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Working towards a Koha Greek Users’ Group
Sofia Zapounidou & Giannis Kourmoulis
Library & Information Centre,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Preparation
• Other Koha users’ groups• Greek libraries using Koha• Questionnaire
Most active Koha Users Groups
• USA
• France
• Italy
• Croatia
• Recently established• Spain (Nov.2015)
• Sweden (Feb.2016)
What other groups do …
• Website - Wikis
• Mailing lists
• Social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter)
• Conference / meetings
• Hackathons
• Training (First time install, Modules)
• Implementation ideas
• Newsletter
• etc
Koha in Greece
What we would prefer to do first ...
• Website / Wiki ?
• Mailing list
• Translation of Koha (software + documentation)
• Training• Collect training material developed by Greek Libraries
• Organize training events / workshops
• Desired features
• Coding initiatives – Greek specific, e.g. Greek VAT
Hm, later …
• Conferences
• Workshops regarding the future of cataloguing
• Social media
Other issues
• Official establishment?
• Subgroups • UNIMARC
• MARC21
• Integration of Koha – Vufind, other communities?
• Collaboration