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Koha on tablets
by Crockett, John 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

Hello All, Does anyone have any experience using Koha on tablet computers? I'm curious if there are any problems, quirks, anecdotes, or tips you might have in using Koha on tablets. Thanks for your input. John Crockett Internet Services Librarian www.washoecountylibrary.us 775-327-8364, cell-775-846-4581

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AUTO: Eva Radding is out of the office. (returning 09/28/2011)
by Eva Radding 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

I am out of the office until 09/28/2011. Note: This is an automated response to your message "Koha Digest, Vol 71, Issue 63" sent on 9/27/2011 10:40:19 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. This email and any information attached to it may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or dissemination of the information is prohibited. Please notify the sender that you received the email in error and delete any record of this message.

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SMTP Server Setting in KOHA
by toreachdeepak 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

Hi, I want to send the mails in KOHA using our SMTP Server. How do we do these settings ? Is it based on the ubuntu linux server ? Regards Deepak Bhatia -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/SMTP-Server-Setting-in-KOHA-tp4829032p482… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Koha 3.4.5 is now available
by Chris Nighswonger 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.5. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.5 are below. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.5 - 26 September 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 3.4.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.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 3.4.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.5 ====================== 4122 blocker WebBasedSelfCheck doesn't control anything 6704 critical merging records cuts off fields at quotation marks 6727 critical can't import frameworks 6750 critical Guarantor search broken on translated templates 4419 major Cannot change module for notice templates 4966 major no way to finish receiving 6318 major fields missing when editing a layout 6351 major Cannot delete library-specific circulation rules 6620 major Sip Server Output may be buffered 6651 major koha-upgrade-to-3.4 fails when multiple instances are present 6665 major advancedMARCeditor preference not functioning 6765 major Enable correct checksums for UTF-8 encoded data 6834 major $template->{param_map} is deprecated with the introduction of Template::Toolkit 6841 major A member with cataloging permissions cannot change branches (when independent branches is set on) Bugs fixed in 3.4.5 ====================== 520 Displaying ALL records 1016 Crashed mySql tables 1220 validation problems and usability in lynx 1664 Installer not picking up missing perl modules 2539 kohaspsuggest is deprecated, notes outmoded 2775 Test suite failing after change to cache sysprefs 2891 Cannot manually enter dates in some report forms 4866 Optionally enable Change event for item plugins 4868 Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields 4877 Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts. 5028 Remove references to catmaintain.pl 5252 Emails & Phones On Patron Add/Edit form 5498 Standardize markup and style of pagination menus 5524 Can't delete list from second page of results 5602 Improve configurability of package building scripts 5866 At larger hold volume, waitingreserves.pl for all libraries times out, can cause generalized slowness 6121 waitingreserves: branchname instead of branch code 6129 ISSN url param for serialssolutions.com 6256 Many bib1 attributes missing 6275 Automated backups of data and config 6368 unimarc_field_4XX plugin does not work with new templates 6431 New Circulation modules for Hourly Circulation 6458 incorrect parsing result in translation processing 6479 Encoding problem in "recievedlist" when the numbering formula contains utf-8 characters 6516 koha-create makes assumptions about borrowernumber of staff user 6517 koha-create wants "use database" in DEFAULTSQL 6528 Cataloging search issues - Holdings not displayed in location column 6538 help on letter.pl is incorrect 6540 Add more options to koha-create 6555 only 10 lists in pull down when adding from a bib record 6562 Reserve request generates unnecessary runtime errors 6595 Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails 6602 Reports dictionary doesn't properly recognize text columns 6640 Template errors in defining default variable values causes information not to be displayed 6652 Zip showing in funny place on libraries admin 6656 Default sort preferences ignored on advanced search 6662 sort options in opac are dewey specific 6677 patron stats still refers to debarred 6695 Layout of patron category add/edit form slightly broken 6696 New category button broken when no categories defined 6712 Remove memberofinstitution markup from templates until it can be completed 6715 xmlControlField.js always fetches the value_builder xml files in the "en" directory. 6723 allow framework import with CRLF 6724 Holds Ratio does not allow decimals 6726 When SMS is enabled the messaging table is misaligned 6728 Table sorter for receiving acquisitions 6732 Missing Title for Manual Invoice 6733 printing routing list sends you to main serials page 6744 Acknowledge the actual es-ES translators 6747 Additional check in opac-export 6753 Markup corrections and improvements for label export window 6754 Improve breadcrumbs on lists pages 6768 Two unused include files can be removed: error-top.inc and error-bottom.inc 6791 editing list with apostrophe loses text 6794 Broken toggle in member-flags in ie 6822 RIS export problem in opac-export.pl with parsing the MARC 6829 Remove two warnings for opac-MARCdetail 6860 syndetics covers not showing on search results or shelf browse 6863 covers missing from shelf browse for various services System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.2: * Template::Toolkit 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://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/ 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 * Danish * English (New Zealand) * English (USA) * French (France) * French (Canada) * German * Greek * Hindi * Italian * Norwegian * Portuguese * Spanish * Turkish 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 3.4 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.5 Tomas Cohen Arazi Alex Arnaud Steven Callender Colin Campbell FrÃ©dÃ©rick Capovilla Chris Cormack Christophe Croullebois FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians Nicole C. Engard Magnus Enger Katrin Fischer Srdjan Jankovic Janusz Kaczmarek Ulrich Kleiber Henri-Damien LAURENT Owen Leonard Chris Nighswonger Maxime Pelletier Paul Poulain Liz Rea Marcel de Rooy Salvador Zaragoza Rubio Robin Sheat Ian Walls Ward van Wanrooij Brett Wilkins 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 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.4.