transforming moana IAMSLIC 2008 Suva, Fiji

i am a librarian

i am a computer geek

what's the diff? koha greenstone

koha is an integrated library management system for managing all major functions of a physical library

greenstone is a digital library management system – essentially a document management system for final, catalogued, electronic publications.

finding getting who has what when? front office GK G K customer lists K

describing buying inventory decision support money back office K K GK K K

koha facts koha means “gift” similar to Fijian “savusavu” license: gpl Technologies: apache (others are ok), perl, zebra (index data), yaz (index data), MARC::Record, Net::Z3950::ZOOM, MySQL (or PostgreSQL), OAI support client: web server: linux with a delayed windows port Pacific installs: CINL, FFA Solomon Islands, SPCwww.nelsonlibrary.ws

greenstone facts named after “New Zealand jade” license: gpl driven by the Waikato comp sci department technologies: apache (others are ok), perl, java, mg/mg++, ghostscript, assorted open source conversion tools, OAI support client: web, java applet or application server: linux or windows or mac Pacific installs: SPC library, PADDLE, USP Pacific governance portal

transforming moana software selection data analysis conversion plan writing code conversion testing visual customization

3 great virtues of a programmer

laziness

impatience

hubris “Those whom the gods would destroy they first make proud.” -Sophocles

links moana.library.usp.ac.fj (soon) and more from usp soon... chris hammond-thrasher usp library systems manager