[Koha] 5 Days Extensive workshop for University Librarian on KOHA & Dspace

[sher afzal]

<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1369841_517443031670869_1287740316_o.jpg>
05 DAY WORKSHOP ON “INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM: KOHA & DSpace”.

As per Higher Education Commission's (HEC) 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 training can be very
helpful for developing a union catalog of all Pakistani university libraries
*
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/891850_516611868420652_464149044_o.jpg> 
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1238167_729016210458221_726809324_n.jpg> 
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1372179_517448591670313_1417220489_o.jpg> 
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1372179_517448591670313_1417220489_o_%281%29.jpg> 
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1353998_517446821670490_1798343965_o.jpg>
.
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1239525_728649967151334_844668274_n.jpg> 
<http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n5780359/1237001_728651063817891_633829114_n.jpg> 



-----
Sher Afzal
University Librarian
Bahria University Libraries Islamabad Pakistan
--
View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/5-Days-Extensive-workshop-for-University-Librarian-on-KOHA-Dspace-tp5780359.html
Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.