October 2024 - Koha - lists.katipo.co.nz

Confusion between 099 and 942 field in UNIMARC and comparison with MARC21
by Mathieu Saby 03 Nov '24

03 Nov '24

Hi I believe there is something wrong in UNIMARC default framework (https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/main/installer/data/mysql/en/ma… ) We have 2 fields for "local" data (specific to Koha) at biblio level : 099 and 942 And the same pieces of information are present in subfields of both fields : - 099$x and 942$0 (Number of issues => biblioitems.totalissues) - 099$s and 942$s (Serial record => biblio.serial) - 099$t and 942$c (Koha item type => biblioitems.itemtype) I suppose it is an error, because it makes no sense... And note that the 099 field in UNIMARC framework is called "local dates", so it should not contain information about item type or number of issue. Do you think we could remove safely from the default templates 099$x, 099$s, 099$t ? I don't know if those values may be harcoded somewhere in the code. Moreover, it could be interesting to reduce the discrepancy between MARC21 and UNIMARC, so I wondered if we could get rid of 099 in UNIMARC. So I searched for the equivalent of 099$c (Koha biblio creation date => biblio.datecreated) and 099$d ( Koha biblio modification date => biblio.timestamp) in MARC21, but I was surprised to find no place in 942 or elsewere to store those pieces of information. Have I missed something ? Regards, Mathieu Saby Université Cote d'Azur

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koha-US General Meeting reminder: Wednesday, November 06, 2024
by Kristi Krueger 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

Hello! The next koha-US General Meeting is Wednesday, November 06, 2024. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/648572897?pwd=TUpsRE1TYlFPWWxTWFl4TVovSTJ3Zz09 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1isAfWfkttrST8nPvG1FVS1XkAK6DxmZo37Y8yKq… ***Our guest speaker in November will be Ola Andersson. Ola joins us from Sweden where he runs meetings for the Swedish Koha user group. He will talk about how their user group works and how Koha is being used in Sweden.*** If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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batch items modification: itemnumber contains space
by Giuseppe Angilella 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Hi, I would like to use the batch items modification tool to a list of items, whose itemnumbers contain a space (e.g. 01 1234). The tool treats the two parts of the itemnumber as a distinct number (i.e. 01 and 1234), therefore no item is found. I tried enclosing the itemnumbers in inverted commas, and to escape the space, as well as several kinds of regex expressions for the space, but it does not work. Any hint? (All my itemnumbers are actually constructed in that way!) Many thanks, Giuseppe.

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Koha Community Newsletter: October 2024
by Michael Kuhn 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

The Koha Community Newsletter for October 2024 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-october-2024/ Many thanks to everyone who submitted articles and news to this newsletter! Please feel free to email me (kohanews(a)gmail.com) with any corrections or suggestions. Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter PS: On 28 October I tried to send this e-mail as usual from the address kohanews(a)gmail.com to both mailinglists "koha" and "koha-devel", but it appeared only in "koha-devel". I also tried to reach the maintainers of list "koha" but to no avail. So I'm now trying to send it from my own e-mail asdress mik(a)adminkuhn.ch -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik(a)adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch

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koha-US November 2024 Events & Meetings
by Kristi Krueger 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

Hello! koha-US online meetings and events are free and open to all. See our calendar for a full list: http://koha-us.org/calendar/. For Google Calendar users, add our events calendar to your list for easy access to meeting times and links: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=a29oYS11cy5vcmdfZG1xb2pkczE5Zn… *Meetings* General Meeting - Wednesday, November 06 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC Board Meeting - Wednesday, November 13 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC *Special Interest Groups* Cataloging - Thursday, November 07 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC System Administration - Tuesday, November 12 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC Acquisitions - Tuesday, November 19 @ 9:00a PT / 12:00p ET / 16:00 UTC Web Development - Thursday, November 21 @ 10:00a PT / 1:00p ET / 17:00 UTC Circulation - Wednesday, November 27 @ 10:30 PT / 1:30 ET / 17:30 UTC Consortia - Will not meet in November. Visit http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ to learn more and sign up for topic-specific mailing lists. Most meetings and events are recorded and made available at https://www.youtube.com/kohaus Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-US.org

