2019 New Mexico Koha Summit

by Jessie Zairo on Jan 29, 2019

Event Details

Location: The New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87507

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Registration: http://bit.ly/nmsummit19

Why attend the summit?

The 2019 Summit will take place at the New Mexico State Library, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, on Tuesday March 19, 2019. Interested in learning more about Koha and what it can do for your library? Then join The New Mexico State Library, ByWater Solutions, and other Koha Community Members for a conversation about Koha and how it can benefit your library.

Topics will include advantages of Koha, customer and staff functionality, technical attributes, collection development and lending services. We will also discuss the Koha community and how collaborative developments work.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:45 Coffee and Networking

9:45 - 10:00 Opening Remarks (Eli Guinnee, New Mexico State Library, Brooks & Jessie Zairo, ByWater Solutions)

10:00 - 11:00 Migration from Symphony to Koha ILS (Jill Kleven, Pueblo City County Library District)

11:00 Break

11:15 - 12:15 Managing a Consortium with Koha (Jerry Brock, head of E-Libris Technologies and the Texas Library Consortium)

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 Demo of Koha's OPAC and Staff Interface (Jessie Zairo, ByWater Solutions)

2:15 Break

2:30 Open Forum: Q & A (Jessie Zairo, ByWater Solutions)