<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Dear Koha, </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Our Koha version now needs an upgrade fron its current one to the latest ( v3). Please can soneone out there assist us by providing the procedures taken to achieve this?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you</DIV>
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<DIV>Nick Rubosa<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 20/5/10, koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz <I>&lt;koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz&gt;</I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz &lt;koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz&gt;<BR>Subject: Koha Digest, Vol 55, Issue 66<BR>To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<BR>Received: Thursday, 20 May, 2010, 7:01 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Send Koha mailing list submissions to<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha" target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha-request@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha-owner@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha-owner@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha-owner@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR><BR>When replying, please
 edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Re: Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog (Barbara Keef)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Re: cleanup_database.pl (Reed Wade)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Re: cleanup_database.pl (Reed Wade)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Re: Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog (Reed Wade)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Re: Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog (Lori Bowen Ayre)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:32:47 -0400<BR>From: "Barbara Keef" &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us" ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Koha] Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog<BR>To: "Lori Bowen Ayre" &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lori.ayre@galecia.com"
 ymailto="mailto:lori.ayre@galecia.com">lori.ayre@galecia.com</A>&gt;,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Nicole Engard"<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Cc: Koha List &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Message-ID: &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=EF5E0AAF45D2405C80DA102CC2297CF2@wpl.com" ymailto="mailto:EF5E0AAF45D2405C80DA102CC2297CF2@wpl.com">EF5E0AAF45D2405C80DA102CC2297CF2@wpl.com</A>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Thanks, Lori for your comment.&nbsp; The tutorials are good, but we were looking for something like the most common questions asked by our users and the easiest and most accurate way to get to the answers.&nbsp; Questions such as "What's the latest
 James Patterson book your library has?&nbsp; What children's books are about boys sharing an adventure? <BR><BR>Are your generic training exercises along those lines?<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Barbara<BR><BR>&nbsp; ----- Original Message ----- <BR>&nbsp; From: Lori Bowen Ayre <BR>&nbsp; To: Nicole Engard <BR>&nbsp; Cc: Barbara Keef ; Koha List <BR>&nbsp; Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:00 PM<BR>&nbsp; Subject: Re: [Koha] Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog<BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; Hi Nicole,<BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; Useful links but those are not tutorials.&nbsp; And the only tutorials I see seem to focus on installation.&nbsp; Surely there are actual tutorials for circ staff??!&nbsp; <BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; We created some generic training exercises for Evergreen and they might be modifiable for Koha without too much trouble. <BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; Would that help, Barbara?<BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; Lori<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Nicole Engard
 &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt; wrote:<BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; Barbara,<BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; First, it's Koha - not KOHA - it's a maori word, not an acronym.<BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; As for tutorials you can find the manual here:<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; <A href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/" target=_blank>http://koha-community.org/documentation/</A><BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; And then links to other documentation here:<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; <A href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/other-docs/" target=_blank>http://koha-community.org/documentation/other-docs/</A><BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; Nicole C. Engard<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; Documentation Manager<BR><BR><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Barbara Keef &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us"
 ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt; wrote:<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Has anyone devised a tutorial for staff using the KOHA catalog?&nbsp; Sample<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; questions, searches, etc.?<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Thanks,<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Barbara L. Keef<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Reference &amp; Technology Librarian<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Windham Public Library<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; 217 Windham Center Rd.<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Windham, Maine 04062<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; 207-892-1908<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; Koha mailing list<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha"
 target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</A><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; _______________________________________________<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; Koha mailing list<BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>&nbsp; &nbsp; <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha" target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</A><BR><BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/attachments/20100519/a7233cb3/attachment-0001.htm" target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/attachments/20100519/a7233cb3/attachment-0001.htm</A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:55:46 +1200<BR>From: Reed Wade &lt;<A
 href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=reed@catalyst.net.nz" ymailto="mailto:reed@catalyst.net.nz">reed@catalyst.net.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Koha] cleanup_database.pl<BR>To: Christopher Curry &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org" ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A>&gt;<BR>Cc: Koha List &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Message-ID:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AANLkTilUbH80o8LKp4aexZfKWkF2tTrsyUzRQmOFUSkt@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:AANLkTilUbH80o8LKp4aexZfKWkF2tTrsyUzRQmOFUSkt@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTilUbH80o8LKp4aexZfKWkF2tTrsyUzRQmOFUSkt@mail.gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>setting MAILTO=youremailaddress might get you some error reports as
