[Koha] November 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The November 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the November newsletter
Dear Koha kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for this month's newsletter. Please send me by the 26th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. And all you lucky #kohacon13 attendees, here's another chance to share your experience with the community in more than 140-character chunks! News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] October 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The October 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-october-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the October newsletter (especially re KohaCon13!)
Dear Koha kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for this month's newsletter. Please send me by the 27th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. And all you lucky #kohacon13 attendees, here's your chance to share your experience with the community in more than 140-character chunks! News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] New newsletter editor volunteer
Thanks for your kind words, Galen. You're welcome! Daniel On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Galen Charlton g...@esilibrary.com wrote: Hi, On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Daniel Grobani danielg.k...@gmail.com wrote: As I recall, when I took over from Nicole the only requirement was the willingness to do it. What's the current process for Chad to get approved by the community? Willingness to do it is certainly the main criterion, so thanks, Chad, for volunteering! And thanks, Daniel, for having done an excellent job with the newsletter. I suggest that Chad plan on showing up on the next general IRC meeting in case anybody has questions, and to be open if anybody else wants to help out with the newsletter. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: g...@esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org http://evergreen-ils.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] New newsletter editor volunteer
Hi, Chad Roseburg of North Central Regional Library has volunteered to assume the role of community newsletter editor starting with the December issue. Thanks, Chad! As I recall, when I took over from Nicole the only requirement was the willingness to do it. What's the current process for Chad to get approved by the community? Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the September newsletter
Dear Koha kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for this month's newsletter. Please send me by the 23rd anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] August 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The August 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-august-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Seeking new community newsletter editor
Hi, A combination of changing work duties and our library preparing to migrate away from Koha has made it increasingly challenging for me to dedicate time to editing the newsletter. So, after tipping my hand in the July newsletter, I'm now formally and sadly announcing my resignation as community newsletter editor effective December 31, or sooner if a new editor steps forth and takes over before then. Preparing the newsletter requires about 4-8 hours a month. I've found it to be an excellent way to stay informed about the community and to make great connections with Koha folks. I'd be happy to share my list of RSS feeds and other news sources with the next editor, as well as to work with that person during a transition period. Please email me if you might be interested in taking on this role. Many thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] May 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The May 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-may-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the May newsletter
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[Koha] April 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The April 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-april-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the April newsletter
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[Koha] March 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The March 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-march-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the March newsletter
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[Koha] February 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The February 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-february-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] January 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The January 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-january-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for news for the January newsletter
Dear Koha kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for this month's newsletter. Please send me by the 20th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] December Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The December 2012 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-december-2012/http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2012/ . Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] December Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi again, Sorry, there's a problem with that link--it should be http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-december-2012/. Cheers, Daniel On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Daniel Grobani danielg.k...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The December 2012 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-december-2012/ . Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] October Koha Community Newsletter has been published
Hi, The October 2012 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-october-2012/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the October Newsletter
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[Koha] September Koha Newsletter has been published
Hi, The September 2012 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-9-september-2012/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the September Newsletter
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[Koha] Call for News for the August Newsletter
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[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 7: July 2012
