<s>
Koha	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
(	O
ILS	O
)	O
,	O
used	O
world-wide	O
by	O
public	O
,	O
school	O
and	O
special	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koha	B-Language
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
ILS	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
(	O
MariaDB	B-Application
or	O
MySQL	B-Application
preferred	O
)	O
back	O
end	O
with	O
cataloguing	O
data	O
stored	O
in	O
MARC	O
and	O
accessible	O
via	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
or	O
SRU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
very	O
configurable	O
and	O
adaptable	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
translated	O
into	O
many	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koha	B-Language
has	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
expected	O
in	O
an	O
ILS	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Koha	B-Language
was	O
created	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Katipo	O
Communications	O
for	O
the	O
Horowhenua	O
Library	O
Trust	O
in	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
installation	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
January	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2000	O
,	O
companies	O
started	O
providing	O
commercial	O
support	O
for	O
Koha	B-Language
,	O
building	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Paul	O
Poulain	O
(	O
of	O
Marseille	O
,	O
France	O
)	O
began	O
adding	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
Koha	B-Language
,	O
most	O
significantly	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2010	O
,	O
Koha	B-Language
has	O
been	O
translated	O
from	O
its	O
original	O
English	O
into	O
French	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Arabic	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
the	O
cataloguing	O
and	O
search	O
standards	O
MARC	O
and	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
was	O
added	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
later	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Athens	O
County	O
Public	O
Libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
an	O
Ohio-based	O
company	O
,	O
Metavore	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
trading	O
as	O
LibLime	O
,	O
was	O
established	O
to	O
support	O
Koha	B-Language
and	O
added	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
Zebra	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Crawford	O
County	O
Federated	O
Library	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
libraries	O
in	O
Vermont	O
began	O
testing	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Koha	B-Language
for	O
Vermont	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
the	O
Vermont	O
Organization	O
of	O
Koha	B-Language
Automated	O
Libraries	O
(	O
VOKAL	O
)	O
was	O
organized	O
to	O
create	O
one	O
database	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fifty-seven	O
libraries	O
have	O
chosen	O
to	O
adopt	O
Koha	B-Language
and	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
shared	O
production	O
environment	O
hosted	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
ByWater	O
Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
consortium	O
of	O
libraries	O
in	O
Vermont	O
,	O
the	O
Catamount	O
Library	O
Network	O
has	O
also	O
adopted	O
Koha	B-Language
(	O
also	O
hosted	O
by	O
ByWater	O
Solutions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
the	O
King	O
's	O
Fund	O
,	O
supported	O
by	O
PTFS	O
Europe	O
,	O
completed	O
their	O
migration	O
to	O
Koha	B-Language
after	O
an	O
extensive	O
feasibility	O
study	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
the	O
Spanish	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Culture	O
began	O
maintenance	O
of	O
KOBLI	O
,	O
a	O
tailored	O
version	O
of	O
Koha	B-Language
based	O
on	O
an	O
earlier	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Culture	O
(	O
Turkey	O
)	O
started	O
to	O
use	O
Koha	B-Language
–	O
Devinim	O
in	O
1,136	O
public	O
libraries	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
17	O
million	O
items	O
and	O
around	O
2	O
million	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specialized	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
music	O
libraries	O
have	O
adopted	O
Koha	B-Language
because	O
its	O
open-source	B-Application
nature	O
offers	O
easier	O
customization	O
for	O
their	O
particular	O
use	O
cases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2017	O
Library	O
Technology	O
Reports	O
article	O
claimed	O
that	O
Koha	B-Language
"	O
holds	O
the	O
position	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
implemented	O
open	O
source	O
integrated	O
library	O
system	O
(	O
ILS	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
ohloh	B-Application
(	O
now	O
OpenHub	B-Application
)	O
,	O
in	O
2019	O
Koha	B-Language
had	O
a	O
"[v]ery	O
large	O
,	O
active	O
development	O
team	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
"[m]ature,	O
well-established	O
codebase	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
contributors	O
and	O
over	O
20	O
monthly	O
contributors	O
each	O
month	O
from	O
2011	O
to	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
a	O
dispute	O
arose	O
between	O
LibLime	O
and	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Koha	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
participants	O
declared	O
that	O
they	O
believed	O
that	O
LibLime	O
had	O
forked	B-Application
the	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fork	B-Application
continued	O
after	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
LibLime	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
PTFS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
LibLime	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
granted	O
a	O
provisional	O
trademark	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
koha	B-Language
in	O
New	O
Zealand	O
by	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Office	O
of	O
New	O
Zealand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Koha	B-Language
community	O
and	O
Catalyst	O
IT	O
Ltd	O
(	O
NZ	O
)	O
successfully	O
appealed	O
against	O
the	O
provisional	O
trademark	O
grant	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
decision	O
handed	O
down	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
and	O
with	O
LibLime	O
to	O
pay	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koha	B-Language
releases	O
follow	O
a	O
regular	O
,	O
calendar	O
based	O
,	O
pattern	O
with	O
monthly	O
maintenance	O
releases	O
and	O
bi-annual	O
feature	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Koha	B-Language
release	O
has	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
that	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
and	O
month	O
number	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
