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Help with MarcEdit Delimited Text Translator
by Christine Othitis 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

Hi group, I am volunteering with a non-profit organization who has decided to use Koha to catalogue their collection. It exists as an Excel spreadsheet. Nicole, on this list, pointed me to these instructions for translating the Excel file: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.4/en/marceditexcel.html I thought I made the MARC file correctly, but when I tried to import it into Koha, I received an error that said something to the effect of 0 records were imported, records don't exist. I am looking at the tutorial again and I don't think I mapped the fields correctly as demonstrated in the tutorial. The spreadsheet contains these fields: Flag Title/Description Author(s)/Editor/Curator Artists Involved Pub. Year Gallery Category Location Notes Borrowed Do I need to change the column headings to something else? And if so, what would the map to text be? I went to the LOC website, but I can't understand it :\ Thanks, Christine

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Really stupid question - deleting patrons
by Peel Lisa 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hello I think I already know the answer to this but just wanted someone far more intelligent and knowledgeable than me to confirm. . . !! If I delete a patron, their usage stats are still kept in the tables aren't they? I am not wiping this information out by deleting their account? The only excuse I have for such stupidity is that it is Friday afternoon. . . . :) Regards Lisa [Description: Description: Description: CR_logo_POS_COULEUR b] LISA PEEL, PGDip, MA. Librarian César Ritz Colleges Switzerland 1897 Le Bouveret - Switzerland Tel: +41 24 482 82 82 Fax: +41 24 482 82 80 E-mail: lisa.peel(a)ritz.edu<mailto:hortense.hofer@ritz.edu> http://www.ritz.edu<http://www.ritz.edu/> - http://www.culinaryarts.ch<http://www.culinaryarts.ch/>

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Potential ejournal issues?
by Ed Veal 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

I am considering a position as Unit Supervisor for medical school library that has just gone live with Koha on Aug. 1st. In my communications with them they are apparently having “issues” with ejournals. I have read Chapter 6 of the Koha 3.4 manual and have a good handle on how things work. What I am looking for is personal experience from others. What are some of the issues you might have faced when dealing with ejournal subscriptions and linking to them? Thanks for any insight you, as the user community might have to offer. -- *Ed Veal* Programmer/Analyst I Texas Tech University Library Systems Admin/API Consultant Lubbock Public Library Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of TTU Libraries or the Lubbock Public Library.

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Can't create new Item Types
by Paul Nielsen 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Howdy, I have browsed through bugzilla and can't find a reported bug causing this, so am wondering if I am missing something silly. I simply can't create a new item type, after going through the process and saving changes nothing happens. It worked fine way back when were setting up. V 3.01.00.999 Thanks Paul Nielsen | Library Manager ddi: (07) 862 5064 | email: pauln(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz Hauraki District Council | William Street Paeroa 3600 | PO Box 17 Paeroa 3640 | NZ ph: (07) 862 8609 or 0800 734 834 (from within district) | fax: (07) 862 8607 web: www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz | email: info(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz | HDC Libraries P Please consider the environment before printing this email ##################################################################################################################################### DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and subject to privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender or Hauraki District Council at mailmarshal(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz immediately and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. #####################################################################################################################################

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fines report and info not appearing as expected
by Msgr. Marion J. Makarewicz 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Can't trace the next step in this troubleshooting. I'm running Koha 3.04.02 on Ubuntu. 1. finesMode in Circulation preferences marked "Calculate and charge" (database table systempreferences finesMode reads "production". There is kind of a disconnect between systempreferences interface and the within script documentation which doesn't refer to the stated choices, only the final value as "production" or "test".) 2. Calendar of days when library is open and closed set up 3. Circulation and Fines rules are set up 4. Environment variables and cron job set and running for fines.pl (tested manually also with -v option) , run as kohaadmin (koha system user) 5. /tmp/koha_2012-*.log reads with correct fines calculated based on rules with appropriate patron information, so fines.pl is working somewhat. 6. Circulation -> Overdues with fines gives no information for all locations 7. Staff client with patron information shows overdues but no fines charged 8. OPAC client shows overdues but no fines information I assume the info is stored in the accountlines table, but there is no data in this table. Can't find any error message or log that indicates any problems such as no permissions to write to a specific database table. Any suggestions as to the next step in troubleshooting? Thanks, Marion