[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-7-july-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 7: July 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.8.3 Released Koha 3.6.7 Released Koha Statistics Release Manager’s Newsletter Roles for Koha 3.12 Testing, Testing Koha Dashboard Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events July General IRC Meeting Upcoming Koha Events August General IRC Meeting KohaCon13 Venue Decided Koha Development Koha 3.8.3 Released by Chris Cormack The Koha community is proud to release Koha version 3.8.3. This is a bugfix release, and contains a number of important fixes You can obtain Koha 3.8.3 here. Debian packages will be available here soon. Release notes are here. Koha 3.6.7 Released by Jared Camins-Esakov The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.6.7. This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations. You can download Koha 3.6.7 here. Release notes are here. Go forth, download, and enjoy. Koha Statistics Chris Cormack, Koha Community statistics wizard, has posted statistics for Koha 3.6.7, Koha 3.8.3, and Bugzilla statistics for June. Release Manager’s Newsletter Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, publishes a monthly newsletter dedicated to Koha 3.8 development. It can be found on the Koha Community website in the Koha News category. The latest issue is here. Roles for Koha 3.12 With the release of Koha 3.10.0 scheduled for 22 October 2012, the community is thinking about roles for 3.12. Release Manager candidate Jared Camins-Esakov has submitted a proposal outlining his intentions should he be elected RM. Testing, Testing There are a lot of developments in testing and signing off this month. Pages on the community wiki have been created on unit tests, continuous integration, interface testing with WWW::Mechanize, and sandboxes. Koha Dashboard Chris Cormack has created a dashboard showing the last five sign-offs, the five oldest bugs needing sign-offs, new features recently pushed, new developers, Jenkins status, bug activity, bug statuses, a random bug, a monthly scorecard, important dates, and statistics on commits to master. The dashboard is a work in progress and can benefit from your contribution to its development. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Biblioteca Nacional De Venezuela (Venezuela) Chinook Library Network (USA) (via ByWater Solutions) Converse Free Library (USA) (via ByWater Solutions) Shire of Derby West Kimberley (Australia) (via Calyx) Waimate District Library (New Zealand) (via Catalyst) Community Gossip Elliott Davis has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. Elliott is also working on a proof-of-concept to port Koha to the Catalyst MVC perl framework. He’s also posted a guide to configuring LDAP with Koha. Stefano Bargioni has prepared an experimental Dewey AutoSuggester that retrieves data from dewey.info using SPARQL in jsonp format. He’s working on integrating it into Koha. In the meantime, a demo is available. Plano Independent School District, in Plano, Texas, has set up their own VM internally running Koha 3.6.x and gone independent from their original support company as of June 6th. Nicole Engard is working on adding to Koha the ability to search for items by color. Vimal Kumar V. has created Koha Live CD Lite, a lightweight Koha live CD based on Ubuntu 10.04 Gnome desktop and Koha 3.8.2. Joy Nelson has posted some recommendations for naming conventions when creating codes in Koha. Past Koha Events July General IRC Meeting The July general IRC meeting was held on 18 July 2012. More information, including the agenda and links to the minutes, is here. Upcoming Koha Events August General IRC Meeting The August general IRC meeting will be held on 8 August 2012. More information, including the agenda, is here. KohaCon13 Venue Selected The voting for the venue for KohaCon13 has ended and the top choice was Reno, Nevada, USA. Complete voting results are here. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Let's fix it together!
Hi, Thanks for taking the initiative on this! I don't know if this is within the scope of the project, but as an example of a search that doesn't work, last year I spent a lot of time effort failing to come up with a search query that would show all new titles at a branch. I constructed a CCL query I thought would return biblios having at least one item with both a given branch and an acquisition date in the last 30 days. But among the search results was a biblio with two items, one at the desired branch but acquired more than 30 days ago, and one acquired in the last 30 days but at a different branch. Galen ultimately confirmed for me that you can't query for an item that meets two conditions, as CCL queries extend across the whole biblio--if one item in a biblio meets one of the conditions and another item meets the other condition, the biblio is returned. I hope all that was clear. Thanks again, Daniel On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:01 AM, BWS Johnson abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com wrote: Salvete! Let's fix it together! In June, there was discussion on the list dealing with search. [1] I had long been a proponent of Don't touch it! I love it! It works! As Koha matured, the search slipped a little. I get annoyed when I find preferences that result in stunningly different search results on different catalogues. I don't want there to be a large discrepancy in what users can find at one Library and won't ever find at another if both Libraries run Koha. Some search related system preferences are somewhat counter-intuitive, and not nearly as helpful as one might hope. I resigned myself to sadly nodding my head when I checked on the behaviours mentioned in the listserv discussion. Jared mentioned wanting to see search fixed on IRC, so I challenged him to be the one to take it on. I still think we have a better search than most ILSs, but I want to get back to being the best out there by far. We've talked about group financing of enhancements before. Sometimes this happens. I feel that a lot of enhancements for Koha don't come to fruition because folks are scared to ask for aestimates, or realise that they can't afford it all on their own. Your Library doesn't have to sponsor this on its own. If you've not put in for developments recently, we urge you to do so now. If you know about an appropriate grant for this sort of work, do let me know. I'll take a shot at writing it. Jared is willing to bang his head against this project. I am willing to run test searches. I asked him to dice things up so that people can afford to contribute. Some subcomponents of the rewrite will only run about $3000. The loose aestimate for the entire first phase is roughly $70,000. I realise that budget times are tight, but we're hoping with a new fiscal year, now might be a good time to act on fixing a major stumbling block to usability. If we split the costs, this is eminently doable and will happen sooner rather than later. Jared and I want to make this better for users, but neither of us can afford to do so for free. We want your feedback in this process. We don't want to develop in a vacuum. It would be nice to have a few discussions like we did with holds slips. You can see what we're talking about here: https://trello.com/board/search-rewrite/4ff86aadd9b1c1436f2aefee Ask Jared for an invitation if you want to modify it. We'll also be adding material under the RFCs section of the Community Wiki. We'll need people to test things and to run searches that will make us laugh and cry. So let's do it. Let's make it happen. Let's make Koha better. [1]http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2012-June/033230.html Cheers, Brooke ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the July Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the July newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the June Newsletter (especially re KohaCon12!)
