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Koha - cataloging statistics
by Linda Culberson 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

All, We are required to keep detailed cataloging statistics for performance standards reporting. So I have cataloging logging turned on, even though it is not recommended. I've written php scripts that query by a range of dates to return the number of biblios added, biblios modified, and items added by each cataloger. My problem is with item modification, since Koha seems to mark an item as modified in the action_logs in the cataloguing module when it is simply checked in and out. I have modified my queries to filter those out (I think), but was wondering if anyone else has a similar requirement and has already come up with a better solution. Thanks! -- Linda Culberson lculber(a)mdah.state.ms.us Archives and Records Services Division Ms. Dept. of Archives & History P. O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6873 Fax: 601/576-6824

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importing Library of Congress authority records
by Linda Culberson 25 Aug '11

25 Aug '11

All, Has anyone tried importing Library of Congress authorities into Koha? We are considering purchasing the retrospective subject authorities, so while it would be a great many records (353,000 records), it wouldn't be the full database. -- Linda Culberson lculber(a)mdah.state.ms.us Archives and Records Services Division Ms. Dept. of Archives & History P. O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6873 Fax: 601/576-6824

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ByWater Solutions - seeking a Perl developer for Support Desk.
by Brendan Gallagher 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hi All (nice and brief) - We are a small company that is based in Santa Barbara, CA. We are looking for a perl programmer that would help man our support helpdesk. We mainly work on Koha (http://koha-community.org) We are fine with someone working from home. Ideally this person would be comfortable reading others code and fixing bugs. (We are small and growing - so this job does have potential to grow into a development position beyond support needs at first) Just a little bit about our company - http://bywatersolutions.com If you know of anyone who is looking for a job please forward this email along. Thanks much, Brendan Gallagher CEO ByWater Solutions

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Equinox job posting - Library Data and Support Specialist
by Galen Charlton 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Equinox Software, a growing and dynamic software development and support company based in Norcross, Georgia, is seeking a talented and dedicated Library Data and Support Specialist. This position is responsible for extracting, translating, munging, and loading library data as well as providing general Evergreen and Koha technical support to our customers. We are looking for the following qualities in a candidate: * Familiarity with library operations and practices, particularly technical services and library systems administration * Experience with library data formats, including ISO 2709. * Experience operating or managing an integrated library system is required * Experience with Evergreen and/or Koha is preferred * High comfort level with Linux, a shell prompt, scripting, SQL, and programming * The ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing * Strong customer service focus * Ability to work well in a team environment with minimum direction A MLS or equivalent is helpful, but not required * Summary of essential job functions: * Performing analysis of legacy data and helping to advise customers on the best way to migrate and manipulate their data to a new ILS. * Performing data extracts, data translation, and data cleanup as part of larger projects to implement a new ILS and assist with policy configuration. * Performing special data change and data cleanup projects. * Providing excellent technical support to Equinox customers The ideal candidate is prepared not only to help our customers migrate to a new ILS, but to also help create and maintain the tools to make this process as efficient and painless for our customers as possible. Equinox offers a strong benefits package including family health, dental, and vision insurance, fully paid for by the company. We also offer a 401k plan with matching contributions. Salary starts at $40,000 a year but is negotiable and commensurate with experience. Please send your resume, 3 professional references, and salary requirements to careers(a)esilibrary.com About Equinox Equinox Software is a growing team of skilled professionals who provide comprehensive support and services for open source solutions for public, special, and academic libraries worldwide. Equinox offers consultation, software development, comprehensive support and training, migration and data services. -- Galen Charlton Director of Support and Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org -- Galen Charlton Director of Support and Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org

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Installed Koha 3.2.10 - Error Message
by deepak.bhatia 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hi, I installed the Koha 3.2.10 but I am getting the below error message Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 692. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 33. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 33. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23. Regards Deepak Bhatia -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Installed-Koha-3-2-10-Error-Message-tp473… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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zebra reindexing problem
by Mohammad Joynal Abdin 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hello, While indexing in Zebra I am getting the following error: zebraidx: reckeys.c:268: zebra_rec_keys_read: Assertion `keys->fetch_offset < keys->buf_used' failed. Can anyone let me know what is the problem? Best Regards Mohammad Joynal Abdin Asistant Library Officer Daffodil International University

