Presentations by aleisha

KohaCon25 for Pizza Thursday 2025-12-03

Dec 03, 2025 50 0

From Koha to Digital Kaitiakitanga - PARBICA21

From Koha to Digital Kaitiakitanga: Indigenous Values, Data Sovereignty and Library Systems Presented by Aleisha Amohia and Chris Cormack, Catalyst, at PARBICA21 in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

Nov 02, 2025 86 0

He Pūnaha Ora: Digital Collections as Living Ecosystems

Aleisha Amohia, Chris Cormack, and Te Wainui Witika-Park at LIANZ 2025 In te ao Māori, collections are not static repositories but living ecosystems with whakapapa, mauri, and relationships requiring ongoing nurturing. This presentation explores how digital collection infrastructures can embody ecological principles from tikanga Māori, transforming our understanding of what it means to be kaitiaki of digital taonga. Our presentation will address three interconnected dimensions: • Whakapapa of Collections: Reimagining metadata as extensions of whakapapa, ensuring digital collections maintain connections to their cultural origins and communities • Digital Sovereignty as Environmental Practice: Implementing data sovereignty principles that align with environmental values • Intergenerational Collection Care: Applying te ao Māori frameworks to create systems where caring for digital taonga becomes a collective, intergenerational responsibility. Drawing from our work with iwi, cultural institutions, and international Indigenous communities, we examine how environmental sustainability and Te Tiriti obligations may be woven into the very architecture of our digital preservation practices.

Jul 28, 2025 100 1

Care for your Collections - IILF25

May 30, 2025 87 0

Care for your Collections - NDF25

Apr 17, 2025 99 0

Navigating the Industry as a Woman - IAASysters NZ 2025

Mar 31, 2025 100 0

Copy of Koha history

Sep 13, 2024 142 0

Koha - not your average library system

Since its conception, Koha has never been a traditional library system. After its release in 2000, when it became the first open source library system, one of the first installations of Koha was for cataloguing car manuals for a manufacturer in Detroit, USA. Koha has continued to push the boundaries on what a library system can do, what problems it can solve, and how different types of organisations can put it to use.

Sep 09, 2024 144 0