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*Staccato comment #1: most of the Koha conferences to date (to the limited extent I'm qualified to comment on this) have been very technically focused. Not sure I understand what you mean here. The first 3 days, are really non tech focused.
Depends on your definition of tech. A lot of discussion (which I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from) focused on what features people wanted to improve it. As Koha becomes more widespread, I think KohaCon could benefit from more sessions on using it: *Now that I have this system installed, how can I get the best use out of it? *How do I get the library staff used to Koha? Training tips for Everylibrarian. *How does a non-sysadmin run the system? I'm sure others will be able to come up with more. One likely use for Koha is to give small libraries with minuscule budgets a chance to install an ILS at minimal cost. Maybe someone with a lot of extra time on their hands* could design a questionnaire that a library could download, fill out, and send to a vendor. The vendor could then configure Koha according to the library's needs and send them a server, or even just a hard drive. Plug it in, instant ILS! All right, it doesn't have any books in it yet, and cataloging is far from quick-n-easy, but at least their ILS is up and running. If there's a market for that kind of barebones service, maybe there could be a few sessions at KohaCon on supporting small libraries. Sorry if I'm rambling. I need another cup of tea... --Fred King kohauser@phred.us *If I worked at a place that would give me a sabbatical, I'd do it. Unfortunately, I don't. Besides, I have to finish my novel first.** **I'm a very slow reader.