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the June newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. I'm particularly interested in accounts of happenings at KohaCon12. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] KohaCon12 conferees: please send news!
O you fortunate ones attending KohaCon12, Please remember those left behind and send your accounts of what we missed for publication in the June newsletter. Thanks from your community newsletter editor, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012
Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012 [Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-5-may-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.8.1 Released Koha 3.6.5 Release Imminent Koha Statistics Database Schema Documentation Updated Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events May General IRC Meeting New Zealand Koha User Group Day 2012 Upcoming Koha Events June General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 KohaCon13 Koha Development Koha 3.8.1 Released by Chris Cormack The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.8.1. This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations. Koha 3.8.1 can be downloaded here. Release notes are here. Installation instructions can be found here or in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball. Koha 3.6.5 Release Imminent As we go to press on 24 May 2012, Koha 3.6.5 is scheduled to be released today. Koha Statistics Chris Cormack, statistician par excellence, has posted bug statistics for April and statistics for Koha 3.8.1. Database Schema Documentation Updated Koha’s database schema documentation has been updated. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University (via ByWater Solutions) Lane Library at Ripon College (via ByWater Solutions) North Central Regional Library (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Lenora Oftedahl reports: “The StreamNet Library successfully upgraded from 3.0 to 3.6. In addition to our upgrade, we also successfully installed the Koha software on the same server as our WordPress CMS. The two programs are peacefully co-existing through the creative use of subdomains. You can visit our website at our new domain, http://www.streamnetlibrary.org. If other users would like assistance or have suggestions, please feel free to contact Lenora at o...@critfc.org. Lee Miller of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library in Montana reports that her library is co-hosting KohaCon12 and that she’ll be presenting at the conference on the use of open source software in Montana libraries and the use of new applications and discovery tools. Equinox Software is looking to hire a support specialist to provide technical support for Koha and Evergreen. Shire of Derby West Kimberley has become the first local government area in Australia to choose Koha to support the delivery of its public library services. More information is here. Past Koha Events May General IRC Meeting The May general IRC meeting was held on 2 May 2012. More info, including the agenda and links to the minutes, is here. New Zealand Koha User Group Day 2012 Current and prospective Koha users got together at the New Zealand Treasury on 15 May 2012 for the second New Zealand Koha users group meeting. Chris Cormack reported on the meeting here. Upcoming Koha Events June General IRC Meeting The June general IRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, 13 June 2012. More info is here. KohaCon12 KohaCon12 is nearly upon us! It will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5-7 June 2012. A hackfest will be held 9-11 June 2012. This is a free conference for everyone interested in the Koha library system. There is no registration fee, but attendees are asked to pre-register. The conference schedule has been posted here. The organizers continue to seek sponsors to help defray the cost of the conference. Sponsors so far include Tamil, PTFS Europe, Catalyst, Libriotech, Projektlink Konsult, The Galecia Group, C P Bibliography Services, CALYX Information Essentials, and KohaAloha. Information on sponsorship is here. More details on the conference can be found here. KohaCon13 Bidding is now open for hosting of KohaCon13. Proposals can be viewed and added on this page of the Koha community wiki. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the May Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the May newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the April Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the April newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two for the gossip/society column about what you're currently working on. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 3: March 2012
[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-3-march-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Subscribe Volume 3, Issue 3: March 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Released Koha 3.8 Status Koha 3.10 Roles Release Manager’s Newsletter Koha Statistics Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip New Zealand Meeting Call Meeting Logs Past Koha Events Marseille Hackfest March General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Week Upcoming Koha Events April General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.4. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.6.4 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-6-4. Koha 3.8 Status Koha 3.8.0 is scheduled to be released on 23 April 2012. As of 26 March, 3.8 is in a feature freeze. Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, has posted a roadmap to 3.8. Koha 3.10 Roles by MJ Ray With the release of Koha 3.8.0 scheduled for 23 April 2012, it’s time to start thinking about roles for the 3.10 series. We would like volunteers for: Release Manager Translation Manager Documentation Manager Database Documentation Manager Quality Assurance (QA) Manager Assistant QA Managers Specific Module maintainers Release Maintainers Packaging Manager (and grasshopper) Bug Wranglers (the more the merrier!) Meeting chair Anyone who wants take on any of these roles is more than welcome to write their name next to one on the Roles for 3.10 wiki page and perhaps link to their proposal. The community will vote on these during the April General IRC meeting, 4 April 2012 at 10:00 UTC +, straight after the release news. Please, consider stepping forwards to help lead Koha’s development. Release Manager’s Newsletter Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, is publishing a monthly newsletter dedicated to Koha 3.8 development. It can be found on the Koha Community website in the Koha News category. The fourth issue is here. Koha Statistics Chris Cormack, statistician par excellence, has posted some recent stats on Koha: February bug/enhancement statistics Statistics for Koha 3.6.4 Koha Community New Koha Libraries Columbia County Rural Library District (via ByWater Solutions) Kalamaria Public Library (Thessaloniki, Greece) (via Union Catalog of Academic Libraries) Plum Creek Library System (via ByWater Solutions) Southern NH Library Cooperative (via ByWater Solutions) Walla Walla Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Washoe County Library System (via ByWater Solutions) Wilderness Coast Public Libraries (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Marc Balmer reports that he has integrated the proprietary arcapos point of sale system with Koha using the SIP protocol. This combination enables the sale of items in the library with seamless integration of fee processing and payment. More info is here. Stefano Bargioni has developed a Perl script to generate authority records from bibliographic records, which would be useful for migrating data to Koha from an ILS that lacks authority records. You can download the script and get more info here. Stefano would appreciate help with replacing XML::Simple with YAML::Sick and with preparing config files for non-MARC21. Mysore University Library has implemented a mobile version of their Koha opac. Kristina D.C. Hoeppner posted to her blog an account of her introduction to squashing bugs during Global Bug Squashing Week. Vimal Kumar V. has posted a survey to measure adoption and user perceptions of potential Koha users in India. Chris Cormack tweeted that by upgrading to Koha version 3.6.4, Horowhenua Library Trust, the New Zealand library that sponsored the original development of Koha, is now running a version of Koha containing a contribution by the 14-year-old son of the Trust’s Head of Libraries, Joann Ransom. Chris added that when the original Koha first went live, it also contained a contribution by the son of the Head of Libraries at that time. Chris has also posted info on using Koha with citation managers Zotero, Endnote, and RefWorks. New Zealand Meeting Call by Hannah Benbow We’re keen for another Koha users group meeting here in New Zealand. If you’d be interested in coming
[Koha] Call for News for the March Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the March newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 2: February 2012
[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-2-february-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 2: February 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Status Koha 3.6.3 Released Koha 3.4.8 Released Koha Release Statistics Release Manager’s Newsletter Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events February General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 Upcoming Koha Events Marseille Hackfest March General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Status by Chris Nighswonger The 3.6.x branch is in a string freeze. Koha 3.6.4 is scheduled for release on 1 March 2012. Koha 3.6.3 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.3. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.6.3 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-6-3. Koha 3.4.8 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.8. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.8 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-4-8. Koha Release Statistics Chris Cormack, statistician par excellence, has posted some stats on recent Koha releases: Statistics for Koha 3.6.3 Statistics for Koha 3.4.8 He also posted signoff statistics for January 2012. Release Manager’s Newsletter Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, is publishing a monthly newsletter dedicated to Koha 3.8 development. It can be found on the Koha Community website in the Koha News category. The first two issues were distributed via the koha-devel mailing list. The third issue is here. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Huntington Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Kimball Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library (self-hosted) Plaistow Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Sandown Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Equinox Software is seeking a Library Data Specialist to work with library data and configure Koha and Evergreen systems. Kyle Hall has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. Nicole Engard has created a number of useful video tutorials on using Koha. Check out the map of Koha sites. Past Koha Events February General IRC Meeting The February general IRC meeting was held on 8 February 2012. For more info, including the agenda and links to the minutes, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_8_February_2012. Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 by Magnus Enger A Global bug squashing day was held on Wednesday, 8 February 2012, and there was much rejoicing. For the numbers, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2012-02-08_Global_bug_squashing_day. Upcoming Koha Events Marseille Hackfest by Paul Poulain 25 Koha developers will be gathering to work on improving Koha from 19-25 March in Marseille, France. There will be people from Croatia (2), Switzerland (1), Italy (1), Germany (1), USA (1), and France (19). Six of us are librarians; the rest are IT/developers. We plan to focus on these topics: a small group working on performance and persistence issues, trying to make Koha Plack/mod_perl compatible a small group working on database issues, trying to remove MySQL dependencies and incorporate business/database separation logic into Koha a small group working on user interface issues, trying to improve HTML, CSS, etc. a small group working on Solr integration (that will, hopefully, be submitted for October 2012 release) the rest of us working on what we could call a Global Bug Squashing Week–testing patches, etc. We still have space, so if you’d like to come, just email me. March General IRC Meeting The March general IRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21 March 2012. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_21_March_2012. KohaCon12 KohaCon12 will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5-7 June 2012. A hackfest will be held 9-11 June. This is a free
[Koha] Call for News for the February Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the February newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 1: January 2012
[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-1-january-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 1: January 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.6.3 Status Koha 3.4.8 Status Database Schema Bugs PostgreSQL Support Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Donum: a Norwegian Koha Co-op Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012 Past Koha Events January General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-01-06 Upcoming Koha Events February General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 Marseille Hackfest KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.6.3 Status by Chris Nighswonger The 3.6.x branch is in a string freeze. Koha 3.6.3 is scheduled for release on 25 January 2012. Koha 3.4.8 Status by Chris Nighswonger Koha 3.4.8 is scheduled for release on 28 January 2012. Database Schema Bugs Paul Poulain and Jonathan Druart have created a new wiki page, http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/DB_schema_bugs, documenting problems they’ve identified with Koha’s database design. They invite the community to read, add to, or discuss this page. PostgreSQL Support Marc Balmer plans to begin work on PostgreSQL support during the March hackfest in Marseille in order to pave the way for future PostgreSQL support in Koha. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/PostgreSQL. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Bethel University (via ByWater Solutions) Mental Health and Education Resource Centre, Christchurch (via Catalyst) New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (via Catalyst) 246 libraries in the Philippines went live with Koha in the last year. For more info, see http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/2300. Community Gossip ByWater Solutions has an opening for a Development Specialist. Chris Cormack has posted a summary of Koha accomplishments in the year 2011 at http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/01/01/2011-and-koha-by-the-numbers/. Chris has also posted sign-off statistics for December at http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/01/23/sign-off-statistics-for-december/. Nicole Engard has been promoted to Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions. Melia Meggs has been promoted to Chief Operations Officer at ByWater Solutions. Equinox Software has formed a Canadian subsidiary. Ian Walls, Koha 3.8 QA manager, has left ByWater Solutions for a position at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bob and Irma Birchall from Calyx and Chris Cormack and Kathryn Tyree from Catalyst will be holding a combined Koha stand at Vala2012 in Melbourne from 6-9 February. For more info, see http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012/conf2012. Donum: a Norwegian Koha Co-op by Magnus Enger Donum — Frie biblioteksystemer SA is a co-op that aims to further its members’ economic interests by cooperating in building, developing, and managing software, translations, knowledge, and networks. The co-op will also mediate relevant contracts and generate spin-offs and user utility by helping to promote and increase knowledge about free library systems and the values they build upon, both in the private and public sector. It also aims to assist with the development and delivery of services related to such systems. The main activities will be to carry out, organize, maintain, and quality check translations, as well as marketing, training and development of Koha and other free software for the library sector in Norway. The co-op will function as a network and maintainer of fora and meeting places through activities such as organizing user meetings, seminars, and conferences. The co-op will benefit its members through prioritized and possibly discounted access to training, conferences etc. It will also aid in organizing cost-sharing for new developments related to relevant software. For more info, see http://donum.no/. Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012 by Chris Hall, Chris Cormack, Grant Patterson, Javier Romero Twenty-three high school students from around New Zealand took the opportunity to learn more about open source software development during their summer holidays by participating in the Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012. In the first week, the students learned to install Ubuntu Linux on their training laptops, familiarised themselves with what the terms Freedom and Community mean for open source projects, and learned basic programming principles and how the web works. During the second week students worked on an open source project of their choosing. Amongst others there was a Koha group and a group who worked on kiritakikoha, an Android app for Koha (system and end) users. Four students from the Koha project group used
