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Bulk Item Modification - Assinging Branch Codes
by makekee＠msu.ac.zw 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Hi I have imported over 5000 records into Koha. What i want now is to assign them to a branch code all at once and have no idea about how to go about it. Ephraim ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Help needed while converting data through MarcEdit
by Nitesh Rijal 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

Hello all. I have been working in KOHA since more than 1 year now. When ever there is a requirement of data conversion, we are only able to convert all the records, but not the items associated with it. The problem is with not knowing the proper use of "regex" in MarcEdit. Here is a sample of what we have: =100 \\$aMr. X =245 \\$aTest Book =952 \\$p5412,2154,8745,2134 While the output of MarcEdit should be like this: =100 \\$aMr. X =245 \\$aTest Book =952 \\$p5412 =952 \\$p2154 =952 \\$p8745 =952 \\$p2134 so that when it is imported in koha, item barcode also gets imported, what should I do to get this done? Please Help me. Regards. -- Er. Nitesh Rijal Sr. Computer Programmer nitesh(a)healthnet.org.np +9779841458173

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delete inventory of one library
by Rachel Hollis 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Greetings friends, we have three libraries on our Koha 3.03 and one of them now needs to be removed along with its inventory. This library shares a Library and Group (Libraries and Groups) as well as Patrons but has 6 separate Item Types and a separate Location (LOC under Authorized Values). The library does not use Acquisitions but does have issuing rules. There are materials currently charged out. (Some data appears to be inconsistent: search results show numbers available and on loan, but detailed biblios show different numbers available or on display.) We could check in each of the charged items, delete the item records, then delete the biblio. However there are approximately 4900 item records in the inventory. I've also considered migrating the part of the database we'll be keeping to another server. Is there another, better solution? Rachel Hollis, librarian Stevens-Henager College, Boise Idaho Campus This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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koha 3.2 installation on debian lenny
by sheldon_tappin 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi All, I installed koha 3.0.6 on debian lenny before following http://openlib.org/home/krichel/courses/lis508/debiankohainstall020809.pdf http://openlib.org/home/krichel/courses/lis508/debiankohainstall020809.pdf instructions. But when I try these same instructions to install Koha 3.2, its saying that it cannot find sudo apt-key add indexdata.asc adn the list for the others goes on, added on to that, I'm unable to install the dependencies for koha. PLEASE HELP ASAP. Regards, Sheldon -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/koha-3-2-installation-on-debian-lenny-tp3… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 1: January 2011
by Nicole Engard 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Please read the newsletter online for live links: http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-2issue-1-january-2011/ Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 2, Issue 1: January 2011 Table of Contents * Koha Developments o RFC Roundup: Members/Patrons o Koha 3.2.3 is now available * Koha Libraries o 7 Public Libraries in Pampanga Receive Koha Computers o National Folk Archive in the UK Launches Online Catalog * Koha Events o OS Academy a big success for Koha o KUDOS Conference in May Koha Developments RFC Roundup: Members/Patrons by MJ Ray The following Patrons management improvement ideas have Requests For Comments listed on the Koha Community Wiki. If you have suggestions you could make about these topics, please add comments to the relevant page by logging in and clicking the “Edit” tab at the top of the page. Alternatively, you could start a discussion on the email list or web forum. * Calculate fines in days debarred RFC o Koha 3.0 lets the library define fines in money only. Some libraries needs to be able to set “debarred” fines. When a patron returns books lately, he is debarred for some days. * Enhancements to debarred patron o Gonenoaddress, lost or debarred are currently just toggle choices. Enhancements proposed include adding a comment field to each choice and adding an expiry date for debarring. * Duplicate card button o This feature would add a new button to duplicate a patron card. A new form with the duplicated values will open up and when the librarian puts the cursor on a field, the value will be erased ready to write the new value. Then the librarian can save the new card. * Enhancements to the display of extended patron attributes in circ o This RFC proposes having some extended attributes display in circ/circulation.pl and jumping straight to the patron details page if there is only one match for a patron search. * Fines Tab o Redesign the fines tab to allow partial payment and record/show more information about fines, such as the librarian taking the fine, the transaction time and payment method. * Patron Reading record management RFC and Patron self-managing privacy RFC o The laws in some countries requires that the library cleans the reading record after some time. These new features would let the user himself decide what to do with the reading record. The current behaviour will be the initial default and changed through a system preference. ** Please Contribute! ** Please, if you have any feedback or encouragement for any of the above, follow the link and add comments, or start a discussion. Koha 3.2.3 is now available by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.2.3. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.2.3 are below the fold. Come and get it! Read more. Koha Libraries 7 Public Libraries in Pampanga Receive Koha Computers by Pampanga PIO City of San Fernando – The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) turned over seven Koha computer units to seven public libraries in the province in ceremonies held recently at the Pampanga Provincial Library. Read More. National Folk Archive in the UK Launches Online Catalog by Elaine Bradtke The first collection of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library catalogue has been launched into cyberspace: http://catalogue.efdss.org. More on this story can be found on WorldCentralMusic.org. Koha Events OS Academy a big success for Koha by Chris Cormack Over the last 2 weeks Catalyst has been running a pilot of an ‘Academy’ for high school age students. I was very happy to be a part of what, in my opinion, turned out to be a very well run and most worthwhile exercise. During the first week the students were treated to tutorial sessions, including installing ubuntu on their laptops, using git, perl, php, postgresql, configuring a server, copyright, licenses, freedom, community, graphics (inkscape & the gimp), html css and javascript. Quite a list now I see it all written down. Read More. KUDOS Conference in May by David Schuster Put May 2 and 3, 2011 on your calendars for the KUDOS conference to be held in Madison, Wisconsin we are finalizing the venue. More information on transportation and housing to come. This will be a conference for and by users of Koha in collaboration with vendors that support or interact with Koha. We are hopeful that this conference will be a low cost/no cost option with the help of sponsorships from vendors and libraries. We are looking for volunteers to serve on the planning and program committees. If you are interested in helping out, please let me know. We need to get to work on this right away! This is NOT going to be a KohaCon and at this time no Hackfest is being organized. Newsletter edited by Nicole C. Engard, Koha Documentation Manager. Please send future story ideas to me.

