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Fwd: KOHA-PROBLEMS
by Chris Nighswonger 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

You will have better success by posting your questions to the Koha user's list to which I'm forwarding your inquires. Kind Regards, Chris ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty, Bose Inst. <akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:49 AM Subject: Chris Nighswonger :KOHA-PROBLEMS To: cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu, akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in Dear Chris Nighswonger cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu May I request you for your kind help of my KOHA problem. My Institute is India Government funded research Institute located in Kolkata, India. It is founded by Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose whose contribution is well known across the globe. We have been using KOHA last one year. We are having the following problem, we would be grateful to you, if you could kindly solve our problems as we are worried. We have been using open source software for our library since long time. We also use DSPace. Can u help us on my KOHA problem. The following are main problems : *KOHA PROBLEMS- 1. Rebuild Zebra ------- aborty after about 9000 2. Searching catalogue for books-showing about 560 list where as more than 11000 in the DB. 3. In case of Bound volume Journal it is showing ok. 3. In Database (MySQL) Item type table has 13 fields specifying the item types But in the table items and biblio itemtypes the itype and itemtypes contains data with values “Book” which is not present in the itemtype. Some itemtypes are “Null” which should not be the case. On deleting the records with itemtypes “Null” and “Book”, it is not changing the situation. Can u give me solution for this ? With deep regards. Arun 09433323424 ======================================================================= DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, Kankurgachi, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in (IFLA Standing Committee Member - 2009-2013) (Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006) ===================================

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Drinks at KohaCon11 on 28th Oct.
by Joann Ransom 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hi all, Brooke and I will be in the bar at Vihangs Inn, Thane at 6pm on FRiday 28th October if anyone wants to meet up before KohaCon. Highly likely we will be there on the 29th as well .... Cheers Jo. -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.

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3.4.x String Freeze and Road Map Update
by Chris Nighswonger 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

As of 0016 UTC, the 3.4.x branch is in string freeze. Only patches not affecting strings and critical and blocker bugfixes will be pushed. My plans are to release 3.4.6 on 1 November 2011, and to move all subsequent 3.4.x releases to the first of the month. 3.4.7 will release 1 December 2011, and then I plan to move to a bi-monthly release schedule for the 3.4.x branch as long as there are applicable commits. After the release of 3.4.12 (or if several months pass with no applicable commits submitted) I will enter a motion to EOL the 3.4.x branch at the next nearest monthly IRC meeting. If you have any comments/suggestions/critiques of this road map, feel free to respond to this thread with them. Also, if you see something in master which I have missed or know of a 3.4.x patch in bugzilla missed, please feel free to point it out. I'll be glad to catch it in the next release. Kind Regards, Chris Nighswonger Koha 3.4/3.6 Release Maintainer

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Overdue notices
by Ian Green 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi Our overdue notices are not being sent to patrons. They show in the patron's Notices tab with a failed status. When I look in the message_queue table, the to_address field is 'NULL'. Can anyone suggest why this is happening. The patron does have an email address. We are using version 3.02.00.004. Regards Ian Green Administrator The Shepherd's Bible College <mailto:admin@tsbc.org.nz> admin(a)tsbc.org.nz <http://www.tsbc.org.nz/> www.tsbc.org.nz Phone 06 873 0054 Fax 06 877 7545

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CAS Authentication with Staff Client
by Tom Hanstra 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Can CAS authentication be used with the Staff Client? I was able to get it working with the OPAC, but not on the Staff side. Thanks, Tom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hanstra Systems Administrator Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Phone: (574)631-4686 213 Hesburgh Library Email: tom(a)nd.edu Notre Dame, IN 46556 Please stop, I'm bored. Miss Sweetie Poo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Mapping to Koha Full call number field
by Ephraim Makeke 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi all Our old system used to keep the call number in one field 852 with 3 sub-fields as follows: 852h - Classification part 852i - Item part and 852k - Call number prefix Now, Koha keeps the call number in 952o and so when importing records from the previous system, I mapped all theses fields into 952o and now the opac presents the call number in this way - 2806 POT LB instead of LB2806 POT. How do I fix this problem. Ephraim ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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problem in cataloging
by Christian Calle Jahuira 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hello Friends I write from La Paz Bolivia, install Koha version v3.06 and I have the following problem in cataloging in MARC21: Can't call method "fields" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2261. Can you help please. Thank you. -- Christian Jhonny Calle Jahuira TUTOR ELEARNING - UMSA Consultor Sistemas de Informacion de Bibliotecas de la UMSA Email: christianjcj(a)gmail.com Cel: 73017301 - 65151595

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Still unable to get "detect duplicates" to work
by Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Can anyone help? I know that the detect duplicates was patched (thank you for patching it) .. Here is the bug record bug 6713<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6713>: 4975<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/attachment.cgi?id=4975&action=edit> | 5791 I still cannot get it to detect duplicates .. when I import, it says "0 records with at least one match" I updated the bug report on October 7 with records and also sent in more records today. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix? I have the latest version of Koha and patches. David

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error in acquisition in 3.6 version
by Sunita Barve 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

While checking acquisitions in 3.6 the following error occured while searching the vendors as well as while closing the basket in acquisitions module. Software error: Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/acqui/booksellers.pl line 114. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@localhost<webmaster@lib-pc>), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. reg Sunita Barve, Ph. D. SIRC-In-Charge National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Post Bag No. 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune 411 007, INDIA Phone : Office : 91-20-25719211 Residence : 91-020- 24470022 Mobile: 9922753827 Email : sunitab(a)ncra.tifr.res.in ; sunitabarve(a)gmail.com

