Dear Professionals, Nominations are invited for the "Best Koha Implementation Award". This is open to all (Independent or through any service provider) in India. Jury of 4 experts including Mr. Chris Cormack, the Original Developer of Koha will select award winner based on set Criteria. Nomination Form available through 2nd National Koha Conclave Site. http://informindia.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com/kohameet/ Filled in Nomination Forms may be sent to can be emailed to Dr I R N Goudar – the Conclave Director goudarishwar@gmail.com <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum> on or before February 15, 2017. Please mark your calendar for: 2ND NATIONAL KOHA CONCLAVE DETAILS: Dates: 21-22 Feb 2017 Organiser: Informatics in collaboration with TCS Pune. Venue: Hinjewadi campus of TCS at Pune Key Resource Persons: - Mr. Chris Cormack (New Zealand), the Original Developer of Koha - Many more Koha experts from India (Development Members, Implementors) Specialties of 2017 Conclave: - Best Koha implementation award - Panel Topic: Evolving Library Services Platform replacing - (ILS, ERMs,Discovery, Utility Services like Remote access and their Integration) - Keynote on Library Services Platform by Mr.Chris Cormack - Advance Workshop on Koha Chris(150 minutes) Participants: Those already implemented Koha and those planning to implement Other Highlights: - Koha, the Road Ahead: A global view from Chris Cormack - Development/Customization challenges - Wish List by Participating Koha Users - Review Discussion - Successful Koha implementations - Case Studies - Launch of new products: KohaCAT and KOHRAL (Integrated Service Platform for Koha and CORAL) Koha Implementation in India: - All types of libraries big and small, Academic, Special and Public - Supreme Court has instructed all High Court Libraries to adopt Koha - Most of the Universities in Karnataka - CSIR for its KnowGate Project - Union Catalogue all 39 Labs - AgriCat; Union catalogue of of ICAR Libraries - Almost every other library in Kerala - About 700 Libraries and the number is increasing faster Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event - 2nd National Koha Conclave 2017 - and register yourself for the event at:http://informindia.centralindia.cloudapp.azure.com/kohameet/ Regards, <https://goo.gl/BW0Rn7> "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.