Oct 5 – 9, 2026
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Europe/Berlin timezone

Koha in the Wild: Beyond the Lending Library

Oct 6, 2026, 3:45 PM
20m
Audimax (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

Audimax

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Str. am Forum 1, 76131 Karlsruhe
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Speaker

Caroline Cyr La Rose (Solutions inLibro)

Description

What happens when a video game studies lab, a health and safety organization, a genealogical society, a neonatal unit, and a school of information studies all need a library system? They choose Koha... and they make it work!
In this presentation, we explore five unusual implementations of Koha from our client base, each pushing the system beyond its traditional role as a public, academic, or specialized lending library. From a plugin that calculates item due dates based on how premature a baby is, to per-student Koha instances spun up each semester for library science students, to volunteer-staffed genealogical societies creating deep analytical records for their researchers, these cases reveal just how adaptable Koha can be.
Some of these required custom development; others simply required thinking creatively about what Koha already does. Together, they make the case that with a little creativity, and a little code, Koha can go anywhere.

Duration of your presentation (in minutes) 30

Author

Caroline Cyr La Rose (Solutions inLibro)

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