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<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Dear Jessica,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Welcome to the list and congratulations with the decision to go with Koha</font></font><a></a><a></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> and Bywater</font></font><a></a><a></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> Solutions.
There are a lot of words of wisdom that the list can offer, so your in the right place :). I can think of a couple minor stuff to think about. Mapping your holdings codes to Koha</font></font><a></a><a></a><font face="Arial" size="3"> item types probably
will be the first one. Secondly I would look at what receipt printers your currently using and if possible try them out with the demo server (to see if they work with Firefox</font><a></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> or not), that probably goes for
barcode scanners as well, but we haven't had any problems even with the oldest of our scanners. Start thinking about how you want your OPAC</font></font><a></a><a></a><font face="Arial" size="3"> to look too, Owen Leonard really is the expert on this,
</font><a href="http://www.myacpl.org/koha/?p=30" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="3">http://www.myacpl.org/koha/?p=30</font></a><font face="Arial" size="3"> ,
</font><a href="http://www.myacpl.org/koha/?p=380" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="3">http://www.myacpl.org/koha/?p=380</font></a><font face="Arial" size="3">, and there is a video here
</font><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/KohaAndOpacCustomizationWithOwenLeonard" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="3">http://www.archive.org/details/KohaAndOpacCustomizationWithOwenLeonard</font></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3">. I can also
send you some links to other Koha</font></font><a></a><a></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> OPAC's</font></font><a></a><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> if interested. Lastly I would think about the reports you do now and get with Bywater</font></font><a></a><a></a><font size="3"><font face="Arial">
Implementation Specialist so you can start planning on converting them to SQL. </font>
<font face="Arial">That's about all the basics I can think of :)</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Respectfully,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font size="3">James Ghiorzi</font></font><a></a><a></a></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Library Assistant II</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">San Benito County Free Library</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">470 Fifth St.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">Hollister, CA 95023</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3">(831) 636-4107</font></div>
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</font><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b> koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz<a></a><a></a>] On Behalf Of Tobin, Jessica L [jtobin@fhcrc.org<a></a><a></a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<a></a><a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Koha<a></a><a></a>] Greetings from a newbie!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> My name is Jessica (Jess) Tobin, and I am brand spankin<a></a><a></a>’ new to the Koha<a></a><a></a> community. I will be taking care of our Koha<a></a><a></a> installation at the Arnold Library. (we are hosted by Bywater<a></a><a></a>)
I come to this position with several years’ experience working with the SirsiDynix<a></a><a></a> Unicorn/Symphony ILS<a></a><a></a>, so any helpful tips for making that leap are most welcome.
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</span> Actually, any words of wisdom for a newbie would be appreciated!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t have any specific questions or issues at this point, just wanted to say hello!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jess</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica L. Tobin</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Systems & Technical Services Librarian</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arnold Library</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1100 Fairview Ave. N., B1<a></a><a></a>-010</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 19024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seattle, WA 98109-1024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(206)667-6846</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a></a><a></a><a href="mailto:jtobin@fhcrc.org">jtobin@fhcrc.org</a><a href="mailto:jtobin@fhcrc.org"></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out what the Arnold Library has to offer you!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sharedresources.fhcrc.org/core-facilities/library" target="_blank">http://sharedresources.fhcrc.org/core-facilities/library</a></p>
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