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Searching by Barcode
by Ephraim Makeke 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi In my cataloging module I would like to search by barcode so that it retrieves an exact copy of an item. At the moment if I search by barcode e.g. BK100, the cataloging module returns: BK100 BK1001 BK1000 BK1005 I need the system to pick the exact barcode not the way it is displaying the results. Any help will be appreciated. Ephraim Makeke Ephraim Makeke Senior Assistant Librarian - Library ICT Midlands State University Library P. Bag 9055 Gweru Zimbabwe Tel: 263 54 260445 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Issue to koha database and search
by Diwaker Ghimire 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hello, We were using koha 3.02 version of koha earlier and was having problems with catalogue search. Koha was unable to search some records while other records were searches were fine. Tried to rebuild zebra but still the problem persisted. So we decided to upgrade to latest version of koha 3.8 Installed new version of koha on separate directory then migrated the database, during migration koha reported some warning about duplicates keys and duplicate warnings also some error on unable to create tables like oai* Besides that i continued to new system but still the problem of search persists couldn't understand why: During zebra rebuild got these errors: ....error retrieving biblio 58273 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ......error retrieving biblio 58279 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ..error retrieving biblio 58281 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. .......error retrieving biblio 58288 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. .......................error retrieving biblio 58311 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ..........................error retrieving biblio 58337 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. .........................error retrieving biblio 58362 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. 58301.......error retrieving biblio 58371 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ..........error retrieving biblio 58381 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ....error retrieving biblio 58385 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. ......error retrieving biblio 58391 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/ rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. Also marc bibliographic framwork test gave: MARC bibliographic framework test Test Result OK itemnum : the field itemnumber is mapped to a field in tab -1 OK All item fields are in the same tag and in item tab OK Only 1 MARC tag mapped to items itemtype NOT mapped the biblioitems.itemtype field MUST : - be mapped to a MARC subfield, - the corresponding subfield MUST have authorised_value=itemtype OK homebranch defined OK holdingbranch defined OK at least 1 item type defined OK at least 1 library defined OK biblionumber and biblioitemnumber mapped correctly OK no NULL value in frameworkcode OK all subfields for each tag are in the same tab (or ignored) OK all authority types used in the frameworks are defined TOTAL You have 1 error(s) in your MARC configuration. Please fix them before using Koha I am lost here, could somebody help Diwaker Ghimire Nepal -- -- *Diwaker Ghimire* Senior Web Developer ----------------------------- YoungInnovations Pvt. Ltd. GPO 8974 CPC 241 Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal ----------------------------- P: +977-1-2291892 W: http://yipl.com.np E: info(a)yipl.com.np ----------------------------- ----------------------------- *DISCLAIMER* This email contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. -----------------------------

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Quick question
by clint.deckard 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Kia ora, I am advocating for Koha and wish to point out that 'free' doesn't mean 'low quality' or 'cut down', could someone please point out of couple of examples of Koha powering 'large' libraries please. I have a bit of a rant going :-) Thank you very much, Clint. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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server configuration
by koha_learner 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi dear colleagues, Our koha and DSpace is running on Debian Squeeze and the server is HP ProLiant DL170G6. But we face frequent Server Hang occurrence, though there is no problem with network, systems or configuration. It may be failure of latest kernel compatibility. Anyway, we decided to use two separate Server, one for koha and another for DSpace. Now we are seeking some guidelines for a high-end Server, i.e. IBM or HP for latest koha implementation with VuFind. Look forward to kind solicitation. Regards, mzhs, a koha learner -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/server-configuration-tp5721601.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Searching by the exact barcode in opac / intranet
by thandu venkat narayana 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear Sunil Kumar, No need to give 'zeor' before to your barcode numbers. To search exact barcode like 1, you can use asterisk before and after the barcode what you want to search. eg. *1* or *100* like. It is giving exact search results in opac and intranet. Regards, Venkat

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Edition in search result
by Sheikh Faiyaz 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hi there, I want to show book's edition number into catalog search result. is it possible to do so? thanks in advance -- Sheikh Faiyaz Moorsalin

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Serial workarounds
by Adam Fullerton 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Good Day, We are in the process of migrating to Koha and were wondering what others are doing in serials. Some functionality is missing that we currently use and would like to get some examples of how others are doing it. We are an private academic library with about 200 serials. Any advice would be appreciated. Two Examples: * Dates in the predictions * Quarterly predictions Thank you, Adam Fullerton, MLIS Electronic/Technical Services Librarian & Assistant Professor Morningside College 1501 Morningside Ave Sioux City, IA 51106 Phone: 712-274-5247 Fax: 712-274-5224 attn: Fullerton Email: fullertona(a)morningside.edu Being a librarian is not a job...it's a lifestyle.

