This long workshop was planning to provide the best source of implantation of Koha and DSpace Software in all Parliamentary Assemblies Libraries of Pakistan and to make the Union Catalog of all Parliamentary libraries. The key objectives were:
Training Outcomes:
After successful completion of this training the participants will be able to:
Content of the Training Programme “Koha”
Module 9- Setting Global System Preferences Module
Module 10- Koha Basic Operating Parameters Module
Module 11- Patron and Circulation Parameters Module
Module 12 – Catalog Parameters Module
Module 13- Acquisition parameters Module
Module 21- Digitization of Parliamentary Libraries- ideas and Technologies , Parliamentary research and library services Challenges, Parliamentary Library Clients/Users, Useful Research databases, websites etc., taking the next steps for Parliamentary Libraries:
Content of the Training Programme DSpace Modules
Module 1 An introduction to DSpace
Module 2 What can DSpace be used for
Module 3 What does DSpace look like
Module 4 Customizing the Dspae item submission
Module 5 Overview of import and export functionally
Module 6 Introductions to community
Module 7 How to create Dspace User
Module 8 Important command of DSpace
Module 9 Backup and Restorations of Dspace
Module 10 Data management and entry of different type of items
Module 11 Instructions to Data Management
Module 12 DSpace Administrator introductions
Module 13 E User Management
Module 14 Introductions to different file and entry
About the Trainer:
Mr Sher Afzal Khan is a key resource person for Koha and DSpace in Pakistan and organized 86 workshops in Pakistan. He is also the approved trainer of Higher Education Commission Pakistan on Open Source Software and pioneer country Ambassador for Pakistan. He successfully implanted Koha and DSpace in 43 plus organization/Universities within Pakistan. He is also running the official blogs and Facebook page and provides free assistance and gaudiness to koha and DSpace users in Pakistan as well as globally. He also participate activity in kohacon 16 and kohacon 17 conference as speaker and represent Pakistan. He also organized Pakistan Open Sauce Summit in which a large number of people participated. Free and Open Source Software is his area of expertise/research. He is also the founder of LIBSOL (Complete Library Solution) packages which is available free of cost for everyone. The LIBSOL can be found at the following link:
http://blog.fullstack.com.pk/latest-version-of-koha-dspace-live-dvd-libsol-version-3-2-1-pakistan/
The link of his blogs and other voluntary Facebook page are as follows: