Dear Professional Friends, The organisers of the National Koha Conclave (17-18 Feb 2016) have received an overwhelming response especially from LIS community including Practicing Librarians, LIS Teachers and Students. I thank all those who have already registered and invite others to rush their registrations. All are welcome to send their wish list for Koha customisation in the context of Indian Libraries of different types to me, if wish list is brief. I will consolidate and read them in the session concerned. However there is also a provision to make a presentation for about 5 minutes by participants on: 1. Wish List for Customisation of Koha 2. Csae study presentation of Customisation done by individual libraries I request you to send brief note of about a page on the the wish list /customisation case, enabling us to select 4-5 cases for each of the above mentioned topics/slots. Those who are planning to make a presentations can use a maximum of 3-4 ppt slides each. Please avoid presenting details about your institution, your library history, etc. Please get into the wish list or customisation case study directly after the first slide with your name, designation, institute, etc. This will enable us to have a thorough and useful discussion. Intimations will be sent for selected cases. Program Details: National KOHA Conclave - A Two Day Event. (An opportunity of meeting and listening to Mr. Chris Cormack original developer of Koha) Organiser: Informatics India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore Dates: 17th-18th Feb 2016 Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bengaluru ( http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx) http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx Conclave Website: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet Target Audience: LIS Professionals, Teachers, Digital Librarians, Library Administrators, etc HIGHLIGHTS (Plenaries, Workshop, Panel and Case Studies): - Half day Advanced Workshop on KOHA by Chris Cormack - KOHA, the Road Ahead: A Global View by Chris Cormack - Eminent speakers from Indian Library Landscape - High quality and successful KOHA Implementation case studies - KOHA Wish List and Customisation instances - Road ahead for KOHA in Indian Context - Koha as a Collaborative Platform for Indian Libraries - Panel - Data Migration Issues - Cloud hosting of KOHA and other LIS Applications KOHA in India: - More than 1000 installations, popularity and adoption at faster rate - Most of the Universities in Karnataka either adopted or decided to go for it. - Supreme Court has instructed all HCs to implement KOHA in their Libraries - CSIR has adopted KOHA for its Union Catalogue of KRCs, a part of KNOWGATE Project - ICAR has setup AGRICAT using KOHA - Delhi Public Library and many in Kerala and West Bengal have adopted KOHA - British Council Libraries have switched over to KOHA - Hundreds of University and College Libraries are seriously thinking of switching over to KOHA and are in the process of finding solution for Data Migration. Many libraries have already done so both from other Commercial and OSS Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event. For details and to register your participation visit: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet Regards, Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Program Director, National Koha Conclave "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar@gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.