Jun 10 2015
Settings for printing Members Card and Barcode labels (5X13 labels) A4 sheet through Koha, ILMS
Please click to view the detail settings: Koha Labels Setting
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May 19 2015
Dear All,
Please participate in this small survey to know the current trend/situations towards adoption of open source software for automation of libraries.
by Feb 14 2015
Dear All,
We (myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi) have taken initiative to implement open source software like Koha, DSpace, Joomla etc. in libraries and time to time motivating for the same to library professionals. I was thinking i am doing the great job free of cost but when i saw today a Tender of renowned Institute for Just installation of Koha, data migration from SOUL/Current ILMS and little training to staffs, i shocked and realize that real heroes are those people who have given opportunity for the same to us and successfully they are running Koha. They have expended Just on our TA/DA and honorarium as per government rules and saved Lakhs of Public money.
In present case although i proposed the institute for the same task and given example of a renowned near by library where we have did the job and Koha is running successfully but even though they opted for the Commercial firm service which could be easily done by us in a much better way than any commercial firm. I do not know why they opted for the same and what is lacking from our side, however one can avail community support for installation/training on Koha and if desire later they can avail commercial support (AMC) for maintenance, by this method also they can save lakh of money on initial implementation of Koha.
I would simply like to ask a question from such Professionals that:
WILL YOU TAKE SAME DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO INVEST MONEY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET? OR WHAT DIFFICULTY YOU FACED IN INVITING ANY CAPABLE EXPERT FOR THE SAME TASKS FROM LIS COMMUNITY?
I would like to request all leaders/Decision makers of the LIS community to avail such services from LIS community it will not only save money but strengthen our library profession and reputation as well as you will be called as a good leader and decision maker in LIS domain.
Thanking You.
by Feb 11 2015
Dear All,
I participated as resource person at IIT Roorkee in National workshop on Koha, DSpace and Joomla from 2-6 February, 2015. Everything went well and i have tried my level best to explain working of all above software’s unfortunately DSpace could not be installed due to fast and smooth Internet connectivity issues, therefore i recommend the resource persons to use Live DVD for DSpace installation during workshops and provide demo of actual installation methods, however if there is high speed LAN based internet connection than you can try direct installation method.
by Jan 31 2015
Dear All,
A simple but very useful precaution before availing RFID solutions for library so that RFID vender could not trap you in their own iron net. Always keep some samples of Library users RFID based ID card and book RFID tag from various venders and original equipment manufactures (OEM), the same iso standard cards may be requested to venders/OEM for compatibility purpose. This is very necessary as i noticed that same standard User ID card is not read by the RFID device which is supplied by other firm/OEM, it is reflecting that some malpractices may be going on behind the seen to trap you in future. So its my simple suggestion to ask the vender to demonstrate read/write capacity of RFID devices with many or same ISO standard RFID cards before final implementations.
Thanking You.
by Jan 20 2015
This video is about Marc record import, copy cataloguing (z39.5) and cataloguing in the Koha library management software.
by Jan 11 2015
Dear All,
Its my pleasure to inform you that i have taken one initiative to get the information from those libraries which is not yet automated or willing to change the existing automation software to another open source library management software.
The information collected will be shared among the Experts available at http://mishravk.com/experts/ so that either desired library professionals or experts available near your library can contact/visit for the above matter. Library professionals are requested to visit the below link and fill your details so that your library automation related requirements can be fulfilled by Library professionals at least/negligible cost.
http://goo.gl/forms/RmPh1g6Irr
by Jan 10 2015
Recently we have converted/migrated Bound Volume (Journals) data from Libsys Library management software to Koha successfully and Volume/issues details has been also retained as it is along with other details. The migrated data can be viewed at below link:
Bound Volumes Converted Data of BP Central Library, NITR
by Dec 29 2014
Dear All
I have just uploaded Koha latest version 3.18.2 livedvd (easykoha.iso) at:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vkmkoha/files/
How to install on dual booting (Windows and Linux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg8h394E28
Please Feel free to contact for any help.
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Jun 12 2015
Suitable dates for Workshop/Software implementations
Dear All,
Please find here our next holidays calender and you may organize events like workshop on Koha, DSpace, Joomla, Newgenlib etc. and implementation of above software’s in your institutes. During these days myself and my colleague Mr. D.P. Tripathi will have much freedom to travel as there will be no official leave required.
Therefore if you are interested please look into the holidays and plan the event during more consecutive holidays like from 17-20 September, 2015 etc. Please click the link to see the holidays list and contact us for further details holidays-list
Thanking You.
By Vinod Kumar Mishra • Automation, Data Conversion, Digitization, DSpace, Events, Koha • 0