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Stocktake
by Ann Murphy 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Please ignore my previous message. It appears Koha doesn't like BBEdit. When I tried it in TextEdit it worked as I expected it should. Thanks -- Ann Murphy Librarian Katikati College Beach Road, Katikati, 3129 New Zealand 0064 7 5492647 amurphy(a)katikaticollege.school.nz

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Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
by Amber Amland 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

We just upgraded Koha, and in MARC the fields such as 650 a are locked, and it looks like you're supposed to use authority search to fill them in. However, authority search doesn't work, and I often have new names or subjects that wouldn't be in there (I think). Does anyone know how to unlock those fields? We're now using Koha version 3.06.00.000 on Linux library 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Thank you so much! Amber Amber Amland Librarian Mountainview International Christian School www.mountainviewics.org library(a)mountainviewics.org

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Stocktake
by library 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

Kia Ora Koutou I too am trying my first stocktake, however, I do not understand the results. The stocktake is loading fine (BBEdit), but at the very least I expected the "last seen" field to change to today's date. How can you tell if your items have been seen or not. I ran the barcode report which worked well, but it only tells me that a number of barcodes have not been seen. I really need to know if items that are still registered as "out" are in fact "in", but this detail is not flagged, although it does flag the items that have been withdrawn. How do others determine this. Thanks for all the past help I have received, this is a really caring community. Naku noa -- Ann Murphy Librarian Katikati College Beach Road, Katikati, 3129 New Zealand 0064 7 5492647 amurphy(a)katikaticollege.school.nz

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Hooray for Brenda
by BWS Johnson 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

Salvete! Front page news over at LIANZA. http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/2011/nov/16/brenda-chawner-wins-2011-victoria… Congratulations! Cheers, Brooke

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Holds to Pull
by NCRL Support 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

I would first like to say hello to everyone as this is my first post. We are currently training with Nicole and have a go live date set for January 9th. We are a multi-branch library system and would like to know how other libraries are handling the "holds to pull" report. Barbara Walters North Central Regional Library bwalters(a)ncrl.org | 509.679.5550

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No items attached to imported records
by sheldon_tappin 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi All, I'm trying to merge two libraries together. All parameters and library information are set for both libraries. When the imported were complete we found: - They don't have any items attached to the records. The above implies that books cannot be borrowed. I checked the database, it shows that biblio, biblioitems and items tables have records. So, can anyone please explain to me why the records do not have items attached. And what can I do to correct the problem that we are experiencing. Regards, Sheldon Assistant Systems Librarian UOG -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/No-items-attached-to-imported-records-tp5… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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install koha-common debian 6
by Ricardo Mendoza 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

greetings, someone can help me with the installation of koha on debian 6, I do not understand how to open koha after installing it, I read the readme.

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Request for Koha data for development
by Chris Nighswonger 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

A common problem among those of us who do development work on Koha is the lack of complete datasets for the development and testing of features. This is probably more of a problem for those of us who do not support a large variety of organizations running Koha. I would like to see some good, sanitized datasets available for development and testing. Several of us have plead for this for years. Just now, the lack of a good dataset including a sizable number of serials is preventing me from doing some testing and development on DataTables integration work which has been started by Biblibre. So, this is a request to all of you libraries out there with small, medium, and large datasets who would be willing to contribute sanitized data for development purposes, to do so. It would be a great way to give back to the community that has provided such a wonderful product with all of its attendant benefits. Kind Regards, Chris Nighswonger Koha 3.4/3.6 Release Maintainer

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Language Switch
by Anousak Souphavanh 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Dear all, I was wondering how one can change the user interface. I figured there is an option that we can just switch once we added two PO files (the one we translating off-line). But I could not that option anwhere under Adnistrator screen nor OPAC one. If not, maybe it's wish-list that we can add for the next release. Please suggest if you already done so.. Thank you. -- Anousak (Anthony) Souphavanh "Small can make a big impact"

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"Not for loan" items and "Unavailable"
by Niall ODriscoll 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hi we'd be interesting to hear how other libraries using Koha deal with the display of items marked "not for loan". If you give an item the status of "not for loan" in the item record (items.notforloan = 1) the display in the OPAC is "No items available" (in red), the same as if all items are on loan. However we think this is possibly a bit confronting for our users when what we're trying to say is that the item is *available* - but only within the library. However if you get rid of the not for loan status and rely on, say, a public note, there is no flag at checkout that the item is not meant for loan. I know this can also be controlled using item types - our Reference and Rare Books item types display as "Available" on the OPAC, but present a flag if you attempt to loan them out. However there are many items that we would like to make not for loan that don't neatly fit into a particular item type (eg. second copies of some reports, etc.), and which we'd like to keep as part of one of the other item types for reporting purposes. Any feedback gratefully received. Niall Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW Parliamentary Library | niall.odriscoll(a)parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph. 02 9230 2481

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