Integrated System Management for Library Services - Koha

Code: GES15249O

1 ECTS

Duration: 1 weeks/26 hours

Scientific Area: Management

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Indústria, inovação e infraestruturas - Construir infraestrutura resiliente, promover a industrialização inclusiva e sustentável, e fomentar a inovação.

Learning Goals

At the end of this course, participants should be capable of independently using the Koha document management system to perform the following activities:
• Manage loan rules, fines, and reader categories
• Configure collection sheets according to the type of document: books, magazines, videos, etc.
• Process loans, returns, renewals, and reservations
• Complete user forms to register new readers
• Create authority files (individual authors, corporate entities, or subjects)
• Manage automated communication with readers via email, letter, or SMS
• Understand and fully utilize the simple and advanced search module
• Create book lists, such as new releases and reading suggestions
• Generate statistical reports
• Understand the OPAC interface and manage user areas.

1. Introduction to process management;
2. Introduction to the Koha document management software;
3. Exploration of OPAC and user areas;
4. Koha administration;
5. Circulation and lending;
6. Creation of lists (public and private);
7. Bibliographic searches;
8. Cataloging;
9. Reports and statistics;
10. Management and printing of labels (shelf marks and barcodes);
11. Authority files (author, corporate body, subject, etc.);
12. Serials (Cardex).

Teaching Methods

The designed methodology is:

1. Expository/explanatory/demonstrative component, lasting seven hours, in person:
2. Autonomous work component for individual exploration of Koha, allowing participants to apply and consolidate the teachings from the first session, lasting six asynchronous hours
3. Synchronous online component for clarifying doubts and final observations, lasting four hours.

The autonomous study in an asynchronous format will be conducted using the Koha platform, guided by a set of tasks previously designed and made available via Moodle.