Report: Three Days Training on Free and Open Source ILS at Islamabad

Posted on May 23, 2012 by admin

LISolutions in collaboration with Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), The University of Waikato, New Zealand and Digital Library Network of South Asia (DLNetSA) organized a Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS) at ICMAP, Islamabad on May 17-19, 2012. It was a National Training on Koha 3.x.x, Greenstone Digital Library and DSpace and its
Inaugural ceremony was graced by Sardar Shahjehan Yousuf, Minister of State for Ministry of Professional & Technical Training.

Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan, Regional Director, ICMAP was the guest of honor in this ceremony.

Inaugural ceremony was started by the recitation from Holy Quran. Mr. M. Shaifq Rana, Coordinator (Trainings), LISolutions introduced the activities of LISolutions in the promotion of Free and Open Source Software in country. Mr. Muhammad Imran, Member Branch Counsel ICMA, Islamabad Branch gave a brief introduction of ICMA and its activities. Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Lead Trainer) introduced the training, its objectives and methods which are being adopted for effective learning of Free and Open Source ILS.


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Minister of state, in his inaugural speech, appreciated the efforts of LISolutions and ICMA for organizing such professionals training and he also appreciated the participants coming from around the country to learn the modern cutting edge technologies. He offered his ministry’s full support to LISolutions for future joint-venture trainings in all areas of professional development.

Team of trainers who conducted this three days training include:

  1. Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Team Lead)
  2. Mr. Zahid Iqbal
  3. Mr. M. Shafiq Rana
  4. Mr. Arsalan Farooq

The following participants attended this training:

1

 Abdul Rahim Librarian Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

2

 Aneela Zahid Library Officer University of Management and Technology Lahore

3

 Arslan Farooq LISolutions Islamabad

4

 Asif Ali Librarian Hailey College of Commerce Lahore

5

 Asma Siddique Project Supprt Officer (Library) Health Services Academy Islamabad

6

 Athar Rehman Database Administrator Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

7

 Farzana Koukab Librarian SPARC Islamabad

8

 Fazal-e-Raziq Additional Director Library NUML Islamabad

9

 Ghulam Murtaza Rafique Librarian The University of Lahore Lahore

10

 Hafeez-ur-Rahman Library Assistant ICCC, PAEC Islamabad

11

 Hina Musarrat
 Research Librarian
 Pakistan Navy War College
 Lahore

12

 Huma Waseem Malik Islamabad

13

 Kaleem Haider Sr. Lib. Asstt. SID PINSTECH Islamabad

14

 Khalil Ahmad Bhatti Jr-Librarian Civil Services Academy, Walton Cantt Lahore

15

 M. Moqueet Afzaal Assistant Librarian FAST Islamabad

16

 Misbah Bashir Assistant Librarian The University of Faisalabad Faisalabad

17

 Muhammad A. Ganaee Manager IRC IIUI Islamabad

18

 Muhammad Asif Library Assistant Nishtar Medical College Library Multan

19

 Muhammad Shakeeb Anwar Librarian Punjab College Rahim Yar Khan Rahim Yar Khan

20

 Munazza Atif Classifier and Cataloger Librarian Kinnaird College for Women Lahore

21

 Munir Alam Senior Library Assiatant PAEC Headquarters Islamabad

22

 Nasim Irshad Assistant Librarian FUAST Islamabad

23

 Nusrat Nadeem Library Assistant NUST Islamabad

24

 Osman Ahmad Malik Sr. Engr. SID PINSTECH Islamabad

25

 Rakhshanda Kokab Chief Librarian The University of Lahore Lahore

26

 Rauf Ahmed Assistant Librarian IRI, IIUI Islamabad

27

 Riaz Abbasi Librarian ICMAP Islamabad

28

 Shafiq Ahmad Librarian HCBF, University of The Punjab Lahore

29

 Shah Din Librarian ICMAP Islamabad

30

 Shahid Amin Librarian Cantonment Public Library Rawalpindi

31

 Siddique-ur-Rehman Librarian The University of Lahore Lahore

32

 Zahid Iqbal Assistant Director (Sotware) IIUI Islamabad

33

 Zahir Shah Librarian ICMAP Islamabad

Pictorial Highlights of Training are given below:


