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Barcode scanner, labels, and receipt printer
by J M 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hello, everyone, A pleasure to join this listserv! I'm using Liblime's Koha Express and now I'm about to start shopping for a barcode scanner, a receipt printer, and preprinted barcode labels. Does anyone have any advice/suggestions? I would like to know other people's experiences, particularly with Koha Express. The Koha version I have is 3.00.02.012. Any specific scanner to get or not get? Any specific receipt printer to get or not get? Should I order standard 14-digit labels? Are they compatible with Koha? Anything else I should know? Many thanks in advance, JM

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Re: [Koha] LibLime Thoughts
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

A way to nip any PTFS threats of totalitarianism in the bud is for a group of people to get together and just spew out for free what PTFS seeks to capitalize on... Everyone gains! well except perhaps PTFS who seems to be sticking their first foot out an a nasty manner... oh well! Ed# In a message dated 4/29/2010 10:12:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dschust1(a)tx.rr.com writes: Two things. With the blog post on the koha-community site and this email and comments from the community I am not seeing two parties trying to work together. PTFS - is a company and has run on a corporate model - they "purchased" assets so they need to decide how to handle those assets. In that same concept the community WANTS some of those assets so I don't think these discussions on the list are going to help us gain what we all want. A system we can all work together to make better. If all of these people were sitting in a room together they would have been able to work this out, but due to distance and time communication is harder to achieve. >From my understanding the HLT committee had agreed to a phone call which is more along the standard communication in which PTFS was comfortable but backed out. At which point things started to degrade and positions started to be posted on the web to the community. I know this doesn't look like a business transaction, but for PTFS it is and that is how they have known how to do business in the past. They will need to become comfortable in talking and working with the community but it can't happen over night. The LibLime purchase has only been about a month or a little more, we need to work together to resolve our differences to come to a common understanding. I hope both parties read this and can pull back rethink how this will be approached and try again. We are all very attached to this emotionally so we need to be careful on how we react to postings and emails in a professional manner. I would hate to see this return to the situation we had 8 months ago. At least PTFS was willing to talk with HLT which is more than we had gotten previously. David Schuster Sherman, Kelly wrote: > > LibLime Thoughts > > > > LibLime (a division of PTFS) is disappointed to learn that the HLT Koha > Committee has chosen to cancel our scheduled conference call. We thought > that we would discuss issues important to the ongoing development of Koha > and that we would form a partnership that would permit us to work together > globally to build a better open source ILS solution for libraries. > > > > LibLime wants to assume the best and understands that the HLT Committee is > new to business matters, acquisitions, and financial transactions on the > scale required to move the Koha project to the next level. Perhaps the > newness of these experiences has resulted in their one-sided point of > view; > their conflicting and inaccurate web posts; and their decision to > participate in a conference call, only to decline it the next day. > > > > The PTFS acquisition of LibLime *will* take the Koha project to the next > level by utilizing agile software development and systems engineering > methodologies. Working closely with libraries, this effort will result in > advancing Koha into the ultimate open source ILS solution. > > > > We will support Koha through the koha.org website and we will continue to > work towards our goal of developing and deploying a true next generation > system that manages both print and digital collections in a single > application. We are asking for participants from Koha libraries that may > want to partner with us to maintain documentation, design new development > features, catalog bug issues, and promote Koha successes world-wide. If > you are ready to help build a better Koha please contact > ksherman(a)ptfs.com. > > > > > > Kelly Sherman > > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01C93493.7636F5C0] > > Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. > > 6400 Goldsboro Rd., Suite 200 > > Bethesda, MD 20817 > > 301-654-8088, ext. 176 > > 301-654-5789 (fax) > > http://www.ptfs.com

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[Fwd: Printing Patron Cards with Names]
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi John, This is a great question for the Koha mailing list (I personally don't know the answer), but I do know that others have patron cards so perhaps they can tell you how they do it, and whether it's from within Koha or some other way. Cheers Rachel -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Printing Patron Cards with Names Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:49:27 +0200 From: John <john.winter(a)neverseen.ch> To: <koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Hello, I try to print patron Cards with koha3.00.06 Label creator Tool. I searched how to print the cards with the name of the patron on it. But I did not find the function to do it. I searched the internet and wiki. But couldn't find any hint to do this. Is there a possibility to do that or where can I configure it? I am new to Koha. Perhaps I did not see the function? The Format of the Card should be like this: |-------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Libraryname | | Firstname + Surname of Patron | | | | Barcode | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------- | Thanks a lot for your help. Greetings John -- ----------------------------- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager Katipo Communications Ltd Phone: +64-4-934 1285 Mobile: 021 389 128 E-mail: rachel(a)katipo.co.nz Web: www.katipo.co.nz

