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Re: [Koha] Cataloguing Electronic resources
by Dianna Roberts 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hi Ann, We've not catalogued any websites but for documents we are using a collection code ED (electronic documents). Our approach is currently a bit inconsistent when it comes to items as sometimes we've attached them and sometimes we haven't, although we do also an item-type ED (E-version). When we have attached an item we've made up the barcode which can be any combination of letters and/or numbers, e.g. QLDmain0709. I'll be interested in seeing any other responses to this question, and would also like to know what people do about link checking. I must admit I hadn't thought stocktaking as it's not something we've ever been required to do. We are also currently on 3.2. Regards, Dianna Roberts Dianna M Roberts Manager Information Centre Opus International Consultants Ltd Email Dianna.Roberts(a)opus.co.nz Tel +64 4 471 7250, Fax +64 4 473 1075 http://www.opus.co.nz Level 6, Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street PO Box 12004, Wellington Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:48:24 +1200 From: library <library(a)katikaticollege.school.nz> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Cataloguing Electronic resources Message-ID: <CAJknOChNsyCRbajKCnR1ZzUfvr3X01t7MO6KNOS9LR2sU3VMMA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Kia ora koutou I'm wondering how people are cataloguing websites and other electronic resources so that they are able to be searched by collection codes. I have trolled the net looking for discussions but have not found anything pertinent yet. The nub of the problem is that if they don't have attached items you cannot enter item types and ccodes, however I don't want to assign barcodes. Are there hidden snags if you have items without barcodes? What happens at stocktake when you have no actual item to stocktake? Is there a better way to do this? I have used item types to assign borrower privileges and ccodes as search points and I am just about to move from 3.2 to 3.4. Naku noa Ann Murphy Katikati College.

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Book jackets on your search results
by Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

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OPACBaseURL
by toreachdeepak 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hi, What should we specify here ? Is it same as KOHA Server IP Address ? Regards Deepak Bhatia -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/OPACBaseURL-tp4757455p4757455.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Searching patron names
by Moyra McAllister 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hi and thanks for great help thus far. We have discovered that searching for patrons with names such as 'VON TRAPP' or 'DEL GRECO' doesn't seem to work. We can search on 'VON' or 'DEL' and that will bring up a list containing those names but we can't search for the whole surname, and a search for the TRAPP or GRECO finds nothing. Is there a setting that I've missed? Using Koha v.3.4.4 Thanks again Moyra Melbourne Athenaeum Library Mob: 0409463663 email: moyrab(a)internode.on.net

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Release of KohaGSDL Live CD v1.1
by mpradhan＠healthnet.org.np 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Dear All, DlnetSA (Digital Library Network South Asia) is glad to inform you that it has released new version 1.1 of Live CD of Koha GSDL. The software can be downloaded from the url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsdlkohalive/ or http://www.dlnetsa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63 Itemid=69 This Live CD is bundled with the following features: Ubuntu 11.04 Greenstone V 2.84 Koha 3.4.3 DBWIZ(Federated Search) with sample websites searchable from Koha Embeded Video Server with GSDL PhpMyAdmin Note: It is advised to install other basic required software as it contains only minimal softwares and LXDE desktop enivornment is used for making iso size small. You can install other software once the live CD is installed in your computer. For example: openoffice, xpdf and others as per command given below: # sudo apt-get update # sudo apt-get install openoffice.org # sudo apt-get install xpdf # sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-* --purge # sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree Kindly let me know your feedback with this software With regards, Sincerely yours, Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan General Secretary Digital Library Network South Asia

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Re: [Koha] OPAC Interface Customisation (Owen Leonard)
by Robin Sheat 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

R Sunil Kumar schreef op wo 31-08-2011 om 18:44 [+0530]: > For that we are looking for the actual OPAC page where we can make > some > modifications. Well, the file that does this is 'opac-main.tt'. It's a template::toolkit formatted file. The perl file that drives it is opac-main.pl. However: if you make changes to these that you don't upstream, you are seriously hurting your chances of having smooth future upgrades ever again. -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D