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0. 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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Official Koha Newsletter : Volume 2, Issue 9: September 2011
by Daniel Grobani 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-2issue-9-september-2011] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 2, Issue 9: September 2011 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.koha(a)gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Developments Koha 3.4.5 Release Delayed Koha 3.6 Feature Freeze Koha 3.8 Roles New Database Schema Site Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events Global Bug Squashing Day #4 September General IRC Meeting Upcoming Koha Events Global Bug Squashing Day October General IRC Meeting KohaCon11 KohaCon12: Voting on Proposals Koha Developments Koha 3.4.5 Release Delayed Chris Nighswonger, Koha 3.4.x release maintainer, reports that the release of Koha 3.4.5, originally scheduled for 22 October, has been delayed a few days. Koha 3.6 Feature Freeze by Chris Cormack Why is it so cold in here? We are in feature freeze leading up to next month’s release of 3.6.0. No new features submitted will be considered for that release. Anything that is already in the needs-signoff queue is still OK, though. But get testing, signing off, etc. The next deadline is string freeze, coming up on 8 October, and the more we get signed off by then, the better. Koha 3.8 Roles by Paul Poulain A reminder: Everyone who plans to volunteer for a position in Koha version 3.8 is welcome to file his/her name on the wiki page: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_3.8. The specific module maintainers and release maintainer positions are (desperately) empty. Elections will be held in October. New Database Schema Site by Chris Cormack For everyone who writes reports, or develops on Koha, we have a new site available to help: http://schema.koha-community.org. This, combined with the work Nicole has been doing to add comments, allows for nice information like this: http://schema.koha-community.org/tables/biblio.html. It is up to date with master (what will be 3.6.0 on October 22), and will continue to track master thereafter. Thanks to Robin for rediscovering SchemaSpy and to Nicole for adding comments. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Arcadia University (via ByWater Solutions) College of the Redwoods (via ByWater Solutions) Ducks Unlimited Canada (via Equinox Software) Mississippi Department of Archives and History (via ByWater Solutions) New Zealand State Services Commission (via Catalyst IT) New Zealand Treasury Department (via Catalyst IT) Community Gossip Thatcher Rea joined ByWater Solutions as their Lead Support Specialist. Paul Poulain of BibLibre is convening a working group to address integrating solR and a re-implementation of Zebra into Koha 4.0. Vandana Singh of University of Tennessee Knoxville is seeking people to interview for a study comparing technical support of open source ILSs and proprietary ILSs. For more info, or to participate, see http://www.facebook.com/pages/OSS-Lib-Tech/111245305579507. Bones 1: Nicole Engard is recovering from hip replacement surgery. Bones 2: Koustubha Kale is recovering from a broken arm and wrist. Six Koha libraries are jointly sponsoring development of customizable print slips. Past Koha Events Global Bug Squashing Day #4 Global Bug Squashing Day #4 occured on 2 September. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-09-02_Global_bug_squashing_day. September General IRC Meeting The September general IRC meeting was held on 7 September 2011. For more info, including links to the minutes, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_7_September_2011. Upcoming Koha Events Global Bug Squashing Day by Magnus Enger String freeze for 3.6 has been set to 8 October 23:59 UTC. I’d like to propose a Global bug squashing day for October 7th, as a last, concerted effort to get as much as possible from the “needs signoff” queue into 3.6. Details are here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-10-07_Global_bug_squashing_day. Happy squashing! October General IRC Meeting The next general IRC meeting is 5 October 2011 1000 UTC. Here’s the agenda as of publication time: Introductions Update on Roadmap to 3.4 Update on Roadmap to 3.6 Vote for Roles for 3.8 KohaCon2011 Results of the Vote for KohaCon2012 Global bug squashing days Actions from General IRC Meeting, 7 September 2011 Miscellaneous Follow-up on koha-devel thread “bugzilla & default assignee”. suggestion made : add koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org as a possible assignee for bugs the default assignee don’t want to handle. Adopt this proposition? any other proposition? Gamification and Open Badges Set time of next meeting For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_5_October_2011. KohaCon11 KohaCon11 will be held 31 October 2011 to 6 November 2011 in Thane, India. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:KohaCon11 or http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11. KohaCon12: Voting on Proposals by Magnus Enger The deadline for proposals for KohaCon12 ended on 1 September, and we have two proposals: software.coop and other tbc: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Washoe County Library System: Reno, NV USA Details on the proposals are at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Proposals_for_KohaCon12. Nicole Engard has created a survey where folks can vote on their preference: http://survey.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=63529. The deadline for voting is 1 October.

