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Resistance to Acquisitions
by Buster 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hi. We are just in the process of migrating from Dinosaur Dynix to Koha, thanks to ByWater Solutions. An acquisition module is not a part of our old system. Nicole Engard is in town training us and went over acquisitions today. There is a surprising (to me) amount of resistance toward using Koha's acquisition. They seem like they would rather continue the way things are with spreadsheets and such. Which got me wondering... How common is this? I mean, how many of you folks out there among public libraries do NOT use Koha Acquisitions? If not, why not? If you do use it, why? Just curious mostly, but also I would like to have something from other libraries to share with my colleagues, pro or con. Thanks in advance. Jim Maroon

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acquisition error module
by Massimo Plevani 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Thanks for your help. I was able to list older vendor. I found one more problem. When I try to search for a vendor I see the following message: Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/acqui/booksellers.pl line 114. I run the query suggested on this main list: mysql> SELECT basketno FROM aqbasket LEFT JOIN borrowers ON (borrowernumber) WHERE borrowers.borrowernumber IS NULL;Empty set (0.00 sec) How can I fix this problem? Thanks for your help. Massimo Plevani

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Acquisition module
by Massimo Plevani 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear all,I started to work with acquisition module. I have some questions: 1. How can I delete a vendors?2. Can I see the list of vendors (e.g Alphabeticaly ordered)? Thanks you for your help. All the best. Massimo Plevani

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Greetings from a newbie!
by Tobin, Jessica L 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi everyone, My name is Jessica (Jess) Tobin, and I am brand spankin' new to the Koha community. I will be taking care of our Koha installation at the Arnold Library. (we are hosted by Bywater) I come to this position with several years' experience working with the SirsiDynix Unicorn/Symphony ILS, so any helpful tips for making that leap are most welcome. J Actually, any words of wisdom for a newbie would be appreciated! I don't have any specific questions or issues at this point, just wanted to say hello! Jess Jessica L. Tobin Systems & Technical Services Librarian Arnold Library Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave. N., B1-010 P.O. Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109-1024 (206)667-6846 jtobin(a)fhcrc.org Check out what the Arnold Library has to offer you! http://sharedresources.fhcrc.org/core-facilities/library

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Koha SQL Reports
by Farrukh Munir 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Hi All, I have successfully developed custom reports on KOHA but the problem I face is that on SQL reports complete SQL Query is visible I want this to be hidden , any help will be highly appreciated Thanks in advance

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Staged marc import and 952 field
by Perch 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

I imported a number of marc records from an older Koha system using staged marc import tool. For some reason the 952 field doesn't get imported. Here's an example of what a typical 952 field looks like: 952 | y0 | p1214 | q0 | 00 | u1228 | dMAIN | 10 | k9 BUS | 2010 - 01 - 15 | bMAIN I also noticed that the k subfield of 952 doesn't even exist on this new installation of Koha, why is that? Where is the information in this field supposed to go to? Upon import Koha creates items, but it doesn't even show the 952 field when staging the marc import. Why is that? How can I get Koha to import the 952 field too? -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Staged-marc-import-and-952-field-tp496216… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Migrating data from Excel to Koha - Problem at 952 Tag
by S Anand 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

Dear all, I am trying to migrate data which is in Excel* *file to Koha using MarcEdit. When I convert Excel to MRK file, the data at Tag 952subfileds (952a, b, g, o, p, etc.) is appearing on separate lines. An example of which is given below: =952 \\$aAG =952 \\$bAG =952 \\$g695 =952 \\$o420 TON =952 \\$pGN 1 =952 \\$yBK When I convert the MRK file to MRC file, and migrate to Koha, it is creating several items - for each item. Can someone tell me as to how to make the data appear in one line as below: =952 \\$aAG$bAG$g695$o420 TON$pGN 1$yBK We can correct/edit manually - if we have few entries. Since we have hundreds of records to migrate, is there any way to do this automatically for all the records at one go? (Note: We are using Koha Version: 3.00.05.003) Looking forward to hearing from you, Regards, S.Anand

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Help with error message while installing
by Adam Fullerton 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

I am trying to install Koha on a laptop with Ubuntu 11.10 OS following the directions on wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Ubuntu I get to the install Koha part and get error messages that I can't seem to get worked out. I run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL (then follow the directions in Appendix A) make make test make test brings back an error message. It says the following: # Failed test 'use C4::RotatingCollections;' # at t/00-load.t line 32. # Tried to use 'C4::RotatingCollections'. # Error: Can't locate Business/ISBN.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/arch /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.12.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.12.4 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.12 /usr/share/perl/5.12 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Koha.pm line 29. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Koha.pm line 29. # Compilation failed in require at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Biblio.pm line 33. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Biblio.pm line 33. # Compilation failed in require at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Reserves.pm line 27. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Reserves.pm line 27. # Compilation failed in require at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Circulation.pm line 26. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Circulation.pm line 26. # Compilation failed in require at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/RotatingCollections.pm line 31. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/adam/koha-latest/koha-3.06.00.000/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/RotatingCollections.pm line 31. # Compilation failed in require at (eval 19) line 2. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 19) line 2. # Tests were run but no plan was declared and done_testing() was not seen. FAILED--Further testing stopped: ***** PROBLEMS LOADING FILE 'C4::RotatingCollections' make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on this. Thank you! -- Adam Fullerton 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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Passing on a letter from a KohaCon 11 attendee
by Ruth Bavousett 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

To everyone in the Koha community: On the last day of KohaCon 11, one of the attendees handed me a hand-written letter, addressed to me--and to all of us. The content: ------------------- To: D Ruth Bavousett and all the delegates of Koha community of the world Best of luck for Christmas and Best wishes for a Happy New Year in 2012. Happy journey to yourself and whole team of Koha Community. Hope grand success for your future activity and impact of the Koha library system Yours cordially, Dr. Miss Punya Baruah. ------------------- It is my intention to hand-write and post a letter to Miss Baruah, in return; if anyone in the Koha community would like me to include something from them, please email it to me not later than 5 PM Eastern US time on Friday, 11 November. :) *D Ruth Bavousett* Lead Migration Specialist ByWater Solutions Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA Office: Columbia, TN Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com ruth(a)bywatersolutions.com

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Kohacon11 News in DNA Newspaper
by SANDEEP BHAVSAR 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hi All Please have a look at Kohacon11 News cover by DNA newspaper. http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?edorsup=Sup&queryed=37&querypage… -- Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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