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Agile and Test-Driven Development

18 July 2018

by Daniel Roperto

How can you get from point A to point B with Agile Test Driven Development? Daniel explains how TDD helps teams progress projects with confidence.

Clean, tidy, and efficient. This is a volkswagen beetle assembly line

Haere ki te wharepukapuka o Toi Ohomai

5 July 2018

by Kathryn Tyree

The longer you stay at the Toi Ohomai library, the more you realise how special it is. You walk into the light, bright space and no one stares at you, it’s not too quiet, just welcoming with a gentle
busy hum.

Now Toi Ohomai are celebrating their go live with Koha, completing their part in the systems merge for their institution. The Bay of Plenty and Waiariki polytechnics have merged and are gifted their new name
Toi Ohomai, meaning to achieve great heights; to be awakened by learning.

photograph of about 30 small home grown lemons in a wicker basket at the 'share homegrown or excess food' spot at Toi Ohomai Library

Koha tips and tricks 2

4 July 2018

by Alex Buckley, Koha Junior Developer

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 second blog in the Koha tips and tricks series to help you make the most out of your Koha instance. Read the first post here: Koha tips and tricks

Image with title: Enter parameters for test report, showing box labelled Enter the framework you want to retrieve bib records and items for, input box has 'ACQ' entered.

Web Analytics: A new plugin for Moodle

2 July 2018

by Donna Benjamin and Dmitrii Metelkin

Catalyst recently contributed a new web analytics plugin to the Moodle plugins directory.

#nzcio summit reflections

19 June 2018

by Russel Garlick

It wasn't all C level schmoozing at the CIO Summit New Zealand last week. The Tech Team Pass gave us access to some great sessions.

The Catalyst team at its stand at the NZCIO Summit

What does a Business Analyst do?

16 June 2018

by Donna Benjamin

What is Business Analysis? What's the Core Concept Model, and why does your Business Analyst keep asking you 'Why?'

IIBA Core Concept Model: Context, Stakeholders, Needs, Solution, Value, Change - linked in an icosahedron

Why Catalyst is a great place to start your career as a new tech graduate

11 May 2018

by Alex Buckley

Starting out as a full-time employee in the tech industry is an exciting transition for anyone, the old certainties of study life are swept aside and in their place, you must adapt to an entirely new working environment and new technologies.

Open Source Academy student to Catalyst employee: Liam Sharpe

2 May 2018

by Brooke Penny

I caught up with Liam, one of our front-end developers, about his experience going from an Open Source Academy student to a Catalyst employee.

Koha tips and tricks

2 May 2018

by Alex Buckley, Koha Junior Developer

Koha is a Library Management System 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.

On 22nd March Whanganui Libraries hosted the 2018 New Zealand Koha User Group day. This event took full advantage of the wealth of Koha knowledge brought together in one room, by running sessions ranging from Q & A to U.X./design enhancement and bug fixing to consortium history sessions. In the first instalment of our ‘Koha Tips & Tricks’ series, here are a few questions that came up and the learnings over the user group day.

Open Source Academy student to Catalyst employee: Aleisha Amohia

10 April 2018

by Brooke Penny

I caught up with Aleisha, one of our Koha Developers, about her experience going from an Open Source Academy student to a Catalyst employee.