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Re: [Koha] 3.4.3 on opensuse 11.4 SMS::Send Date::ICal problem
by clint.deckard 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Hi again, Koha 3.4.3 on Opensuse 11.4. the suggested solutions to my recent SMS::Send and Date::ICal issue with the web installer did not work. I continued to receive the error. I suspect the cause is elsewhere in my install. My lack of skill restricts my trouble shooting ability. Earlier, I had trouble installing Unicode::UCD or rather finding UnicodeData.txt and in my efforts to rectify this I think I introduced more problems by (blindly) installing a newer version of perl. so I did a reinstall of opensuse 11.4 and started again. This is where I think I went wrong. Make test failed with this error; # Failed test 'use C4::Barcodes::PrinterConfig;' # at t/00-load.t line 32. # Tried to use 'C4::Barcodes::PrinterConfig'. # Error: Unicode::UCD: failed to find UnicodeData.txt in /home/clint/koha-3.04.03/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR /home/clint/koha-3.04.03/blib/arch /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3 /usr/lib/perl5/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.12.3 . at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/BdFont.pm line 45 Apparently there is a bug in Unicode::UCD where UnicodeData.txt is not installed with Unicode::UCD but with perl-doc. I installed perl-doc with yast but error remains. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678877 the bug has been fixed but to get the new version in Cpan I get this cpan[1]> install Unicode::UCD Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata' Database was generated on Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:31:11 GMT Running install for module 'Unicode::UCD' The most recent version "0.30" of the module "Unicode::UCD" is part of the perl-5.13.9 distribution. To install that, you need to run force install Unicode::UCD --or-- install J/JE/JESSE/perl-5.13.9.tar.gz Running make test Can't test without successful make Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible Failed during this command: JESSE/perl-5.13.9.tar.gz : make NO isa perl Last time I tried "force install Unicode::UCD" and was asked like fifty questions, most I didn't understand. It did seem to solve this problem but it appeared I ended up with two installs of perl that then caused problems. I am way out of my depth. Installing Koha on opensuse 11.4 is proving to be quite a mission. What now? Thank you, Clint.

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31 Aug '11

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FW: Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!!
by Joel Harbottle 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

