Organized by
Bio-ICT Centre and Knowledge & Information Centre, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
Date: 21st and 22nd April 2009 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Venue: Hydro Majestic Hotel, Batu Feringghi, Penang, Malaysia
Fee: RM400.00
Target Audience:
➢ Library Manager
➢ Librarian
➢ IT Personnel
➢ People who wants to start using Open Source Integrated Library System
➢ Anybody who wants to migrate from old/existing system to web-based system
Anyone interested in joining a workshop, please contact;
Miss Farah Nadiah (+604-562 2237) or email at farah_nadiah@amdi.usm.edu.my
KOHA-Integrated Library System Seminar (Malaysia)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 6:42 AM Posted by KOHA - in Malaysia
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KOHA - History
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 10:02 AM Posted by KOHA - in Malaysia
Its started sometimes in mid June 2008. We amongst xlibrarian & technologies were discussed about the technology adapted to libraries. The main topic for sure is about library system & also the future of security system in libraries. The reality in Malaysian's academic or university libraries is considered at par with libraries in develop country in term of using system in their daily activities such as operation or information access (but not the system they are using). At a lower level such as colleges, teachers colleges, high or lower school, they are not much bother about system due to the constraint on budgetary. The implementation & maintenance cost is high. Due to this, they are backward in library technology. The ideas & how to resolve this issue is GO FOR OPEN SOURCE. We have alternative system that is KOHA. Yes, we decided to offer our services for a small and medium libraries at a basic charges. Here we go ....