn't
match
our
newly
expanded
ambitions
we
become
aware
of
Carlisle
and
with
our
increasing
confidence
in
installing
open
tools.
Software
locally
purely
out
of
curiosity,
I
downloaded
it
and
installed
it.
A
The
installation
was
far
from
straightforward
in
those
days
and
brought
this
genuine
sense
of
satisfaction
in
achieving
it.
But
more
than
anything,
a
sense
of
wonder
that
a
functioning
library
system,
which
at
the
time
had
conceptions
of
costing
tens
of
thousands
of
pounds
taking
up
most
of
a
machine
roaming
hardware
and
requiring
hundreds
of
pages
of
a
procurement
document
simply
to
describe,
would
contain
them
running
on
my
little
laptop,
let's
also
moving
to
coher
for
koha
for
our
live
system.
At
that
stage,
we're
fancy
full.
A
A
Those
were
the
days
of
Steve
bulmer
as
CEO
at
Microsoft
and
his
anti-open
Source
rhetoric,
and
it
was
the
time
of
Stephen
Abrams
Infamous
caveat
Empire
letter,
but
we
met
with
pcfs
Europe
in
September
2009
three
of
their.
Then
four
staff
came
along,
Jonathan,
Nick
can
Ian
and
everything
seemed
to
make
so
much
sense
for
us
that,
in
short,
we
went
live
with
kohar,
hosted
and
supported
by
arpeggio
first
Europe
at
the
end
of
2009.
A
In
the
aftermath
of
the
financial
crisis
of
2008,
our
senior
management
team
and
finance
department
were
easily
swayed
by
the
immediate
cost
savings
presented
and
we
over
overcame
our
own
concerns
at
the
lack
of
precedent.
By
having
faith
in
our
judgment
and
the
success
we
had
achieved
thus
far
in
Innovation
and
by
our
conviction,
in
the
benefits
and
freedoms
provided
by
the
open
source
model
and
just
a
break
from
The
Narrative.
A
Anyway,
back
to
2009
and
amidst
the
physical
upheaval
of
a
move
into
a
much
smaller
Library
space,
with
most
of
our
stock
going
into
storage
team
members
permanently
dispersed
around
the
building
and
our
working
practices
aims
and
services
being
redesigned.
We
worked
on
immigration
to
coha
and
fittingly
as
the
years
old
Monopoly
of
the
UCO
Christmas
number
one
hit
single
body.
A
A
It
was
immediately
successful
and
as
with
trigger's
broom
from
Only
Fools
and
Horses,
or
the
ship
of
Theseus
Paradox,
despite
several
styling
and
structural
changes
and
a
complete
code
rewrite
at
one
stage,
the
same
inquiry
database
continues
to
run
amendments
and
additions
being
made.
Whenever
need
arises.
A
Our
successful
migration
to
koha
Drew,
a
media
interest
from
The
Wider
UK
Library
community,
which
we
were
happy
to
satisfy.
As
we
understood
our
role
in
sharing
our
experience
over
the
next
few
years,
we
hosted
around
50
visits
and
open
days
gave
presentations
at
a
range
of
events
for
annual
conferences.
A
This
didn't
stop
the
marketing
process
from
kicking
into
action,
and
the
book
which
doesn't
exist
still
appears
on
Amazon
and
other
booksellers
with
a
front
cover
ISBN
and
full
description.
Interestingly,
they
confused
me
with
my
namesake
Sir
Matthew
Howell,
the
17th
century
English
judge
as
more
libraries
adopted
koha
in
the
UK.
The
number
of
visits
dropped
off
as
people
are
closer
libraries,
they
were
able
to
visit
for
a
look
at
cohar
in
action.
A
I've
always
kept
up
our
commitment
to
the
cohort
community
in
the
UK,
frequently
giving
presentations
at
ptfs,
Europe
events
and
volunteering
to
be
early
adopters
of
new
releases.
Given
our
experience
and
lack
of
complexity
in
our
setup.
So
we
can
support
potential
issues
and
give
feedback
for
those
less
accustomed
to
the
upgrade
process
and
I
chair.
The
health
libraries
co-iu's
group
joined
on
the
organizing
team
by
Andrew
Auld
from
ptfs
Europe,
Emma
Gibbs
from
Worcester
NHS
and
Angela
Ward
from
Birmingham
NHS,
and
in
just
over
a
year.
