Finland successfully migrates university libraries to free software backend

Finland successfully migrates university libraries to free software backend

2019-01

National Library of Finland - migration of the University of Jyväskylä to Koha library system.

the second and biggest migration

will be used by nearly all academic libraries of Finland, holding several millions of records and hundreds of thousands of patrons.

a free software front-end for the online catalog (OPAC) and user area: Finna

the union catalogue software Melinda. (motsvarighet till Libris)

Most municipal libraries also rely on Koha Suomi for their backend, with functions such as the management of cataloging, patrons and loans.

Academic libraries have used Voyager with Oracle database.

"savings for the public finances, which are expected to be in the order of the millions of euro for the next decade."