Great newsletter Daniel - you'lll have to frame it as your first one! 2011/8/26 Daniel Grobani <[email protected]>
> [Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable > format, please visit > http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-2issue-8-august-2011] > > Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) > Volume 2, Issue 8: August 2011 > > Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. > > Table of Contents > > Koha Developments > Koha 3.4.4 Available > Koha 3.6 Update > Koha 3.2 End-of-Life > Koha Community > New Koha Libraries > Community Gossip > Past Koha Events > New Zealand Koha Users Group Meeting > Global Bug Squashing Day #3 > August General IRC Meeting > Upcoming Koha Events > Global Bug Squashing Day #4 > September General IRC Meeting > KohaCon11 > KohaCon12 > > Koha Developments > > Koha 3.4.4 Available > by Chris Nighswonger > > It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.4. > > The package can be retrieved from: > > http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz > > You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the > download: > > http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.MD5 > http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.MD5.asc > http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.sig > > Release notes for 3.4.4 are below the fold. > > Come and get it! > > Continue reading “Koha 3.4.4 Available” > > Koha 3.6 Update > by Chris Cormack > > We are rapidly closing in on the 3.6.0 release, so I thought it would be > good remind everyone of the key dates. > > Feature freeze – 22 September 23:59 UTC – From this point on, no new > features will be considered for inclusion into 3.6.0 > String freeze – 8 October 23:59 UTC – no bugs that change templates > accepted after this point. This allows the translators to translate without > things changing on them > Translations finished – 18 October 23:59 UTC – Translations submitted, > so that they can be tested before release > Release – 22 October > > Koha 3.2 End-of-Life > > It was decided at the August general IRC meeting that Koha 3.2 has reached > the end of its life. > Koha Community > > New Koha Libraries > > C.G. Jung Institute of New York (via ByWater Solutions) > CAUSE (Comfort for America’s Uniformed Services) (via ByWater > Solutions) > Centenary College (via ByWater Solutions) > Central Kansas Library System (via ByWater Solutions) > All schools in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island are now > using Koha. > > Community Gossip > > Paul Poulain of BibLibre is assisting 3.6 Quality Assurance Manager Ian > Walls in reducing the backlog of patches waiting for QA testing. > > Lori Bowen Ayre is working on a spreadsheet comparing Evergreen & Koha > features. > > Brenda Chawner asked community members several years ago to complete a > survey as part of her PhD research on factors affecting satisfaction with > the experience of a free/libre open source software project. Brenda recently > thanked the community and provided an abstract of her PhD thesis. For more > info, see http://markmail.org/message/gdofvpmbgseao2vb. > > Joy Nelson joined ByWater Solutions as their Migration Support Specialist. > > Melia Meggs joined ByWater Solutions as their Operations Manager. > > Hal Bright reports that the Farmington Libraries has integrated its Koha > database into a mobile app powered by the Boopsie company in cooperation > with its vendor, ByWater Solutions. For more info and a demo, see > http://flct.boopsie.com. > > Equinox Software is looking to hire a Library Data and Support Specialist. > > ByWater Solutions is looking to hire a Perl developer for their support > desk. > Past Koha Events > > New Zealand Koha Users Group Meeting > by Chris Cormack > > Today I had the great fortune of attending the first New Zealand Koha users > group meeting, in the birthplace of Koha, Horowhenua. There were 51 > attendees and even road closures and snow didn’t stop people attending. > There was a really good mix of Library types, I think 18 from Publics, 18 > from specials, and the rest schools, corporate and academic. > > It was run as an unconference so the first task of the day was to decide > what would be talked about the rest of the day. The programme that we came > up with was: > > The community – How to get involved and make the most > Installation/migration/training and why should we use Koha > Features – what’s there, and what would we like added > Serials, acquisitions, cataloguing > Managing digital resources > Consortia > And one other I have forgotten > > The discussions went really well, with lots of participation. It definitely > won’t be the last meeting, I think we are leaning towards 2 a year but > that’s something that will be decided on the mailing lists. > > While we were busy plotting plans to take over the world, (or at least New > Zealand) Koha 3.4.3 was released. > > Global Bug Squashing Day #3 > by Magnus Enger > > Global bug squashing days are dedicated to getting bugs and patches moving > toward resolution. > > The third GBSD coincided with holidays and other obligations for some > people, but we still managed to move a fair number of bugs along. These > numbers below show how many bugs were moved to a new status during the day: > > Needs Signoff: 13 > Signed Off: 12 > Passed QA: 6 > Pushed: 11 > Resolved: 30 > > For more info, see > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-08-05_Global_bug_squashing_day. > > August General IRC Meeting > > The August general IRC meeting was held on 2 August 2011. Highlights from > the meeting include: > > Koha 3.2 has reached its end of life. > The bare minimum requirement for a vendor to be listed on the community > website is a visible link to the community website on the main Koha page of > the vendor’s website. > Daniel Grobani is the new newsletter editor. > Those interested in a role in 3.8 should express interest to the > mailing list by 22 September for an October election. > > For more info, including links to the minutes, see > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_2_August_2011. > Upcoming Koha Events > > Global Bug Squashing Day #4 > > The next GBSD will occur on Friday, 2 September 2011. For more info, see > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-09-02_Global_bug_squashing_day. > > September General IRC Meeting > > The next general IRC meeting is 7 September 2011 1800 UTC. For more info, > see > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_7_September_2011. > > KohaCon11 > > KohaCon11 will be held 31 October 2011 to 6 November 2011 in Thane, India. > > The organizers have extended the deadline for submitting papers from 15 > August to 30 August 2011. > > For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:KohaCon11or > http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11. > > KohaCon12 > > Proposals for KohaCon12 are being accepted until 1 September 2011. Voting > will take place through 1 October 2011. > > Proposals have been made by software.coop in the UK and Washoe County > Library System in Reno, Nevada, USA. > > For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:KohaCon12. > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.
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