 well<BR><BR>-reed<BR><BR><BR>2010/5/20 Christopher Curry &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org" ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A>&gt;:<BR>&gt; Greg,<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Thanks for the point in the right direction.? I totally forgot about the ENV<BR>&gt; variables.? That will probably take care of it and it explains why the<BR>&gt; script didn't run.? I wish I could have seen the error message about not<BR>&gt; being about to find the perl modules.? I would have recognized it.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Cheers,<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Christopher Curry<BR>&gt; Assistant Technical Librarian / Assistant IT Officer<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; American Philosophical Society<BR>&gt; 105 South Fifth Street<BR>&gt; Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386<BR>&gt; Tel. (215) 599-4299<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org"
 ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Main Library number: (215)440-3400<BR>&gt; APS website: <A href="http://www.amphilsoc.org/" target=_blank>http://www.amphilsoc.org</A><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On 05/19/2010 12:15 PM, Greg Barniskis wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On 5/19/2010 10:34 AM, Christopher Curry wrote:<BR>&gt; ...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Here is my crontab:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "0 3 * * 2-6 perl<BR>&gt; /usr/local/src/kohaclone/misc/cronjobs/cleanup_database.pl -v --sessions<BR>&gt; --zebraqueue 10 &gt;&gt;/var/log/koha/cleanup_database.log"<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; ...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Any obvious issues with my configuration? Any ideas how I can make this<BR>&gt; work?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Your crontab example doesn't show you setting the environmental variables<BR>&gt; that may be needed (PERL5LIB and KOHA_CONF). See the examples from the web<BR>&gt; page below and modify the paths as needed for your system. You likely have<BR>&gt; these
 variables specified for your shell (so running the same command from<BR>&gt; the shell works), but cron needs these values too.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; <A href="http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:cronjobs" target=_blank>http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:cronjobs</A><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Also, this may not apply to your OS, but whenever I have cron issues on<BR>&gt; FreeBSD, ensuring that absolute paths are specified can help. So I'd<BR>&gt; personally use "/usr/bin/perl" as the command, not just "perl", or even skip<BR>&gt; that entirely and let the system figure it out from the specified script's<BR>&gt; #! line (again, YMMV with OS flavor).<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; Koha mailing list<BR>&gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>&gt; <A
 href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha" target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</A><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:56:35 +1200<BR>From: Reed Wade &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=reed@catalyst.net.nz" ymailto="mailto:reed@catalyst.net.nz">reed@catalyst.net.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Koha] cleanup_database.pl<BR>To: Christopher Curry &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org" ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A>&gt;<BR>Cc: Koha List &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Message-ID:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AANLkTiklr8q8XHb-53sfOXfIpthEfJq8qXfUA0eOpWou@mail.gmail.com"
 ymailto="mailto:AANLkTiklr8q8XHb-53sfOXfIpthEfJq8qXfUA0eOpWou@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTiklr8q8XHb-53sfOXfIpthEfJq8qXfUA0eOpWou@mail.gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>setting as an envariable in the crontab I should say<BR><BR>-reed<BR><BR><BR>On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Reed Wade &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=reed@catalyst.net.nz" ymailto="mailto:reed@catalyst.net.nz">reed@catalyst.net.nz</A>&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt; setting MAILTO=youremailaddress might get you some error reports as well<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; -reed<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; 2010/5/20 Christopher Curry &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org" ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A>&gt;:<BR>&gt;&gt; Greg,<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Thanks for the point in the right direction.? I totally forgot about the ENV<BR>&gt;&gt; variables.? That will probably take care of it and it
 explains why the<BR>&gt;&gt; script didn't run.? I wish I could have seen the error message about not<BR>&gt;&gt; being about to find the perl modules.? I would have recognized it.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Cheers,<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Christopher Curry<BR>&gt;&gt; Assistant Technical Librarian / Assistant IT Officer<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; American Philosophical Society<BR>&gt;&gt; 105 South Fifth Street<BR>&gt;&gt; Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386<BR>&gt;&gt; Tel. (215) 599-4299<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ccurry@amphilsoc.org" ymailto="mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org">ccurry@amphilsoc.org</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Main Library number: (215)440-3400<BR>&gt;&gt; APS website: <A href="http://www.amphilsoc.org/" target=_blank>http://www.amphilsoc.org</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; On 05/19/2010 12:15 PM, Greg Barniskis wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; On 5/19/2010 10:34 AM, Christopher Curry wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt;
 ...<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Here is my crontab:<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; "0 3 * * 2-6 perl<BR>&gt;&gt; /usr/local/src/kohaclone/misc/cronjobs/cleanup_database.pl -v --sessions<BR>&gt;&gt; --zebraqueue 10 &gt;&gt;/var/log/koha/cleanup_database.log"<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; ...<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Any obvious issues with my configuration? Any ideas how I can make this<BR>&gt;&gt; work?<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Your crontab example doesn't show you setting the environmental variables<BR>&gt;&gt; that may be needed (PERL5LIB and KOHA_CONF). See the examples from the web<BR>&gt;&gt; page below and modify the paths as needed for your system. You likely have<BR>&gt;&gt; these variables specified for your shell (so running the same command from<BR>&gt;&gt; the shell works), but cron needs these values too.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:cronjobs"
