March 2003 - Koha - lists.katipo.co.nz

4 Various Questions...
by T & J Kotula 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi, I'm just about ready to start cataloging our church library (7000 books). Currently I have V1.2.3 running, but before I'll get stuck into it, I thought of asking some questions (I'm a real beginner when it comes to Linux and the library stuff). 1. How easy will it be to upgrade from V1.2.3 to V2.0. I guess what I'm trying to ask is whether databases will be compatible. I will NOT ask when V2.0 is going to be out :-) 2. What is the recommended book bar code numbering scheme and what is the formula to generate the sequnce. 3. If the Library of Congress search fails what is the next best source of MARC records (I'm based in NZ) 4. Has anyone been through importing MUSAC (DOS version) database into Koha. After my very brief 'fiddle' with Koha I was wondering if there were plans to add a boolean expressions to the Z3950 search form. Thanks for your answers and keep up the good work you are doing. Tomasz Kotula.

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Marc Import file format
by Bryan Grega 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

I'm a newbie, does anyone know the format for a marc import file? This is what I have so far and it's not working 020;;a 139376992 b$ 0 $ 049;;a ITRA $ 100;;a Kernighan, Brian $ 245;;a The UNIX Programming Enviroment $ : $b Unix Programming $c Kernighan, Brian $ 260;;$b Prentice Hall $c 1984 $ 504;;a Learn the UNIX operating system and programming philosophy. $ 945;;a 37 $ Thanks Bryan A. Grega Sr. Consultant, Systems Administrator RSIS, NASA, Glenn Research Center 21000 Brookpark Road MailStop 142-4 Cleveland, OH 44135 Office: 216-433-2724 Pager: 216-549-9894 Pager EMail: 2165499894(a)airtouchpaging.com

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Biblio Upload
by Bryan Grega 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Howdy all, I'm a far cry from a librarian and I don't know the first thing about what a Marc or Biblio record is but I've loaded KOHA and I'm trying to set it up for my librarian and she gave me an ascii file of Biblio records she wanted uploaded. Well I arranged them in the format of the BIBLIO table but I can't find a way to upload them other than an SQL statement. Is there and easier way? Thanks Bryan A. Grega

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Howto add an admin account
by domeng＠stii.dost.gov.ph 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi! Good day! I installed Koha yesterday on a Mandrake 9 box using the installation script provided with koha 1.2.3 (great job, thanks). With some tweaking with our DNS server and virtual hosting config in Apache, I managed to have a running Koha system. My problem is that I cannot create an account that can log-in inside the Koha intranet site. I already tried inserting new record in user table inside MySQL database but still, I cannot login in the intranet site. Thanks and more power to Koha. Regards, Domingo Tamayo

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Koha Testing & QA mailing list
by Ingrid Lacis 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

A new mailing list has been set-up to discuss testing and QA for Koha. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-testing Join us. Ingrid Ingrid Lacis The Cherry Hill Company ilacis(a)chillco.com

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import MEDLARS or RIS format?
by Brian Harmon 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

Has anyone ever imported files into koha from MEDLARS or RIS format? Brian Harmon, Ph.D. <brian.harmon(a)doj.ca.gov> Richmond DNA Lab -- California Department of Justice (510) 620-3300 mobile: (415) 830-0018 ******************************************************************* Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. *******************************************************************

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Testers Needed
by Ingrid Lacis 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

Testers are needed for Koha. Your server or mine. No technical experience is necessary. We are looking for both Acceptance Testers - using the software in the role of librarians and patrons and quoting from Pat Eyler "On the development side, we also need experienced testers to help write code level functional and unit tests for a 'regression test suite'. The plan is that this suite is run at least daily against the Koha code base to ensure that we're not introducing new bugs, or re-opening old ones while we make changes and additions to Koha." Thank you Ingrid Ingrid Lacis The Cherry Hill Company ilacis(a)chillco.com

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How to set up a new staff member - including how to access the intranet
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

Hi - this is obviously causing a few headaches for people - so I thought I'd send this to the whole list :-) BACKGROUND To access the Intranet (librarian view) you need a username and password. The first person needs the MYSQL username and password, and then they can make new users (staff). Unfortunatly, the staff authentication module basically came in on the back of the general members (OPAC) authentication module, so to be blunt, it's a bit confusing, definitly not intuative, and hopefully might be improved for the next release. OK HERE WE GO To make another "Librarian". You will need to be logged in with your superuser password - not just the first time, but every time. You add new librarians through the "add member" process. From Koha's point of View, a librarian is just a member with some different privliges, but we don't make it clear enough that you add a staff person the same way. Start from the member search page that looks like http://hlt.katipo.co.nz/members/ Type the name of your staff member in the search box (even though they may not be there yet). You should get a page like http://hlt.katipo.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/member.pl You should see the option to add a new member. Add a new adult member. You should be able to change them to being a "worker" And I think (although am not sure) that you can add their username and password there. Submit that form Apparently on your "add a new member" screen, you won't get the option to give them access to the intranet. To do that, you submit that form. Then go back to the member page, search for them (YES AGAIN) When they come up in the list, click on their name to modify their record and then all the options you need should show up Good Luck Cheers Rachel _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org

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News and Release Notes has been updated
by kea-notify＠katipo.co.nz 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

News and Release Notes has been updated. The revised page is available at: http://www.koha.org/news/index.html

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Re: [oss4lib-discuss] Koha IRC meeting
by Pat Eyler 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Why not look like an idiot twice in one morning (though with my luck, I'll have several more opportunities). idiot point #1 we'll be ircing at irc.katipo.co.nz #koha idiot point #2 PST is GMT -8 not -7 sigh, -pate On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Raymond Wood wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 11:43:06AM -0500, Pat Eyler remarked: > > Since it's been almost a year since our last series of IRC > > meetings about Koha, it's about time to kick off the stretch > > into a 2.0.0 release with a couple of meetings to let everyone > > know how things stand. > > > > We'd like to break things into two meetings just to keep them > > managable. Here's the plan: > > > > 8 April 2003 1200 PST (GMT-7) > > Paul state of 2.0 > > Nick state of Docs > > Pat state of project > > meet and greet Ingrid > > Q & A for management team > > > > 9 April 2003 1200 PST (GMT-7) > > A town hall meeting (time to toss out ideas, > > get to know people better, introduce Koha > > sub-projects, etc.) > > > > -pate > > > > Pat Eyler > > IRC coordinates? > > Cheers, > Raymond > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en > _______________________________________________ > > > oss4lib-discuss(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oss4lib-discuss > see also http://oss4lib.org/ >

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