[Koha-oz] Sydney : Monday, August 22, 2016 : Meeting with Librarian and CEO Joann Ransom ~ Building Strong Libraries for Strong Communities

[Irma Birchall]

Dear all,

Please check your diary for Monday August 22 and see if you can cancel
anything that is not important for the future, so that you can have a
conversation with Joann Ransom <https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannransom>.

This is an invitation for a coming together during the day on Monday August
22nd somewhere in the Sydney region. You suggest the time
<http://doodle.com/poll/5scm8hq6txx3xzft> and place
<https://www.google.com.au>. Joann is open to meet anyone who wishes to
share their current situation and she will respond drawing from her
extraordinary contributions and achievements within her local community of
Levin in New Zealand and the global implications of her work.

This is also an invitation for a coming together from 17:30 PM for a
Koha-OZ meet-up somewhere in Sydney's CBD with our guest speaker, Joann
Ransom. Dinner afterwards for those who can stay. Complimentary
refreshments on arrival. Meet-up location suggestions are welcome.

Librarian extraordinaire Joann Ransom has recently left Te Horowhenua
Library Trust in New Zealand, where Koha <https://koha-community.org/> was
developed in 1999 and where she had been the CEO for the last 6 years.
Joann’s roles have been many including to lead Te Takeretanga o
Kura-Hau-Pō, the Horowhenua Culture and Community Centre, to become the
multi-functional heart and hub of the community.

What's in a name? The meaning of takeretanga is the ‘dispersal of
knowledge’. The Takere is also the hull of the waka where treasures are
kept for safety. Like the hull of the waka, Te Takere holds many taonga for
the benefit of all.

Since early 2016, Joann was ready for fresh challenges and these are
including 3 months of travelling the globe meeting the Koha community
members who have grown the original Koha into one of the world’s most
popular library management systems today. The world tour includes Sydney,
Malaysia, Mumbai, Pune, London, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Ireland, Norway,
Sweden, Marseille, New York, Montreal, Chicago, Kansas, Oregon, San
Francisco,Utah, Texas and Argentina.

“Releasing Koha under an open source licence made so much sense to us; we
were a public library not a software development company and we needed a
much wider pool of librarians to develop the software further”.
Today, Koha is one of the world’s most widely used library management
systems with a strong development community that provides 24/7 support.
Koha is used in an increasing number of libraries in Australia and some of
these libraries are listed here
<https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Users_Worldwide> or can be found
on this map <http://librarytechnology.org/map.pl?ILS=Koha>.

In addition to her work on Koha, which won the 2000 3M Award for Innovation
in Libraries, Joann was the first librarian outside of USA to be named an
American Library Journal Mover and Shaker – Tech Leader, largely for her
work developing Kete
<http://www.tetakere.org.nz/horowhenuas-history/kete-horowhenua/>, another
open source project that won the 2008 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries
and a 2007 World Summit Awards : Special Mention (North America and
Oceania) in the e-inclusion section.

Thanks to her vision and passion, Joann also brought into being and then
managed Te Takere <http://www.tetakere.org.nz/>. Horowhenua’s new library,
culture and community centre.
The project was developed by the Horowhenua District Council and the
Horowhenua Library Trust in consultation with the Muaupoko Tribal Authority.
This is what locals say "We are so incredibly lucky to have Te Takere in
our community, locals, travellers, tourists....don't miss it." "Te Takere
is a safe, supervised and all-inclusive family/whanau destination. It is
“the place to go” in the Horowhenua providing quality activities and
opportunities to positively engage and extend everyone."

Here is a short list of Services & Facilities available in Te Takere, an
absolute change agent for the local community:
Open seven days a week, it offers a wide range of services to both the
community and to visitors to the Horowhenua District, including:
Library materials and resources
Visitor Information
AA Vehicle licensing and driver testing
Toilets and baby changing facilities
Lounges to relax in and spaces for study
Fully equipped meeting and function facilities
Exhibitions, performances and a range of programmes to suit all ages
Family and local history displays and resources
A well resourced children’s area
Business, Council and Community support services.
A large youth space and a recording studio
Self contained and fully equipped education spaces
A Chinese garden and outdoor play area.
Library and information services are also available at the Foxton, Tokomaru
and Shannon Libraries.

Since the opening of Te Takere in 2012, the town of Levin has seen a 50%
reduction in the rate of petty crime and un-employment has significantly
reduced.

This is your opportunity to hear from Joann how a mix of library and
community services can have strategic impact in a community.
Joann's world tour starts in Sydney. You are invited to meet with Joann on
Monday August 22, 2016. Suggest a time and location.

For further information and RSVPs please contact Irma <irma at calyx.net.au>
Birchall founder of CALYX information essentials, a Koha support company
since 2003.




With kind regards,

Irma
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Irma Birchall
CEO & Founder : CALYX information essentials
Open Source Software Koha LMS and Digital Repositories
Installation, Data Conversion, Configuration, Training, Hosting, Support
T: +61 (2) 9437 4848 <%2B61%20%282%29%209437%204848> ~ M: +61 (0) 413 510
717 <%2B61%20%280%29%20413%20510%20717>
irma at calyx.net.au ~ www.calyx.net.au ~ http://koha-community.org/ ~
https://kohaforschools.com.au/
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