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Patron Deletions
by Kay Smith 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

We use Koha in a Prison Library in the Education Unit managed by Tafe staff, and have been unable to delete patrons from the patron file once these people have left. We are currently using Version 2.2 We select the patron record, select delete and select OK to the message Are you sure you want to delete this patron. This unfortunately does not remove the patron - they are still listed, even though the patron has nothing outstanding. Has anyone else experienced this problem, or are we missing a basic step??? Kay Smith Regional Services Librarian Bendigo TAFE

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Serials
by Mary Anne Temby 29 Mar '10

29 Mar '10

Dear Colleagues I am new to this list so apologies if this has been answered before. We are considering not loading serials into Koha as many of our subscriptions are now electronic. Instead we are considering using Serial Solutions to add our print holdings (diminishing each year) Has anyone else done this? Checkin for serials is a problem but if we leave the entries open on incoming print titles and close them off when no longer available that might work. It would mean re educating our clients to look in one place for serials and another for books etc, but our clients have already forgotten to look at the catalogue and go straight to the A-Z o journals!!!! Any guidance would be appreciated. Mary Anne Temby Manager Information Services Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No. 3 MC Townsville, QLD 4810 T: 4753 4321 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information contained in this communication is for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information which is the subject of legal privilege and/or copyright. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the transmission, together with any attachments, from your system. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Koha] no item type and Not Renewable
by Marty 28 Mar '10

28 Mar '10

I liked your idea, it made sense. I found the only difference in items was cn_source and itype. However, changing these does not solve my problem. Alas. I tried and failed. But it hasn't all been in vain. Playing around I noticed that the Edit Items radio button (from the Details page) returns this url; http://debian:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=4796 (I cannot really do anything on this page, except deleting the item) and the route through the barcode from the Details page brings me to Item Details to edit Items (the one under the barcode, not the radio button) returns this url; http://debian:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?op=edititem&biblionu… But on this page I have an "Edit item #4796" I still cannot do anything with the existing item, except delete it, but all the needed fields are present below it, and clicking on save changes will work. Also still wondering; where does it get the itype information? I am not yet pulling my hair out, but it's not far away... So close, but yet so far, sigh Thanks for all your help, Marty --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Owen Leonard <oleonard(a)myacpl.org> wrote: From: Owen Leonard <oleonard(a)myacpl.org> Subject: Re: [Koha] no item type and Not Renewable To: "Marty" <ontariowolf64(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "koha koha" <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Received: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 8:22 AM > Now I have 2 lines with items showing at the top of the page. I can delete the first one (which is wrong anyway), and > after doing a rebuild_zebra -b -w it all shows up fine and working. So the item which *doesn't* work is one which you imported into Koha? If the duplicate created by Koha works (can be placed on hold) then it sounds like there must be some difference between the two which you could discern. I would query the items table for the data on the original and the duplicate and see how they differ. You might be able to do a bulk update on the existing items without doing your duplication process. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.

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Re: [Koha] Koha and IE
by stefan 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

