National level workshop on Koha at GIPE, Pune


"National level workshop on Koha: an Integrated Library Management Software" from Saturday - Sunday, 30 Jun and 01 Jul 2012. Purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with Koha, an open source software. Hands on Training during this workshop will provide all the technical know-how to the participants from the installation, customization, backup / restore, upgrade as well as running various modules of the software. Koha is used widely in India as well as all over the world. Koha Software supports all modules of Library Management System such as Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serials Control and Web based OPAC, etc. The software is UNICODE compliant and runs on any operating system such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Many libraries in India and abroad are switching over to Koha from proprietary software.

Venue: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune
Workshop Timings: 10.00 am to 05.30 pm (30 Jun - 01 Jul 2012)

Workshop Contents

Introduction to LibLiveCD and Installation of LibLiveCD
Koha Introduction & Features Overview
Koha System Set-up 
Hands on training on Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC
MARC 21 Introduction
Conversion of Existing Data to Koha
Koha Multilingual Support
Data Import and Export
Koha backup/restore
Koha upgrade
OPAC Customization
Koha System Administration

Resource Persons

Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune
Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune

Workshop Registration Fees - Rs. 1000/- only

Registration Fees includes Workshop Kit on CD-ROM and Working Lunch. We will also assist the participants to migrate existing library data to Koha. Accommodation is available at extra cost.

Payment: A Demand Draft / Cheque drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)", payable at Pune should reach the following address on or before Friday, 22 Jun 2012.

Dr Nanaji Shewale
Koha Workshop Coordinator
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)
B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana
Pune 411004 (India)

Last Date for Registration: Friday, 22 Jun 2012. For any clarifications, you are welcome to contact me at 020 25679940, 0 9423531433 or gipelibrary@gmail.com or my colleague Ms Shilpa Kad at 0 9763740109.

Registration Form

Participants Name: --------------------------------------

Name and Address of the Organization:

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

Email (Personal): ----------------------------------------

Email (official): ----------------------------------------

Mobile:          ----------------------------------------

Telephone:       ----------------------------------------

Do you require accommodation (at extra cost) during the workshop? Yes/No

Demand Draft Number: -------------------------------------

Name of the Bank: ----------------------------------------

Amount:     ------------------------------------------

Date:        ------------------------------------------

Signature of the participant:

No comments:

Post a Comment