 target=_blank>http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:cronjobs</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Also, this may not apply to your OS, but whenever I have cron issues on<BR>&gt;&gt; FreeBSD, ensuring that absolute paths are specified can help. So I'd<BR>&gt;&gt; personally use "/usr/bin/perl" as the command, not just "perl", or even skip<BR>&gt;&gt; that entirely and let the system figure it out from the specified script's<BR>&gt;&gt; #! line (again, YMMV with OS flavor).<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt;&gt; Koha mailing list<BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha"
 target=_blank>http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 4<BR>Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:58:19 +1200<BR>From: Reed Wade &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=reed@catalyst.net.nz" ymailto="mailto:reed@catalyst.net.nz">reed@catalyst.net.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Koha] Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog<BR>To: Nicole Engard &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Cc: Koha List &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Message-ID:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AANLkTikPDH0jDSqnVn-PGpfgHpjthyK9Rt4oCnJ_29lB@mail.gmail.com"
 ymailto="mailto:AANLkTikPDH0jDSqnVn-PGpfgHpjthyK9Rt4oCnJ_29lB@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTikPDH0jDSqnVn-PGpfgHpjthyK9Rt4oCnJ_29lB@mail.gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<BR><BR>On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Nicole Engard &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt; Barbara,<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; First, it's Koha - not KOHA - it's a maori word, not an acronym.<BR><BR><BR>It's a M?ori word.<BR><BR>-reed<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 5<BR>Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:01:43 -0700<BR>From: Lori Bowen Ayre &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lori.ayre@galecia.com" ymailto="mailto:lori.ayre@galecia.com">lori.ayre@galecia.com</A>&gt;<BR>Subject: Re: [Koha] Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog<BR>To: Barbara Keef &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us"
 ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt;<BR>Cc: Koha List &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>Message-ID:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AANLkTini-vcMPNi1zssROl9tNlfq2xpmAumDUSkPsryl@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:AANLkTini-vcMPNi1zssROl9tNlfq2xpmAumDUSkPsryl@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTini-vcMPNi1zssROl9tNlfq2xpmAumDUSkPsryl@mail.gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Barbara,<BR><BR>Not so much.&nbsp; The exercises we developed were more about handling common<BR>circ functions and helping users with their accounts.<BR><BR>On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Barbara Keef &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us"
 ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt;wrote:<BR><BR>&gt;&nbsp; Thanks, Lori for your comment.&nbsp; The tutorials are good, but we were<BR>&gt; looking for something like the most common questions asked by our users and<BR>&gt; the easiest and most accurate way to get to the answers.&nbsp; Questions such as<BR>&gt; "What's the latest James Patterson book your library has?&nbsp; What children's<BR>&gt; books are about boys sharing an adventure?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Are your generic training exercises along those lines?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Thanks!<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Barbara<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; ----- Original Message -----<BR>&gt; *From:* Lori Bowen Ayre &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lori.ayre@galecia.com" ymailto="mailto:lori.ayre@galecia.com">lori.ayre@galecia.com</A>&gt;<BR>&gt; *To:* Nicole Engard &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com"
 ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt;<BR>&gt; *Cc:* Barbara Keef &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us" ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt; ; Koha List&lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A>&gt;<BR>&gt; *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:00 PM<BR>&gt; *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Tutorial: Using the KOHA catalog<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Hi Nicole,<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Useful links but those are not tutorials.&nbsp; And the only tutorials I see<BR>&gt; seem to focus on installation.&nbsp; Surely there are actual tutorials for circ<BR>&gt; staff??!<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; We created some generic training exercises for Evergreen and they might be<BR>&gt; modifiable for Koha without too much trouble.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Would that help, Barbara?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;
 Lori<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Nicole Engard &lt;<A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nengard@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Barbara,<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; First, it's Koha - not KOHA - it's a maori word, not an acronym.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; As for tutorials you can find the manual here:<BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/" target=_blank>http://koha-community.org/documentation/</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; And then links to other documentation here:<BR>&gt;&gt; <A href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/other-docs/" target=_blank>http://koha-community.org/documentation/other-docs/</A><BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; Thanks<BR>&gt;&gt; Nicole C. Engard<BR>&gt;&gt; Documentation Manager<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Barbara Keef &lt;<A
 href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bkeef@windham.lib.me.us" ymailto="mailto:bkeef@windham.lib.me.us">bkeef@windham.lib.me.us</A>&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Has anyone devised a tutorial for staff using the KOHA catalog?&nbsp; Sample<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; questions, searches, etc.?<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Thanks,<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Barbara L. Keef<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Reference &amp; Technology Librarian<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Windham Public Library<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; 217 Windham Center Rd.<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Windham, Maine 04062<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; 207-892-1908<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; Koha mailing list<BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; <A href="http://au.mc370.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" ymailto="mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</A><BR>&gt;&gt; &gt; <A href="http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha"
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