Welcome Sahya Arts & Science College to the Cloud Hosted Koha Service

It is my pleasure to be the Koha support provider for Sahya Arts and Science College, Wandoor, Malappuram

About Sahya Arts and Science College

Sahya Arts and Science College, Wandoor, Malappuram district, in Kerala state established in the year 2013 is under the aegis of Sahya tourism and Pravasi co-operative society limited. The College has got administrative sanctions and no objection from the Government of Kerala and on the basis of that, the University of Calicut has granted affiliation for starting five undergraduate courses for the year 2013-14. The college has adequate infrastructure and sufficient funds and is keen on growing into an institute of higher learning and standard.

From https://www.sahyacollege.com/about_us.php

About SASC Library

Sahya Arts & Science College Library – Palamadam, Karad P.O, Wandoor, Malappuram Dist, 679 339, Kerala State, offers students an excellent selection of books, journals, and magazines on all subjects and Internet facilities. Hardbound volumes of the back issues of the leading journals and magazines are also available. The Library has a collection of over 5491 volumes. The Library subscribes to 19 journals and periodicals both national and international. The Library is fully computerized with circulation, information retrieval, and Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).

The OPAC is available at https://sasc-opac.opensio.co.in/

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Cloud backup – Google vs Dropbox vs OneDrive vs MEGA
  • Microsoft OneDrive: 5GB (free)
  • Google Drive: 15GB (free)
  • MEGA: 20GB (free)
  • Dropbox: 2GB (free)
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Dropbox is the platform I have been using for a long time, the personal subscription is 2GB only and that is enough for me to sync all my documents including my research data across my three devices (Debian OS, Windows 10, and Android phone).

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EBSCO interview experience

Today (13 Nov 2021), had an interview with Mr. Rui Francisco, The Director, Software Services, EBSCO Information Services, (Europe, Israel, Latin America, and Central Asia). The interview was for the post of Library Service Engineer (LSE) at EBSCO Services.

Of course, It was an awesome experience with Mr. Rui Francisco. the interview was scheduled from Portugal over Microsoft’s video conferencing platform Teams at 17:00 Indian time. Moreover, It was my first ever foreign interview and I hope, I did my level best. He mainly asked about my skills, programming knowledge as well as on EBSCO services.

The most exciting thing was that they connected me by seeing my profile on LinkedIn.

Thanks to the people who have immensely helped me throughout my professional life.

Let’s hope for the best.

–Mahesh Palamuttath

Received Certificate of National Virtual Workshop on Koha

It was my pleasure to be the co-resource person in the ten-day national virtual workshop on the Koha integrated library system conducted by unity services, Kottayam, Kerala.

It was a nice experience with the seventy-five participants from various parts of India. We discussed all modules on koha, the basics of Linux, and the configuration of Koha in the cloud environment.

I am grateful to Dr. Vimal Kumar sir and Mr. Subeesh Gopinathan for choosing me as one of the tutors for the workshop.

Thank you all.

Received the certificate of appreciation

It was my pleasure to be the resource person in the four days workshop on Koha conducted by Sunniyya Arabic College Chennamangallur, Mukkam Calicut, Kerala, India.

The following were the highlights of the workshop

  • Selection and management of Open Source software in the library
  • Basic Linux training
  • Learning of Koha installation on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Hands-on training of Koha modules
  • Tips for system maintenance and administration
  • How to utilize Koha community support

Thank you, Mrs. Shadiya Muhammed, the librarian, and the college for the awesome days.