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RE LibLime Thoughts
by Don 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi As the director of a company that supports and develops many FLOSS products, including Koha and as the President of the New Zealand Open Source Society, I would just like to make a few points on this topic. Koha is a project that was started by a very small community in New Zealand. That community donated Koha, a gift, to the world. That the world wide community has been able to extend Koha fantastically, organise itself and sustain itself is testament to the vision and ideals that were behind the original gift. Indeed, for potential users of Koha the community strength and resilience should be a major attraction. This resilience is more important in the medium and long term than the technology itself. The GNU General Public Licence that Koha uses guarantees that users of the software will always have their rights and freedoms protected and sustained. These cannot be captured by single entities or individuals such as Catalyst or Liblime or even the company originally developed and still supports the technology, Katipo. As a businessman, seeing the Koha community take such interest in their software gives me confidence that it is a system worth supporting and investing in. I know many other businesses round the world feel the same. As long as there is a vibrant and demanding community of users there will be many businesses vying to offer their support services. If that community fades away then so will the support. LibLime have been, and hopefully will continue to be, a leading member of the Koha community, but it will have to be on the community's terms, not someone's outdated ideal of a business model. As Kiwi I am proud of HLT, Katipo and Koha. As a businessman I am confident in the sustainability and future of the software. Kia Kaha Don -- --------------------------------------- Donald Christie (ITCP) - Director Catalyst IT Limited Level 6,150-154 Willis Street, PO Box 11-053 Wellington New Zealand Tel:+64 4 4992267 Mob:+64 274 707814 http://catalyst.net.nz ----------------------------------------

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marc import fails
by Joel Cornuz 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hello. I contacted you a few months ago regarding a Koha installation I did for a small school. Everything is going well, we are now in production with only a few minor hicups. Great stuff, thanks for Koha - it is a great tool and it helps this little institution a lot. There is however one thing our librarian would like to be able to do: import files from Bookwhere (his favorite Z39.50 client) with new notices. I managed to import a Bookwhere-generated file via bulkmarcimport.pl but the web interface wouldn't work: I can load my file, find my records under "manage staged Marc import" but the "import into catalog" step always results in 0 records added - the records aren't in the database and the "Bib" cell stays empty. I don't get anything in the koha_error_log - I googled around, checked the bugzilla but nothing conclusive. Anyone has an idea what is going on - or where to start looking? Thanks a lot. By the way I am using koha 3.00.04_fixed. Best regards, Joel

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Re: [Koha] LibLime Thoughts
by Christopher Nighswonger 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Hi Kelly, > LibLime (a division of PTFS) is disappointed to learn that the HLT Koha Committee has chosen to cancel our scheduled conference call. We thought that we would discuss issues important to the ongoing development of Koha and that we would form a partnership that would permit us to work together globally to build a better open source ILS solution for libraries. Now we are seeing one of the fundamental problems that has hindered PTFS from integrating with the Koha community as it should. (I say "as it should" because there has been involvement which deserves to be acknowledged.) It seems clear from this statement that PTFS views itself as somehow on a plane of equality with the Koha community in terms of authority in the precincts of determining the well-being, direction, and growth of the project. This is, in fact, not true and represents a basic misconception of the open source model. Rather PTFS has the potential to become *one* of many members of the Koha community each of which has an equal voice in the above mentioned determinations. So a partnership may be formed only in the sense that any other member of the Koha community has formed one. You are not in negotiations with the community for a partnership. The community has set forth its guidelines for membership. They are long standing. Other for-profits have entered upon them. PTFS should expect no preferential treatment. > LibLime wants to assume the best and understands that the HLT Committee is new to business matters, acquisitions, and financial transactions on the scale required to move the Koha project to the next level. Perhaps the newness of these experiences has resulted in their one-sided point of view; their conflicting and inaccurate web posts; and their decision to participate in a conference call, only to decline it the next day. This series of statements seems to assume that there is some sort of business transaction either proposed or occurring between PTFS and the Committee. It reveals yet another fundamental problem hindering PTFS from integrating with the Koha community as it should. We are not here to be directed by PTFS in "business matters, acquisitions, and financial transactions" on *any* scale. The community has many members who are capable of providing such guidance and direction and who have been doing just that. It is a bit condescending of PTFS to suggest that this project and community has not and cannot move forward in these areas without PTFS's guidance. As an aside: Kelly, I note that you have made several accusations for which you have provided no supporting evidence. Without addressing the truth or falsity of your statements regarding the web posts, I would suggest that you would due yourself a favor by at least citing examples of what you state. Furthermore, you would help the community's overall impression of PTFS by including the reasons expressed by the Committee for concluding that the conference call would be an unworkable situation rather than stating only half the truth in an apparent effort to discredit. > > The PTFS acquisition of LibLime will take the Koha project to the next level by utilizing agile software development and systems engineering methodologies. Working closely with libraries, this effort will result in advancing Koha into the ultimate open source ILS solution. > My plaintext reply will not duplicate the bold type applied to the word "will" in the above paragraph, however, such accent speaks volumes. To this we must say, "Ipse dixit." It reveals an underlying logical fallacy. It remains to be seen what the PTFS acquisition of LibLIme will ultimately do or not do for the Koha project. > > We will support Koha through the koha.org website and we will continue to work towards our goal of developing and deploying a true next generation system that manages both print and digital collections in a single application. We are asking for participants from Koha libraries that may want to partner with us to maintain documentation, design new development features, catalog bug issues, and promote Koha successes world-wide. If you are ready to help build a better Koha please contact ksherman(a)ptfs.com. > This will no doubt be taken by the Koha community as the final authoritative word from PTFS on their posture with regard to the Koha community. It is, in some respects, a relief, albeit quite disappointing. Koha is what it is by virtue of community participation. No doubt PTFS will go on to produce some sort of ILS "foo." However, it will not be Koha. Koha always has been and always will be the product of the Koha community, regardless of the direction PTFS takes. Kind Regards, Chris

