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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 1: January 2012
by Daniel Grobani 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '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-1-january-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 1: January 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 3.6.3 Status Koha 3.4.8 Status Database Schema Bugs PostgreSQL Support Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Donum: a Norwegian Koha Co-op Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012 Past Koha Events January General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-01-06 Upcoming Koha Events February General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 Marseille Hackfest KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.6.3 Status by Chris Nighswonger The 3.6.x branch is in a string freeze. Koha 3.6.3 is scheduled for release on 25 January 2012. Koha 3.4.8 Status by Chris Nighswonger Koha 3.4.8 is scheduled for release on 28 January 2012. Database Schema Bugs Paul Poulain and Jonathan Druart have created a new wiki page, http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/DB_schema_bugs, documenting problems they’ve identified with Koha’s database design. They invite the community to read, add to, or discuss this page. PostgreSQL Support Marc Balmer plans to begin work on PostgreSQL support during the March hackfest in Marseille in order to pave the way for future PostgreSQL support in Koha. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/PostgreSQL. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Bethel University (via ByWater Solutions) Mental Health and Education Resource Centre, Christchurch (via Catalyst) New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (via Catalyst) 246 libraries in the Philippines went live with Koha in the last year. For more info, see http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node/2300. Community Gossip ByWater Solutions has an opening for a Development Specialist. Chris Cormack has posted a summary of Koha accomplishments in the year 2011 at http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/01/01/2011-and-koha-by-the-numbers/. Chris has also posted sign-off statistics for December at http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/01/23/sign-off-statistics-for-december/. Nicole Engard has been promoted to Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions. Melia Meggs has been promoted to Chief Operations Officer at ByWater Solutions. Equinox Software has formed a Canadian subsidiary. Ian Walls, Koha 3.8 QA manager, has left ByWater Solutions for a position at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bob and Irma Birchall from Calyx and Chris Cormack and Kathryn Tyree from Catalyst will be holding a combined Koha stand at Vala2012 in Melbourne from 6-9 February. For more info, see http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012/conf2012. Donum: a Norwegian Koha Co-op by Magnus Enger Donum — Frie biblioteksystemer SA is a co-op that aims to further its members’ economic interests by cooperating in building, developing, and managing software, translations, knowledge, and networks. The co-op will also mediate relevant contracts and generate spin-offs and user utility by helping to promote and increase knowledge about free library systems and the values they build upon, both in the private and public sector. It also aims to assist with the development and delivery of services related to such systems. The main activities will be to carry out, organize, maintain, and quality check translations, as well as marketing, training and development of Koha and other free software for the library sector in Norway. The co-op will function as a network and maintainer of fora and meeting places through activities such as organizing user meetings, seminars, and conferences. The co-op will benefit its members through prioritized and possibly discounted access to training, conferences etc. It will also aid in organizing cost-sharing for new developments related to relevant software. For more info, see http://donum.no/. Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012 by Chris Hall, Chris Cormack, Grant Patterson, Javier Romero Twenty-three high school students from around New Zealand took the opportunity to learn more about open source software development during their summer holidays by participating in the Catalyst Open Source Academy 2012. In the first week, the students learned to install Ubuntu Linux on their training laptops, familiarised themselves with what the terms Freedom and Community mean for open source projects, and learned basic programming principles and how the web works. During the second week students worked on an open source project of their choosing. Amongst others there was a Koha group and a group who worked on kiritakikoha, an Android app for Koha (system and end) users. Four students from the Koha project group used jQuery to create graphs for many of the popular SQL reports at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library. A sample of the graphs made by one student can be viewed at http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org/. These can be adapted to graph almost any SQL report and display it on the OPAC and/or the intranet. The other two students working on the Koha project went through the HTML test report page to improve unit testing coverage. The goal for the week was to increase the percentage of unit testing coverage of Koha by at least 2%, which they did! By the end of the week the Koha project group had: Committed 16 unit tests Changed 300 lines of Koha code Tested 598 lines of Koha code not previously tested (+2.1%) Tested 85 subroutines not previously tested (+2.6%) The group working on kiritakikoha made suggestions for future improvements in the client and in its appearance, e.g. customised icons for small devices. They worked collaboratively to implement the following features: Splitting up the existing search interface into simple and advanced search Highlighting search terms in the search results Displaying book covers from OpenLibrary and Google in the search results Providing a date picker for the place hold dates Displaying currently checked out/overdue Improved support for low-resolution devices Importing library settings via a Quick Response code (2D barcodes which upon scanning with a phone camera can configure kiritakikoha with that library’s settings) The Academy was an opportunity for these students to experience the software development cycle within the open source community and to make valuable contributions to open source projects. Past Koha Events January General IRC Meeting The January general IRC meeting was held on 4 January 2012. For more info, including the agenda and links to the minutes, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_4_January_2012. Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-01-06 by Magnus Enger Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-01-06 by Magnus Enger A Global bug squashing day was held on Friday, 6 January 2012, and there was much rejoicing. For the numbers, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2012-01-06_Global_bug_squashing_day. Upcoming Koha Events February General IRC Meeting The February general IRC meeting will be held on 8 February 2012. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_8_February_2012. Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 by Magnus Enger Global Bug Squashing Days are days designated to a concerted effort to get bugs and patches moving along in the right direction. The next GBSD will be 8 February 2012. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2012-02-08_Global_bug_squashing_day. Marseille Hackfest by Paul Poulain A reminder about the hackfest BibLibre is organizing in Marseille in March! It’s time to book your flights/trains/car/horse/boat, and tell us if you’re coming. We already have 6 people coming (plus all BibLibre staff, of course) from 4 different countries (France, Germany, Croatia, and USA). We have a lot of chairs and desktops still available! If you hope to come but still are not sure, don’t hesitate to email kim.nguyen -at- biblibre.com. Full details are at http://drupal.biblibre.com/en/blog/entry/2012-hackfest-in-europe. KohaCon12 KohaCon12 will take place this June in central Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The main conference will be held Tuesday, 5 June to Thursday, 7 June. A hackfest will be held Saturday, 9 June to Monday, 11 June. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:KohaCon12 and http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Wishlist_for_KohaCon12.

