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