Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

Pakistan KohaCon’19,

26-27 April 2019

Inaugural Session

26 April 2019 (Friday),

Time: 08:00 am – 10:30 am

Session Secretary: Zakria Qasmi

Registration of Participants	08:00 AM
Guests to be Seated	09:00 AM
Tilawat e Quran Hakeem	09:10 AM
National Anthem	09:20 AM
Welcome Note by Sher Afzal Khan Conference Secretary	09:25 AM
Address by Key Note Speaker Mr Yusuf Hussain CEO Ignite	09:40 AM
Address by the Chief Guest Senator Dr. Meher Taj Roghani	09:50 AM
*Address by Syed Ghyour Hussain* Conference Chair**	10: 20 AM
Refreshment	10:30 AM

Session: 1 (11:00 am – 01:00 pm) Session Chair: Dr. Muhammad Akram Shaikh, Director General PASTIC Session Co Chair: Mr. Kazim Syed, Chief Librarian UOG Guest of Honor: Ahmad Jawad CEO Beyond the Horizon Session Secretary: Ms Gul Naz
Time	Details
11:00 – 11:20	Chris Cormack’s Catalyst IT, New Zealand (Koha Original Developer)
11:20 – 11:40	George H. Williams (President Koha-US )
11:40 – 12:00	Case Study: Ayub Agricultural Research Institute In-House Digital Library(The Largest In-House Digital Library of Pakistan in Agriculture Sector) by Ch Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar
12:00 – 12:20	Perceptions Assessment of library professionals about Koha Integrated Library Management Software in Jamshoro Education City Liaquat Ali Rahoo & Sher Afzal
12:20 – 12:40	Implementation of Koha OSS: personal experiences with Koha at central library Islamia College University Peshawar By Zeeshan Ullah
12:40 – 01:00 01:00 – 02:00	*Question Answer & remarks by Session Chair* *Prayer & Lunch Break.*
Session: 2 (02:00 pm– 04:00 pm) Session Chair: Dr Asad Khan, Assistant Professor University of Peshawar Session Co Chair: Hafiz Abdur Rahman, Chief Librarian COMSATS Guest of Honor: Dr Ejaz Miraj, UET Lahore Session Secretary: Muhammad Tariq
Time	Details
02:00 – 02:20	“Largest Koha Installation Experiences of 1130 Public Libraries of Turkey” by Mengü YAZICIOĞLU DEVINIM
02:20 – 02:40	“Challenges and problems in transferring an In House System based Digital Catalogue into Open Source system (Koha) A case study of BHL By: Prof. Malahat Kaleem Sherwani, Ms. Ammarah Siddiqui and Ms. Amna Shamim
02:40 – 03:00	A Librarian’s Anecdote of Koha-ILMS Implementation at Commecs: A Case Study (My journey from a manual library to an automated library eased by Koha-ILMS) by Sana Afsheen HOD (LIBRARY) COMMECS COLLEGE
03:00 – 03: 20	“Blending New Features with Koha ILMS” by Dr. S. Ravikumar From India Meghalaya Expert: Koha, DSpace, Moodle, Drupal, and Greenston
03:20 – 03:40	“Problems and Prospect during Migration Proprietary Library Software to Koha Library Management” by Hirak Jyoti Hazarika Research Scholar Department of Library & Information Science North – Eastern Hill University Shillong
03:40 – 04:00	Question Answer & remarks by Session Chair

Second Day : 27 April 2019 (Saturday),

Session: 3 (09:00 – 11:00) Session Chair: Dr Perviz Ahmed Session Co Chair: Mr. Asif Munir, Director Library PEHEC Guest of Honor: Dr Muhammad Ramzan Director QEC UCP Session Secretary: Zakria Qasmi
Time	Details
09:00 – 09:20	Pakistan Research Repository Using Open Source Software By Syed Iftikhar Ali Shah
09:20 – 09:40	“Open Source Technologies adoptions in the era of big data” by Khurshid Ahmad (胡西) Nanjing University China.
09:40 – 10:00	“PASTIC Cloud Koha” by Mr. Habib Jafery, Principle Librarian PASTIC, Islamabad
10:00 – 10:20	Question Answer & remarks by Session Chair
10:20 – 11:00	Refreshment
Session: 4 (:11:00 – 01:30) Session Chair:Dr Midrar Ullah Session Co Chair: Mr Nushad Ghazafar Chief Librarian BZU Guest of Honor: Ms Malahat Kaleem Sherwani Ex Chair Person UOK Session Secretary: Zakria Qasmi
Time	Details
11:00 – 11:20	Nur Ahammad From Bangladesh “Koha and Open Source implementation experience from Bangladesh”
11:20 – 11:40	Sonia BOUIS (France) President Koha France
11:40 – 12:00	Question Answer & remarks by Session Chair
12:00 – 01:30	Prayer & Lunch Break
Session: 5 (01:30 – 04:00) Session Chair: Dr Saeed Ullah Jan, HoD, Dept. of LIS, KKK University Karak Session Co Chair: Mr Ashfaq Hussain Guest of Honor: Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad Session Secretary:Mr Asif Iqbal Deputy Registrar High Court Islamabad
Time	Details
1:30 – 2:30	How Technology is Changing the Role of Librarians (Expert Penal Discussion) Mr Anwar Ejaz Sher Afzal Malak Habib Jaffery Zakria Qasmi
2:30 – 3:30	Session: 6 (03:30 – 04:30) Session Chair: Dr Sajid Mirza Session Co Chair: Dr Amjid Khan Khalil Guest of Honor: Mr. Farrukh Dall Session Secretary: Supporting Open Source Technology for Libraries (Expert Penal Discussion) Mr. Rana Shafique Mr. Zaheer Ahmad Mr. Sher Afzal Khan Mr. Zeeshan Ullah Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad
3:30 – 04:00	Question Answer & remarks by Session Chair and way forward

Closing Session,

27 April 2019 (Saturday),

Time: 04:00 pm – 05:15 pm

Session Secretary: Zakria Qasmi

Guests to be Seated	04:00 PM
Tilawat e Quran Hakeem & National Anthem	04:10 PM
Conference Report By Conference Secretary Sher Afzal Khan	04:20 PM
Address by Key Note Speaker	04:30 PM
Address by the Chief Guest	04:40 PM
Closing Remarks by Syed Ghyour Hussain Conference Chair	04:55 PM
Shields Distribution	05:00 PM
Refreshment	05:15 PM