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non barcoded items
by Chad Roseburg 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Just wondering how other libraries are dealing with non-barcoded items. Do you use generic records? We do not barcode newspapers for instance. Thanks! -- Chad Roseburg Automation Dept. North Central Regional Library

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Web Installer Error
by mhathaway 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

I'm looking into Koha as a potential replacement for our school library system (we're a Cambridge-based secondary school and sixth form centre). However, I'm running into difficulties getting a demo installed. Details: Koha 3.10.4 Ubuntu 12.10 server. MySQL database and user have been created. I'm down to step 7 of the installer, which is the Web Installer. The error: Access denied for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 803. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 63. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 25. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 25. I found Lars J. Helbo's issue (http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Installation-problem-td4449146.html) and subsequently tried deleting and recreating the MySQL database and user. But no luck. Logically, I was expecting the first step of the web installer to ask for the DB details, before it could run. Is it returning this error before the web installer can be served, or after it has already tried to run? This has been bugging me for several days now. Any insight into how to get past this error would be greatly appreciated. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Web-Installer-Error-tp5752139.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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need help about analytic record
by vikrant malik 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hello All, In koha I add analytic records, and they are working fine. But my problem is that i have a no. of data in excel format. And I want to bulk import all this data to my koha. How can I do this. Can Anyone suggest me in this regard. thanks vikrant malik

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Need Help in Koha Multiple instance
by sunil sharma 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hello all, I installed koha 3.8.x multiple instances on a debian-squeeze server by refering this link: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installing_Multiple_Instances_of_Koha . But I am facing problem in rebuilding zebra in multiple instances. Actually when I installed one instance for example koha1, it installed perfectly and rebuildzebra.pl work fine after uploading my database. After installing another instance say koha2, it also installed perfectly and rebuildzebra.plalso works fine. But now the problem is that, now if I again come at my first instance i.e. koha1, make rebuildzebra.pl command to run again, it takes database of my 2nd instance. This is because in zebra configuration file while rebuild zebra it show like this:- Zebra configuration information ================================ Zebra biblio directory = /var/lib/*koha2*/zebradb/biblios Zebra authorities directory = /var/lib/*koha2*/zebradb/authorities Koha directory = /usr/share/*koha2*/intranet/cgi-bin In place of *koha2*, this should take *koha1* in my first instance of koha, which is making wrong zebra rebuild and show me biblio of koha2 instance in koha1 instance. How should I resolve this problem. Can Anyone help me in this regard? Thanks in advance for your help, Sunil

