Total Library Solution TLS Workshop Hailay College of Commerce, PU, Lahore

National Training on Total Library Solution - TLS

A two day National Training on Total Library Solution (TLS) was jointly organized by LISolutions® and PLWO at Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab on July 9-10, 2011. A large number of professionals across the country participated in this training

The following professionals participated and make this even a successful event:

Sr.	Name	Designation	Organization	City
1	Rana Nasrullah	Assistant Librarian	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur
2	Muhammad Rafiq Awan	Chief Librarian	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur
3	Maqsood Ahmad	Database Administrator	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur
4	Misbah Bashir	Assistant Librarian	The University of Faisalabad	Faisalabad
5	Muhammad Imran Siddiqui	Librarian	University of Gujrat	Gujrat
6	Sajid Bashir	Programmer	University of Gujrat	Gujrat
7	Hameedullah Khattak	Librarian	AHK-NCRD	Islamabad
8	Sher Afzal	University Library Officer	Bahria University	Islamabad
9	Rauf Ahmed	Assistant Librarian	International Islamic University	Islamabad
10	Sheikh Imran Naeem	Computer Operator	International Islamic University	Islamabad
11	Arslan Farooq	Web Developer	LISolutions	Islamabad
12	Mirza Waseem Baig	PLO	NUST	Islamabad
13	Muzzammil Ahmad	Doc. Officer	Pakistan Institute of Development Economics	Islamabad
14	Bashir Ahmed	Pr. Computer Operator	PINSTECH	Islamabad
15	Zahid Iqbal	AM	Riphah International University	Islamabad
16	Ajaz Khan	Assistant Librarian	SPD, Islamabad	Islamabad
17	Zahid Hussain Sahito	Assistant Librarian	Mehran Univesity of Engineeging & Technology	Jamshoro
18	Abdul Majeed Nohri	Library Assistant	Mehran Univesity of Engineeging & Technology	Jamshoro
19	Javed Ahmed Abbasi	Library Assistant	Mehran Univesity of Engineering & Technology	Jamshoro
20	Shuja Ahmed	Librarian	KIBGE, University of Karachi	Karachi
21	Zia ur Rehman	Electronic Resource Librarian	State Bank of Pakistan	Karachi
22	Abida Hashmani	Assistant Manager	SUPARCO	Karachi
23	Shumaila Arzoo	Assistant Manager	SUPARCO	Karachi
24	Sadaf Rafiq	Librarian	CMH	Lahore
25	Farah Naz Cheema	Incharge Library	Fatima Jinah Medical College	Lahore
26	Fatima Ali	Intern	Hailey College of Commerce	Lahore
27	Asif Ali	Librarian	Hailey College of Commerce	Lahore
28	Shafiq Ahmad	Librarian	HCB&F, University of the Punjab	Lahore
29	Nuzba Kiran	Librarian	Institute for Professional Learning (IPL)	Lahore
30	Muhammad Riaz Shaheen	Librarian	Institute of Management Sciences	Lahore
31	Qaisar Sultana	Chief Librarian	Lahore School of Economics (LSE)	Lahore
32	Andleeb Nasib	Librarian	Lahore School of Economics (LSE)	Lahore
33	Sabeen Batool	Librarian	Lahore School of Economics (LSE)	Lahore
34	Saher Riaz	Librarian	Lahore School of Economics (LSE)	Lahore
35	Asif Munir	Sr. Librarian	LUMS	Lahore
36	Fauzia Shabnum	Librarian	Pakistan Navy War College	Lahore
37	Muhammad Hussain	Library Officer	Pakistan Navy War College	Lahore
38	Sehar Abbas	Assistant Librarian	Punjab Institute of Language, Art & Culture	Lahore
39	Faiza Bashir	Librarian	Queen Mary College, Lahore	Lahore
40	Niaz Wali Khan	Manager	SUPARCO	Lahore
41	Asif Bilal	Librarian		Lahore
42	Rahila Sultan			Lahore
43	Kamran Butt	Assistant Librarian	BZU	Multan
44	Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar	Dy Librarian	BZU	Multan
45	Shahzada Nadeem Raza	Dy Librarian	BZU	Multan
46	Muhammad Nadeem	Librarian	Govt. Girls Higher Sec. School	Multan
47	Hanif Awan	Librarian	Govt. Pilot Sec. School	Multan
48	Waqas Javed	Assistant Librarian	Nishter Medical College	Multan
49	Tahir Jan	Librarian	University of Peshawar	Peshawar
50	Ghulam Mustafa	Assistant Librarian	University of Sargodha	Sargodha
51	Muhammad Yousaf Kharal	District Librarian		Sheikhupura
52	Abida Hanif	Librarian	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	Vehari

The training was conducted in interactive mod. It was a blend of both theoretical and practical methods of training.  The following main topics were covered:

1- TLS: Introduction, Installation and introduction to its components
2- Koha ILS
3- DSpace
4- WordPress
5- Joomla
6- LimeSurvey

Trainers of this training, Dr. Muhammad Ramzan (Director LUMS Library), Mr. Ata ur Rehman (Free and Open Source Activist, LISolutions), Muhammad Shafiq Rana (Coordinator LISolutions) and Mr. Arslan Farooq (LISolutions) delivered lectures and provided hands-on training on the above mentioned Free and Open Source Software.

On demand of participants a demo for conversion of data from MS Excel / Access to MARC using MARCEdit was also presented.  Participants found this very useful.

We are thankful to PLWO, PULISAA and Hailey College of Commerce for their support to make this training a successful event as partner.

The participants of this training decided to create a dynamic community of practice for TLS.  For this purpose a Mailing List / LISTSERV has been created for the users of TLS.