the problem seems to be the spacing (value 100): /var/www./kohacat/koha/cataloguing/value_builder > marc21_field_008.pl and > marc21_field_008_authorities.pl (for 008) function Clic$function_name(i) { defaultvalue=document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value; newin=window.open(\"../cataloguing/plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=marc21_field_008.pl&index=$field_number&result=\"+defaultvalue,\"unimarc field 100\",'width=1000,height=600,toolbar=false,scrollbars=yes'); } I will post this this in the dev list. Greetings, Stefan Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel schrieb: > No as far as I know, the problem is the (mis)management of CSS and > JavaScript on Internet Explorer. > > Sorry > bgk > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:06 AM, stefan <herrkandera(a)gmx.ch > <mailto:herrkandera@gmx.ch>> wrote: > > Hi all > > This problem might have been discussed here before but I could not > find > a post. > > We encounter problems with opening the advanced tag editor (pop up) > within the field 000 and 008 with IE 6, 7 and 8. > > The problem seems to be the Perl file: > > cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=*marc21_leader.pl*&index=tag_000_subfield_00_465196_878662&result= > <http://plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=*marc21_leader.pl*&index=tag_000_subf…> > > > Has anyone a solution (beside changing the Browser ;-)? > > Thank you, Stefan > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Reserving items with a specific "need by" date in Koha
by Laura Bucaro 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Hello Koha group! I'm a solo librarian at the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. I'm thinking of using Koha for a library cataloging/reserves/serials solution. The one thing that I think makes my library unique is that we lend training materials and often these are borrowed by training officers who have to preschedule their training. Thus, we need a system that will allow the users to specify the date they will receive the item. Right now we use a clunky Access DB which works with our website. Users can look up an item online, then use an online form to send a request with two dates (1st choice and 2nd choice). The system then sends me a reservation email, I go into the system, see if the item is available for when they need it, reserve the item for the user if it's available, then send them a new email with a reservation confirmation. I won't go on about this process, but as you can tell it is very labor intensive. I was hoping to find an open source option to use once we stop using Office altogether. I can tell Koha would be good for setting up user profiles, cataloging, serials acquisitions, etc. My question today is, I see Koha has a reservation module but can the user specify when they get the item? Any help, or ideas, anyone out there can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, in advance! Laura Bucaro, Librarian Ernest Emerson Fire Protection Resource Library Texas Commission on Fire Protection P. O. Box 2286 Austin, TX 78768-2286 (512) 936-3833 laura.bucaro(a)tcfp.state.tx.us This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of Laura Bucaro and does not represent official Texas Commission on Fire Protection policy.

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Re: [Koha] Koha Services and Support
by Amy Schuler 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Dear Karen, Please desist from e-mailing and calling me. This is the 3rd message I have received from your company this week alone! The Koha mailing list is to be used for the free and open exchange of advice and ideas between Koha users. Personally, I do not think it is right for you to trawl this mailing list for potential clients of your fee-based services, although other members of the list might disagree. It may be appropriate for you to post an occasional (!) informational message about your company and its services to the mailing list, but to pester individual members of the Koha mailing list user community with endless emails and phone messages is unacceptable. Thank you for understanding, Amy Schuler Manager of Information Services Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY 12545 From: kabigini(a)knowledgeandgrace.com [mailto:kabigini@knowledgeandgrace.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:54 AM To: Amy Schuler Subject: Koha Services and Support Hi Amy, Attached please find a brief description of Koha services offered by Knowledge & Grace Inc. through our partnership with OssLabs. Please let me know if you have any interest or any questions. Thank you. Karen Bigini Technical Recruiter Knowledge & Grace Inc. office 908-722-4322 cell 908-752-0468 kabigini(a)knowledgeandgrace.com kbigini(a)yahoo.com<mailto:kbigini@yahoo.com> www.knowledgeandgrace.org<http://www.knowledgeandgrace.org/>

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Re: [Koha] Journal articles
by Elaine Bradtke 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

