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

Re: [Koha] Sun Ultra 1 - Good or Bad?
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

sharpe's 4th rule... accept anything if it is free or nearly so. there is always someone else that you can donate it to if you eventually find you do not have a use for it! Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC www.smecc.org > Subj: [Koha] Sun Ultra 1 - Good or Bad? > Date: 8/29/2003 9:20:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:lambert@amigos.org">lambert(a)amigos.org</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">r</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Okay.... I have a person that is getting rid of about 30 Sun Microsystems > Ultra 1 Creator 3D machines (5 years old). > > Anyone knowledgeable about these boxes to tell me to "grab 'em" or "run > Greg, run!!!" ? > > They do come with some sweet 21 inch monitors.... ;-) > > -Greg > > > Greg Lambert, JD, MLIS > Project Manager > Amigos Library Services, Inc. > 5000 Gulf FWY > Building 9 - Univ. Business Park > Houston, Texas 77023-4600 > 713/923-2373 x225 office > 877/707-1577 toll-free > 713/923-2192 fax > 281/433-9145 cell > lambert(a)amigos.org > http://www.amigos

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Koha and circulation
by Bernadette Cassidy 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

1. Can Koha print out a report of items issued since set up? 2. Can Koha print individual overdue notices? Many thanks, Bernadette ___________________________________________ Bernadette Cassidy Library & Learning Coordinator Allan Bean Centre Burwood Hospital Christchurch New Zealand Tel: (03) 383 9492 Fax: (03) 383 7500 -----Original Message----- From: Owen Leonard [mailto:oleonard@athenscounty.lib.oh.us] Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2003 11:38 p.m. To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Problem when searching by subject in OPAC > When I try and search by subject with the search > term of "tuna" in the OPAC > system I get this internal server error: > type = subject at > /www/servers/koha/modules/C4/Search.pm line 858. > Can't use string ("1") as a HASH ref while > "strict refs" in use at > /www/servers/koha/modules/C4/Search.pm line > 1118. I ran into the same problem, but it only occurred when I specified both a subject term and a class from the drop-down menu: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=556 Are you specifying a class as well? -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 2.0.0-pre2-R2 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Please Clarify My Understanding of Data Upgrade Process
by Robert Maynord 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Dear Koha Folks: Our Library is preparing for the upgrade from 1.2.3 to 2.0. I have 2.0-pre installed on a separate machine, with koha 2.0-pre up and running - no data. Our 1.2.3 machine is still operative, but the Z3950 tool has stopped working. Our data is safe, and I have made a backup of it using the mysql tool. My hope is to transfer the data from the 1.2.3 machine to the new koha 2.0 machine. However, I understand that the two formats are not the same, 2.0 using the MARC record format. So far, I have the following understanding/misunderstanding of the upgrade process--- 1) There is currently no "dedicated" tool for data upgrade from 1.2.3 to 2.0. 2) The Z3950 tool in 2.0-pre is not yet operative, although some folks may have had some luck "tweaking" it. 3) John Voth has offered a program that will download MARC records from the LOC, if the ISBN number is given. 4) MARC records can be imported into Koha 2.0-pre using bulkmarcimport.pl, but this should not be used unless the books are actually available in the library. Bulkmarcimport.pl does not import into the breeding farm. 5) If I have a commercial CD full of MARC records, bulkmarcimport.pl will not work for the reason in #4. 6) If I had a way of converting the old data to MARC format, I could import into 2.0 by using bulkmarkimport.pl I am sure there is much I am missing here. Any clarification would be most helpful, as I have the task of putting our Koha in good shape for the school librarian to use. So far, I have not yet figured out a clear way to proceed... Thanks Much! Robert Maynord

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bug: 2.0.0pre2 MARCdetail.pl
by William Villanueva 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hi, Sorry to post this here as I'm not familiar with bugzilla and how to find if this is a bug and/or was already posted... When using the OPAC, I can search for an item and when the results come up, I can click on the item (which links to: http://opac/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=27) and it will give me details on the item. However, using the same in INTRANET, after the search results comes up and I click on the item (http://intranet/cgi-bin/koha/MARCdetail.pl?type=intra&bib=27) the results is a: 500 Internal Server Error. The error in the log says: Field XXX must have at least one subfield at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/MARC/Record.pm line 591 [] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] Premature end of script headers: /var/www/vhost/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/MARCdetail.pl Notes: I'm using version 2.0.0pre2 which was upgraded from version 1.2.3 by running the koha.upgrade script. Initially the system did not work because during the upgrade the old /etc/koho.conf was not upgraded to include the lines: intrahtdocs=/var/www/vhost/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl opachtdocs=/var/www/vhost/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl So I moved the old install directories and installed from scratch but used the old MySQL database since I don't want to toy with moving the data anymore. Thanks for any info! God bless you. William -- William Villanueva http://www.purity.ph PGP key ID 0xDF608588 Registered linux user #179111 ==================================================

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Sun Ultra 1 - Good or Bad?
by Greg Lambert/Amigos 30 Aug '03

30 Aug '03

Okay.... I have a person that is getting rid of about 30 Sun Microsystems Ultra 1 Creator 3D machines (5 years old). Anyone knowledgeable about these boxes to tell me to "grab 'em" or "run Greg, run!!!" ? They do come with some sweet 21 inch monitors.... ;-) -Greg Greg Lambert, JD, MLIS Project Manager Amigos Library Services, Inc. 5000 Gulf FWY Building 9 - Univ. Business Park Houston, Texas 77023-4600 713/923-2373 x225 office 877/707-1577 toll-free 713/923-2192 fax 281/433-9145 cell lambert(a)amigos.org http://www.amigos.org