The following topics of Koha ILS were covered in the training:

  • Introduction to ILS
  • Patrons Management
  • OPAC
  • Introduction to MARC
  • Cataloging Module
  • Serials Module
  • Circulation Module
  • Acquisition / Budget / Funds
  • Reports Module
  • Tools Module
  • Koha Advanced Topics / Issues
    • Backup
    • Cron Jobs
    • Customization
    • Zebra Server Management
  • Introduction to GSDL
  • Introduction to DSpace

 

 

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Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS)

Posted on April 21, 2012 by admin

LISolutions in collaboration with Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), The University of Waikato, New Zealand and Digital Library Network of South Asia (DLNetSA) is organizing a Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS)

Introduction: Free and Open Source Movement has provided great opportunities for  library community around the globe. This training will consist of hands-on practical sessions on the following Free and Open Source Software (FOSS):

  • Koha ILS (Latest Version)
  • Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL)
  • DSpace (A favorite Digital Library Suite)

Important Documents for Registration and Nominations:

Event details are as under:

Title: Three Days Training on Free & Open Source Integrated Library Systems (ILS)
Date: May 17-19 2012
Venue: ICMAP Campus, Plot No. 16, Sector H-9, Islamabad, Pakistan



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Organizers:

  • LISolutions Pakistan
  • Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP)
  • The University of Waikato, New Zealand
  • Digital Library Network of South Asia (DLNetSA)

Training Team:

  • Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Team Lead)
  • Mr. Zahid Iqbal
  • Mr. M. Shafiq Rana

Organizing Coordinator:

  • Mr. Zahid Iqbal
    kashan.zahid@yahoo.com
    +92 331 504 4430

Training Fee: PKR 5000/- (US $ 60 for foreign participants )

Fee includes:
Koha, GSDL, DSpace DVD, Training Kit, LISolutions’ Membership, Certificate, Lunches/Refreshment

How to Register?:

Deposit training fee online and get the payment slip. Then get registered here.

Online Registration

Account Title: LISolutions Trust
A/C No: 0541001951005064
Bank: MCB F-7 Markaz, Islamabad -44000

Important Note: As we have limited seats available, interested participants are requested to get registered on first come first serve basis according to following procedure:

Training Outcomes:
After successful completion of this training the participants will be able to:

  • Deploy / Install Koha on your own computer /server
  • Learn basic commands of Linux which may be helpful to use Koha and other FOSS software more
  • Effectively Configure / customize Koha according to your needs
  • Learn the practical use of GSDL and DSpace
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Posted on March 10, 2012 by admin
LISolutions now present Personal and Professional Web Hosting in a very convenient manner. You can host your personal as well as professional websites at a price of as low as PKR 170/- Per Month.

Details about all available packages can be found at LISolutions’ Website

http://lisolutions.org/h/

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Report: International Training on e-Library

Posted on August 2, 2011 by admin

University of Waikato, New Zealand, DlnetSA, LISolutions and e-HAP jointly organized a  three day international training on e-Library at COMSATS Headquarter, Islamabad.

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Training team was as under:

  1. Mr. Ata ur Rehman (LISolutions) – Lead Trainer
  2. Mr. Mohan Raj Pradhan (DlnetSA Nepal) – Trainer
  3. Mr. Muhammad Shafiq Rana (LISolutions) – Trainer
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Fifteen professionals from different areas of Pakistan participated in this training.  The purpose of this training was to equip the professionals with advanced level training on Greenstone Digital Library Software and Koha ILS.  Both the software are Free and Open Source and can be used to manage the libraries having hard form material and digital material.