[Koha] Call for News for the January Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the January newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the December Newsletter
Dear Koha Kommunitarians, I'm harvesting news for the December newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think your fellow community members might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Please note that it's not too late to send in your reports or reminiscences of KohaCon11! Happy holidays, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 11: November 2011
[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-11-november-2011] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 2, Issue 11: November 2011 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.k...@gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.4.6 Released Koha 3.4.x String Freeze Koha 3.6.1 Released Request for Koha Data for Development Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip PTFS/LibLime Granted Provisional NZ Koha Trademark Past Koha Events KohaCon11 Reports November General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day Upcoming Koha Events December General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.4.6 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.6. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.6 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-4-6. Koha 3.4.x String Freeze by Chris Nighswonger The 3.4.x branch will enter a string freeze on 30 November. Koha 3.4.7 will release on 7 December. Koha 3.6.1 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.1. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.6.1 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-6-1. Request for Koha Data for Development by Chris Nighswonger A common problem among those of us who do development work on Koha is the lack of complete datasets for the development and testing of features. This is probably more of a problem for those of us who do not support a large variety of organizations running Koha. I would like to see some good, sanitized datasets available for development and testing. Several of us have pleaded for this for years. Just now, the lack of a good dataset including a sizable number of serials is preventing me from doing some testing and development on DataTables integration work, which has been started by Biblibre. So, this is a request to all of you libraries out there with small, medium, or large datasets who would be willing to contribute sanitized data for development purposes, to do so. It would be a great way to give back to the community that has provided such a wonderful product with all of its attendant benefits. Kind Regards, Chris Nighswonger Koha 3.4/3.6 Release Maintainer cnighswon...@foundations.edu Koha Community New Koha Libraries Hernando County Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Reserve Bank of New Zealand (via Catalyst) Shasta Historical Society (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Albert Oller has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. ByWater Solutions has posted a Koha Testing Plan at http://bywatersolutions.com/koha-testing-plan/. Chris Cormack has posted a visualisation of when work is done on Koha at http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2011/11/04/nice-visualisation-of-when-work-is-done-on-koha/. Chris Hall is back working on Koha at Catalyst for the New Zealand summer. Ed Veal has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. Ian Walls writes about integrating Solr into Koha at http://bywatersolutions.com/2011/11/02/kohacon-11-solr-and-koha/. Laurence Lefaucheur is now posting a French translation of the Koha community newsletter at http://www.koha-fr.org/category/tags/newsletter. Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, will be publishing a monthly newsletter summarizing 3.8 developments of the previous month. His first issue can be read at http://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-devel/2011-November/036525.html. Paul Poulain has also posted a first draft of a document outlining how the release manager pushes a patch at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/How_the_RM_push. PTFS/LibLime Granted Provisional NZ Koha Trademark PTFS/LibLime has been granted provisional use of a trademark for the use of the term Koha as it applies to Integrated Library Software (ILS) in New Zealand. PTFS’s press release is at http://www.liblime.com/ptfsliblime-granted-provisional-use-of-koha-trademark-in-new-zealand?a=1c=1254. Joann Ransom’s plea to assist Horowhenua Library Trust in disputing the decision is at http://library
[Koha] Call for News for the October Newsletter (especially KohaCon11)
Hi, I'm gathering news for the November newsletter. Please send me by the 25th anything you think the community might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. This month, I'd like to have a special section dedicated to KohaCon11. So if you were there, please send me reports, notes, impressions, incriminating evidence Many thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] October newsletter publication delayed