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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 7: July 2012
by Daniel Grobani 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-7-july-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 7: July 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.koha(a)gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.8.3 Released Koha 3.6.7 Released Koha Statistics Release Manager’s Newsletter Roles for Koha 3.12 Testing, Testing Koha Dashboard Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events July General IRC Meeting Upcoming Koha Events August General IRC Meeting KohaCon13 Venue Decided Koha Development Koha 3.8.3 Released by Chris Cormack The Koha community is proud to release Koha version 3.8.3. This is a bugfix release, and contains a number of important fixes You can obtain Koha 3.8.3 here. Debian packages will be available here soon. Release notes are here. Koha 3.6.7 Released by Jared Camins-Esakov The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.6.7. This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations. You can download Koha 3.6.7 here. Release notes are here. Go forth, download, and enjoy. Koha Statistics Chris Cormack, Koha Community statistics wizard, has posted statistics for Koha 3.6.7, Koha 3.8.3, and Bugzilla statistics for June. Release Manager’s Newsletter Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, publishes a monthly newsletter dedicated to Koha 3.8 development. It can be found on the Koha Community website in the Koha News category. The latest issue is here. Roles for Koha 3.12 With the release of Koha 3.10.0 scheduled for 22 October 2012, the community is thinking about roles for 3.12. Release Manager candidate Jared Camins-Esakov has submitted a proposal outlining his intentions should he be elected RM. Testing, Testing There are a lot of developments in testing and signing off this month. Pages on the community wiki have been created on unit tests, continuous integration, interface testing with WWW::Mechanize, and sandboxes. Koha Dashboard Chris Cormack has created a dashboard showing the last five sign-offs, the five oldest bugs needing sign-offs, new features recently pushed, new developers, Jenkins status, bug activity, bug statuses, a random bug, a monthly scorecard, important dates, and statistics on commits to master. The dashboard is a work in progress and can benefit from your contribution to its development. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Biblioteca Nacional De Venezuela (Venezuela) Chinook Library Network (USA) (via ByWater Solutions) Converse Free Library (USA) (via ByWater Solutions) Shire of Derby West Kimberley (Australia) (via Calyx) Waimate District Library (New Zealand) (via Catalyst) Community Gossip Elliott Davis has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. Elliott is also working on a proof-of-concept to port Koha to the Catalyst MVC perl framework. He’s also posted a guide to configuring LDAP with Koha. Stefano Bargioni has prepared an experimental Dewey AutoSuggester that retrieves data from dewey.info using SPARQL in jsonp format. He’s working on integrating it into Koha. In the meantime, a demo is available. Plano Independent School District, in Plano, Texas, has set up their own VM internally running Koha 3.6.x and gone independent from their original support company as of June 6th. Nicole Engard is working on adding to Koha the ability to search for items by color. Vimal Kumar V. has created Koha Live CD Lite, a lightweight Koha live CD based on Ubuntu 10.04 Gnome desktop and Koha 3.8.2. Joy Nelson has posted some recommendations for naming conventions when creating codes in Koha. Past Koha Events July General IRC Meeting The July general IRC meeting was held on 18 July 2012. More information, including the agenda and links to the minutes, is here. Upcoming Koha Events August General IRC Meeting The August general IRC meeting will be held on 8 August 2012. More information, including the agenda, is here. KohaCon13 Venue Selected The voting for the venue for KohaCon13 has ended and the top choice was Reno, Nevada, USA. Complete voting results are here.

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Search results of all the books gives a result 'No Title' with empty record, item and no other information
by tanzeem 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

hi I searched my librarry for all books.At the end of my results i get a result 'No Title' with empty record,item and no other information How can i remove this. Please help wiht thanks in advance -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Search-results-of-all-the-books-gives-a-r… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Searching by the exact barcode in cataloguing
by Kari Blomster 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

#2 and the system way to overcome barcode ambiguity would be to IN VERSION UPDATE take up the notion that in some environments barcodes are not machine-read barcodes but rather typed-in numeric information. For these Manual Barcode users a new variable ManualBarcodeLength and small codebit to add the "front-zeroes" could be useful, wouldn't it? Something like ... -- System barcode length BCCharlength = 5 BCInput BCInput.charcount The adding (BCCharlength - BCInput.charcount) long string of "front-zeroes" to the input before it is fed to the database. In this way the input feed "1" would be processed as "00001". ---- But I do not actually know how wide is the habit of typing the barcodes! Do you use machine-reading to feed the item barcodes, Sunil my friend? ----- (Mr.) Kari Blomster, librarian Hailuoto Public Library, Finland | http://www.hailuoto.fi/sivu/fi/kuntapalvelut/perus/Sivistyspalvelut/kirjast… Profiles | http://www.hailuoto.fi/sivu/fi/kuntapalvelut/perus/Sivistyspalvelut/kirjast… -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Re-Searching-by-the-exact-barcode-in-cata… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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