Challenges and problems in transferring an In-House System based Digital Catalogue into Open Source system A case study of Bait ul Hikmah Library, Pakistan

Now a days many Libraries in process of transforming the manual catalogues into a database in form of Digital Catalogue. KOHA, because of it is an Open source and contains a complete integrated system is the preferable choice of librarians of the developing countries. But there are many challenges and problems occurred and made the task difficult. Presently the Bait AL Hikmah Library of Hamdard University is also in process of converting its in-house based digital catalogue and library system and services into KOHA. The paper is a case study of the existing system, there drawbacks and limitations, reasons for choosing KOHA, and finally the challenges and problems being faced in the process.