Pre-Conference Workshop

One of the special aspects of this conference is three days long Pre-Conference Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using the Open Source Software: Greenstone Digital Libraries (GSDL), Open Journal System (OJS) and Open Conference System (OCS) and Integrated Library System (KOHA). Participants will have the opportunity to learn software hands-on practice.

Resource Persons

The name of resource persons for the pre-conference workshop are as follows:

1. Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL)
   Prof. Ian Witten
   Dept. of Computer Science
   University of Waikato
   New Zealand
2. Integrated Library System-KOHA
   Mr. Chris Cormack
   Vice-President, Research & Development
   LibLime
   New Zealand
3. Open Journal System (OJS) and Open Conference System (OCS)
   Mr. Alec Smecher
   Public Knowledge Project
   Canada