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Koha 3.6.0 released
by Chris Cormack 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

It is with great plesure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.0. This is major feature release, containing 85 enhancements and 356 bugfixes. A total of 728 patches have been included from 60 developers in this release. A big thanks goes out to all of them, plus all the other people involved in this release. You can download this release at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.00.000.tar.gz or you can wait a couple of days for the packages to appear at http://debian.koha-community.org. Release notes are available below. RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.0 - 22 October 2011 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.6.0 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.00.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.6.0 is a major feature release. New features in 3.6.0 ====================== ACQUISITIONS * When deleting an order, items are deleted and if applicable the biblio also (if no holds, subscriptions etc are attached) * Add Basket number and Invoice number search * Control view of baskets for vendor with a sys pref (own/branch/all) * Control confirmation when closing a basket with a sys pref ADMINISTRATION * New permission for overdues report CATALOGING * Z3950 results highlighting * Easy Analytics support * Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields * Capability to blank subfields in Batch Modification * UNIMARC field 225 plugin: allow $a value data entry * Adjust default values for MARC21 authority Fixed-Length Data Elements * Update UNIMARC plugins * Adding option to "attach another item" when finished attaching items CIRCULATION * Added a checkin tab to the patron search screen * Added enumchron field to the place holds screen * Better hold information on the staff biblio detail screen * Added a checked out from colum to list of checked out items (syspref controlled) * Add link to fast add framework while circulating, if a barcode is not found * Automatically check out fast add item after cataloging it * Add shelving location to checkin results screen OPAC * Paging on the opac detail page, allowing the user to move through search results * Recent comments view * Added a powered by Koha footer * Show a warning if placing a hold incurs a charge * Added user customisable html block under the facets in search results * Added customisable html block under OpacNav and patron account links * Profile pictures in the OPAC next to review authors * Show number of comments on the "Comments" tab in OPAC PATRONS * Log membership renewal * Allow patron update script (on OPAC) to send email using the from address of the patron * Extended attributes display much improved * Partial fine payments * If a patron search returns one result, redirect to patron details page MESSAGING * Improved the email checking when sending "Hold filled" notices. * Add today's date on checkin/checkout notices REPORTS * Added links to the schema and reports library * Record localuse statistics, when returning items not on issue * Control for which branch renewals are recorded with a sys pref SEARCHING * Added ISBN filter to advanced * Analytic links search on full phrase title * Control order in which facet categories display SIP * Add Support for the Fee Paid Message ENHANCED CONTENT * Add integration for EBSCO's Novelist Select service * Enable Koha to fetch book covers from Open Library STAFF INTERFACE * Improved styling of the table pager * Add autocomplete="off" to borrowernumbers and barcode forms * Improved the tinymce editor on the Koha news page INTERFACE * Added crystal icon set * Nicer style for "clear screen" button * Added capability to limit the RSS results INTERNATIONALIZATION * Tons of fixes to the translation tools * Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails * Spanish translation for SQL files INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE * Simplified system preferences for the web installer * Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts. * Automated backups of data and config * Improve configurability of package building scripts COMMAND LINE UTILITIES * cron script to allow easy anonymisation of patron circulation data BUGFIXES * Longer userid fields * Clean up guided reports dictionary entry process * Circulation restrictions working when other withdrawn reasons are used * Fixed LDAP username case issues Plus 356 more bugfixes System Preferences ====================== The following system preferences are new in 3.6.0: * numSearchRSSResults * OpacRenewalBranch * ShowReviewerPhoto * BasketConfirmations * MARCAuthorityControlField008 * OpenLibraryCovers * OPACResultsSidebar * RecordLocalUseOnReturn * OpacKohaUrl * NovelistSelectEnabled * NovelistSelectProfile * NovelistSelectPassword * NovelistSelectView * EasyAnalyticalRecords * OpacNavBottom * AcqViewBaskets * OpacShowRecentComments System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.4: * Perl 5.10 is required Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * Chinese (Taiwan) * Danish * English (USA) * English (UK) * French (France) * German * Italian * Portuguese (Brazil) * Spanish Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.6 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls(a)bywatersolutions.com> Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel Roy, Paul Poulain, Mason James Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.6: * Los Gatos Public Library * NEKLS * East Brunswick Public Library * Athens County Public Libraries * Horowhenua Library Trust * Halton Borough Council * South Taranaki District Council We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.6.0. Nuño López Ansótegui Alex Arnaud Larry Baerveldt Greg Barniskis D Ruth Bavousett Steven Callender Jared Camins-Esakov Colin Campbell Fernando L. Canizo Frédérick Capovilla Galen Charlton Tomas Cohen Arazi Chris Cormack Jeremy Crabtree Christophe Croullebois Elliott Davis Frédéric Demians Stéphane Delaune Ricardo Dias Marques Jonathan Druart Nicole C. Engard Magnus Enger Katrin Fischer Amit Gupta Mason James Srdjan Jankovic Janusz Kaczmarek Ulrich Kleiber Henri-Damien LAURENT Owen Leonard Frère Sébastien Marie Francois Marier Julian Maurice Meenakshi.R Matthias Meusburger Sophie Meynieux Joy Nelson Chris Nighswonger Maxime Pelletier Paul Poulain Dobrica Pavlinusic MJ Ray Liz Rea Thatcher Rea Marcel de Rooy Juan Romay Sieira Brice Sanchez Jean-André Santoni John Seymour Robin Sheat Fridolyn SOMERS Zeno Tajoli Jane Wagner Ian Walls Ward van Wanrooij Jesse Weaver Brett Wilkins Salvador Zaragoza Rubio We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for Koha 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.6.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.8.0. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini

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