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subdomain (not port)
by Lenora Oftedahl 07 May '12

07 May '12

So, we need to create a subdomain for folks to search our catalog from outside the firewall. Does anyone have a sample virtualhost file they are willing to let us use as a sample to copy? Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission http://www.streamnetlibrary.org

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Looking for co-sponsorship for a small overdues reporting enhancement - (overdue calls list)
by Rich Boulet 07 May '12

07 May '12

Hello: Our overdues procedure is probably fairly similar to other libraries. Our Koha system sends out a first, second, and third letter at specified intervals. After that we begin a manual process that escalates through various steps. Before we get to a certain point, we want to start calling severely delinquent patrons on the phone, in hopes that a personal call will get a better response. So we need to be able to easily generate an overdues call list. To that end we approached our support vendor, Equinox, for some enhancement work to create a new customized overdues report (see http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8053) I am hoping to find one or two cosponsors for this small project. Rough Description: The end product would create a new report that would be linked from the circ menu page. It would produce an overdue list and function similarly to the holds to pull report. It will open within the Koha environment (i.e. not exported to a spreadsheet) and will be sortable by column and limitable by date, also similar to the current Holds to Pull report. The report will be printer-friendly (to the same extent that holds to pull is). Columns would include: > Patron barcode> Last name> Firstname> Phone number > e-mail address > Items list > Date Overdue since > Replacement cost > total Current fines owed (on account). It will be limitable to overdue issues that are at least x weeks past their due date and no more than 12. A date range could also be manually entered by staff as in the current practice with HOLDS TO PULL. The end product would be made available for consideration in mainstream community Koha. If you are interested and would like more specific details about the proposed development, you please contact me directly. The proposed development cost isn't huge - just a little more than we can take on by ourselves. If you think your library could benefit from this enhancement, and you would like to learn more about sharing costs, read the proposal specifics, etc. please contact me directly. It would be good to hear from you soon as our proposal expires in 90 days. Your advice is welcome too. Feel free to tell me if there is a better way to drum up co-sponsorship. Thanks for your time, Rich Boulet Richard Boulet Library Director Blue Hill Public Library 207.374.5515x13

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data migration from libsys to koha
by amit bondwal 05 May '12

05 May '12

Dear All, I want to data migration from libsys to koha, My current state is that I took backup from libsys in iso format and convert it in .mrk files. Now my problem is that it shows tag numbers like 999 964 etc. When I tried to import .mrc files in koha by script bulkmarcimport in koha/bin/migration directory, it imported data but did not show 900 series tags. And it is not proper shows all information like accession numbers etc. That is my current status. Can anybody help me to properly tag mapping for koha in .mrk files. So that it can take all the data while importing properly. Any help will be helpfull regarding tag mapping from libsys to koha. Thanks in advance. Regards Amit

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marc import
by Marcel Sandow 05 May '12

05 May '12

Dear Koha-List Members! presently I am working on importing a school library (>10000 records) into koha. I have a csv file with all items. The actual format is: author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode I convert this file via marcedit into mrk, and mrc file. mrc sample: =LDR 00232nam a2200109Ia 45e0 =008 120501s9999\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\und\d =100 \\$aauthor =245 \\$atitle =952 \\$oFCN(Shelf) =952 \\$pbarcode Importing this mrc file via 'Stage marc record ...' results in a record with two items, one 952$o item and one 952$p item. I would expect to have one record with one item having the 952$o and the 952$p entry. Is this the standard behaviour? Are there any settings where I can define which mrc syntax will result in creating a new item? Is there a documentation how the import is handled? Some of my records have multiple item for one record, they look like: author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode1 author, title, full call number(shelf place), barcode2 How should the mrc file look like to get a multiple item import with each having the 952$o entry? Maybe a marcedit forum would be the better address but maybe one of you can help how to set marcedit for converting the above mentioned csv structure into the necessary mrc file syntax?! any hints, links are welcome. Thanks all the best Marcel -- NEU: FreePhone 3-fach-Flat mit kostenlosem Smartphone! Jetzt informieren: http://mobile.1und1.de/?ac=OM.PW.PW003K20328T7073a

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Recovering circulation history
by Holly Hancock 05 May '12

05 May '12

We've had a couple instances lately where item records have been accidentally deleted. Once the item is restored all circulation history is gone. I can find the issue, renew & return data under Statistics in MySQL. Is there a way to restore this data to Issues so that it again appears in the Circulation History? We are currently running 3.02.06 on Debian Lenny. -Holly Holly Hancock Library Director Bridgton Public Library 207-647-2472 hollyh(a)bridgton.lib.me.us

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Question about Overdue email notices
by Steven Nickerson 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hello everyone, Thanks for the help with the HOLDS issue yesterday.thought I'd try a different topic today. We have already enabled overdue email notices and they seem to be working but I'm wondering if someone can explain exactly how they work (who gets them, when) and answer a question about possibly copying our Librarian on all overdue email notices. So, here's how I think it works.can someone just verify this is correct, please? - If we have the patron's email address, only they get the overdue notice - If we have no email address for a patron, the Librarian's email address gets the overdue notice If this is correct, is it possible to configure Koha 3.2.2 to CC: the Librarian on overdue notices when we have the patron's email address? If not, is there some report we can run to show overdue messages that have gone out or some log file I can look at, just so that we can verify that overdue notices are indeed processing/working? Thanks, as always! Steve

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Manual Help
by Nicole Engard 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi all, Can someone tell me on this list: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/notices.html#existingnotices which cron job (http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/cronjobsch.html#noticescron) controls the sending of which notice? I think it would help if I enhanced the documentation with that info, but I'm not 100% sure on each of them so I'd like some expert input. Nicole

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Adding new authority type
by diana soubra 04 May '12

04 May '12

I'm trying to add new authority type that can be linked to name of production {tag 260$b} I add authority type :PRO_NAME (production name), Auth field copied to 260. when I save the new record, tag editor appears next to subfield 260$b, but I get empty result when searchin in the PRO_NAME. What do I have to write in the summary so that the correct data appear? Diana

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Step-by-step Koha upgrade tutorials?
by Raphael Chisanga Muonga 04 May '12

04 May '12

Greetings to you all. Can someone out there assist me with a step-by-step guide on how to upgrade from Koha 3.2 to Koha 3.6 on Ubuntu 10.04? I do not want to loose any data. Thanks in anticipation. Raphael Chisanga Muonga

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3.8.0 acquisitions error
by Sunita Barve 04 May '12

04 May '12

While trying upgrading koha from 3.6.4 to 3.8.0 following problem was incurred: In acquisitions, when receiving a book which is ordered to x vendor it does not allow to create items though in system preferences AcqCreateItem is set to "create an item when receiving an order". The "receive" screen does not have any item creation option. Acquisitions Framework is as well created in MARC bibliographic framework. Has anybody experienced this problem. Is there any way to add shipping costs while ordering/receiving an item. reg Sunita Barve

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