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Problems in Koha Ver. 3.05.00.011
by Madhura Deodhar IES Library 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Dear Koha Users, I have upgraded Koha from 3.03 to 3.05.00.011 through Git. But i m facing some problems in report generation and while printing Purchase order. *1. Whenever i try to build a new report, following message appears on the screen:* *Undefined subroutine &C4::Reports::Guided::themelanguage called at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Reports/Guided.pm line 744. * * For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@madhura-desktop), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. * All required Perl modules have been installed while installing web installer. *2. Purchase orders can not be seen as message appears on the scree*n: *Adobe Reader could not open the file because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged . * We are able to see all other PDF files but can not the purchase orders.We have Adobe reader 9 installed on all the computers. whether the version of Adobe Reader is causing the problem? -- *Regards,* ** *Madhura M.Deodhar* *Librarian *IES Management College and Research Centre VMD Lotlikar Vidya Sankul Opp.Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation Bandra (West) Mumbai - 50 61378327(direct) 9869385665/9167004647 http://iesmglib.blogspot.com *P **Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.* * * -- *Regards,* ** *Madhura M.Deodhar* *Librarian *IES Management College and Research Centre VMD Lotlikar Vidya Sankul Opp.Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation Bandra (West) Mumbai - 50 61378327(direct) 9869385665/9167004647 http://iesmglib.blogspot.com *P **Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.* * *

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2011-10-07 Global bug squashing day - 3.6 String Freeze Sprint
by Magnus Enger 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Dear Community! String freeze for 3.6 has been set to 8 October 23:59 UTC. I'd like to propose a Global bug squashing day for October 7th, as a last, concerted effort to get as much as possible from the "needs signoff" queue into 3.6. Details are here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-10-07_Global_bug_squashing_day Happy squashing! Magnus Enger

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Empty file export.pl
by hagud＠orex.es 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Hello I am experiencing a strange problem with koha 3.4.4 on ubuntu 10.10, i get sn empty file when i try to export marc and items, from admin-- tools I have tried both marc and marcxml, i have reindexed zebra an everything seems to work propertly, but i only get emoty files from koha The interesting issue is that i have a copy of that server, that exports the data fine.... Anybody may suggest what is wrong? Kindest regards Enviado desde mi iPad, disculpen los errores tipográficos y ortográficos

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JQUERY AJAX calls not working
by Auninda Rumy Saleque 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Hello all, I am having trouble executing any jquery ajax calls placed under 'intranetuserjs' block found in the 'staff client' admin section. i did a few searching and it seems the ajax jquery code placed under this section are treated as offline codes and giving out ajax error code 0 if debugged. Can someone please suggest if i am doing something wrong or is there a work around to this? Thank you Auninda Rumy Saleque

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Koha Reservoir Problem
by Gyaneshwar Narayan Junior 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Dear Koha community, I am resending this message as it has not appeared in my inbox and may not be recognising my email address - my apologies if this is your second copy. Please can you help me with this reservoir problem: we recently upgraded to 3.04.02.000 after a server meltdown with the previous version. This is not a live library - I use Koha for teaching cataloguing, and am trying to populate the branch library with downloaded records (so students can learn how to amend them to build their familiarity with the Cataloguing Module). However, all the records I download using Z39.50 are stuck in the reservoir and do not enter the catalogue. In the previous version records went to both locations. Every keyword Catalogue search I do says: "No results found Biblios in reservoir" There are certainly items in the reservoir, but the only options for these are Preview: MARC/Card and Add Biblio. How do I transfer items from the Reservoir to the Catalogue? I have read the section in the Koha 3.2 manual about Staged MARC Records, but I do not know how to save files with an .mrc file extension, and it would take forever with each record. It worked so neatly before. I could not find anything on this in the Koha 3.4 Manual - did I miss something? Viktor mentioned a related problem in a posting in June, but the Bug 3069 (http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3069) he linked to does not have a solution yet. I must be missing something as no library could function with items only showing in the reservoir, and it does not seem to have caused undue concern on the list. Confession: currently I have a large number of unread messages in my Koha email folder, but I can't find anything more in the Koha community archive. I also used the Google search tool set up by Lori, which was helpful but did not locate a fix. There is a 2008 posting which says that rebuild_zebra needs to be running smoothly - could that be the problem? My IT guy has just gone home so I can't check. Have we missed something in the setup? How can I get these records transferred easily to the catalogue? There is an assignment on this which is due shortly, so I need to get it fixed soon. Thanks in advance

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