A collection of common questions (and answers) posed by prospective Public Libraries about what FOLIO can do.
Table of Contents
Catalogs (discovery layer)
Q. What catalog options exist for FOLIO?
A. VuFind and Ebsco Discovery Services.
More?
Hosting Options
Q. Can FOLIO be self-hosted?
A. Yes, but with the complexity of the product - at this point - it’s recommended to have hosting assistance from one of the FOLIO partners.
Reporting
Q. Does FOLIO ship with out-of-the-box reporting tools?
A. Yes! The Reporting App can generate CSVs for export and additional tabulation.
Folio can also be equipped with an analytical database called MetaDB which offers tabular nearly real-time data, which enables other third-party reporting tools to connect to it. It also enables sharing useful queries between other libraries written in common SQL language.
Q. What third-party tools exist for reporting?
A. Redash and Metabase are two popular (and open-source) solutions, but PowerBI and Tableau can also be used.
Requests
Q. Does FOLIO support Title (bib) Level Holds?
A. Yes!
Q. Can a patron pause their holds for a period, say, when they’re on vacation of when they’re close to position 1 but not ready for the book yet?
A. No - but this feature request has been drafted and could be developed soon.
[UXPROD-3567] Suspend/Freeze/Pause a Patron Request - FOLIO Jira