Joann Ransom

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Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust. I have worked at Levin Library since 1986, starting as a very junior untrained library assistant. I have risen through the ranks and was appointed Head of Libraries in March 2010. I am committed to public libraries and is a professional librarian with qualifications in English literature and computer network administration. I have worked on two award winning open source projects: as one of the team who developed Koha back in 1999-2000, and more recently leading development of Kete, an open source project for building a community digital archive of articles, images, audio, video and documents. I have presented at a number of national an

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Joann Ransom

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Introduction to Kete

Cost effectiveness of Open Source development for Horowhenua Library Trust.

Koha 3.2 : The next step

A Personal Philosophy of Public Librarianship

HLT Koha 3.2 website

Kete at My Language 2010

Managing for change

Surfing 101 : Managing for Change

It Takes a Village

Presentation skills

South Island Library Managers Meeting

Shifting Rocks : Change proposal Oct 2013

Te Takere for Librarians

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What you'll get when you get Koha 3.4

How Libraries Add Value - CIL 2011

Grow Your Librarianship: Cultivating the Personal Learning Network

35 Years of Open Source Software

Open Source Technology for Libraries