Day 1:  Koha installation in Debian and other environments

  • Debian overview and Koha overview
  • Core Linux commands for Koha management
  • Sample Koha installation
  • Koha folder structure and management commands
  • Q&A

Day 2:  Detailed Koha installation exercise

  • Installing and updating CPAN
  • Koha install
  • Zebra and YAZ install
  • Koha service configuration and apache
  • Zebra configuration
  • Scheduled tasks
  • Q&A


Day 3: Data conversion and application configuration 

  • Koha import methods and data conversion - Bibliographic data
  • Koha import methods and data conversion - Patron data
  • Koha application configuration
  • Key system preferences
  • Core setup: branches, lending rules, patron configuration
  •  Q&A

Day 4: Koha web site feature management and content management

  • Installation recap
  • Koha web content management
  • CSS customisation 
  • UI features and settings
  • UI customisation using JQuery
  • Functional overview & training resources, circulation, reserves and cataloging