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Fwd: Printing Patron Cards with Names
by Chris Cormack 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Forwarding to the mailing list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John <john.winter(a)neverseen.ch> Date: 28 April 2010 06:49 Subject: Printing Patron Cards with Names To: koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Hello, I try to print patron Cards with koha3.00.06 Label creator Tool. I searched how to print the cards with the name of the patron on it. But I did not find the function to do it. I searched the internet and wiki. But couldn’t find any hint to do this. Is there a possibility to do that or where can I configure it? I am new to Koha. Perhaps I did not see the function? The Format of the Card should be like this: |-------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Libraryname | | Firstname + Surname of Patron | | | | Barcode | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------- | Thanks a lot for your help. Greetings John

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RE : RDA Thought(s)
by Olivier Speciel 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

FYI. plus d'infos.... www.rdatoolkit.org RESOURCE DESCRIPTION ACCESS (JUNE 2010) RDA Toolkit Solo-User Pricing, Double-User Offer, and RDA Print ANNOUNCEMENT RDA Toolkit Solo-User Pricing, Double-User Offer, and RDA Print April 28, 2010 (...) The Co-Publishers for RDA have received considerable feedback about what you need to make implementation of RDA as smooth, rapid, and efficient as possible, whatever your type or size of institution and whatever country you're in. Based on what you've told us, we're introducing some additional options to the previously announced pricing and product. * A solo-user license (one profile, one user) for the RDA Toolkit at $195 (USD). This solo-user license is in addition to, and differs from, the previously announced site licenses. The solo-user license is for single-user environments where access to the RDA Toolkit is not shared with other individuals in the same institution. By contrast, the previously announced site license base price of $325 (USD) is designed for multi-user environments where one concurrent user (with the option to add additional concurrent users) is shared with an unlimited number of individuals within the same institution. For more details on pricing, please visit the website www.rdatoolkit.org/pricing<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=b9146042&si=w383193040&pc=82001&ei=v597261&b=y>. * A double-user offer for those who subscribe at any site license level to the RDA Toolkit before August 31, 2011. During the evaluation and initial implementation of RDA, when users are likely to need more frequent concurrent access, subscribers will receive double the purchased number of concurrent users of the RDA Toolkit at no additional charge for their first subscription period. (For example, buy a 2-user site license but get a 4-user license for no additional cost.) * Full-text loose-leaf print versions of both Resource Description and Access (RDA) and RDA: Element Set View. While most users agree the preferred way to interact with RDA is online via the RDA Toolkit, the Co-Publishers will offer the full text of RDA in print (including an index) as well as online, to help ensure that RDA reaches the widest possible audience. In addition to these print items in English, the Co-Publishers will work with publishing partners to distribute translations of them to supplement translations offered in the RDA Toolkit online. Pricing and availability to be announced closer to the June RDA Toolkit launch date. Have you signed up yet to receive updates? If not, please sign up at www.rdatoolkit.org/rdalist<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=89148386&si=w383193040&pc=i2002&ei=v597261&b=y> or send your email address to rdatoolkit(a)ala.org, and we'll send you updates as information becomes available. Updates will include the complimentary open-access period, free trials, pricing, special introductory offers, print versions, product updates, and more-for the U.S.A. and other countries. You can also bookmark our informational website at www.rdatoolkit.org<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=69148085&si=w383193040&pc=92003&ei=v597261&b=y>. For general information about the open-access period (June through August 31, 2010), please visit www.rdatoolkit.org/openaccess<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=c9146044&si=w383193040&pc=j2004&ei=v597261&b=y>. ________________________________ Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the RDA Toolkit are published by the Co-Publishers for RDA (the American Library Association<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=y174696&si=w383193040&pc=k2005&ei=v597261&b=y>, the Canadian Library Association<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=g9148086&si=w383193040&pc=l2006&ei=v597261&b=y>, and Facet Publishing<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=49025744&si=w383193040&pc=m2007&ei=v597261&b=y>, the publishing arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=79148087&si=w383193040&pc=n2008&ei=v597261&b=y>). olivier.speciel(a)mail.mcgill.ca _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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frameworks question
by Nicole Engard 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Quick question I hope: I created a framework and then immediately deleted it - and it said my template was used by 7 items -- how is that possible?? Thanks Nicole

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How to...
by jen. sadang 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Hello there everyone, I am working in a small library around 6000 books. I am interested with Koha but I don't have slightest idea where to start with Koha. Fortunately, all lists and cards are all intact and well Can anyone please provide me step by step approach on how to start integrating Koha in our library. thanks

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