How to: Document Management - Integrated Library Systems (ILS)
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An [integrated library system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system) is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.

_Related: [Content Management Systems (CMS)](#content-management-systems-cms), [Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)](#archiving-and-digital-preservation-dp)_

- [Evergreen](https://evergreen-ils.org) - Highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials. ([Source Code](https://github.com/evergreen-library-system/Evergreen)) `GPL-2.0` `PLpgSQL`
- [Koha](https://koha-community.org/) - Enterprise-class ILS with modules for acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, label printing, offline circulation for when Internet access is not available, and much more. ([Demo](https://koha-community.org/demo/), [Source Code](https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha)) `GPL-3.0` `Perl`
- [RERO ILS](https://rero21.ch/) - Large-scale ILS that can be run as a service with consortial features, intended primarily for library networks. Includes most standard modules (circulation, acquisitions, cataloging,...) and a web-based public and professional interface. ([Demo](https://ils.test.rero.ch/), [Source Code](https://github.com/rero/rero-ils)) `AGPL-3.0` `Python/Docker`