Koha Information Sheet

The George H. Stowell Library has implemented an online catalog using Koha.

PLEASE NOTE: Your Overdrive e-book log-in will not change.

With Koha, you’ll be able to:

  • Access our public catalog via any mobile device
  • Review current checkouts, renew materials, and place holds online
  • Manage your own privacy settings for reading and search history
  • Share your favorite books on your Facebook and Twitter accounts
  • Save searches so you are alerted when new materials arrive
  • Select and change notification format preferences (phone, text, email, mail) as well as the frequency you receive these notifications
  • Add your own tags, reviews and star ratings to titles
  • Make purchase suggestions online
  • Search our E-book and print collection simultaneously
  • Create, manage and share lists of your favorite books
  • And much more!

For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org/about/

We also have a suite of tutorial videos created to demonstrate the functionality of the system for your viewing pleasure: http://bywatersolutions.com/section/tutorial-videos/patrons/

We think you’ll be pleased with the final product.