User:Ginnyelizabethprince/sandbox

Koha Gruppo Italiano (website, Facebook page) is an Italian-based group dedicated to the promotion of Koha ILS worldwide. It is a joint initiative of The American University of Rome (website), the American Academy in Rome (website), and the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce (website).

Koha is an open-source Integrated Library Software (ILS). For information on Koha software, please refer to http://koha-community.org/

=Mission=

To promote the use of Koha within library communities worldwide, and to provide a forum for the exchange of information.

=Founding Members=

Stefano Bargioni, Deputy Director of the Library at Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

Sebastian Hierl, Drue Heinz Librarian, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library American Academy in Rome

Juan Diego Ramírez, Director of the Library at Pontificia Università della Santa Croce

Romana Franziska Wallner, Senior Librarian at The American University of Rome

=Honourary Member=

Paolo Bizzarri (1963-2012), IT consultant

=Events=

All events are organized in collaboration with the Pontificia Universita' della Santa Croce.

2013
March 15: The 3rd Annual Italian meeting was held in Milan. The theme was "Koha: L'Open source per la gestione dei servizi in biblioteca".

May 22: "It's Koha Time: Un nuovo strumento per gestire la biblioteca" event held at the American University of Rome. Paul Poulain (Koha software developer from Marseille, France) and Giovanni Ciccaglioni (from Instituto Centrale per il Catologo Unico) were the featured guest speakers.

May 23: Spring Event 2013 held at the MAXXI Museum in Rome. For the first time, companies offering Koha assistance had a booth at this event.

June 12: A Koha lecture was given by Stefano Bargioni within the 10th annual AMICAL Conference.

October 1: A conference about Open Source applications including Koha, DSpace and VuFind was held at the American University of Rome. The keynote speakers were Eoghan Ó Carragáin (National Library of Ireland), Paul Poulain (BibLibre), and Andrea Bollini (CINECA). Representatives from Italy, Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Afghanistan and the United States were in attendance. The program and abstracts may be found here.

October 16-18: The 32nd Annual Meeting of ADLUG (Automation and Digital Library Users Group) was held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Stefano Bargioni presented a paper on new Koha developments.

November 29: A panel discussion on “E-learning and Open Source:  How libraries support online education” was hosted by The American University of Rome. Panel members included Donna Scheeder (IFLA President-elect) and Raissa Teodori (Chair of the IFLA Parliamentary Library Section), Stefano Bargioni (Deputy Library Director of Pontificia Università della Santa Croce) and Rosa Fusco (Director of Computer Services at The American University of Rome).

2014
March 10-14: Stefano Bargioni participated in the Koha Hackfest in Marseille, France, organized by BibLibre.

March 15: 4th Annual Koha Italian Meeting was held in Milan. The theme was "Le ultime versioni di Koha e l'introduzione di ElasticSearch, nuovo motore di ricerca".

May 7: The "Italian Lectures on Semantic Web and Linked Data : Practical Examples for Libraries" conference brought together linked data affectionatos from various cultural heritage and academic institutions. The keynote speakers were Eric Lease Morgan (Notre Dame University), Giovanni Bergamin (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze) and Stefano Bargioni (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce).

=References= http://www.aur.edu/blog/myevents/italian-lectures-semantic-web-linked-data-practical-examples-libraries/ http://es.pusc.it/bib/featured-creators-and-stories https://www.facebook.com/KohaGruppoItaliano/timeline http://www.kohagruppoitaliano.moonfruit.com/about/4582064858