Latin America
Koha for Libraries in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Across Latin America
Koha has a large community across Latin America. We install, host, support and train on it, in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese interfaces, on your local time.
What we hear
The problems libraries here bring us
“The interface is in English and our staff work in Spanish or Portuguese.”
“Dates show as month/day/year and our policies are written day/month/year.”
“The clock rules changed in our country and the server never caught up.”
“Our university has campuses in several cities and one overstretched IT team.”
How we set it up
Configured for where your library is
Whether we install a new Koha, migrate you onto one, host it, or support the Koha you already run.
Your languages, set up and checked
Koha’s Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese translations are enabled for staff and patrons, with dates in dd/mm/yyyy. We check the screens your staff use most and fill any gaps.
Time zones that change
Brazil ended summer time in 2019 and Mexico in 2022, while Chile still changes its clocks. Named zones such as America/Sao_Paulo or America/Mexico_City follow these changes, so due dates stay right.
One team for every campus
A single catalog for all your campuses, hosted and upgraded by us, or your own server supported and backed up. Training sessions run in your working hours.
Across the region
Configured for your country
| Country | Time zone | Koha interface languages |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | America/Sao_Paulo and three more zones | Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Mexico | America/Mexico_City and three more zones | Spanish |
| Argentina | America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires | Spanish |
| Colombia | America/Bogota | Spanish |
| Chile | America/Santiago (summer time) | Spanish |
| Peru | America/Lima | Spanish |
| Ecuador, Bolivia | America/Guayaquil, America/La_Paz | Spanish |
| Uruguay, Paraguay | America/Montevideo, America/Asuncion | Spanish |
| Central America and the Caribbean | America/Guatemala, America/Panama, America/Santo_Domingo | Spanish, English |
Translation completeness varies by language; we check yours before go-live.
Included
What we look after
Spanish and Portuguese
Staff and patron interfaces in the language your library works in.
Clock changes handled
Named zones follow each country’s rules as they change.
MARC21 and Z39.50
Copy cataloguing from national and university catalogues.
Many campuses
One catalog and one team for every site.
Backups you keep
Automated backups and a full copy of your data whenever you want it.
Your currency
Fines and acquisitions in reais, pesos or soles.
Koha Cloud pricing
Hosted Koha from $30 a month
Or $300 a year, saving $60. Up to 5,000 books, 5 staff and 300 patrons, with hosting, a subdomain, the public catalog, cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, administration and training. The same price in every country; larger libraries get a tailored quote.
Already running Koha?
We support and fix the Koha you have, on your own server, and train your team in live sessions.
Koha supportMoving to Koha?
From another library system or a spreadsheet, validated and reconciled before go-live.
Koha data migrationYour team needs training?
Private live sessions for your staff on your own Koha, in your working hours.
Koha staff trainingFAQ
What libraries in the region ask us
Is the interface available in Spanish and Portuguese?
Yes. Koha has community translations in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese for staff and patrons. We enable them, check the screens your staff use most and set dates to dd/mm/yyyy.
Do you offer support and training in our working hours?
Yes. Sessions and support are scheduled in your own time zone and working days.
How is it priced?
Koha Cloud's Basic plan has a published price in US dollars, the same in every country, with the first three months free. Support, migration and training for a Koha you run yourself are quoted.
Related reading
Background reading
What is Koha?
The library system, explained.
Read the guideKoha for universities
Does it scale to an academic library?
Read the guideKoha data migration
Moving from your old system.
Read the guideOur services
Get a quote
Talk to us about your library
Tell us where you are and what you run today. We reply in your working hours.