We're looking at analyticals, but haven't implemented it yet. Still cleaning up the raw data for import (I'm only working on this 2 days a week). We'll be using the 773 field for parent items. As we've got lots of records for journal articles, and conference papers in proceedings, it will in the end be an important part of our catalogue. But I'm going to start with the importing the less complicated stuff (books) first. Preliminary tests seemed to indicate that it will work, though I never did manage to get the linking to function. That was several months ago though. Elaine Bradtke EFDSS > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:36:24 -0400 > From: Ian Walls <ian.walls(a)bywatersolutions.com> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Journal articles > To: Nicole Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Andrew Buxton <A.Buxton(a)ids.ac.uk>, "koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz" > <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Message-ID: > <5609071c1003250636n15485392v8ea71b4dfb1aa16a(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > There has been some discussion about analytic records on the list before, > but I'm not sure if anyone has done an implementation (please speak up if > you have!). > > It seems to me that the key thing that needs to be done is linking the > analytic biblio record to it's "parent" record. The MARC21 77x fields are > designed to make those kind of links, but as of right now there is no > specific way to work them into your Koha OPAC aside from using the XSLT > display options. > > I'm certainly interested in developing more integrated Koha support for > bibliographic record relationships, which would include not only analytic > records, but also FRBR relationships and any other kind of relationship the > library may need (it should be user-configurable). I think that kind of > additional tool would make things much easier for a lot of libraries. > > Cheers, > > > -Ian > > 2010/3/25 Nicole Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> > >> This is not a Koha record - but one I worked on when I was a >> cataloger. Sounds like you want to see what's called an analytical >> record (not sure why it's called that) - which is a record for an >> article in a journal or magazine. >> >> Nicole >> >> 2010/3/25 Andrew Buxton <A.Buxton(a)ids.ac.uk>: >> > Is there anyone who includes journal articles in their catalogue and uses >> > MARC21 format? I?d like to compare notes about what MARC fields to use ? >> > especially anyone who has a Z39.50 server. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > --- >> > Andrew Buxton, Library Web and Information Systems Manager >> > Direct line: 01273 915795 - International +44 1273 915795 >> > IDS website: http://www.ids.ac.uk/ Library website: >> http://blds.ids.ac.uk/ >> > >> > >> > >> > This message is for the addressee only and may contain privileged or >> > confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify >> > the sender immediately and delete the original. Any views or opinions >> > expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent >> > those of IDS. Institute of Development Studies at the University of >> Sussex, >> > Brighton BN1 9RE Tel: +44 (0)1273 606261; Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 IDS, a >> > charitable company limited by guarantee: Registered Charity No. 306371; >> > Registered in England 877338; VAT No. GB 350 899914 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Koha mailing list >> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> >

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Music notation or printed music - how to make it obvious
by Elaine Bradtke 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

For some reason, in all the years that our little library has been in existence, no one has bothered to specify when a publication is primarily music notation. I'm changing this as we migrate to Koha (nearly half our stuff is music notation), but before I take the plunge I need to think about how it will work, and what it will look like. It's my understanding that Koha stores Leader information, but does nothing with it, is this correct? I want something that will show up clearly, is easily spotted. Not buried somewhere in the physical description or down in a notes field. I'm disinclined to use general material designations, but that could be one way. The other thought was item type. Collections seem less intuitive somehow, and as we have lots of special collections which might contain individual publications of music notation, I'm not sure if that works. Anyone with experience in this? Thanks -- Elaine Bradtke EFDSS

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Fine Rules according to days
by nitesh rijal 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Dear All. I have a problem with managing the fines according to the days loaned. Here is what I need Type of book Amount per day Patrons Days Reference NRs. 5 Students, Staff, Teachers Over Night (24 hr) Short Term NRs. 2 Students, Staff, Teachers 2-7 Days Text Book NRs. 1 Student and Staff 15 Days Teachers 1 month What should I do to incorporate this? Should I use the due date field manually at the time of issue, or is there any better way. Also, how do I change the default currency from $ to NRs. I have made the value of NRs. as 1.00 and $ as 70.00 but still the fine rules box shows $ in the field. How do I change that? Please Help. Regards. -- Nitesh Rijal BE IT rijal.it(a)gmail.com http://niteshrijal.com.np http://facebook.com/openrijal http://twitter.com/openrijal +9779841458173

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KohaCon : Auckland to Wellington by road.
by hfields19＠gmail.com 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hi all, I have been putting together a bit of a plan for escorting KohaCon attendees down to Wellington from Auckland via Rotorua. My thinking so far: Friday 22nd October: arrive in Auckland, dinner at Viaduct somewhere. Stay night in Auckland. Saturday 23rd October: Leisurely drive down to Rotorua (about 3 hours drive). Thermal pools etc. Evening event at Te Puia: http://www.tepuia.com/things-to-see-and-do/te-po.html Sunday drive down to Wellington via Huka Falls, Taupo, Gravity Canyon for the idiots who want to bungy or do something else insane involving great heights and high speeds: http://www.gravitycanyon.co.nz/ (about 5 hours driving in total) Evening in Wellington ready for KohaCon next day. Vans are proving problematic but big cars are about $150 - 200 a day (seat 4) . Accommodation say $150-$200 a night Te Po $99 (night only) or $130 (day as well) Petrol say $120 a car So how does this sound? I am happy to fly up and escort people down. The driving will be easy for people happy too drive. Cheers Jo.

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