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Access 2011: the Library is Open
by Shirley Lew 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Mark your calendars! Access 2011: the Library is Open October 19-22, 2011 Vancouver, BC Call for proposals will be announced soon. http://access2011.library.ubc.ca (more information about program, hotel, and social events soon) Follow us on Twitter: @access_2011

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Can't import MARC records
by Steven Santos 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi folks. I am looking for a little help with Koha. I am using the Koha VM, which used the built-in git system to update to 3.03.00.003. Any time I try to import a MARC record from the LOC or any other source, I get the following error: Software error: Can't call method "add_subfields" on an undefined value at /home/koha/kohaclone/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl line 144. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@koha), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Any help? --- Steven Santos Director, Simply Circus, Inc. Email: Steven(a)SimplyCircus.com Gym: 86 Los Angeles Street Newton, MA 02458 Mail: 14 Pierrepont Road Newton, MA 02462 Phone: 617-527-0667 Fax: 617-934-1870 Web: www.SimplyCircus.com

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New print fines feature
by Nicole Engard 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Today I noticed the new print link next to each account line on the patron's Fines tab. What I don't understand is why you can only print one line at a time and each receipt shows the total due. Shouldn't there be a way to select multiple lines to print on one receipt? Or not have it show the total due? I'm not sure when the feature was added or what bug it was linked to (my search didn't find it) so I can't add my notes there, feel free to point me to the bug report - or answer my questions :) Nicole

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Koha - migration of history
by Linda Culberson 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Everyone, So far I've figured out how to migrate the records, the patrons, and the circulation history from our current records into Koha. Now I'm looking into if/how to migrate a least part of the cataloging history. After discussions here, it sounds as if what we would most like to maintain, if possible, is the name of the original cataloger who added the record (most of our records are original cataloging) and the cataloger who last modified the record, with dates. Before I get too deep into this, I was wondering if anyone else has attempted this or something similar and/or what insights the someone might could give me on the feasibility of doing such a thing. I've looked at the |action_logs table and it appears doable to me, I just don't know if it's advisable.| Thanks in advance. -- 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 Facsimile: 601/576-6824

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We have achieved lift off
by Elaine Bradtke 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

The first collection of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library catalogue has been launched into cyberspace: http://catalogue.efdss.org My heartfelt thanks to all the various Koha folks who have helped in getting this up! -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 ext 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)

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