SSRG welcomes open source collaboration amongst libraries

Public libraries in several municipalities in Skaraborg, Sweden, have decided to collaborate in the adoption of an open source library system (Koha, https://koha-community.org/). The initiative to collaborate has received significant recognition in local news media, include a news article published by Skövde Nyheter on 24 November 2016 (https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/globalt-bibliotekssamarbete/). SSRG welcomes the collaboration initiative and one of its researchers commented in the news article that the Koha initiative in Skaraborg is one of the more interesting open source initiatives for open collaboration in the Swedish public sector.