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Koha 3.2 Patron and Item Card Printing issues
by Raphael Muonga 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Colleagues, We are on Koha 3.2 and we are not sure how we can can print Patron Cards using the Tools function. How possible is it to print Patron Cards in Koha 3.2? Also is there a way of printing Items Cards for use like the old manual Cadex system? The other issue is how can one delete Patrons in say a Batch form? Regards. Raphael

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2012-02-08 Global bug squashing day #9 - you can help!
by Magnus Enger 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Dear Community, In just 15 minutes, it's that time again (at least in Kiribati): http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2012-02-08_Global_bug_squashing_day Just as an example of work that needs to be done, there are currently 89 bugs that need signing off - that's too many! And to put things in perspective, on 2012-02-08 it's just 2 months and 2 weeks until 2012-04-22 is upon us! (If you're wondering why that is significant, it's the date dictated by tradition for the next version of Koha - 3.8. (The actual date is of course dictated by Paul P. ;-)) Happy hunting, folks! Magnus

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Reserve pending priority 0
by april 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

System : Koha 2.2.9, on Win 32 Issue: Under the Circulation > Reserves Pending, the priority will occasionally get set to zero...even when the item is issued and the "cancel reserve" option is selected correctly during the issuing procedure. From that point on, onces the priority has been set to zero, there is no way to delete the reserve from the "reserves pending list". The materials are correctly issued and tracked from that point on, but the "pending reserve request" with a priority of "0" seems to stick, and this list can grow quite large over time. Is there a way to clear these from the list using the standard librarian interface ? -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Reserve-pending-priority-0-tp5462370p5462… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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problem in generating a barcode
by april 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

system: koha 2.2.9 fedora 14 im having a problem with the barcode it always says: Can't find inventory codes in that range. Please try again. [Tue Feb 07 14:44:02 2012] [error] [client 10.0.2.95] [Tue Feb 7 14:44:02 2012] barcodes.pl: Use of uninitialized value in numeric eq (==) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Auth.pm line 195., referer: http://10.0.2.95:8080/cgi-bin/koha/barcodes/barcodes.pl please help... thanks, April Gallana TIP

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Re: [Koha] Z39.50 pop-up box
by Paul 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

At 09:43 AM 2/7/2012 +1300, Mason James wrote: >On 2012-02-7, at 5:43 AM, Paul wrote: > > At 06:39 PM 2/5/2012 -0500, Garry Collum wrote: > >> Ah! My offlist reply was unintentional. There is also an instance of > the PopupZ3950 function in addbiblio.tt. > >> > >> ~/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbiblio.tt > > > > Many thanks Garry. For the record in 3.6.1 it is at > /usr/share/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbiblio.tt > > > > One question remains from my original query: Is there a quick CLI > command to restart Koha without rebooting the server? > > > > The .tt didn't need it, but the .inc did (maybe a quirk of my install > of memcached.) > >probably a quirk of your web browser or web-proxy > >afaik, Koha does not use memcached to cache any files Maybe not out of the box, but I've set it up to do just that. You can set a memcached server "per site" plus one for perl. See <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7451>. I'm fairly certain that it accounts for part of the speed on our new server (even with 8 Gigs of memory and solid state drives), although I haven't done any formal timing with and without it. I'm also testing whether it could be advantageous to use an addition memcached server for zebra, but there's problems with the cronjob that we have set at one minute. There is one slight difficulty that I have not looked into too deeply, and that is that it *may* be difficult to use on an Apache prefork install -- I used worker. On our old server (now my sandbox) using prefork (and Koha 3.2) I was never convinced that it did anything. One day I'll try and experiment - I know that Paul Poulain is also interested in "speeding things up." I can tell you that our volunteers have fallen in love with 3.6.1, in good part because of the speed. Best - Paul

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Re: [Koha] Z39.50 pop-up box
by Paul 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

