[LIS-Forum] Alert Regarding: Free KOHA OPAC Mobile App

Dear All, The message below has been floated for those who are using Koha and very enthusiastic professionals who are willing to showcase as much as possible with minimum efforts. The Mobile App is not meant for your/any library by default and to get the app your library must be on some public domain name and lot of other information you need to provide through the app than the concerns will send you the app. My view is please avoid such things in the age where people are much concern about data security. My questions from the developers and you all are: 1. What if the domain name of any Koha/OPAC will change? 2. What if the database schema of koha updated? 3. What is the update policy of the said App? 4. Where is the source code to modify/improve the app by the community like Koha? 5. To whom should we contact if face any problem in the app? 6. How to use the app if many are managing the koha on Intranet only? 7. How much space etc. it consumes on the mobile and which version of android is supported. 8. Which version of Koha does it support? Sorry for my little understanding of the below Koha App but please clarify the points above. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:43 AM vikram zadgaonkar < vikramczadgaonkar@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Dr. P. V. Konnur, Have shared code with community? If you need any support for further development or testing , I can provide my developers team for the same - if you are planning to submit the same to koha community. Vikram Zadgaonkar

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 8:12 PM vinod mishra wrote:

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Dear all

Through app they are asking to provide library details, email, phone no. etc. than after veryfying that they will send the code files which needs to be placed on koha server as per my understanding.

I have doubt about its authenticity of code and openness. Koha users are requested not to use such codes on server side unless it is not supported by mass community.

On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:48 vikram zadgaonkar, wrote:

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Hi, Great! Have you upload code also somewhere?

On Mon 12 Nov, 2018, 6:48 PM PDIT Library

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Dear Professionals,

Happy to share with you all, One of our innovative product - Koha Opac Mobile App has been released from LIS Academy. It is totally free of cost. Any library using KOHA can use this App to reach their users remotely through their Android Mobiles.

This Android based Mobile App is an exclusive mobile app designed and developed for the libraries using KOHA LMS for automating their library system. This app acts as a plug-in and fetches the content from existing KOHA LMS and user can use OPAC login credentials to log in through the mobile app.

It is freely available on google play store to download. Presently 12 institutions and 800+ patrons using app..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lisacademy.org.kohaopac

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Demo credintials of KOHA OPAC:

College Code: LISA Card Number: Librarian Password: Librarian

How to register Libraries to KOHA OPAC:

College Code: admin Card Number: library Password: librarian

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