Hi, I missed the customary newsletter publication date of the 25th this month due to a bad cold. Although I haven't been able to marshal the energy and attention needed to publish it, I hope to be able to do so before October becomes November. Cheers, Daniel P.S. Happy conferring, you lucky KohaConners! ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Call for News for the October Newsletter
Hi, I'm gathering news for the October newsletter. Please send me by the 24th anything you think the community might like to know about. News can be as short as a sentence or as long as a paper. I especially encourage you to send me a line or two about what you're currently working on for publication in the gossip/society column. And if you know of a go-live not announced on the list, please be sure to let me know about it. Many thanks, Daniel Grobani ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] freenode #koha and #koha-news
Hi Chris, Thanks for the info. How does the role of the news channel differ from that of the newsletter? Cheers, Daniel On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Chris Nighswonger cnighswon...@foundations.edu wrote: By way of announcement, the Koha Community has secured control of the #koha namespace on freenode. #koha will serve as a backup for our main #koha channel on OFTC. Folks coming in channel there will receive a message pointing them to the main channel. #koha-news is simply that, a channel for posting Koha related news. huginn will automatically post any items on the blog feed of www.k-c.org. Feel free to post any other Koha related news there as well. This replaces the historic #kohanews channel which will go away at some unknown point when freenode begins enforcing their new namespace policy. Basically we have control of any channel beginning with '#koha-' Enjoy! Kind Regards, Chris ___ Koha-devel mailing list koha-de...@lists.koha-community.org http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter : Volume 2, Issue 8: August 2011
[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
Re: [Koha] Report Help - Extracting XML
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JOINitems ON (items.itemnumber=statistics.itemnumber)
LEFT JOIN biblio ON (biblio.biblionumber=items.biblionumber)
LEFT JOIN biblioitems ON (biblioitems.biblioitemnumber =
items.biblioitemnumber)
WHERE DATE(statistics.datetime) BETWEEN '-mm-dd' AND '-mm-dd'
AND statistics.itemnumber IS NOT NULL
AND location = 'Shelving Location Code'
GROUP BYbiblio.biblionumber
ORDER BYcircs DESC
LIMIT 10
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Cheers,
Daniel Grobani
Library Technology Specialist
John A. Graziano Memorial Library
Samuel Merritt University
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Re: [Koha] Seeking Koha Newsletter Editor
Hi, I volunteer to serve as newsletter editor. I don't know the qualifications but can offer these tidbits: 1. I have experience editing newsletters and currently edit one for a community organization. 2. I've participated in the Koha community for two years, online and at two KohaCons. 3. I keep up on what's happening in the community--I read the main and developer lists regularly and subscribe to two dozen Koha-related RSS feeds. I plan to attend the IRC meeting on August 2 (well, August 1 here). - Cheers, Daniel Grobani Library Technology Specialist John A. Graziano Memorial Library Samuel Merritt University -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Seeking-Koha-Newsletter-Editor-tp4636279p4640667.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Report Help - Extracting XML
Nicole, This should give you the 520a: extractValue(biblioitems.marcxml, collection/record/datafield[@tag='520'][1]/subfield[@code='a']) Of course, you'll have to do a join on biblioitems. - Cheers, Daniel Grobani Library Technology Specialist John A. Graziano Memorial Library Samuel Merritt University -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Report-Help-Extracting-XML-tp4640604p4640701.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha - changing the item edits screen
Linda,
Since no one's answered you yet, I'll offer some jQuery code to add to your
intranetuserjs, with the caveats that I'm on LLEK and that I'm a jQuery
neophyte whose naive solution is probably not bulletproof:
$(#cataloguing_additem_itemlist th:contains('Permanent
location')).remove();
$(#cataloguing_additem_itemlist th:contains('Current location')).remove();
$(#cataloguing_additem_itemlist tbody tr td:nth-child(9)).remove();
$(#cataloguing_additem_itemlist tbody tr td:nth-child(10)).remove();
I hope that someone more experienced with jQuery sees this, laughs at it,
jumps in with a more sophisticated solution, and adds it to the
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/JQuery_Library jQuery Library .
Cheers,
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John A. Graziano Memorial Library
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Re: [Koha] Report help
Bev, I wrote that gnarly marcxml-parsing query you offered below because at the time, LLEK was running on a pre-5.1 version of MySQL and I couldn't use the simpler ExtractValue(). I just ran cait's query that Nicole offered from the SQL Reports Library against our LLEK report server and it worked fine, but it bombs when I run it as a report in our production instance. I suspect LLEK's production version is still pre-5.1. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Library Technology Specialist John A. Graziano Memorial Library Samuel Merritt University -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Report-help-tp4425796p4426913.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
