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Horowhenua Libraries celebrate 20 years of Koha with innovative website update

22 February 2019

by Chloe Gunn

Catalyst has collaborated with Horowhenua District Council to deliver an exciting new feel to their library web presence.

Catalyst announces 2019 Scholarship winners

10 February 2019

by Chloe Gunn

Catalyst announces the two winners of the 2019 Catalyst Open Source Scholarships.

Open Source Academy Graduation 2019

4 February 2019

by Chloe Gunn

Another successful year for the Catalyst Open Source Academy.

Group photo of the Catalyst Open Source Academy graduates 2019

Analytics on user interactions with Matomo

18 January 2019

by Sarah Scott

Using the web analytics application Matomo to direct and support usability research on SmartStart.

The 3Fs of surviving the Flash Apocalypse

16 January 2019

by Nikki Sinclair

We must survive the Flash apocalypse! Here are my 3F's for surviving... (Find, Figure out and Fix)

The Elearning Flash apocalypse

15 January 2019

by Paul Stevens

Flash is going EOL in 2020 but most browsers will drop support in mid-2019.

Koha tips and tricks 5

8 January 2019

by Alex Buckley

Koha is a Library Management System (LMS) used worldwide by approximately 15,000 libraries. The Koha team at Catalyst are passionate about using Koha and helping libraries (big and small!) get the most out of their Koha LMS.

This is the fifth blog in the Koha tips and tricks series to help you make the most out of your Koha instance. In this post, Alex covers how to change the bibliographic information displayed in the OPAC, and solutions for a couple of the more common OPAC display issues.

Man in 20's with brown hair and glasses with friendly smile

Mahara Hui DACH18: Something for every educator

19 December 2018

by Kristina Hoeppner

Mahara Hui DACH 2018 was an unconference held in Vienna, Austria, that looked at portfolio practices with Mahara and providing engaging learning activities in general. I had the privilege to attend and catch up with members of the Mahara community from the German-speaking countries.

Flash Apocalypse: A new Moodle report plugin released

5 December 2018

By Dan Marsden

While the official end-of-life for Flash is not until December 2020, its effective death is much sooner, in mid-2019 when browser support for Flash ends. Based on our observation of awareness and preparation for this, it's now named 'The Flash Apocalypse'.