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mysqldump issue with koha database
by cjwalke 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

I'm running Koha on two different servers for testing reasons. One has 3.6.2 and is my current active server. I just upgraded the other from 3.2.2 to 3.6.2 with no problems. I copied the koha database using mysqldump from the current server and copied it onto the newly upgraded server. I've run the rebuild_zebra.pl script, but none of the data shows. Searching in the OPAC and Staff Client shows nothing in the catalog. So I checked the koha database using the mysql shell and all the books are listed there, but nothing shows when searching. What am I doing wrong? C.J. Walke, Librarian Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Unity, Maine - USA -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/mysqldump-issue-with-koha-database-tp5429… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] integration of electronic content
by R Sunil Kumar 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Dear All, With regard to e-books, if catalogue the e-books as regular print books and use 956 tags and provide the url link of the exact location and file name of the book, users might be able to access the resources. But i will also be interested to understand how to do e-resources integration. E-resources like EBSCO, Lexis Nexis, ebribary, etc. Thanks and Regards R Sunil Kumar -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: 25 January 2012 02:32 To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Koha Digest, Vol 75, Issue 53 Send Koha mailing list submissions to koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz You can reach the person managing the list at koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] integration of electronic content (Dan Scott) 2. Re: Availability: No items available: (Deepa Gajendra) 3. Re: Problem with new functionnality Hard Due Dates (Chris Nighswonger) 4. Emailing: proccenterdocx.docx (Hillyard, Cecil) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:53:19 -0500 From: Dan Scott <dan(a)coffeecode.net> To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general(a)list.georgialibraries.org> Cc: Koha list <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] integration of electronic content Message-ID: <20120124045317.GA6237@denials> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:38:28PM -0800, Lori Bowen Ayre wrote: > Could anyone point me to a library catalog that does a great job > integration e-content into their catalog? I am assuming this will mostly > be e-books unless someone knows a library that has done a great job > integrating databases as well (and could direct me to those libraries-this > wouldn't be evident without an account but I'd still like to know if > someone has done a good job of it so I can talk to them). Define what you mean by "integration of e-content" please? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:16:48 -0800 From: Deepa Gajendra <Deepa.Gajendra(a)Indegene.com> To: "koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] Availability: No items available: Message-ID: <62C0B73762251D41BFEDF5B9DC07494E2565DD8B(a)emailla.medschool.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I am also facing the same problem in Koha. Getting the same error for - Availability: No items available. Please let me know what might be the error. Let me know if I am missing any tag? Thanks & Regards. Deepa Gajendra Senior Associate - Library Services Indegene Lifesystems Pvt. Ltd. Office: +91-80-40787777 Fax: +91-80-41267704 www.indegene.com<http://www.indegene.com/> [cid:image001.jpg@01CCDAC0.25C11A90] ________________________________ Disclaimer This email (including any attachments) contains information, which is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, distribute, or copy this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this. Any views expressed in this mail are not necessarily the views of INDEGENE. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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getting too much result in search
by KLib Tech Support 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Hi, I have installed koha 3.06.02.001,I am getting problem in search when I search item other than english. For example if I search records which are entered in HINDI I get so many results which are not relevant . Can any one help?

