[Koha-win32] National Workshop on Koha

[Partha Mukhopadhyay]

    Dear Colleague,

  As you know the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement has created lot of 

  enthusiasm and opportunities in the domain of library services. Open source software 

  are available free of cost, support you to work at the system level and provide freedom 

  to customize software as per the requirements of your library.  Koha is possibly the 

  most feature rich Library Management Software (LMS) from the open source domain. 

  It is Web-centric, modular, multilingual, and compliant with almost all the bibliographic 

  standards like ISO-2709, FRBR, Z 39.50, MARC 21/UNIMARC framework etc. 

  Moreover, it supports storing, processing and retrieving of Indic script based 

  documents. A commercial LMS with all these features may cost you anything in the range 

  of Rupees two to five lakhs apart from recurring payments for updation, maintenance 

  etc... Koha is free, supported by an international group of developers, and obviously 

  has a tremendous application possibility in automation of college libraries and 

  public libraries in India.

  Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan has developed 

  necessary skills and expertise in the application of Koha in Indian environment and 

  already installed and configured Koha for a few college libraries in West Bengal. 

  In response to wide-scale demand for training and consultancies in Koha, the department 

  is going to organize   five-day national level workshop on Koha during the period from 

  December 03-07, 2007  . This workshop will provide you software CDORM (containing Koha 

  and all other companion open source software), a handbook on Koha (first of its kind 

  in the world) and hands-on skills for installation, configuration and use of Koha in 

  library automation. As the department is planning an intensive training schedule, 

  total intake for the workshop will be limited to twenty only on the basis of first-cum-first. 

  The workshop brochure and registration form can also be downloaded from the University 

  homepage (  http://www.buruniv.ac.in  ) or directly from   http://www.buruniv.ac.in/Notices/UBUR_143_NOT_WEBPAGE.pdf  .

  Hope to see you at the workshop.

  Thanks and regards,


  (Subal Chandra Biswas)              
  Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan - 713104, WB, India  

  (Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay), 

  Lecturer, Workshop Coordinator, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan - 713104, WB, India

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