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Koha 3.4.4 is now available
by Chris Nighswonger 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.4. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.04.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.4 are below. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.4 - 22 August 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 3.4.4 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.03.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 3.4.4 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.4 ====================== 4415 critical child record only using parent's info 6269 critical can't undefine a printer profile 6611 critical patron barcode removed when editing an attribute 6634 critical manager_id not populated when paying fines 6635 critical Can't page through results in label batch 6643 critical Able to download patron card batches as an unauthorized user 6686 critical Can't delete messages 6713 critical marc import not matching 2629 major Diacritics not being ignored when searching 4873 major Debian packaging should avoid /var/run and /var/lock in the package 5131 major XSS vulnerability in the OPAC search results interface 5713 major Intranet - Circulation - Fines : debug calculation when fines are reversed then re-payed 6476 major Baker & Taylor Content Not Working after Upgrade 6614 major CSV Basket Export gives blank lines 6641 major Specially crafted URL can allow unauthorized download of MARC files from staff client 6642 major Able to download label batches as an unauthorized user Bugs fixed in 3.4.4 ====================== 1604 when doing a 'scan', "count" isn't displayed 1643 moredetail.pl allows item deletion with no warning and irrespective of independentbranches 4002 Issues with borrowernumber set as NULL 4433 $a displayed in front of topical subjects in authority search 4497 Acq > Manage suggestions contains untranslated strings 5072 Filling an order page with no budget defined causes a 500 error 5098 overdue script and csv 5660 Webinstaller should check if KohaOpacLanguage exists in staff 5737 ZOOM connection problem in merge_authority.pl when trying to do a batch merge. 6034 Shelving cart feature can wipe permanent shelving location in certain circumstances 6139 Automatic incrementation of call number does not work if given prefix contains a ' 6181 Remove CGI::scrolling_list from C4:Budgets 6235 "Saved" message in sysprefs never gets hidden on IE8 6280 Invalid SQL being passed in circulation checkout 6291 Cart printing truncated in Firefox 6369 Formatting problems on some items when printing an order form (PDF). 6373 The mandatory fields validation popup doesn't appear in IE8 6410 Returns use wrong borrower number var name 6458 incorrect parsing result in translation processing 6461 BiblioDefaultView has no impact on how record are displayed when going from results list 6468 Authorities browsing error in OPAC 6480 Koha produces a lot of apache logs for UNIMARC 6484 Due date sorter on 'my summary' missing 6521 Editing a patron fails with blank cardnumber 6578 serial items have misaligned columns in holdings table 6598 OPACFineNoRenewals syspreference does not stop user renewing in opac 6601 Dictionary items not adding to query 6632 [security] XXS on list name (on admin part) 6638 Columns misaligned on serials claims 6690 If multiple issues are received in serials-edit.pl, changing the status of any issue changes the date of the first issue. 6701 language on timeout system preference is wrong 6714 opac.css uses files in the /en/ directory when using other languages 6743 displayFacetCount not working 3605 Invalid XHTML in z3950_search.tmpl 4959 Language inconsistencies on basket groups; skip confirmation when closing basket. 5468 libyaz3 debian dependency 5662 Show control number without organization code in OPAC URLs 5663 Show control number without organization code in staff URLs 6057 Improve finding next stock number 6080 Total is wrong in acqui-home.pl 6116 Adding child patron: library not set 6135 Insert fields ordered in C4::Biblio::ModBiblioMarc 6144 Cant hide constraints when showed at subfield edition 6290 Fixing uninitialized warnings on homebranch in XSLT.pm 6311 end_patron_session always reports a non-existent error 6346 Patron search results should be valigned top 6412 notes on pay fine full of spaces 6474 Automatic incrementation of call number does not work if given prefix contains a - 6503 Variable $sth is declared 3 times (with keyword "my") in "makepayment" sub of "Accounts.pm" 6599 Don't show dictionary definition table if there are no definitions 6622 Remove closing style tag from staff-global.css 6626 Packages require sudo to work, but it's not a dependency. 6678 Fix some problems with the standard NORMARC framework 6260 Missing space in availability information of OPAC XSLT results 6527 Table striping not working on cataloguing search 6702 BiblioAddsAuthorities pref says too instead of to 5719 Update UNIMARC plugins 5922 Show waiting items for patron on return 6078 Patron with no checkout Report overload the server 6150 UNIMARC field 225 plugin: allow $a value data entry 6259 AllowHoldPolicyOverride ON causes every staff hold to require override 6309 subscription table sorter in the opac 6482 koha-create makes assumptions about the mysql username 6486 Need a quick way to access mysql as the user for a koha instance 6534 Duplicate opac renew buttons at the top of the checkouts list 6540 Add more options to koha-create 6553 Parentheses in corporate author break tracings 6612 Sort pulldown for messages in alphabetical order 6692 Change 'Set' to 'Set library' 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 3.4.4 Alex Arnaud Colin Campbell FrÃ©dÃ©rick Capovilla Chris Cormack Christophe Croullebois StÃ©phane Delaune FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians Nicole C. Engard Magnus Enger Katrin Fischer Srdjan Jankovic Janusz Kaczmarek Owen Leonard FrÃ¨re SÃ©bastien Marie Ricardo Dias Marques Julian Maurice Sophie Meynieux Chris Nighswonger Paul Poulain preprod34 MJ Ray Liz Rea Marcel de Rooy Brice Sanchez Jean-AndrÃ© Santoni John Seymour Robin Sheat Juan Romay Sieira Jane Wagner Ian Walls 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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Re: [Koha] Help with MarcEdit Delimited Text Translator
by Christine Othitis 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Thank you Olugbenga! This is a great help. I really feel like I need my hand held in this process. Are there any Calgary, Alberta users of Koha on the list? I would love to hear from you :-) Thanks, Christine

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Virtual Koha 3.4.x on Opensuse 11.4 / 11.3
by ISM KIS 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear all, Has anyone successfully created a Virtual Box for Koha 3.4.x on Opensuse 11.4 / 11.3 ? (For VMWare ESXi 4.1 or Oracle VM Virtual Box) And would you be willing to share the Host file? Regards, Rudy Wuthrich Kodaikanal International School

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Re: [Koha] Migration from 2.2.5 to 3.4 - call numbers and item update
by Peter Thompson 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Thanks to Everyone who replied - the system is now coming together . I upgraded to 3.00 and imported the database, and followed the processes outlined in the http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Upgrading_2.2 document. I have two remaining issues: In the Mysql database (prior to running any scripts etc), the call numbers seemed to be in the 082 field, judging by the contents of the `tag` and `subfieldvalue` fields of the `marc_subfield_tag' file, not in the `itemcallnumber` field of the `items` file. After running the process detailed in the upgrade document, the call numbers dont' appear in the catalogue. They seem to have been moved to a file ' temp_upg_biblioitems_call_num. Any advice on how I can get these call numbers indexed properly? Also, when I try to add an item, the process fails with an error. In the error log, it refers to the record wrapper missing at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/MARC/file/XML.pm. Thanks again, Peter Thompson Whenever I add an item Peter Thompson Database Administrator Information Technology & Communications Unit

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