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Emailing: proccenterdocx.docx
by Hillyard, Cecil 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

<<proccenterdocx.docx>> Hi all, How long does the "temporary" shelving location of PROC stay on the item? When items are being checked in at the owning branch the PROC shelving location is not being changed to its proper location of New Materials or whatever is applicable. Items like this are coming up in holds report and confusing staff. Is it in processing/being cataloged or is it on the shelf? The item in the attached was checked in yesterday but still says Processing Center. __________________________ Cecil Hillyard Washoe County Library -Tel: 775-327-8338 or 7750-327-8330 fax: 775-327-8334

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Problem with new functionnality Hard Due Dates
by Laquerre, Anthony 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi all, I would like to share our experience with 3.6 regarding this new functionality of Hard Due Date: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5548 Please let me know if I need to put this comment elsewhere.. I would like to see with you what kind of workaround I can use :-) Basically, globalduedate and ceilingduedate has been removed and automatically fill the circ. rule instead. Look's great at first but, our libraries are all "school type" and we were modifying the ceilingdue at least 3 times each year. We we putting the "End of session" as the max return date. You also need to know that most of the libraries have a lot for circ. rule. ( From 50 to up to 200 ). In the current state, we need to ask our librarians to manually update all the rules each time they want to specify a new ceiling due date. We can't only modify circ. rule so we need to redo them from scratch... So you can now see that this new feature is a big regression for us. Maybe not a regression, but error prone / time consuming problem. Is there any way to batch update an entire set of circ. rule to a new Hard due date ? Any other idea you can share to help us ? Thanks, Anthony

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Koha, Richa Srivastava has invited you to open a Gmail account
by Richa Srivastava 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

I've been using Gmail and thought you might like to try it out. Here's an invitation to create an account. You're Invited to Gmail! Richa Srivastava has invited you to open a Gmail account. Gmail is Google's free email service, built on the idea that email can be intuitive, efficient, and fun. Gmail has: *Less spam* Keep unwanted messages out of your inbox with Google's innovative technology. *Lots of space* Enough storage so that you'll never have to delete another message. *Built-in chat* Text or video chat with Richa Srivastava and other friends in real time. *Mobile access* Get your email anywhere with Gmail on your mobile phone. You can even import your contacts and email from Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL, or any other web mail or POP accounts. Once you create your account, Richa Srivastava will be notified of your new Gmail address so you can stay in touch. Learn more<http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html>or get started<http://mail.google.com/mail/a-b2a71eb16b-6e938f90ea-YO_VD6hp9rN3_aKOnAQZekY…> ! Sign up<http://mail.google.com/mail/a-b2a71eb16b-6e938f90ea-YO_VD6hp9rN3_aKOnAQZekY…> Google Inc. | 1600 Ampitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, California 94043

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Email notices not sent to all patrons
by Richa Srivastava 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi It seems like all the patrons are not sent overdue notices through email. I am concerned as at least patrons belonging to same category should be sent notices. -- Best wishes ऋचा Richa Srivastava

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Re: [Koha] Availability: No items available:
by Deepa Gajendra 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Hi, I am also facing the same problem in Koha. Getting the same error for - Availability: No items available. Please let me know what might be the error. Let me know if I am missing any tag? Thanks & Regards. Deepa Gajendra Senior Associate - Library Services Indegene Lifesystems Pvt. Ltd. Office: +91-80-40787777 Fax: +91-80-41267704 www.indegene.com<http://www.indegene.com/> [cid:image001.jpg@01CCDAC0.25C11A90] ________________________________ Disclaimer This email (including any attachments) contains information, which is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, distribute, or copy this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this. Any views expressed in this mail are not necessarily the views of INDEGENE. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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integration of electronic content
by Lori Bowen Ayre 24 Jan '12

24 Jan '12

Could anyone point me to a library catalog that does a great job integration e-content into their catalog? I am assuming this will mostly be e-books unless someone knows a library that has done a great job integrating databases as well (and could direct me to those libraries-this wouldn't be evident without an account but I'd still like to know if someone has done a good job of it so I can talk to them). Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre(a)galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <Lori.Ayre(a)galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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