At 01:10 PM 2/6/2012 -0500, Chris N. wrote: >On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Paul <paul.a(a)aandc.org> wrote: >One question remains from my original query: Â Is there a quick CLI >command to restart Koha without rebooting the server? >Koha is a web-app and as such does not "run" in the sense of a traditional >app, therefore it does not require "restarting" as such. >The .tt didn't need it, but the .inc did (maybe a quirk of my install of >memcached. >You are probably being caught in the caching "trap" in general. In order >for you changes to show up in the user's browser, either do a "shift-F5" >refresh or otherwise clear the browser's cache. >Your memcached cache may need flushing depending on what it is caching as >well. and others have suggested restarting Apache. Many thanks to all. The browser cache flushing is no problem. All our machines are set up with zero cache, so a simple <shift><reload> works wonders. And of course Apache is the primary player on the server. What I was looking for was a simple way to simulate all the operations that affect Koha on reboot: so includes the "servers" for zebra, mysql, memcached and apache (maybe more?) I suppose that writing a script would be the way to go, but haven't tried it yet, just hoping that perhaps someone else had already done it ... Best - Paul

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Equinox job posting - Library Data Specialist
by Galen Charlton 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Equinox Software, a growing and dynamic software development and support company based in Duluth, Georgia, is seeking a talented and dedicated Library Data Specialist. This position is responsible for extracting, translating, munging, and loading library data as well as helping our customers configure their Koha and Evergreen systems. We are looking for the following qualities in a candidate: * Familiarity with library operations and practices, particularly technical services and library systems administration * Experience with library data formats, including ISO 2709 * Experience operating or managing an integrated library system is strongly preferred * Experience with Evergreen and/or Koha is preferred * High comfort level with Linux, a shell prompt, scripting, SQL, and programming * The ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing * Strong customer service focus * Ability to work well in a team environment with minimum direction Summary of essential job functions: * Performing analysis of legacy data and helping to advise customers on the best way to migrate and manipulate their data to a new ILS. * Performing data extracts, data translation, and data cleanup as part of larger projects to implement a new ILS and assist with policy configuration. * Performing special data change and data cleanup projects. * Providing excellent technical support to Equinox customers The ideal candidate is prepared not only to help our customers migrate to a new ILS, but to also help create and maintain the tools to make this process as efficient and painless for our customers as possible. A MLS or equivalent is helpful, but not required. Equinox offers a strong benefits package including family health, dental, and vision insurance, fully paid for by the company. We also offer a 401k plan with matching contributions. Salary starts at $40,000 a year but is negotiable and commensurate with experience. Please send your resume, 3 professional references, and salary requirements to careers(a)esilibrary.com About Equinox Equinox Software is a growing team of skilled professionals who provide comprehensive support and services for open source solutions for public, special, and academic libraries worldwide. Equinox offers consultation, software development, comprehensive support and training, migration and data services. -- Galen Charlton Director of Support and 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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Patron import as command line
by Tom Hanstra 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Is there any documentation available on how I might run a patron import as a command line instead of interactively loading the data via Koha tools? Thanks, Tom -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hanstra Systems Administrator University Libraries of Notre Dame Phone: (574)631-4686 213 Hesburgh Library Email: tom(a)nd.edu Notre Dame, IN 46556 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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batch updates of bibliographic records using MarcEdit
by Linda Culberson 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

All, I was looking at Nicole's excellent tutorial at http://networkedblogs.com/sSegb on using MarcEdit to Add Koha Items, and I was wondering if it might be possible to select a group of records that had errors, use MarcEdit to correct those errors, and load them back using the Marc Import matching on the 001 or the 999c or some other field? Has anyone done something like this or is there another way? Thanks! -- Linda Culberson lculber(a)mdah.state.ms.us Archives and Records Services Division Ms. Dept. of Archives & History P. O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6873 Fax: 601/576-6824

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Re: [Koha] Z39.50 pop-up box
by Chris Nighswonger 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

replying to the list too this time... :P On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Chris Nighswonger < cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Paul <paul.a(a)aandc.org> wrote: > >> >> One question remains from my original query: Is there a quick CLI >> command to restart Koha without rebooting the server? >> >> > Koha is a web-app and as such does not "run" in the sense of a traditional > app, therefore it does not require "restarting" as such. > > >> The .tt didn't need it, but the .inc did (maybe a quirk of my install of >> memcached.) >> >> > You are probably being caught in the caching "trap" in general. In order > for you changes to show up in the user's browser, either do a "shift-F5" > refresh or otherwise clear the browser's cache. > > Your memcached cache may need flushing depending on what it is caching as > well. > > Kind Regards, > Chris >

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