From: joel.harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au To: cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu Subject: RE: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:57:08 +1000 Hi All, Before upgrading from Koha 2.2.9 on Windows Server 2003 to Koha 3, I set up a virtual test server of Koha 3 on my Mac with this test install using Zebra. With Zebra enabled in my test environment, I found that when I added items to the Bibliographic database, I had to wait a good ten minutes for Zebra to reindex before that Bibliographic Record/Item Record would appear in the OPAC, whereas with 'NoZebra' the Bibliographic Record/Item Record appears immediately in the OPAC once you click 'add' in the Staff Client. I like to know I have the functionality of when I add in an item to the system, that it will instantly appear in the OPAC, and not have to wait ten minutes for Zebra to reindex every time a record is added to the database. My test environment was on a Intel Core 2 Duo machine with 4GB RAM. I hope that sheds some further light on my choice of 'NoZebra'. I'm hoping there is someone out there in the Koha Community whom is able to help me past this problem I'm having. Kindest Regards,Joel From: cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! To: Joel.Harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au CC: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz It should probably be pointed out that No Zebra code will probably be removed at some point in the future. So along with the fact that it is deprecated and unsupported, it is really a dead end road as well. Kind Regards, Chris 2011/8/30 Liz Rea <lrea(a)nekls.org> I should add that collections over 10k, we usually really recommend using Zebra for indexing. As a data point for you, I have run a functioning library with 8k or so records with zebra on a P4 with 1G of RAM. So, zebra isn't *that* big of a hog. You could do it on very modest hardware. Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Liz Rea wrote: Sending your response to the list so they can all see it. :) I suspect that your problem lies in your current NoZebra configuration. I'm not sure what to tell you to do since you *want* to keep using your NoZebra. Any thoughts out there? Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org <email_signature.jpeg> On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Joel Harbottle wrote: Hi Liz, Thankyou for your reply. We are running our Koha system on: Operating System: Linux Debian Koha Version: 3.4.4 Install Type: Upgraded Install Zebra?: ‘NoZebra’ set Results in OPAC: Yes, results are retrieved upon searching the OPAC. Translation: No Yes, I have edited a Bibliographic Frameworks (just adding a couple MARC Tags and edited a MARC Tag), but no modifications which could break anything to do with the entry and use of barcodes. Apart from the current problems with this error appearing upon scanning/entering barcodes, the rest of our Koha installation is working as per perfectly normal. Our database contains approximately 13,600 Bibliographic records, and we decided to not utilise Zebra, as our Koha server doesn’t have enough power to be able to run both Koha and Zebra together. I hope this helps in some form. I hope your able to provide me with some insight on how to fix this problem. Many thanks! Kindest Regards, Joel From: Liz Rea <lrea(a)nekls.org> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:08:46 -0500 To: Joel Harbottle <Joel.Harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au> Cc: Koha List <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! Joel, Sorry to hear you're having trouble. I have a few questions, if you don't mind. What operating system are you running Koha on? Which minor release of 3.4 (the last digit is important)? Is this a new install or an upgraded install? If it is an upgraded install, was the previous install running with the zebra indexer or with the nozebra preference set? If it's Zebra, have you done a full reindex? (/home/koha/kohaclone/misc/migration-tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -v) Do you get results when you search? Are you using a translation? Have you changed or edited your bibliographic frameworks? The answers to these questions will help us figure out where to begin suggesting fixes for you. Thanks! Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org <image.jpg> On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Joel Harbottle wrote: Hi All, I’m having a problem with Koha and the scanning/entering of Item and Patron Barcodes. Whenever you scan/enter a barcode or patron barcode in any module of Koha (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation [Checkin/Out], Serials, etc.) the following error will appear and Koha won’t perform the action you require it to do, e.g. Checkout or Checkin an item, or attach an item to a Bibliographic record. Software error: Can't call method "subfield" on an undefined value at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Biblio.pm line 2880. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@koha), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Has someone out in the Koha Community had this problem and know of a solution to fix it! At present, our system is on Koha 3.4. Thankyou in advance for your assistance. Kindest Regards, Joel _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Fwd: Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!!
by Chris Nighswonger 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Please use "Reply to all" when replying so the list gets a copy. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joel Harbottle <joel.harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au> Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:57 AM Subject: RE: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! To: cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu Hi All, Before upgrading from Koha 2.2.9 on Windows Server 2003 to Koha 3, I set up a virtual test server of Koha 3 on my Mac with this test install using Zebra. With Zebra enabled in my test environment, I found that when I added items to the Bibliographic database, I had to wait a good ten minutes for Zebra to reindex before that Bibliographic Record/Item Record would appear in the OPAC, whereas with 'NoZebra' the Bibliographic Record/Item Record appears immediately in the OPAC once you click 'add' in the Staff Client. I like to know I have the functionality of when I add in an item to the system, that it will instantly appear in the OPAC, and not have to wait ten minutes for Zebra to reindex every time a record is added to the database. My test environment was on a Intel Core 2 Duo machine with 4GB RAM. I hope that sheds some further light on my choice of 'NoZebra'. I'm hoping there is someone out there in the Koha Community whom is able to help me past this problem I'm having. Kindest Regards, Joel ------------------------------ From: cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! To: Joel.Harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au CC: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz It should probably be pointed out that No Zebra code will probably be removed at some point in the future. So along with the fact that it is deprecated and unsupported, it is really a dead end road as well. Kind Regards, Chris 2011/8/30 Liz Rea <lrea(a)nekls.org> I should add that collections over 10k, we usually really recommend using Zebra for indexing. As a data point for you, I have run a functioning library with 8k or so records with zebra on a P4 with 1G of RAM. So, zebra isn't *that* big of a hog. You could do it on very modest hardware. Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Liz Rea wrote: Sending your response to the list so they can all see it. :) I suspect that your problem lies in your current NoZebra configuration. I'm not sure what to tell you to do since you *want* to keep using your NoZebra. Any thoughts out there? Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org <email_signature.jpeg> On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Joel Harbottle wrote: Hi Liz, Thankyou for your reply. We are running our Koha system on: * Operating System: *Linux Debian *Koha Version: * 3.4.4 *Install Type: * Upgraded Install *Zebra?: *‘NoZebra’ set *Results in OPAC: *Yes, results are retrieved upon searching the OPAC. *Translation: *No Yes, I have edited a Bibliographic Frameworks (just adding a couple MARC Tags and edited a MARC Tag), but no modifications which could break anything to do with the entry and use of barcodes. Apart from the current problems with this error appearing upon scanning/entering barcodes, the rest of our Koha installation is working as per perfectly normal. Our database contains approximately 13,600 Bibliographic records, and we decided to not utilise Zebra, as our Koha server doesn’t have enough power to be able to run both Koha and Zebra together. I hope this helps in some form. I hope your able to provide me with some insight on how to fix this problem. Many thanks! Kindest Regards, Joel ------------------------------ *From: *Liz Rea <lrea(a)nekls.org> *Date: *Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:08:46 -0500 *To: *Joel Harbottle <Joel.Harbottle(a)hotmail.com.au> *Cc: *Koha List <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> *Subject: *Re: [Koha] Error appearing upon scanning/entering Barcodes - PLEASE HELP!!! Joel, Sorry to hear you're having trouble. I have a few questions, if you don't mind. What operating system are you running Koha on? Which minor release of 3.4 (the last digit is important)? Is this a new install or an upgraded install? If it is an upgraded install, was the previous install running with the zebra indexer or with the nozebra preference set? If it's Zebra, have you done a full reindex? (/home/koha/kohaclone/misc/migration-tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -v) Do you get results when you search? Are you using a translation? Have you changed or edited your bibliographic frameworks? The answers to these questions will help us figure out where to begin suggesting fixes for you. Thanks! Liz Rea lrea(a)nekls.org <image.jpg> On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Joel Harbottle wrote: Hi All, I’m having a problem with Koha and the scanning/entering of Item and Patron Barcodes. Whenever you scan/enter a barcode or patron barcode in any module of Koha (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation [Checkin/Out], Serials, etc.) the following error will appear and Koha won’t perform the action you require it to do, e.g. Checkout or Checkin an item, or attach an item to a Bibliographic record. *Software error: * Can't call method "subfield" on an undefined value at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Biblio.pm line 2880. For help, please send mail to the webmaster *(webmaster@koh*a), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Has someone out in the Koha Community had this problem and know of a solution to fix it! At present, our system is on Koha 3.4. Thankyou in advance for your assistance. Kindest Regards, Joel _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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