[LIS-Forum] Cost of training in open source software

[M. Anisur Rahman]

L J Haravu
Trustee, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)

Dear Sir:
I am writing you from Bangladesh. Indian LIS Professionals are lucky enough
that they have lot of opportunities to attend such training
programs/workshops.

In Bangladesh if we want to arrange training programmes on NewGenLib through
KIIKM, what we have to do, how much cost it involves. Pls infom us details.

Md. Anisur Rahman
Head of
Library and Informaiton Division
Northern University Bangladesh





On 2/23/09, Jai Haravu <haravu at newgenlib.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear All
>
> I would like to add our experience of conducting several training
> programmes on NewGenLib, another open source library management software.
>
> These workshops have to be sponsored by one or other organization who have
> to pay for the cost of meals and refreshment and in some cases free (or
> subsidised) cost for accomodation, transportation, fees for guest faculty.
> In some cases our sponsors have donated to the support of NewGenLib so that
> it can continue to improve and meet new needs. The charges per participant
> has been in the region of Rs. 2500 to 3000 which just about covers costs and
> is not exhorbitant by any means.
>
> The Open Source movement can only succeed when it is community-driven and
> community-supported. Institutions should be willing to pay reasonable fees
> for ongoing support. Open Source does not mean FREE, it is really about
> freedom. A good example of how libraries in the US and Australia have
> provided support to Koha and Evergreen is worth mentioning. In fact, Koha
> support is now provided by commercial firms in US and even in India.
>
> I would also like to point out that, not only in the library field but also
> in open source products such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache, Linux
> distributions, etc., community support is vital to their success.
>
> I believe that librarians in India should actively champion the cause of
> open source solutions by offering their moral and technical support to
> endeavours such as Koha and NewGenLib.
>
> Managements of Instns., should be told of the long-term cost-benefit of the
> movement and its benefits to society in general.
>
> Thanks
>
> L J Haravu
> Trustee, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)
>
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