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Call for Koha Newsletter Articles
by Nicole Engard 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hello all, It's that time again, time to gather up all your Koha news (big and small) and send them to me for publication in our next issue of the Koha Newsletter. Articles can be as short as 1 line and as long as 20 (with links to read more content). They should include news about our Koha library, features you're working on, tips & tutorials you want to share. In short the sky's the limit. Please email me your articles by the 12th of June so that I can edit everything and get it organized for the June 15th release. Past newsletters can be found here: http://koha-community.org/category/koha-newsletter/ and you can subscribe to updates via RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/KohaNewsletter Thanks in advance, Nicole C. Engard Koha Documentation Manager/Newsletter Editor

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Update errors
by bariki.kamara＠out.ac.tz 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hi all, Hope you all are pretty fine. Am trying to upgrade my Koha System version, from version 3.00.00.107 to version 3.00.05.003. As Web Installer tried to update database Am getting the following errors below; Update errors : * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry 'AllowRenewalLimitOverride' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 416. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry 'reserves-HOLD' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 430. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry '4' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 434. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry '4-sms-0' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 435. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry '4-email-0' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 436. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate key name 'issn' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 443. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:40 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry '1-override_renewals' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 500. * [Wed Jun 2 23:35:41 2010] updatedatabase.pl: DBD::mysql::db do failed: Duplicate entry 'RenewalPeriodBase' for key 'PRIMARY' at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase30.pl line 548. Continue to log in to Koha. What Should I do to fix these errors. Thanx for your cooperation, Regards, Bariki G. Kamara ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -------------------------------- PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS E-MAIL This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also notify the sender by email and/or delete this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily coincide with those of the Open University of Tanzania. --------------------THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA--------------------------

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ILS Survey Pt. 2
by Vandana Singh 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

*Greetings! * *This is a call for participation in a survey about technical support for your Integrated Library System. This survey is part of a research project, funded by IMLS, comparing the technical support of Open Source Integrated Libary Systems with technical support of proprietary Integrated Library Systems. This is the second survey for the project. In first survey we collected data regarding expectations of libarians for the technical support of thier ILS. If you participated in that survey Thank you very much for your participation. We really appreciate the informative, quick and large number of responses we got!!! Now, we invite you to participate in the second survey which is assessing the effectiveness of your current ILS technical support. We will then compare this current status to the expectations to idenify any gaps or accolades!* *If you are willing to participate in this study and fill the survey, please follow the link below:* *ILS Survey* * More information about the project and progress updates can be found at ** www.oss-research.com* <http://www.oss-research.com/>*. If you know of anyone who would be interested in the study or taking the survey please direct them to our site where they can fill the public survey. * *You can also direct any queries or suggestions to ** utk.ils.research(a)gmail.com* <utk.ils.research(a)gmail.com>* with the subject “ILS Survey” in the subject line. We really appreciate your time and support and look forward to reporting back the results from this study! * *Cheers, The OSS Lib Tech Team* *Principle Investigator Vandana Singh Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 449 Communications Bldg. 1345 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 Email: **vandana(a)utk.edu* <vandana(a)utk.edu> *Website: **www.vandanasingh.com* <http://www.vandanasingh.com/>

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Migration to Koha and Koha field/UNIMARC mapping
by Frédéric Rouyre 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hi, I'm trying to switch our old ILS to Koha but I'm stuck with how I'll import Serials in the system. The information I have in the old database is rather sparse but I have a value I don't know how to map. I have a publication date, which is normally linked to one item notice (and not a serial notice). The problem is there is no mapping in the koha standard (sample?) UNIMARC definition. Moreover, I don't know which koha field to map to? I've found "timestamp" and "dateaccessioned" but do not know which one to choose and if i'm in the right direction. I plan to add a 995$w field to map to the koha field. I have to admit i'm computer scientist only ... and that the person who manage the old ILS is not a librarian, so I'm on my own to handle the issues. Hope you can help! Thanks a lot! Regards, Frédéric