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Koha 3.10.5 released
by Chris Cormack 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.10.5. This is a stable release and contains many bugfixes. You can download the tarball from http://download.koha-community.org or wait a day or 2 for the packages to become available. Please read below for the full release notes RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.10.5 23 Apr 2013 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.10.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.10.05.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.10.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Major fixes of 3.10.5 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 9928 blocker no way to see all purchase suggestions at all 7018 critical need all acq permissions to search 7449 major billingplace and freedeliveryplace not saved when creating a new basketgroup Cataloging ---------- 9908 major OCLC Connexion Desktop Client Doesn't Work Circulation ---------- 9953 major When OpacMaintenance breaks lifting debarment Hold requests ---------- 9922 critical holds queue shows home library with AutomaticReturn Notices ---------- 8378 major <fine> syntax not working on overdues anymore OPAC ---------- 8979 major "News" does not work with CCSR Patrons ---------- 9930 critical can't update patron info in ccsr Searching ---------- 9341 major Problem with UNIMARC authors facets Tools ---------- 9535 major Patron card creator "Remove duplicates" function doesn't work Other bugs fixed in 3.10.5 ========================== About ---------- 9956 trivial Add missing translators to the about page Acquisitions ---------- 7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 9727 normal Typo in code causes compilation failure with Solr enabled 9609 trivial Rebuild zebra reports double numbers for exported records with -z option Authentication ---------- 9841 minor Improve the link from the "logged in as mysql-user"-warning Command-line Utilities ---------- 9496 normal rebuild_zebra.pl should handle invalid XML records better 9885 normal Passwords generated by command line scripts are weak Database ---------- 9745 trivial Don't nuke translated permissions with changes introduced in bug 9382 I18N/L10N ---------- 7938 normal The -v option to the translate script is not documented Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) ---------- 9498 normal Update encoding for Norwegian sample Z39.50 servers 9752 normal Set marcflavor = normarc when NORMARC is chosen in the web installer 9837 normal Fix Norwegian authorized values for the web installer 9863 trivial 'import' button in web installer should read 'Import' MARC Bibliographic data support ---------- 9274 normal Software error in bibtex export OPAC ---------- 9166 normal OPAC needs configuration file for datepicker 9504 normal URL escape in OPAC more searches 9660 normal OpenLibrary covers are too small on OPAC search results 9932 normal Broken calendar image and misplaced masthead include for CCSR theme 9003 minor Add css fix for opac news items with strong and em 9935 minor Social icons missing in CSSR theme Packaging ---------- 8816 normal add WARNING to debian/control file, to not manually edit 9802 minor Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted Patrons ---------- 9002 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form Searching ---------- 9419 minor The highlight feature can cause a browser freeze Self checkout ---------- 9748 minor noitemlinks not being enforced Serials ---------- 9947 minor Creating item for received serial prefills enumchron subfield SIP2 ---------- 9838 trivial SIP tests : fix in 04patron_status.t Staff Client ---------- 9726 minor XISBN service throttle not initialized Templates ---------- 9554 normal single quote in didyoumean 9945 normal Pretty icon display in authorised values configuration 5648 minor icons clumping together 9571 minor Fix width for textareas in Edit Item screen 9952 trivial MARC tab: tab 0 is not translated correctly Tools ---------- 9415 normal XML catalog export is missing root node 9954 minor CSV profile encoding not selected on editing translate.koha-community.org ---------- 8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc Enhancements in 3.10.5 ====================== Circulation ---------- 9423 Add notforloan value to issue confirmation or blocking message New sysprefs in 3.10.5 ====================== * UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10.5/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * English (USA) * Arabic (99%) * Armenian (99%) * Chinese (China) (92%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%) * Danish (100%) * English (New Zealand) (99%) * French (98%) * French (Canada) (68%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (97%) * Greek (62%) * Italian (99%) * Norwegian Bokmål (64%) * Portuguese (99%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%) * Slovak (100%) * Spanish (100%) * Turkish (100%) Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.10.5 is Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: D Ruth Bavousett <ruth(a)bywatersolutions.com> QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer(a)bsz-bw.de>, QA Team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy(a)rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart(a)biblibre.com>, Mason James <mtj(a)kohaaloha.com>, Elliott Davis <elliott(a)bywatersolutions.com> Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus(a)enger.priv.no>, Marc Véron <veron(a)veron.ch>, Chris Hall <chrish(a)catalyst.net.nz>, Mirko Tietgen <5p4m(a)gmx.de> Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin(a)catalyst.net.nz> Packaging Assistant: Mason James <mtj(a)kohaaloha.com> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Liz Rea <liz(a)catalyst.net.nz> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.10.5: * KEEP SOLUTIONS We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5. * 3 Jared Camins-Esakov * 1 Colin Campbell * 1 Galen Charlton * 3 David Cook * 5 Chris Cormack * 2 Jonathan Druart * 4 Magnus Enger * 1 Vitor FERNANDES * 4 Kyle M Hall * 1 Mason James * 2 Peter Crellan Kelly * 2 Owen Leonard * 1 Chris Nighswonger * 4 Dobrica Pavlinusic * 1 Karam Qubsi * 1 Thatcher Rea * 2 Liz Rea * 2 Marcel de Rooy * 15 Fridolyn SOMERS * 1 Mathieu Saby * 2 Adrien Saurat * 1 Robin Sheat * 1 Will Stokes * 1 ByWater Migration Support * 1 Aaron Wells * 1 Jen Zajac We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5 * 2 ACPL * 19 Biblibre * 4 BigBallOfWax * 6 ByWater-Solutions * 3 C & P Bibliography * 9 Catalyst * 1 Equinox * 1 Foundations * 1 KohaAloha * 4 Libriotech * 1 PTFS-Europe * 3 Prosentient Systems * 2 Rijksmuseum * 1 Université Rennes 2 * 1 keep.pt * 4 rot13.org * 1 unidentified We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.10.5. * 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 1 Larry Baerveldt * 1 Brendan * 51 Jared Camins-Esakov * 5 Galen Charlton * 60 Chris Cormack * 1 Frédéric Demians * 14 Jonathan Druart * 1 Frédéric Durand * 1 Nicole C. Engard * 4 Magnus Enger * 25 Katrin Fischer * 6 Kyle M Hall * 6 Mason James * 5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 9 Owen Leonard * 1 Sophie Meynieux * 1 Chris Nighswonger * 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic * 6 Paul Poulain * 1 MJ Ray * 5 Liz Rea * 5 Marcel de Rooy * 1 Mathieu Saby * 1 Robin Sheat We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.10.x. The last Koha release was 3.8.10, which was released on February 23, 2013. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini

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search not working (zebra error) ??!
by abdallah abdelsalam 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi I use Koha version 3.00.00.094 search does not give results(It gives results before) but i don't know what happened When making rebuild zebra(migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -w) This error appears 20:16:43-23/04 zebraidx(22731) [fatal] Node node_zebra missing 20:16:43-23/04 zebraidx(22731) [warn] Cannot obtain EXPLAIN information 20:16:43-23/04 zebraidx(22731) [fatal] zebra_begin_trans: cannot open register any help??

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Koha 3.8.12 released
by Chris Cormack 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.8.12, this is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes. As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org Please read below for the full release notes RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.12 23 Apr 2013 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.8.12 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.12.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.8.12 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Major fixes in 3.8.12 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 7018 critical need all acq permissions to search Cataloging ---------- 8860 critical can't merge if you don't have fast cataloging permissions 9908 major OCLC Connexion Desktop Client Doesn't Work Circulation ---------- 9953 major When OpacMaintenance breaks lifting debarment Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) ---------- 8780 major Lower dependency version for DateTime::TimeZone Notices ---------- 8378 major <fine> syntax not working on overdues anymore Searching ---------- 9050 major rebuild_zebra should use the adelete action so it doesn't fail when deleting a record not in the index 9341 major Problem with UNIMARC authors facets Tools ---------- 9535 major Patron card creator "Remove duplicates" function doesn't work Other bugs fixed in 3.8.12 ========================== About ---------- 9956 trivial Add missing translators to the about page Acquisitions ---------- 7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 7379 normal copynumber is displayed 'as is' when linked to autorised values 9609 trivial Rebuild zebra reports double numbers for exported records with -z option Command-line Utilities ---------- 9885 normal Passwords generated by command line scripts are weak Hold requests ---------- 9786 normal [3.8.X] Holds to pull showing items not available I18N/L10N ---------- 7938 normal The -v option to the translate script is not documented Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) ---------- 8742 trivial Example uses perl 5.8 in Makefile.PL Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) ---------- 9863 trivial 'import' button in web installer should read 'Import' MARC Bibliographic data support ---------- 9274 normal Software error in bibtex export OPAC ---------- 9502 minor [3.8.X] famfamfam: wrongly placed in package 3.8.8/9 Packaging ---------- 8816 normal add WARNING to debian/control file, to not manually edit 9802 minor Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted Patrons ---------- 9002 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form Searching ---------- 9419 minor The highlight feature can cause a browser freeze Self checkout ---------- 9748 minor noitemlinks not being enforced Serials ---------- 9947 minor Creating item for received serial prefills enumchron subfield SIP2 ---------- 9838 trivial SIP tests : fix in 04patron_status.t Staff Client ---------- 9726 minor XISBN service throttle not initialized Templates ---------- 9945 normal Pretty icon display in authorised values configuration 5648 minor icons clumping together 8737 minor Incorrect icon at login in staff client 9571 minor Fix width for textareas in Edit Item screen 9781 minor [3.6.X/3.8.x] Fix dynarch calendar positioning in IE Tools ---------- 8861 minor Undefined variables in batchMod.pl trigger error logs 9954 minor CSV profile encoding not selected on editing translate.koha-community.org ---------- 8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc Enhancements in 3.8.12 ====================== ---------- New sysprefs in 3.8.12 ====================== * UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8.12/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * English (USA) * Arabic (100%) * Armenian (99%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (75%) * Danish (74%) * English (New Zealand) (99%) * French (99%) * French (Canada) (76%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (99%) * Greek (95%) * Italian (99%) * Norwegian Bokmål (67%) * Portuguese (99%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%) * Slovak (100%) * Spanish (100%) * Turkish (100%) Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.8.12 is Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain(a)biblibre.