Guides & how-tos
The Koha Blog
Practical guides for libraries running Koha — installation, hosting, migration, cataloging and the maintenance nobody warns you about.
Koha Overdue Notices Not Sending? Here’s How to Fix It
Notices fail at one of four points, in a predictable order. Work through them in sequence to find exactly where your overdue emails are stopping.
September 22, 2026
Koha for Schools: Is It the Right Fit for a School Library?
Koha can run a school library well. Whether it should is decided by one question — who will look after it. An honest guide for school librarians.
September 18, 2026
Koha for Universities: Does It Scale to Academic Libraries?
Koha runs million-record academic catalogues and national consortia. The real constraints are electronic resources and discovery — not scale. An honest assessment.
September 15, 2026
Koha RFID Integration: Tags, Readers, Gates and Costs
How RFID actually reaches Koha (it is not direct), what components you need, what tagging a collection really takes, and whether you need RFID at all.
September 11, 2026
Koha SIP2 Integration: Connecting Self-Check and Third-Party Systems
Configure SIP2 in Koha to connect self-check machines, kiosks and sorters — server setup, per-device accounts, testing, security and the common failures.
September 8, 2026
Koha Customization: How Far Can You Actually Go?
Customizing Koha is a ladder, and every rung up costs more at upgrade time. The five levels, what each can do, and what each will cost you later.
September 4, 2026
Koha and MARC21: A Cataloger’s Guide to Fields and Frameworks
How Koha stores and uses MARC21 — the essential fields, the 942 and 952 fields that are Koha’s own, frameworks, and how to fix records that import badly.
September 1, 2026
Koha Data Migration: How to Move From Your Old ILS
What moves cleanly, what needs mapping, what gets rebuilt — a practical Koha migration guide with a go-live checklist and the failures to plan for.
August 28, 2026
Koha Cloud Hosting: Benefits, Risks and How to Set It Up
Running Koha in the cloud — the two very different things people mean by it, the real benefits, and the risks nobody mentions until you hit them.
August 25, 2026