About Emilda

Emilda is developed and maintained by Realnode Ltd in cooperation with SDU. Emilda is released under the GNU General Public License.

Some of the key features of Emilda are:

Full featured Web-OPAC, allowing comprehensive system management from virtually any computer with an Internet connection.

Template based layout allowing anyone to alter the visual appearance of Emilda.

100% MARC compatibility using the Zebra Server from Indexdata as backend server.

Extensive configuration made easy with the Emilda Configurator, allowing full customization of the system.

Currently, Emilda is used at 14 schools in Espoo, Finland.

Why open source?

The justification to that question is quite simple: open source has Vision, both for the project itself and for the customer. The major problem when developing proprietary software is the fact that the project lies entirely on the shoulders of the initial developers, which implies that if there is no incentive, the project may cease to develop. On the contrary, when developing open source it is possible to get people outside of the initial development team to get involved and as such secure the future of the project. For customers utilizing Library management solutions the sudden cease of development of the project or support would be disastrous, which is why many prefer their solution to be developed open source; if everything else fails, they have the possibility to take their own needed actions.

As our goal was to create a growing and enduring project, open source was the natural alternative. By developing open source it is quaranteed that the project will live as long as there are developers, and that is where we want you to come into the picture.

Are you experiencing an itch to contribute to Emilda? Is there something you would like to ask or comment? Do not hesitate to contact us. You can do this by subscribing to the Emilda mailing list.

We hope you will find Emilda just as appealing as it sounds in writing.