For this purpose Digital Library Network of South Asia (DlnetSA) has created an integrated live CD having both the software which are integrated to give the complete solution for professionals.  List of participants is given below

1 Abida Hanif Incharge Library Information Services CIIT
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2 Bashir Ahmed Zia Chief Librarian State Bank of Pakistan Karachi
3 Dodo Khan FOSS Developer Aga Khan University Karachi
4 Dr. Shahzad Resident Surgeon Holy Family Hospital Islamabad
5 Hafeez ur Rehman Library Assistant PAEC Islamabad
6 Ihtiram ul Haque Project coordinator and IT support Heartfile Islamabad
7 Imran Chaudhry Sr. Prog. Officer COMSATS Islamabad
8 Muhammad Javed Chief Librarian Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad
9 Musa Khan E-Resource Librarian Aga Khan University Karachi
10 Rafiq Awan Chief Librarian IUB Bahawalpur
11 Salamat Ali Reference Librarian PIMS Library IH Islamabad
12 Sher Afzal University Librarian Bahria University Islamabad
13 Zahid Iqbal
 Asst. Director IIU Islamabad
14 Zahid Iqbal Asst. Manager Riphah International University Islamabad

Two sessions of this training were also transmitted via video conferencing live and participants from Nepal, Bangladesh and Maldive also benefited from this training.

We are thankful to all stakeholders of this training for organizing this successful event and making it beneficial for library professionals and computer professionals.

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Report: National Training on TLS

Posted on July 14, 2011 by admin

A two day National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS) was jointly organized by LISolutions® and PLWO at Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab on July 9-10, 2011. A large number of professionals across the country participated in this training

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The following professionals participated and make this even a successful event:

Sr. Name Designation Organization City
1 Rana Nasrullah Assistant Librarian The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Bahawalpur
2 Muhammad Rafiq Awan Chief Librarian The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Bahawalpur
3 Maqsood Ahmad Database Administrator The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Bahawalpur
4 Misbah Bashir Assistant Librarian The University of Faisalabad Faisalabad
5 Muhammad Imran Siddiqui Librarian University of Gujrat Gujrat
6 Sajid Bashir Programmer University of Gujrat Gujrat
7 Hameedullah Khattak Librarian AHK-NCRD Islamabad
8 Sher Afzal University Library Officer Bahria University Islamabad
9 Rauf Ahmed Assistant Librarian International Islamic University Islamabad
10 Sheikh Imran Naeem Computer Operator International Islamic University Islamabad
11 Arslan Farooq Web Developer LISolutions Islamabad
12 Mirza Waseem Baig PLO NUST Islamabad
13 Muzzammil Ahmad Doc. Officer Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad
14 Bashir Ahmed Pr. Computer Operator PINSTECH Islamabad
15 Zahid Iqbal AM Riphah International University Islamabad
16 Ajaz Khan Assistant Librarian SPD, Islamabad Islamabad
17 Zahid Hussain Sahito Assistant Librarian Mehran Univesity of Engineeging & Technology Jamshoro
18 Abdul Majeed Nohri Library Assistant Mehran Univesity of Engineeging & Technology Jamshoro
19 Javed Ahmed Abbasi Library Assistant Mehran Univesity of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro
20 Shuja Ahmed Librarian KIBGE, University of Karachi Karachi
21 Zia ur Rehman Electronic Resource Librarian State Bank of Pakistan Karachi
22 Abida Hashmani Assistant Manager SUPARCO Karachi
23 Shumaila Arzoo Assistant Manager SUPARCO Karachi
24 Sadaf Rafiq Librarian CMH Lahore
25 Farah Naz Cheema Incharge Library Fatima Jinah Medical College Lahore
26 Fatima Ali Intern Hailey College of Commerce Lahore
27 Asif Ali Librarian Hailey College of Commerce Lahore
28 Shafiq Ahmad Librarian HCB&F, University of the Punjab Lahore
29 Nuzba Kiran Librarian Institute for Professional Learning (IPL) Lahore
30 Muhammad Riaz Shaheen Librarian Institute of Management Sciences Lahore
31 Qaisar Sultana Chief Librarian Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Lahore
32 Andleeb Nasib Librarian Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Lahore
33 Sabeen Batool Librarian Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Lahore
34 Saher Riaz Librarian Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Lahore
35 Asif Munir Sr. Librarian LUMS Lahore
36 Fauzia Shabnum Librarian Pakistan Navy War College Lahore
37 Muhammad Hussain Library Officer Pakistan Navy War College Lahore
38 Sehar Abbas Assistant Librarian Punjab Institute of Language, Art & Culture Lahore
39 Faiza Bashir Librarian Queen Mary College, Lahore Lahore
40 Niaz Wali Khan Manager SUPARCO Lahore
41 Asif Bilal Librarian Lahore
42 Rahila Sultan Lahore
43 Kamran Butt Assistant Librarian BZU Multan
44 Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar Dy Librarian BZU Multan
45 Shahzada Nadeem Raza Chief Librarian
 Hailey College of Commerce, PU
 Lahore
46 Muhammad Nadeem Librarian Govt. Girls Higher Sec. School Multan
47 Hanif Awan Librarian Govt. Pilot Sec. School Multan
48 Waqas Javed Assistant Librarian Nishter Medical College Multan
49 Tahir Jan Librarian University of Peshawar Peshawar
50 Ghulam Mustafa Assistant Librarian University of Sargodha Sargodha
51 Muhammad Yousaf Kharal District Librarian Sheikhupura
52 Abida Hanif Librarian COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Vehari