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal(a)gmail.com> QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy(a)rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart(a)biblibre.com> Mason James <mason(a)kohaaloha.com> Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.8.12: * KEEP SOLUTIONS We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.12. * 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 1 Jared Camins-Esakov * 3 David Cook * 8 Chris Cormack * 2 Jonathan Druart * 1 Vitor FERNANDES * 2 Kyle M Hall * 2 Peter Crellan Kelly * 1 Owen Leonard * 1 Chris Nighswonger * 4 Dobrica Pavlinusic * 1 Karam Qubsi * 1 Thatcher Rea * 1 Marcel de Rooy * 9 Fridolyn SOMERS * 1 Mathieu Saby * 2 Adrien Saurat * 1 Robin Sheat * 1 Will Stokes * 4 Mark Tompsett * 1 Aaron Wells * 1 Jen Zajac * 1 “ByWater We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.12 * 1 ACPL * 13 Biblibre * 6 BigBallOfWax * 3 ByWater-Solutions * 1 C & P Bibliography * 8 Catalyst * 1 Foundations * 3 Prosentient Systems * 1 Rijksmuseum * 1 Université Rennes 2 * 1 bywatersolutions.com” * 1 keep.pt * 4 rot13.org * 6 unidentified We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.8.12. * 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 29 Jared Camins-Esakov * 2 Galen Charlton * 45 Chris Cormack * 10 Jonathan Druart * 1 Frédéric Durand * 3 Magnus Enger * 13 Katrin Fischer * 8 Kyle M Hall * 4 Mason James * 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 10 Owen Leonard * 1 Sophie Meynieux * 1 Chris Nighswonger * 1 Paul Poulain * 1 MJ Ray * 1 Liz Rea * 4 Marcel de Rooy * 1 Robin Sheat * 1 wajasu We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.8.x. The last Koha release was 3.6.11, which was released on December 27, 2012. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini

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Importing patrons' borrowing histories?
by Harminder Singh 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi everyone, I was wondering if there's some way to import patrons' borrowing histories when setting up a new Koha implementation. The library I'm doing it in wants to keep the borrowing histories of their members in Koha. Is there some way to do so? I couldn't find it in the manual. thanks Harminder

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Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] Sip error in Koha on my local git copy
by Galen Charlton 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi, On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Scott Kushner <skushner(a)mplmain.mtpl.org> wrote: > root@mtplkohacomm:/home/koha/kohaclone# perl -I ./SIPServer.pm > /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml > > syntax error at /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml line 2, near "-->" The invocation isn't quite right. Assuming you're in C4/SIP, try: perl -I . ./SIPServer.pm /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml "-I ." tells the Perl interpreter to add the current working directory to the module search path. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org

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Sip error in Community Koha on my local git copy
by Scott Kushner 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Has anyone seen this error? root@mtplkohacomm:/home/koha/kohaclone# perl -I ./SIPServer.pm /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml syntax error at /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml line 2, near "-->" Unterminated <> operator at /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml line 5. Thanks, Scott Kushner Middletown Library

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