05 DAY WORKSHOP ON “INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM: KOHA & DSpace”. For Pakistani University Librarian By HEC Government of Paksitan Higher Education Commission's (HEC) Government of Pakistan Research & Development Division deliberations and planning, a training workshop spanning on five days was organized in collaboration with the Learning Innovation Division of HEC at LI computer lab Islamabad. The workshop was kicked off on September, 16, 2013 and was ended on September, 20, 2013 with vote of thanks to all the participants. There were 17 sessions in totality and each session lasted for 90 minutes. The topic of the workshop was “Integrated Library System: KOHA & DSpace”. Library professionals from public and private sector universities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and AJK were invited to participate in the workshop. Letters were written to the chief librarians of universities to nominate two library professionals from their respective universities. All the universities in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and AJK were liaised but 18 universities responded. 27 library professionals attended the workshop. Mr. Muhammad Javed Iqbal Director Library (HEC) was the coordinator of the workshop. *Mr. Sher Afzal chief librarian B.U. Islamabad was the chief resource person. He delivered 14 lectures on “KOHA & DSpace”*. Mr. Muhammad Arif Assistant Professor AIOU, Islamabad delivered a lecture on “Research Report Writing”. Mr. Maqsood Ahmed Shaheen Reference Specialist, US Embassy, Islamabad, lectured on the topic: Role of social media in Libraries & E-Libraries in USA. Objective of the workshop was to equip the librarians with the practical skills to use KOHA & DSpace in the management system of libraries. This training workshop was first time offered by HEC for the library professionals working in public & private sector universities. KOHA & DSpace is an open source: a multiple lingual library management software that is effectively being used in most of the countries around the globe by providing free access to users. This workshop will serve as a yardstick for building the foundation of innovative library management system in the libraries of Pakistan. An inaugural and closing ceremony were also held in the workshop. The opening ceremony was started with the recitation of Holy Quran. Then training coordinator Mr. Muhammad Javed Iqbal Director Library briefed the participants about the workshop and he also told the participants that how that workshop can be lucrative for them. Ms. Noor Amina Malik DG (LI) was the chief guest and she opined that this will turn out to be an excellent workshop and it would provide an opportunity to learn new skills in the field of Information technology. Ms. Caryn Anderson Information resource officer, US embassy, Islamabad was the guest of honour who pontificated that the world is witnessing a dramatic change and we have to adapt new technologies to cope with the new challenges in our libraries. In the closing ceremony, Mr. Farman Ullah Anjum DG (HRM) was the guest of honour and he said that this is an effective workshop and will sharpen the knack of the library professionals. Dr. Masoom Yasin Zai, VC Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, was the chief guest. He appreciated the efforts of HEC to conduct this valuable workshop. He was of the view that it would play its role in future by changing the working of library professionals as the users will get accustomed to open source software in their respective libraries. He also distributed the certificates among the participants at the end of ceremony. All the participants showed composed mind and expressed their excitement during the whole workshop. They actively took part in the all sessions and tried their best to learn the management software offered in the workshop. This type of workshop can be extended to all other provinces to train the library professionals in the near future. Such type of trainings can be very helpful for developing a union catalogue of all Pakistani university libraries. <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/1372179_517448591670313_1417220489_o.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/1372179_517448591670313_1417220489_o_%281%29.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/1238167_729016210458221_726809324_n.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/891850_516611868420652_464149044_o.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/1237001_728651063817891_633829114_n.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/887705_517449845003521_158926646_o.jpg> <http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780363/1353998_517446821670490_1798343965_o.jpg> ----- Sher Afzal University Librarian Bahria University Libraries Islamabad Pakistan -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/05-DAY-WORKSHOP-ON-INTEGRATED-LIBRARY-SYST... Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.