Events

Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS) – Islamabad

May 1st, 2012
May 17, 2012toMay 19, 2012

LISolutions in collaboration with Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), The University of Waikato, New Zealand and Digital Library Network of South Asia (DLNetSA) is organizing a Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS)
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1st Australian Koha User Group Meeting : Melbourne (Vic), Thursday 26 April at 6pm at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library

April 23rd, 2012
April 26, 2012
6:00 pmto8:00 pm
Location and map: The Melbourne Atheneaum Library 
Moyra McAllister emailed the Koha e-list with the following invitation: "I am a Koha user based in Melbourne, and I know of a few others. At the recent VALA conference held here it was suggested that we form a user group to meet a few times a year to exchange tips and ideas and provide support for newbies. If there is anyone on the list who is interested in this idea could you contact me (off list please). Moyra E-mail: moyrab@internode.on.net"
Moyra is a senior librarian who has many years experience installing and using Koha in several library contexts. We congratulate Moyra on her initiative.  At CALYX, we have wanted to see Koha user groups established in major Australian cities, but preferred to see this done by librarians, not by a support company.  So we are thrilled that that is now occurring with Melbourne the first city to host the 1st Koha user group meeting in Australia. We hope that librarians in other cities will create their own Koha user group too. Moyra also said “As a number of you work in other states, it has been suggested that we could perhaps use Skype for teleconferencing. “ We don't know if this will be possible at this first meeting.
Have you ever noticed in the Koha Release Notes, Maori proverbs like this one? "Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" It means, 'Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.' The Koha project gains its strength from the community of librarians and support companies.  The Maori word 'Koha' means 'gift': in Maori culture, it is a gift given with some expectation of reciprocity.  Participating in a user group and sharing your experience with others is a great way to give back to the community.

Best wishes, Irma 

 

Koha (and Dspace) Workshops 2012 Calendar

April 4th, 2012
April 27, 2012 10:00 amtoApril 28, 2012 5:00 pm
May 4, 2012 10:00 amtoMay 5, 2012 5:00 pm
June 22, 2012 10:00 amtoJune 23, 2012 5:00 pm
July 6, 2012 10:00 amtoJuly 7, 2012 5:00 pm
August 24, 2012 10:00 amtoAugust 25, 2012 5:00 pm
August 31, 2012 10:00 amtoSeptember 1, 2012 7:00 pm
October 19, 2012 10:00 amtoOctober 20, 2012 7:00 pm
November 2, 2012 10:00 amtoNovember 3, 2012 5:00 pm

Koha & Dspace training and certification workshops being offered in Mumbai and Bangalore.

The objectives of this program are to:
- Train library professionals & staff on using Koha/Dspace
- To test and certify their readiness to use the software

This is a 2 day program for Koha and 1 day program on Dspace, covering the key modules and functions in the software. At the end of program, participants will be required to demonstrate their skills on the various modules. Participants who complete 60% of the exercises successfully will be awarded a Basic skills certificate.

Participation fee for the workshops are as follows:
Koha (2 day workshop): Rs. 3,000 per head
Dspace (1 day workshop): Rs. 1,500 per head.

Participants can register in one (Koha or Dspace) of both the programs, as the are on contiguous dates.

The Koha workshops are scheduled as follows:

Mumbai: 27th (Friday) & 28th April (Saturday), 2012
Bangalore: 4th (Friday) & 5th May (Saturday), 2012
Mumbai: 22nd (Friday) & 23rd June (Saturday), 2012
Bangalore: 6th (Friday) & 7th July (Saturday), 2012
Mumbai: 24th (Friday) & 25th August (Saturday), 2012
Bangalore: 31st (Friday) August & 1st September (Saturday), 2012
Mumbai: 19th (Friday) & 20th October (Saturday), 2012
Bangalore: 2nd (Friday) & 3rd November (Saturday), 2012

And the Dspace workshops are scheduled as follows:

Mumbai: 29th (Sunday) April, 2012
Bangalore: 8th July (Sunday), 2012
Mumbai: 26th August (Sunday), 2012
Bangalore: 4th November (Sunday), 2012

For more information including registration details and workshop outline please visit these pages:

http://www.osslabs.biz/koha/training-certification
http://www.osslabs.biz/dspace/training-certification

KohaCon12 Call for Papers Opened

March 30th, 2012
April 20, 2012
June 5, 2012toJune 11, 2012

The call for conference papers is open for this year’s kohacon! We’d love to see presentations from librarians for librarians, sharing their experiences, tricks and tips. Talk times are flexible, with long and short options, so please consider registering as a speaker.

We are particularly keen to receive proposals about archives/special libraries using Koha, Resource Description Framework/Semantic Web/Linked Data and the Koha packages, in both the main conference and the later hackfest.

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Two day training on Total Library Solution (TLS) at Lahore

June 17th, 2011
July 9, 2011toJuly 10, 2011

LISolutions and Pakistan Librarian Welfare Organization (PLWO) Jointly organizing “National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS)” [What is TLS?]