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Failed 2/21 test scripts. 7/189 subtests failed during KOHA installation
by kushanlw 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Hi, I'v being trying to install Koha for several days and keep on getting failed. I have follwed the exact instructions on INSTALL file (for debian-lenny). Since it says somewhere in this forum that perl 5.10 is now working fine with koha-3 I kept it as it is. Used dselect to install necessary modules and the rest through cpan. 'make test' shows the following errors in 7 subsets. need help ========================================================================== localhost:/home/koha/Desktop/koha-3.00.03# make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 KOHA_CONF=blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/Amazon.......................ok t/Barcodes_PrinterConfig.......ok t/Bookfund.....................ok t/Bookseller...................ok t/Boolean......................ok t/Branch.......................ok t/Calendar.....................ok t/Charset......................ok t/Circulation_barcodedecode....NOK 1/16 # Failed test 'use C4::Circulation;' # at t/Circulation_barcodedecode.t line 10. # Tried to use 'C4::Circulation'. # Error: DBD driver has not implemented the AutoCommit attribute at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 690. # Compilation failed in require at /home/koha/Desktop/koha-3.00.03/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/koha/Desktop/koha-3.00.03/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. # Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2. Undefined subroutine &C4::Circulation::barcodedecode called at t/Circulation_barcodedecode.t line 31. # Looks like you planned 16 tests but ran 1. # Looks like you failed 1 test of 1 run. # Looks like your test exited with 255 just after 1. t/Circulation_barcodedecode....dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 1-16 Failed 16/16 tests, 0.00% okay t/Dates........................ok 1/126# # In order to run without DB access, this test will substitute 'us' # as your default date format. Export environmental variable KOHA_TEST_DATE_FORMAT # to override this default, or pass the value as an argument to this test script. # # NOTE: we test for the system handling dd=00 and 00 for TIME values, # therefore you *should* see some warnings 'Illegal date specified' related to those. # # Testing Legacy Functions: format_date and format_date_in_iso # Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 58 Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 61 # # Testing 4 formats. # Testing no input (defaults): # # Testing with valid inputs: Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 80 Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 80 Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 80 Illegal date specified (year = 1952, month = 1, day = 00) at t/Dates.t line 80 # # Testing object independence from class # done. # Looks like you planned 126 tests but ran 135. t/Dates........................dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 127-135 Failed 9/126 tests, 92.86% okay t/Debug........................# BEFORE use: $debug is not defined # BEFORE use: $cgi_debug is not defined # AFTER use: $debug is 0 # AFTER use: $cgi_debug is 0 # Done. t/Debug........................ok t/dummy........................ok t/Input........................ok t/Koha.........................ok t/Languages....................ok t/Maintainance.................ok t/Output.......................ok t/Record.......................ok t/Review.......................ok t/Scrubber.....................ok 1/10# Note: scrubber test output will have whitespace collapsed for readability # done. t/Scrubber.....................ok t/Stats........................ok Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/Circulation_barcodedecode.t 255 65280 16 31 1-16 t/Dates.t 255 65280 126 9 127-135 Failed 2/21 test scripts. 7/189 subtests failed. Files=21, Tests=189, 3 wallclock secs ( 2.11 cusr + 0.10 csys = 2.21 CPU) Failed 2/21 test programs. 7/189 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 localhost:/home/koha/Desktop/koha-3.00.03# ============================================================================ -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Failed-2-21-test-scripts.-7-189-subtests-failed-durin… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Inventory/Stocktaking Koha 3.0
by Marie Wardall 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

It's the end of the year and we are attempting inventory again. Just want to find out if anyone has used the inventory module in Koha 3.0. We've scanned our whole collection and are not sure if what we are doing is the right thing. In Inventory/Stocktaking we are uploading our barcode file and then setting the last date seen to today's date. The results that show up are the number of items modified : datelastseen set to 06/04/2010 (today's date) Some barcodes show up as well with the message barcode not found. I guess our biggest question is how do we know if we scanned everything or if something is missing? Are we missing a step? We would like to be able to get a list of items that were not scanned that includes title, call number and barcode so we can go look for them. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Marie Marie J. Wardall Library Media Specialist Mountain Bay Elementary School 8602 Schofield Ave. Weston, WI 54476 mwardall(a)dce.k12.wi.us Phone: 715-355-0302 ext. 5824 Change Today, Change Tomorrow, Keep Changing

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LIbrary automation package publication papers related to fulltext search
by arun j 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Hello, are there any LIbrary automation package publication papers related to fulltext search. its urgent, plz forward me if you have any.. Thank You.

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Caroline Loh/lib/staff/npnet is out of the office.
by Caroline Loh 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

I will be out of the office starting 04/06/2010 and will not return until 07/06/2010. Mrs Lim Ben Wai/Senior Manager (6460 6369) will cover my duties. For matters relating to copyright laws, please refer to Ms Lim Bee Ang/Reference Manager (6460 6551). If you need to reach me, please call my Secretary, Mdm Teo at 6460 6280 . With best regards Caroline Loh (Mrs) | Director | Lien Ying Chow Library Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Singapore 599489 DID: 6460 6288 | FAX: 6466 8274 | EMAIL: lck4(a)np.edu.sg | http://www.np.edu.sg/library/library.html Our Mission: Advancing People With Information NP Vision: Connecting Minds. Unlocking Talents. Creating Value NOTICE: This message may contain privileged/confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please delete it immediately and notify the sender .

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Koha Barcode symbology
by deavorj＠comcast.net 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

I am at a small private school in the United States. We are just getting started with Koha, and we are hoping to do lots of data entry this summer. I am aware that Koha will generate barcodes for you. However, we have had printer challenges at my school. Plus, I want sturdy barcodes. I found a discount vendor who will supply us with barcodes. http://www.budgetlibrarysupplies.com/index_files/Barcode.htm I have decided that getting laminated or polyester barcodes printed in bulk would be easier and faster than us trying to generate thousands of plain paper barcodes. Also, I am anxious to get as much data entry done as possible now that school will be out for the summer. My question is what kind of symbology does Koha support? I've been given options from the vendor like Code 39 or Codabar. Could you please advise what type of symbology I need to order? Thanks so much, Janet Deavor

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zebrasrv segfaults
by Robert Meltz 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Good morning! I'm a noob to this list, so first, an introduction. I am charged with supporting a Koha installation at a small educational Library, roughly 90,000 items in catalog. Current problem: Apr 28 10:44:08 <servername> kernel: [66486.907544] zebrasrv[12570]: segfault at 00000046 eip b64a61e9 esp bfd58518 error 4 Is there an obvious solution, or do I need to provide more information? Best regards, Robert Meltz Field Service Engineer [cid:image001.jpg@01CAE6C1.A8E384C0] 770.458.8658 x108 404.642.9093 cell rmeltz(a)insolnet.com<mailto:rmeltz@insolnet.com> www.insolnet.com<http://www.insolnet.com> Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Insol_IT<http://www.twitter.com/Insol_IT> At Insol: ownership and partnership know no bounds. IT's personal.

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