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Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server - other viewpoint
by baljkas＠mb.sympatico.ca 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Thursday, August 29, 2003 01:55 CDT As long as you're talking about staff allocation among resources, you might want to consider advocating that the 3 client libraries do cooperate. If they have mutual interlending established, they would only be serving their patrons better. And perhaps they could reduce their cataloguing costs (notice I say costs and not staff) through shared cataloguing and use of Holdings fields to identify clearly which "branch" holds what. Just a thought. Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB CANADA

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Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server - smecc viewpoint
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

This is indeed true, but some times there are some of us that revel in the intricacies of the machine and also are willing to trade time for lack of downtime! both positions have validity Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > Subj: Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server - smecc viewpoint > Date: 8/27/2003 3:59:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk">markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > On 2003-08-27 23:45:08 +0100 COURYHOUSE(a)aol.com wrote: > > To: <A HREF="mailto:chris@katipo.co.nz">chris(a)katipo.co.nz</A> > > Pardon? > > >Just a thought, running on three separate servers also spreads the work > >across three processors [...] > > It also means that you either need to do three times the sysadmin work, or > get a sysadmin who can do network-based admin, which pushes other costs up. > > -- > MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. > http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at > Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server - smecc viewpoint
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Subj: Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server Date: 8/27/2003 3:43:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:COURYHOUSE">COURYHOUSE</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:chris@katipo.co.nz">chris(a)katipo.co.nz</A> Just a thought, running on three separate servers also spreads the work across three processors thus if one server goes down only one library goes down not all three. With the cheap prices of equipment especially if you get 3 used 1.2 gig processor boxes used and 15 inch monitors we give away just to rid our selves of them.... It almost makes sense ... of course there is always the space issue! Three boxes takes up more room than three! Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > Subj: Re: [Koha] Multiple KOHA - One Server > Date: 8/27/2003 3:34:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:chris@katipo.co.nz">chris(a)katipo.co.nz</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:lambert@amigos.org">lambert(a)amigos.org</A> > CC: <A HREF="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Greg > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 03:46:45PM -0500, Greg Lambert/Amigos said: > >How difficult would it be to host multiple Koha libraries on a single > >server? > > > The good news is, not that hard at all :-) > > One of the katipo servers has 4 different koha's running on it. > > >The scenario could be: > > > > There are 3 small libraries in the same town that want to use Koha to > > manage their individual library collections. They combine their > > efforts (and money) to get a single server up and running, but still > > want to display the information individually (different web addresses > > for each library, etc). > > > > How difficult would this be to create? > > > Its not too bad, you need a different database, and a different > /etc/koha.conf file for each koha install. > And you need to edit the C4/Context.pm file to set the koha.conf for each > koha to use. > > > How many libraries could be hosted on one server? (example 2.4 Ghz P4, > > 512 Mb Ram, 80 Gb HD, etc). > > > It depends entirely on how big the libraries are, and more importantly how > many transactions they each do a day. > The spec above sounds fine for 3 small libraries. > > > Would multiple installs of Koha be necessary, or could the config files > > be modified to have on install and then have the MySQL DBs be structured > > to handle the different libraries? > > > You could do it with 3 databases, 3 config files, but they all share the > same perl and perl modules plus html::templates. > Its probably better to have separate installs though, which would allow you > to easily change the templates for each koha to make each library have its > own look. > > > Are there any "issues" about this type of hosting? > > > > This is the solution Id go for if I wanted to run 3 separate catalogs. > However if I wanted to run a union catalog over the three libraries, id go > for a single Koha install, and use Koha's concept of branches to deal with > the separate libraries. > > I think it depends on the aim, do they want patrons to be able to search a > catalog and find books in all 3 libraries. Or would they rather have 3 > separate catalogs. > > Chris >

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Multiple KOHA - One Server
by Greg Lambert/Amigos 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

How difficult would it be to host multiple Koha libraries on a single server? The scenario could be: There are 3 small libraries in the same town that want to use Koha to manage their individual library collections. They combine their efforts (and money) to get a single server up and running, but still want to display the information individually (different web addresses for each library, etc). How difficult would this be to create? How many libraries could be hosted on one server? (example 2.4 Ghz P4, 512 Mb Ram, 80 Gb HD, etc). Would multiple installs of Koha be necessary, or could the config files be modified to have on install and then have the MySQL DBs be structured to handle the different libraries? Are there any "issues" about this type of hosting? Thanks, Greg Greg Lambert, JD, MLIS Project Manager Amigos Library Services, Inc. 5000 Gulf FWY Building 9 - Univ. Business Park Houston, Texas 77023-4600 713/923-2373 x225 office 877/707-1577 toll-free 713/923-2192 fax 281/433-9145 cell lambert(a)amigos.org http://www.amigos.org

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(no subject)
by fran feigert 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

My library has just entered all of our collection into the koha database and is ready to use this OPAC. Is it possible to print a shelf list from the database? I do not understand the virtual bookshelf function. Thank you for your help. I am brand spanking new at using koha, but have used other circulation systems. Fran Feigert Charlottesville VA If the book had been invented after the laptop, it would have been hailed as a great breakthrough." Neil Gershenfeld, M.I.T. Media Lab _________________________________________________________________ Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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