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Koha User's Group meeting on Monday December 1st Athenaeum Library, 5.30pm
by Siobhan Foster 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Hello everyone! There will be a Koha User's Group meeting on Monday December 1st at the Athenaeum Library, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne at 5.30pm (this was the time requested to enable people to get there after work). Bob or Irma Birchall, from Calyx in Sydney will attend the meeting and report on the International Koha meeting in Argentina. Also with the new Bootstrap facility, it would be helpful to get a run down on that again perhaps. Other Koha technical supporters are most welcome to come too. Does anyone use the Koha statistics report feature? I would love to know how to use them. Would you be willing to demonstrate how to use them at the meeting? Please let me know. Also if you have Koha questions or discoveries to share please speak up. Tea and coffee kindly provided by the Athenaeum Library and I will bring in some Christmas type nibbles. After the meeting you are all welcome to come to dinner at the Il Pom Italian at Federation Square (where we went last time and enjoyed it). See the link below: http://ilpomitalian.com.au/ I will book for about 7.15pm, please RSVP at my email by, say November 19th, to give me an idea of numbers, since it is the busy time of year for restaurants. I hope this reaches you, feel free to pass the email on to any Koha users you know who might want to come to the meeting. Thanks, Siobhan Foster The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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Fwd: [Koha] Invitation for Libraries using Koha to participate in the annual Library Automation Perceptions survey
by Bob Birchall 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Forwarding from the general Koha list (as always, with apologies to readers of that list). I would encourage librarians to participate in the survey. Bob Birchall Calyx -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Koha] Invitation for Libraries using Koha to participate in the annual Library Automation Perceptions survey Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 16:49:19 +0000 From: Marshall Breeding <marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org> To: Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz (koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz) <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> To all libraries using Koha: I'm collecting data for this year's International Library Automation Perceptions survey. This survey, now in its eighth annual iteration, provides an opportunity for libraries to register their perceptions of the strategic automation products they use, organizations that provide these products, and the quality of support delivered. The survey also probes at considerations for migrating to new systems and the level of interest in open source products. As open source software supported both by the general community and by a variety of different service firms, some special considerations apply to Koha. In the libraries.org directory, Koha is represented by a combination of the name Koha and the primary support organization involved. (For example Koha - Catalyst IT, Koha -- ByWater Solutions). Libraries relying entirely on community support or internal resources are represented as Koha - Independent. If there are any special support arrangements not covered by these conventions, just mention that in the comments area of the survey. In this way the survey will be able to reflect both the functionality of the Koha software and the quality of support provided. This model of representing libraries using Koha isn't ideal, but is a pragmatic approach that aggregates all users of Koha while also segregating the different support scenarios. While the numeric rating scales support the statistical results of the study, it's the comments offered that provide the most insight into the current state of library automation satisfaction. Comments will be published in the survey results, redacted to conceal text that might identify the individual or organization responding. The raw data for the survey will not be shared, but reports are available that provide a variety of ways to view results. Please help your fellow librarians who might be in the process of evaluating library automation options by responding to the survey. Any information regarding vendor performance and product quality can be helpful when making strategic decisions regarding automation alternatives. A large number of responses strengthen the impact of the survey and the subsequent report. If you have responded in previous years, please respond again this year to help identify any trends regarding improvement or worsening of the products or support services. For more information about the survey, for instructions on how to participate, and to see results of previous year's survey reports, see: http://librarytechnology.org/web/breeding/AutomationSurvey/ I hope that all libraries using Koha will respond. Feel free to forward this request to any other library-related list. Please let me know if there are any questions regarding the survey. Marshall Breeding Editor, Library Technology Guides www.librarytechnology.org Marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org twitter.com/mbreeding _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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