[Koha] Re: [KUDOS] Google Talk via FaceBook for KUDOS meetings

[Deb Bergeron]

Van,

Thanks for the feedback.  I haven't worked with Moodle, but some of our 
libraries have.  What we currently have for the Koha Community is:

    * A website
    * Listserv
    * FaceBook presence
    * bit of a presence on the Koha dev wiki

What the users want is:

    * a place for online meetings
          o a simple solution would be an IRC channel and a few of the
            Koha developers suggested the Koha IRC.  This would be
            perfect, but I'm not sure how many regular staff librarians
            would be comfortable with this.  We could give it a try. 
            What do you think?
    * updates of any user group meetings
    * a user group that is not company sponsored (at the moment that
      would be LibLime)
    * a set of bylaws and an actual non-profit group established

Have said all of this, the biggest issue is that staff librarians (i.e. 
non-technical librarians want to participate in the Koha User Group 
(KUDOS)).  And to have them participate sort of requires that all the 
components of the the user group is confined in one area.  So, that's 
the quandry. 

With moodle, everyone can have a login, it has the chat capability, 
including archiving.  Documentation archiving.  It would also provide a 
method for tutorials and providing real-time help to anyone who wants 
it.  This could work. I can try setting up a Moodle instance sometime in 
the next week.  I'll let you know when I've completed it.  Would you be 
willing to help test?

Other stuff:
I believe there may be a meeting at PLA in Minneapolis.  Are you coming 
to PLA?  If so, there may be an opportunity to be involved in the 
establishment of the user group bylaws and non-profit group.  I'm not 
organizing this one due to other commitments.

Additionally, I am on the planning committee for the Midwest Technology 
Conference that will be held in May/June timeframe.  Part of that track 
could include setting up user groups and how they help the OSS 
community.  I don't think this has been done.

Thanks,

Deb

Van Carpenter wrote:
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> Moodle might be a very reasonable option. I have had some experience 
> with this, and it seems to work well. The difficulty would be 
> administrating it -- this takes time. I cannot recall, however, how 
> well their chat application works.
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> That being said, it would be an appropriate partnership given that 
> Moodle is to educational software what Koha is to library software. 
> Moodle would also enable a document repository and forum for ongoing 
> conversation. It would establish a Koha community.
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> *From:* Deb Bergeron [mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu]
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 03, 2008 5:48 PM
> *To:* koha at lists.katipo.co.nz; kudos-list at ccfls.org
> *Subject:* [KUDOS] Google Talk via FaceBook for KUDOS meetings
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> As many of you know, I've been looking for a way to have online KUDOS 
> chat meetings via FaceBook.
>
> Well, we tried Google Talk in the FaceBook application. It's very 
> cumbersome and will not work for online chat meetings. However, we 
> could utilize Google Talk via Google. Google Talk is great--you can 
> have either a chat with one person or a group. How's it work?
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> All you need to do is:
> a. Have a google acct.
> b. Have an email acct.
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> Then, if any of us wants to talk/chat realtime we can hook up via 
> Google Talk.
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> What do you think?
>
> Other options are:
> a. building a moodle with chat function. (Moodle has a chat function 
> built in.)
> b. email via the Koha list or FaceBook
> c. meet in person
> d. other ideas?
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> Deb
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Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support
CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu>
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A
Saint Paul, MN 55104
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