The training was conducted in interactive mod. It was a blend of both theoretical and practical methods of training.  The following main topics were covered:

1- TLS: Introduction, Installation and introduction to its components
2- Koha ILS
3- DSpace
4- WordPress
5- Joomla
6- LimeSurvey

and many more…

 

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Trainers of this training, Dr. Muhammad Ramzan (Director LUMS Library), Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Free and Open Source Activist, LISolutions), Muhammad Shafiq Rana (Coordinator LISolutions) and Mr. Arslan Farooq (LISolutions) delivered lectures and provided hands-on training on the above mentioned Free and Open Source Software.

On demand of participants a demo for conversion of data from MS Excel / Access to MARC using MARCEdit was also presented.  Participants found this very useful.

We are thankful to PLWO, PULISAA and Hailey College of Commerce for their support to make this training a successful event as partner.

The participants of this training decided to create a dynamic community of practice for TLS.  For this purpose a Mailing List / LISTSERV has been created for the users of TLS.

Note: If you are user of TLS or intend to use TLS, you can join this mailing list at http://lisolutions.org/mailman/listinfo/tls_lisolutions.org

So many professionals contacted us to get TLS.  For this purpose we have uploaded TLS DVD on SourceForge website.  Please find whole TLS DVD at https://sourceforge.net/projects/totallibrarysol/files/TLSv.1.4/

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National Training on Total Library Solution

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

LISolutions and Pakistan Librarian Welfare Organization Jointly organizing “National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS)” [What is TLS?]

 

Title: National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS)
Date: Saturday-Sunday July 9-10, 2011
Venue: Computer Lab, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Organizers: LISolutions and Pakistan Librarian Welfare Organization (PLWO)
Partners: PULISAA and Hailey College of Commerce
Training Team:

  • Mr. Ata ur Rehman (ata.rehman@gmail.com)
  • Mr. M. Shafiq Rana (cyberarianpk@gmail.com)

Organizing Coordinators:

  • Mr. Muhammad Asif Munir
    masifmunir@gmail.com
    Tel. 03334348494
  • Mr. Nadeem Raza
    nadeemaza4u@yahoo.com
    Tel. 0321-8141615

Registration Fee:

For Members of LISolutions, PLWO or PULISAA: PKR 3000/-
For Non-Members: PKR 5000/-

Fee includes:
TLS DVD, TLS Membership, Lunch, Tea, Training Kit, Certificate

 

More Details

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Total Library Solution (TLS) with Koha 3.4 Free of Cost : a gift to PAK LIS Community

Posted on May 6, 2011 by admin

On behalf of LISolutions, I feel immense pleasure to share with all the LIS community that LISolutions has brought a revolutionary product for the community with the title “Total Library Solution (TLS)”.  This product is a LIVE as well as Installation DVD which can be used by all the users who do not have the know how of Linux and can get the benefits of Free and Open Source Software in the field of LIS.

TLS is customized solution for the following (Installed, Pre-configured, Customized) software:

1- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server (A secure Server-Based installation)
2- Koha 3.4 ILS (Latest version, customized for local needs of LIS community of Pakistan)
3- DSpace (A favorite Digital Library Suite)
4- Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL)
5- Joomla (Award Winning Content Management System)
6- WordPress (Blogging / Content Management System)
7- Open Harvesting System (OHS)

and many more…

This DVD can be installed without installing on your computer.  Just put DVD in DVD ROM and restart your computer and select LIVE CD/DVD option and all the above software will be available immediately without any configuration.

