On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Saiful Amin wrote:
Hi
I'm Saiful Amin, a student of Master's of Library & Information Science. I've worked on Koha for a very brief period before my exams and am a member of this mailing list for the past 3 months. I've almost one year's experience in Perl and been working on redhat linux for past 8 months.
I've worked on this software only for testing purposes to see how far it is suitable for the Indian libraries. So far I've got the koha-1.2.2 working with z3950 client and the sample database. I plan to test koha for many other features such as handling of multilingual documents.
If you're planning on working with m18n issues, you'll probably want to get involved with the other people working on translations. I'm sure that's the place where we'll first see problems rearing their ugly heads.
I'm currently busy this month with a team project on the Greenstone digital library system. My next project might well be on Koha! I am a big supporter of open source projects and would like to contribute at least in the documentation of this software.
I would be more than happy to help out anybody in my locality concerning installation, etc. I really want it to keep growing.
That's great to hear. I'm not aware of any ongoing Koha projects in India at this point, but there have been several Indians starting to show an interest. If you start to coalesce around translations, implementations, or project work, we'd be happy to run a in.koha.org website and mailing list. thanks, -pate
With regards,
-Saiful
If you've got a question, comment, or a success story, please feel free to drop me a line.
Koha has been invited to participate in the Think-Linux show in Columbus, Ohio (in the US). We're not sure yet whether this is logisticly possible for us. If you're interested in making our appearance at this show a reality, or in seeing Koha at a local conference, User Group meeting, or similar event, please let me know.
While the pace of Koha acceptance and development seem to be picking up, we're still a very friendly place for newcomers. If you're new to Koha, please stop by the mailing list and introduce yourself.
happy hacking,
Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager the Koha project
c/o, DRTC Indian Statistical Institute 8th Mile, Mysore Road P.O. R V College Bangalore - 560059 Ph. 080-8483975 (Hostel) 8483002/3/4/6 (Extn 495) email: saifulamin@yahoo.com
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