Khidmath Arts & Science College Moves to Koha ILS

The Library of Khidmath Arts & Science College, Ananthavoor (PO Pattarnadakkvu, Thirunavaya, Malappuram, Kerala 676301 moves to Koha ILS from E-Library Solutions (proprietary software). Around 6000 book records with patron data were successfully migrated.

Thanks to Mr. Afsal Abdulla, the librarian, for recommending me to the college authority for the implementation and migration to Koha ILS.

About Kidmath Arts and Science College

Kidmath Arts and Science College was established in May 2005 as a self-financing college affiliated to the University of Calicut. The college completed 16 years of its academic journey. It has emerged as one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the pattarnadakkavu locality. 

Reference: https://www.khidmathcollege.ac.in/

Welcome St. Pius X College to the Cloud Hosted Koha Service

Happily, welcome St. Pius X College, Rajapuram (P.O), Kasaragod Dt., Kerala – 671 532, India. to the cloud-hosted koha service.

Migrated 16,318 catalog data from BookMagic software to the latest koha

About Library

The library has a well-established library that caters to the need of undergraduate and post-graduate students, research scholars, and faculty. The college library has a collection of about 15833 books and 81 journals and Magazines in various disciplines of science and humanities. Services such as the lending of books and journals, reading room, reprographic facilities, and bibliographic reference and information are rendered by the library. The students and staff also can have access to the National Library and Information Service Infrastructure of Scholarly Content (N-LIST) through INFLIBNET. The library offers Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) – a computerized catalog service. Most of the books in the library are bar-coded. This helps the circulation counter in issue and return of books quickly. Members are given bar-coded ID cards and books are issued on producing the ID cards.

Library Blog: http://www.stpiuslibrary.yolasite.com/

Library OPAC: https://library.stpius.ac.in/

Reference: http://stpius.ac.in/on-campus/facilities/library/

Santhigiri College, Thodupuzha chooses Me for Koha Support

I am happy to announce that Santhigiri College, Vazhithala, Thodupuzha has chosen me for the cloud-hosted koha support provider. The entire legacy data from SOUL was migrated over to Koha ILS.

About the Library

Santhigiri library consists of a large number of books on Information Technology, Social Work, Management, Psychology, Religion, Accountancy, and general themes. Our library also has several international and national journals, magazines, newspapers, and CDs. Internet connection in the library enables the students to have online access to global resources. The library is open from 8.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

The OPAC is available at https://library.santhigiricollege.com/

Warning to the Vintage Koha Users

It is being found that Koha software installed via Live CD (vintage versions 3. x) appears to be in error. I do receive a lot of queries on how to recover the crashed koha. Some of the libraries don’t even have the backup file.

Keep the following in mind

  • The live CD is created for learning purposes only, which is not intended to use in a production environment
  • You may lose your entire data (bibliographic, patron, circulation ) unless you take this warning seriously
  • Properly back up your koha (you can automate backup and sync the backup file to the Google Drive cloud storage of library or regularly take and keep the backup in a USB or somewhere else.
  • Koha ILS should be upgraded to the stable version within a period of two years at least to have new features

I do strongly recommend the libraries that are still using a live cd based environment to the stable version and maintain your data.

For proper up-gradation and support, you can hire me as well.

Mahesh Palamuttath
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Welcome Vimal Jyothi Engineering College to the Cloud Hosted Koha Service

Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemberi. Kannur , Kerala, India, migrated from NewGenLib LMS to Koha ILS on the cloud

Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemberi chooses me for Koha Support

I am happy to announce that Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemberi has chosen to me for the migration from a NewGenLib library software to Koha on my hosted Koha on the cloud platform.

About Vimal Jyothi Engineering College

Vimal Jyothi Engineering College (VJEC) is an educational project of the Archdiocese of Thallassery established in the year 2002 and is managed by Meshar Diocesan Educational Trust. The college is approved by AICTE and affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University ( KTU). VJEC is a self-financing catholic minority institution aiming at generating a fervor for Engineering and Technology in students. Here we inspire, nurture and foster them to realize their career potential in the field of Engineering and Technology.

With profound insight into the resource requirements of the higher education system, VJEC has proudly set up world-class infrastructure complemented with intellectual capital in the form of competent faculty. Many of the facilities are way beyond the regulatory requirements aiming for learning beyond the syllabus to address the requirements of the industry. These material facilities along with value-added programs and student support systems are the integral facets of empowerment at VJEC.

Digital library, industry-supported project labs, language lab, and student chapters of professional bodies such as IEEE, ISOI, IETE, SAE, CSI offer an extensive range of resources, opportunities, and services to the outcome-based teaching-learning process. Effective implementation of quality control processes ensures Engineering graduates with the expected level of knowledge, skill, and attitude.

From: https://www.vjec.ac.in/about/about-vjec/

About the Library

Welcome to the Central Library and Information Center. The Library System of Vimal Jyothi Engineering College Started at the initial stage of College with 30,000 books. The VJEC library system consists of a Central Library, MBA Library, and six departmental libraries that collectively support the teaching and extension programs of the institute.

The Library & Information division of Vimal Jyothi Engineering college offers its services to about 2000 users comprising students of different branches of Engineering and faculty from various departments of the college and neighboring institutions.

The primary mission of the library is to support the educational and research programs of the institute by providing physical and intellectual access to information, consistent with the present and the anticipated educational and research functions of the institute. In accordance with the objectives of the institute, the library aims to develop a comprehensive collection of documents useful for the faculty and the student community of the institute.

The OPAC is available at https://library.vjec.ac.in