Hello everyone!
The first community education meeting took place earlier today. There
were a dozen in attendance and we had a great chat.
For those who couldn't make it, and for the curious, here is the
recording
https://drive.google.com/file/d/147jzhaEZJdsNsFFxXzb8SUvGj1T5ulRP/view
there is also the transcript of the chat
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xb8TjtrDaIdZPrVUekueqzRYz4StLip8
Thanks again to ByWater Solutions who hosted the meeting.
Here are some highlights from the meeting:
* We created a wiki page to share our training material
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Training_resources
o Feel free to add to this wiki page, I already started with some
resources that were shared during the meeting
o If you add something, make sure to write the version of Koha it
applies to. This is just to keep it the most up-to-date possible.
* We also created a wiki page for how-to's or "step by step"'s
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/How-to
o These will live along side the manual for people who need more
structured instructions on how to do things in Koha
o It's easier to edit than the manual, so more people can contribute
o There is still the need to find a way to translate these if they
are to be included in the manual eventually
* We decided against creating a new mailing list for education and
training as most of us are already swamped in emails and subscribed
to too many listservs
o We will use the regular Koha mailing list
o However, it was suggested that we add "Education: " before the
subject of the email. That way those of us who are interested in
this topic will know to read those emails, and those of us who
aren't interested in education/training can disregard the email
or even create a rule in their email client to delete them
automatically
* Eventually, there will be example MARC records for all types of
materials to help us with non-librarian library staff who do
cataloging.
* We also shared some best practices
o We all loved koha-US' learning page, which organizes the
community information in a more visual manner
https://koha-us.org/learn-from-koha-us/
o ByWater do a "policy call" before the training to understand the
library's setting and needs. This also helps with configuration.
They have a survey that they use with that call to collect hard
data from their clients for the configuration of Koha
o Most support companies do the training on a test environment
with the library's own data. This is kept until go-live so staff
can practice. Some keep the test environment after go-live for
tests, practice and training new staff.
o ByWater tries to cater to all learning styles by giving the same
information in different ways (videos, step-by-steps, in person
training, etc.)
I think that covers everything. For those who were there, don't hesitate
to respond if you think I forgot anything.
Next meeting will take place on November 19 at 19 UTC. It will still be
hosted by ByWater and this is the link to access it
https://zoom.us/j/392843340
Thank you everyone!
Caroline
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Caroline Cyr La Rose, M.L.I.S.
Librarian | Product Manager
Phone: 1-833-465-4276, ext. 221
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INLiBRO | Document Technologies Specialists | www.inLibro.com
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