{"id":10410,"date":"2026-09-18T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/?p=10410"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:30:52","slug":"workshop-on-patron-handling-in-the-koha-library-management-system-held-at-the-library-university-of-ruhuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ruh.ac.lk\/?p=10410","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on Patron Handling in the Koha Library Management System Held at the Library, University of Ruhuna"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10410\" class=\"elementor elementor-10410\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06436b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06436b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e81584\" data-id=\"9e81584\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52051c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52051c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A workshop on Patron Handling in the Koha Library Management System was successfully conducted on 17<sup>th<\/sup> September 2026 at the Main Library of the University of Ruhuna.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The workshop brought together the Deputy Librarian, Senior Assistant Librarians, Assistant Librarians, and Library Information Assistants representing both the Main Library and the Faculty Libraries of the University.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8783fa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8783fa9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fd32f7\" data-id=\"0fd32f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a137b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57a137b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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