We are going to have Koha Workshop during this year MOSC2011
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals.
Speakers and trainers
Mr. Robin Sheat
http://nz.linkedin.com/in/robinsheat
Software Developer - Koha Team at Catalyst IT Limited
Robin Sheat has broad experience in various open source related technologies, mostly in the domain of software development. He have worked on large, scalable web systems in Perl, web and desktop applications in Java, system administration scripts in Puppet and shell scripting, and a number of other similar things.
Along with this industry experience, he have also gathered a range of more academic skills, such as artificial intelligence and data mining.
Mrs. Irma Birchall
http://au.linkedin.com/in/irmabirchall
Irma Birchall is the founder of CALYX information essentials, a Koha and Kete support provider in Australia. She worked at Sydney University's Fisher Library and other libraries for 10 years after graduating in Library Sciences and is an active member of the Australian Library and Information Association. She is also a member various free software user groups and takes part in many GLAM (Galleries/Libraries/Archives/Museums) sector activities.
During implementations, Irma's focus is on training, and she brings to her clients a solid understanding of Koha, library processes, international library standards and of the Australian library context.
Irma speaks French, German and is learning Spanish.
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