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How to add Koha OAI archives in OHS
by Abdul Vali 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

hi all i hv installed koha 3.4.3 on ubuntu server. i have enabled oai-pmh and oai archive id is koha123. now i want to add this archive in Open Harvesting System (OHS) that is installed on another machine. Can someon tell me the details of the following values which require for OHS: URL: OAI Base URL: -- Regards Abdul Vali Librarian - ASE School

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Can't call method "subfield" error
by nreese 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi all, I have searched for an answer for this - a lot of people seem to discuss this type of error, but there is no answer to what the problem actually means. I have a vanilla install of 3.4.02 on openSuse 11.4. Everything seems to work fine, until we try to commit the data to to the database, and we get the following error: Can't call method "subfield" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2835 This is the code in Bilblio.pm : # Get the indexes my %index; my $title; if ( $server eq 'biblioserver' ) { %index = GetNoZebraIndexes; # get title of the record (to store the 10 first letters with the index) my ( $titletag, $titlesubfield ) = GetMarcFromKohaField( 'biblio.title', '' ); # FIXME: should be GetFrameworkCode($biblionumber) ?? $title = lc( $record->subfield( $titletag, $titlesubfield ) ); *THIS IS LINE 2835* } else { # warn "server : $server"; # for authorities, the "title" is the $a mainentry my ( $auth_type_tag, $auth_type_sf ) = C4::AuthoritiesMarc::get_auth_type_location(); my $authref = C4::AuthoritiesMarc::GetAuthType( $record->subfield( $auth_type_tag, $auth_type_sf ) ); warn "ERROR : authtype undefined for " . $record->as_formatted unless $authref; $title = $record->subfield( $authref->{auth_tag_to_report}, 'a' ); $index{'mainmainentry'} = $authref->{auth_tag_to_report} . 'a'; $index{'mainentry'} = $authref->{auth_tag_to_report} . '*'; $index{'auth_type'} = "${auth_type_tag}${auth_type_sf}"; } Cheers, Nick -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Can-t-call-method-subfield-error-tp466464… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Global Bugs Squashing Day #3
by Magnus Enger 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Dear Community, Just a gentle reminder that in Kiribati it's now August 5th, and time for GBSD#3: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2011-08-05_Global_bug_squashing_day Not sure what to do? Get on the IRC channel and someone will most likely point you in the right direction! http://koha-community.org/get-involved/irc/ And remember: You don't have to be a programmer to help! Want to add even more fun to the mix? Why not join "The Brave Adventurers of Koha" and earn "Experience Points" for your efforts? http://www.chorewars.com/party.php?name=Koha Again, get on the IRC channel and ask about how to get in there. Happy hunting! Magnus Enger

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by Rista Bigha- Kavora 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Community, Is koha able to give me the report of how many titles are there in a particular dewey class? Regards -- Rista Bigha-Kavora Librarian 1/cataloguing & classification section SICHE Library. "I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gun-fighter, or Mr. O'Connell, but Iam proud of what Iam.. I am a librarian!" Evelyn, in The Mummy.

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Anyone migrated from Libraryworld Gold 3.2?
by Hollis Near 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hello, We recently signed with ByWater Solutions to host Koha for us and are currently migrating from LibraryWorld Gold v.3.2 for Windows. (The locally hosted, stand-alone product. Not their current web catalog.) Miscellaneous patron records, that we know we deleted in LibraryWorld, are showing up in Koha. We cannot determine how many, yet. Has anyone experienced something similar and possibly have some tips for dealing with it? Many thanks and glad to be joining the community. Hollis Near Director of Library Services Cornish College of the Arts 1000 Lenora Street Seattle, WA 98121 206-726-5040 www.cornish.edu/library

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