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Community positions for 25.05 cycle
by Renvoize, Martin 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Hi everyone, It's that time again, we're coming up to release time for 24.11 and that means picking the team for the 25.05 cycle! Please see the roles page at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_25.05 and add your name to a role if you would like to propose volunteering for it. The team vote will take place on November 13th at the next community general meeting. We'd love to see some new faces on the team, and it's just as important to have non-developers helping to guide the ship as it is the developers. Some roles I'd like to draw your attention to: * Bug Wranglers <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Bug_wrangler> - We can always do with more bug wranglers! These people love to keep things tidy and Bugzilla is always in need of your help. We need people to help manage 'the list', identify the duplicates, promote bugs to specialists and find people to do signoffs and testing. Everyone is invited to this party, we need you! This is a great first-time role to take on and it makes a real difference to active community contributors' lives! * Documentation Team <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Documentation_team> - The documentation team is a growing team that's made great inroads into bringing Koha's documentation up to date and ensuring we have a well-documented piece of software. There's plenty more to do and they're always on the lookout for new contributors. The documentation team are a super-friendly group and would love to see you join them; Aude is happy to have a chat <https://chat.koha-community.org/> should you want to talk about the role before applying. * Wiki Curators <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Wiki_team> - Koha's wiki is bursting at the seams with good information, but we need your help to bring order to the chaos and keep improving the content. If you've got an interest in maintaining an area of the Wiki, helping identify out-of-date information or categorizing data then this is a job for you. * Meeting facilitators <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Meeting_facilitators> - We have regular meetings in the community to discuss development progress, documentation tasks and general community needs. It would be really helpful to have someone to help promote those meetings, keep them on track and work on the minutes. Right now these meetings tend to be run, recorded, minuted and promoted all by the team managers and that's a difficult task. We'd really like some help here, please. * Accessibility advocate <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Accessibility_advocate> - In Koha, we really want to be open and accessible to all but accessibility is an area that many of us are not as aware of as we should be. We'd like to have some people helping to promote best practices and report accessibility issues we might not be aware of. There are lots of other roles and I'm more than happy to try and mentor anyone interested in taking any of them on. If it's not something I've personally taken on in the past, I'm confident I can find the right person to help you out. Personal push: I'd love to see some more people on the QA team, we need help there as it's often a blocking point in our queues. There's lots of small QA work that people could use to get up to speed so do please feel free to offer your assistance and I'm happy to mentor. Looking forward to seeing some new names on the list and your active engagement. Martin Renvoize, MPhys (Hons) Head of Development & Community Engagement PTFS Europe [image: Phone icon] M: +44 7725985636 <+447725985636> | T: +44 1483 378728 <+441483378728> [image: Email icon] martin.renvoize(a)ptfs-europe.com [image: Link icon] www.ptfs-europe.com Sign up for our Newsletter. <http://eepurl.com/dPjjkn> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/ptfs-europe-limited> <http://youtube.com/@PTFSEurope> [image: Click to open PTFS Europe webpage] <https://www.ptfs-europe.com>

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Error in RSS Feed on Koha OPAC Search Results
by OPAC 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Dear Koha Community Members, I am currently using Koha version 24.05.04.000 (Koha About Page). I encountered an error in the OPAC when clicking the RSS button on the search results page ( http://14.139.228.28/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?advsearch=1&weight_search=… ) to "Subscribe to this search" (RSS Feed URL). http://14.139.228.28/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?&limit=mc-itype%2Cphr%3ABK… The error message displayed is as follows: " This page contains the following errors: error on line 1 at column 374: EntityRef: expecting ';' Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. " Could anyone please assist in resolving this issue? Thank you in advance for your support. Best regards, Shivendra Singh https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shivendra-Singh-7

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 503
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

We've packed not one, and not two, but three topics into this week's episode. While still processing the changeover to Koha 24.05, George and Christopher discuss a few aspects to the newest version that needed some TLC. Leave a comment and let us know what you liked. https://youtu.be/PXXPifTIHro?si=Fa08jgIwuGBp80qX Sincerely, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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After upgrade 24.05.04 - No holds allowed or pull list - staff interface
by Fairlamb, Christina 22 Oct '24

22 Oct '24

Hello, Upgraded from 24.05.02 to 24.05.04 and now having issues with holds. Patrons can place holds on the public interface but holds are not appearing in "holds to pull", on further investigation when searching on the staff interface all records, regardless of item type or availability, have "No holds allowed" in the right corner where the edit options are. Holds cannot be placed anywhere on the staff interface, I've double checked circ rules, item types and system preferences and can't see a glaring problem. Running a report shows holds have been placed and holds are found when checking in items and can be fulfilled and emails are sent. Any insights? Thank you -- Christina

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Consortia Special Interest Group this Thursday
by George Williams 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Hello everyone, The koha-US Consortia Special Interest Group will meet this Thursday October 24, at 9am Pacific/10 Mountain/11 Central/12pm Eastern/16:00 UTC. Currently there is nothing on the agenda for this meeting, but feel free to add to the agenda at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YkdXVwcudgxhNj5Rb_Ov2Tv0clHLu5ke93QA26D… You can also e-mail me directly if you wish to have anything added to the agenda. If no one adds anything to the agenda, we'll discuss whatever topics the attendees wish to discuss related to using Koha in a multi-library system. Zoom link: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/929501615?pwd%3DZmkw… View and subscribe to the koha-US calendar here: https://koha-us.org/calendar/ Learn more about SIGs and join mailing lists here: https://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ See you on Thursday, George -- George Williams (he/him) Next Search Catalog Coordinator Northeast Kansas Library System 785-838-4090 gwilliams(a)nekls.org NEXT SEARCH CATALOG <https://nextkansas.org>

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