Dear Professionals I am pleased to announce a "National level workshop on Koha: an Integrated Library Management Software" from Saturday - Sunday, 30 Jun and 01 Jul 2012. Purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with Koha, an open source software. Hands on Training during this workshop will provide all the technical know-how to the participants from the installation, customization, backup / restore, upgrade as well as running various modules of the software. Koha is used widely in India as well as all over the world. Koha Software supports all modules of Library Management System such as Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serials Control and Web based OPAC, etc. The software is UNICODE compliant and runs on any operating system such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Many libraries in India and abroad are switching over to Koha from proprietary software. Venue: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune Workshop Timings: 10.00 am to 05.30 pm (30 Jun - 01 Jul 2012) Workshop Contents Introduction to LibLiveCD and Installation of LibLiveCD Koha Introduction & Features Overview Koha System Set-up Hands on training on Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC MARC 21 Introduction Conversion of Existing Data to Koha Koha Multilingual Support Data Import and Export Koha backup/restore Koha upgrade OPAC Customization Koha System Administration Resource Persons Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune Workshop Registration Fees - Rs. 1000/- only Registration Fees includes Workshop Kit on CD-ROM and Working Lunch. We will also assist the participants to migrate existing library to Data KOHA. Accommodation is available at extra cost. Payment: A Demand Draft / Cheque drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of “Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)", payable at Pune should reach the following address on or before Monday, 18 Jun 2012. Dr Nanaji Shewale Koha Workshop Coordinator Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) Last Date for Registration: Monday, 18 Jun 2012. For any clarifications, you are welcome to contact me at 020 25679940, 0 9423531433 or gipelibrary@gmail.com or my colleague Ms Shilpa Kad at 0 9763740109. Registration Form Participants Name: -------------------------------------- Name and Address of the Organization: ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Email (Personal): ---------------------------------------- Email (official): ---------------------------------------- Mobile: ---------------------------------------- Telephone: ---------------------------------------- Do you require accommodation (at extra cost) during the workshop? Yes/No Demand Draft Number: ------------------------------------- Name of the Bank: ---------------------------------------- Amount: ------------------------------------------ Date: ------------------------------------------ Signature of the participant: Thanking you Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) M: 0 9423531433 T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 Email: gipelibrary@gmail.com http://www.gipepune.com http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.