To install all the above Free and Open Source applications, just select install option and a wizard will start to help you install on your computer.

This DVD will be available soon on LISolutions and Sourceforge website.

Note: Please join LISolutions LISTSERV for more details on Free and Open Source Software news and updates at: http://lisolutions.org/mailman/listinfo/lis-support_lisolutions.org

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Report: Training on “Open Source Tools for Digital Archives”

Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin

Bahria University Islamabad and LISolutions jointly organized a One Day Training on “Open Source Tools and Techniques for Digital Archives” at Bahria University, Islamabad on Saturday March 12, 2011 (09:00 AM to 6:00 PM).  More than 25 (Twenty Five) library professionals participated in this training.

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Training was started with the name of Almighty Allah with a simple but graceful inauguration ceremony.  Mr. Ata ur Rehman (From LISolutions) was the lead trainer.  While the other trainers were Mr. Sher Afzal (Bahria University, Islamabad) and Mr. M. Shafiq Rana (SECP, Islamabad).

After the inauguration, Mr. Shafiq Rana gave an impressive presentation on “Introduction to digital archives: GSDL, DSpace, EPrints and Copyright”.  He presented a comparison between different Open Source tools for managing digital archives.

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Second session was on “Cataloging of digital contents and Metadata”.  This lecture was presented by Mr. Sher Afzal.  He presented the difference between the cataloging of hard form bibliographic material and digital material.  Also different types of Metadata, METS, Dublin Core, Qualified Dublin Core and AGLS was the main focus of this presentation.

Last two sessions were conducted by Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Open Source Tools for Digital Contents and Step-by-step guide about how to create digital archive) followed by practical session in which participants got hands on training about the installation of Open Source Software (GSDL) and its basic configuration.

At the end of this event, participants also presented their views about this learning activity.  Professionals found this training very effective and useful. In closing session of this training, certificates were distributed among the participants.

Presentation Slides can be downloaded here

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One Day Training on “Open Source Tools & Techniques for Digital Archives”

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

LISoultions and Bahria University Islamabad jointly organizing a One Day Training on “Open Source Tools & Techniques for Digital Archives”. Details are as under:

Title: One Day Training on “Open Source Tools & Techniques for Digital Archives”
Venue: Bahria University Islamabad
Date: March 12, 2011 (09:00 AM – 05:00 PM)

Contents of Training

  • Introduction to Digital Archives
  • Metadata for cataloging of digital collections
  • OCR
  • Copyright and Plagiarism
  • Creating Digital Archives
  • Interoperability
  • Introduction to institutional repositories

Who should attend?

  • Archivists and Librarians, LIS students, Beginners and intermediate level learner of Digital Libraries
  • LIS Professionals working in digital environment who are interested in managing their digital content using some Open Source Software (Greenstone, Digital Library Software, DSpace, EPrints, etc)

Training Outcome.

After successful completion of this training will learn:

  • Introduction/basics of digital archives/digital libraries and repositories
  • International standards of digital libraries
  • Alternatives available for digital library management software in Free and Open Source Category
  • Installation, configuration, and customization of Free and Open Source Software for management of their digital collections
  • The concept of copyright and plagiarism and our role and responsibility as information professionals

Training Fee

  • PULISAA, PLA or PLC Members – PKR 600/- per participant
  • Non Members – PKR 1000/- per participant
  • (Fee includes tea, lunch and certificate)

Trainers:

  • Ata ur Rehman
    (Lead Trainer for GSDL, Koha & other FOSS in Pakistan)
  • Mr. Sher Afzal (Librarian, Bahria University)
  • M. Shafiq Rana (Trainer and Coordinator LISolutions)

For further information:

Mr. Sher Afzal
0333-552 1321
librarian@bahria.edu.pk

For Registration Click Here

Note: Training Flyer can be downloaded here

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Training Need Assessment (TNA) for Library Software

Posted on January 25, 2011 by admin

By: Muhammad Shafiq Rana

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