A
Amidst
the
rush
of
NHS
libraries
adopting
koha,
our
membership
has
risen
to
over
50.
mating
online,
three
or
four
times
a
year.
The
focus
is
on
koha
and
our
health
library
context,
sharing
information
and
ideas
that
might
lead
to
polling
resources
and
funding
of
development
within
cover,
but
we've
broken
topics
out
to
incorporate
issues
such
as
sustainability
and
other
Open
Source
Products,
such
as
aspirin
Discovery
and
the
same
very
digital
repository
platform.
A
But
the
implementation
of
cohort
gave
us
much
more
than
that.
The
success
was
very
much
noted
internally
and
we
began
to
be
asked
for
advice
by
the
Departments,
so,
for
example,
their
influence
and
support
Drupal
was
selected
as
the
CMS
for
the
organizational
website
to
replace
the
proprietary
system
and
it
extended
beyond
that
to
a
practical
level
developing
products
for
both
internal
and
external
clients.
A
A
Some
local
scripts
were
developed
to
repackage
these
selections
into
email,
RSS
or
web
page
formats
for
internal
and
external
audiences,
creating
an
array
of
timely
and
informative
products
over
the
years
as
well
as
income
generation.
This
platform
provides
significant
internal
savings
as
a
costly
subscription
to
a
large
corporate
organization.
Providing
a
similar
news,
search
and
selection
service
was
canceled
in
five
of
our
own
in-house
product.
A
The
experience
and
Trust
we've
gained
has
allowed
us
to
establish
a
certain
Independence
and
ability
to
innovate.
It
also
gives
us
a
digital
infrastructure
which
allows
us
to
punch
above
our
weight,
a
team
of
less
than
eight
full-time
equivalent
staff,
which,
for
example,
hosts
an
image,
server,
cantaloupe
and
our
own
installation
of
metabase,
providing
some
nuanced
analysis
not
just
of
our
use
of
cohort
but
drawing
data
from
our
other
systems,
such
as
the
inquiry
database
and
Google
analytics
to
provide
detailed
insights
and
a
potential
for
evidence-based
decisions
across
our
full
range
of
services.
A
A
We
relied
heavily
on
our
experience
with
koha.
Our
support
for
the
open
source
model
for
a
new
product
installed,
hosted
and
supported
by
trusted
supplier,
and
it
was
that
experience
of
color,
which
gave
us
the
confidence
to
make
a
very
quick
decision,
and
in
2018
we
became
the
first
live
Haiku
installation
in
the
world.
A
The
kohar
community
is
more
mature
and
Global,
but
issues
around
building
a
project
with
users
and
contributors
all
over
the
world.
They're
coming
to
both
and
we've
tried
to
contribute
to
the
same
very
with
attendance
at
meetings
and
publicizing
and
demonstrating
the
product
when
we're
asked
about
one
of
our
systems.
We
don't
speak
about
them
in
isolation
to
us.
A
The
aesthetic
limitations
of
this
presentation
are
the
fault
of
my
own
skills
and
execution.
Not
the
excellent
open
source
components
listed
here,
which
I
used
to
put
it
together,
while
our
experience
with
open
source
and
cohort
has
been
a
huge
success
and
has
provided
us
with
an
independent
environment.
A
We
recognize
the
need
for
constant
vigilance
and
protection
of
that
freedom
as
new
members
of
Staff
during
our
organization,
they
sometimes
bring
with
them
the
mental
baggage
of
stereotypes
about
open
source
and
question
our
approach
to
assist
our
response.
We
formalized
our
open
source
strategy
in
a
policy
that
relies
heavily
on
our
experience
with
koha
and
is
essentially
an
open
source.
Manifesto
we've
also
included
an
acknowledgment
that
sometimes
things
don't
work
out
as
anticipated.
A
The
king's
fund
library
has
flourished
through
Innovation,
but
it
struggled
to
prove
our
value
and
justify
the
physical
spice
we
occupy
is
constant
and
our
Future's
future
success
will
be
dependent
on
our
ongoing
commitment
to
koha
and
open
source
and
the
freedoms
they
provide.
Thank
you
for
your
time.