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Re: [Koha] Sirsi in NZ!
by Lee Phillips 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi Jim, Had to go the electronic archives since this was 2008! But you should consider the following- we did a survey of the staff asking what they liked and didn't like about our Spectrum/Winnebago ILS. We formed a committee of supervisory staff and created a list of what we wanted BEFORE looking at any vendor. We prioritized the list and then asked vendors for a features list and a library who was using their ILS. So no real RFP...more an RFI. After we received the info we created an evaluation sheet from our wish list and narrowed down the field. I then took the final two or three and did market research and development research to see if we were gonna get stuck again with an expensive legacy system that was costly to migrate out of- The ILSs we evaluated were Destiny from Follet- Koha-Evergreen- Library World- Symphony/Sirsi. We probably would have included OCLC express but that was before their time! LOL That is some thing to consider, CHANGE! and who can keep up with development especially as we become more mobile with apps. AS A SIDE NOTE -I think cost for us was huge, we needed so much in facility updates I was really looking for the biggest bang for our buck. We got it with Koha. Even with paid support we have spent less in 3 years than we did in one with Winnebago support and migration. Feel free to share any of this info. Cheers Lee On 5/4/2011 8:41 AM, Buster wrote: > > Hi Lee. I'm currently putting together an RFP using the guidelines my > finance dept has forced on us. I'm worried it might bias against open > source. Could you share a copy of you RFP with me? It would be very > helpful. > > Thanks! > > Jim Maroon > >> On May 2, 2011 11:32 AM, "Lee Phillips" >> <lphillips(a)buttepubliclibrary.info >> <mailto:lphillips@buttepubliclibrary.info>> wrote: >> Disappointing. >> >> http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=15645 >> >> 2011-04-27. National Library of New Zealand signs with SirsiDynix. , >> [SirsiDynix] >> SirsiDynix announced that the National Library of New Zealand has >> selected the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system for the >> Kōtui shared library system. Kōtui is a new shared library >> system operated by the National Library of New Zealand for >> subscribing public libraries. Kōtui will manage member >> libraries’ physical resources, offer a new discovery system, and give >> member libraries access to centralized expertise and help desk services. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz <mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3614 - Release Date: 05/04/11 >

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Koha Database Maintenance
by ISM KIS 04 May '11

04 May '11

Test upgrade to 3.4 showed that our database must have some corrupt records. Upgrading our current database fails on misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run and on misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r However if I restore and upgrade an earlier version the upgrade is ok. Is there a way to verify and clean-up a koha database? Any script to check the consistency? Rudy Wuthrich Kodaikanal International School

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Changing output format for staff- and patron-generated lists
by Joel 04 May '11

04 May '11

Is it possible to change the output format for lists generated in OPAC? Koha provides a link to email lists to other users, but, according to Koha, the lists are only viewable in ProCite, Reference Manager and EndNote. Is it possible to output these lists to other file formats, such as Excel or Access? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Changing-output-format-for-staff-and-patr… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Sirsi in NZ!
by Lee Phillips 04 May '11

04 May '11

Disappointing. http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=15645 2011-04-27. National Library of New Zealand signs with SirsiDynix. , [SirsiDynix] SirsiDynix announced that the National Library of New Zealand has selected the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system for the Kōtui shared library system. Kōtui is a new shared library system operated by the National Library of New Zealand for subscribing public libraries. Kōtui will manage member libraries’ physical resources, offer a new discovery system, and give member libraries access to centralized expertise and help desk services.

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Unable to reserve book in OPAC interface (version 3.2.6)
by sheldon_tappin 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi All, I noticed that I'm unable to reserve books using the OPAC interface, please Help!!! Here is a snapshot of the the message that I'm getting whilst trying to reserve the book: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/file/n4369679/reserve.jpg -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Unable-to-reserve-book-in-OPAC-interface-… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Koha on Debian
by Satish 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi, I use debian 2.6.26-2-686 - i686 GNU/Linux I followed the steps given the Koha documentation. but am unsuccessful when I try to perform: makefile.PL I got the following error: Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/auto/Net/Z3950/ZOOM/ZOOM.so' for module Net::Z3950::ZOOM: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/auto/Net/Z3950/ZOOM/ZOOM.so: undefined symbol: gnutls_certificate_type_get at /usr/lib/perl/5.10/XSLoader.pm line 64. at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/Net/Z3950/ZOOM.pm line 10 Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/ZOOM.pm line 4. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/ZOOM.pm line 4. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha-3.2.3/C4/Context.pm line 85. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha-3.2.3/C4/Context.pm line 85. Compilation failed in require at /home/koha-3.2.3/C4/Installer.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha-3.2.3/C4/Installer.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at Makefile.PL line 31. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 31. ------------------------------ then I tried to download Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.28.tar.gz and libyaz4-dev_4.0.11-1_i386.deb still, unsuccessful. could any body help me to the right path?? thanks in advance satish -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-on-Debian-tp4369730p4369730.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Can't load LibXSLT.s??
by uknet80 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi to all, The library system (koha) I am using require XML::LibXSLT. While trying to compile koha and run “make test” I got following error: # Failed test 'use C4::RotatingCollections;' # at t/00-load.t line 32. # Tried to use 'C4::RotatingCollections'. # Error: Can't load '/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/XML/LibXSLT/LibXSLT.so' for module XML::LibXSLT: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/XML/LibXSLT/LibXSLT.so: undefined symbol: xsltRegisterLocalRVT at /usr/lib64/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230. server configuration is as follow: $ uname -a Linux RHEL5-koha 2.6.18-164.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:59:52 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi $ /sbin/ldconfig -v | grep libxslt libxslt.so.1 -> libxslt.so.1.1.17 $ xslt-config --libs -L/usr/lib64 -lxslt -lxml2 -lz -lm $ xslt-config --cflags -I/usr/include/libxml2 Can anyone help with this? Thanks you -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Can-t-load-LibXSLT-s-tp4369261p4369261.ht… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Sirsi in NZ!
by Chris Downs 04 May '11

04 May '11

Looking through the Government Procurement Portal there wasn't a official Request for Proposal I guess that they made the decision based on the fact a large portion of our Public Libraries such as use SirsiDynix solutions they felt it was the best solution as it would be easier for other public libraries. On a side note I happened to login to Christchurch City Libraries today (first time since february) and they've rolled out BibloCommons on top of the current SirsiDynix solution they are using their reasoning is outline here http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/News/2011/BiblioCommons/ granted tis not Koha but its actually nice to see our core services starting to recover from the earthquake Kindest Regards, Christopher Downs

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Export patrons
by Tara Mendez 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi Joe did you have any luck with your patron export project? Tara Mendez Chief Librarian/CEO North Perth Public Library 260 Main St West Listowel, On. N4W 1A1 Phone: 519-291-4621 Fax: 519-291-2235

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reoccuring problem with 'search'
by Ernie Penner 03 May '11

03 May '11

Greetings! I have a reoccurring problem with my KOHA 3.2.5. version. I previously posted that I search had 'search' problems at the end of March. Bob Birchall (Thanks Bob!) posted something that helped solve the problem. I have a similar problem now again. I cannot pull up any records via search (even if I know what the bar code is of a book that I entered OR the title of the book entered). This problem is on both the patron page or on Librarian Page. I have tried to rebuild the zebra server but no success. The records are there if I go to 'check out' or 'check in' items. How do I fix this? What is the fix for this? Cheers, Ernie

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