Title: National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS)
Date: Saturday-Sunday July 9-10, 2011
Venue: Computer Lab, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Organizers: LISolutions and Pakistan Librarian Welfare Organization (PLWO)
Partners: PULISAA and Hailey College of Commerce
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Koha workshop in Mizoram University

May 18th, 2011
June 1, 2011 5:00 amtoJune 7, 2011 5:00 am

Central Reference Library (Ministry of Culture), Govt. of India, Kolkata and Department of Library & Information
Science, Mizoram University (Central University), Aizawl is jointly organizing a “National Workshop-cum-Training Program on Koha” which is
scheduled to be held from 1st June, 2011 – 7th June, 2011 (likely to be change) under the North-East Region Program. The venue of the said workshop
shall be the Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl.

Library and Information Science professionals (especially for faculties, librarians and other library professionals) working in any type of
organisation or library in the North-East Region can participate in this workshop-cum-training program. Participant should be conversant with
computer operations and also will get preference over others. Preference will be given to those who have their own personal laptop (with minimum 1 Gb RAM & 40 Gb Hard Disk). The number of participants shall be restricted to 30 only and selected participants shall be called for the workshop-cum-training program after submitting their registration form through proper channel. The preference will be given to North-East Library & Information Science professionals.

Selected participants both from North-East Region and other parts of the country shall be provided free registration, accommodation and to & fro
second class train/sumo/bus fare. Scanned copy/image file or word file of registration form should submit electronically at kohamzu@gmail.com on or
before 23rd May, 2011. The selected participants shall be intimated after 23rd May, 2011 via email and Mizoram University website also.

For more details regarding workshop and registration, please visit the Mizoram University website (http://www.mzu.edu.in/KohaWorkshop.pdf) or
download the attachment enclosed here.

KUDOS conference 2-3 May 2011

January 12th, 2011
May 2, 2011toMay 3, 2011

KUDOS (Koha Users and Developers of Open Source) will be holding a conference in Madison, Wisconsin, USA on May 2 and 3, 2011. From the announcement and call for volunteers sent by Vicki Teal Lovely:

Put May 2 and 3, 2011 on your calendars for the KUDOS conference to be held in Madison, Wisconsin at the UW Madison Pyle Center. More information on transportation and housing will be coming soon. This will be a conference for and by users of Koha in collaboration with vendors that support or interact with Koha. We are hopeful that this conference will be a low cost/no cost option with the help of sponsorships from vendors and libraries.

We are looking for volunteers to serve on the planning and program committees. If you are interested in helping out, please let me know. We need to get to work on this right away!

Please not that this is NOT going to be a KohaCon and at this time no Hackfest is being organized.

Koha Conference in Kenya

December 12th, 2010
December 18, 2010
9:00 amto4:30 pm

Koha Kenya invites all its members and interested individuals to this year’s conference / workshop to be held on Saturday 18th December,  2010 at Gretsa University in Thika. The conference begins at 9.00 am and ends at 4.30 pm. Some of the issues to be tackled will include:

  • Authorities & Choice of Subject Headings in Koha-3.x – Mrs. Geetje Wanjohi (UoN)
  • MARC 21 & Use of Indicators in Koha-3.x – Tito Wawire (Library of Congress – Nairobi)
  • Among others.

In addition, the issue of Kenya National Bibliography and the Koha Kenya-Cat will be tackled.

If you intend to attend, please confirm by writing an email to library@gretsauniversity.ac.ke, on or before Thursday 17th December 2010.

Gretsa University – Thika,  is located 3 Kms from Thika Town along Garissa road, and approx. 40 kms from Nairobi.

To get to the venue by public means:

From Nairobi use Matatu Number 237 (Thika – Makongeni), and drop-off at the main-gate of Gretsa University. (These Matatus are available opposite Naivas Supermarket, along Ronald Ngala Street)

From Thika town, use matatu for Posta-Makongein and drop-off at the Main-gate of Gretsa University or Engen filling station.

December Koha General IRC Meeting

November 21st, 2010
December 8, 2010
10:00 amto11:00 am

The next general IRC Meeting will take place on the 8th of December at 10:00 UTC+0

The agenda as of today reads:

  • Update on Roadmap to 3.2

  • Update on Roadmap to 3.0
  • Update on Roadmap to 3.4
  • Follow-up on actions from General IRC Meeting, 10 November 2010.
  • Agree times of next meetings.

To add to the agenda or see the most recent updates visit the official meeting wiki page.

Koha Training and Certification – Bangalore

November 2nd, 2010
December 10, 2010toDecember 12, 2010

This is a 3 day program, covering the key modules and functions in Koha. At the end of program, participants are required to demonstrate their skills on the various modules. Participants who complete 70% of the exercises successfully are awarded a Koha skills certificate.

The next set of workshops are scheduled as follows:

  • Mumbai: 26th to 28th November, 2010
  • Bangalore: 10th to 12th December, 2010

http://www.osslabs.biz/koha/training-certification