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budget history
by Kohn, Karen 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Is there a way I can look at a fund and see how much of it was spent for the last few years? I know I can get a list of how much was budgeted for that fund each year, but I don't see the history of how it was spent anywhere. Thanks. Karen Kohn Collection Development Manager Landman Library Arcadia University 450 S. Easton Road Glenside, PA 19038 ph: 215-572-8528 fax: 215-572-0240

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I'm also using Koha for teaching in Lib school
by Patrick M. Lozeau 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi everyone, I'm catching up on the mailing list and was happy to see Shirley Lew message about using both Koha & Evergreen for teaching library automation at the UBC Library School. I'm currently teaching "Managing Technologies in Libraries" at the Université de Montréal Lib. School. It's the only ALA-accredited program that gives an MIS in french. (École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information - EBSI) After spending 2 classes talking about what's an ILS, students get access to Koha and have to do some "real" library task with the system. Actually, Eric Begin and inLibro have been offering Koha to EBSI students for the last 4 years. Nice opportunity for students to get access to an ILS. BTW, I've also been working for inLibro as a librarian for the last month. I'll try to be more active on the list as soon as I get accustomed to Koha. Patrick M. Lozeau Librarian / inlibro.com

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Looking for Different Koha OPACs
by Nicole Engard 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi all, There was a complaint in the last IRC meeting that the scrolling images of Koha OPACs on the newsletter site was a bit US-centric. I picked those OPACs because they did not look like they were out of the box. So if you have an Koha OPAC that has been customized, send me the URL and I'll add more to the rotating images on the newsletter website (http://koha.web2learning.net) Also, I'm still looking for articles for this month's newsletter. Thanks a bunch, Nicole C. Engard

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3.2 alpha tagged in Git
by Galen Charlton 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi, I have tagged v3.02.00-alpha in Git, thereby kicking off the alpha period for 3.2. The corresponding DB revision is 3.01.00.111; I'll switch the DBrev to 3.02.00.000 for the beta. I will prepare a tarball tomorrow. At this point, 3.2 is feature complete and development should now be in pure bugfixing mode. Only the following types of patches will be accepted for inclusion in 3.2, starting now: * bugfixes * translations, including a mechanism to translate the new system preference editor * documentation improvements * necessary forward ports to preserve enhancements that were added to 3.0.x but which were not submitted to HEAD. I reserve the release manager's prerogative to bring in a few more minor enhancement patches that have already been submitted, and also reserve the right to add in one more enhancement I promised a library - permitting bibs to be cataloged without requiring any use or generation of authority records. However, if that should prove too unstable, I will not consider that last enhancement a blocker for the general release of 3.2. At this point, my criteria for moving to beta are as follows: * all HEAD and 3.2 blocker bugs are resolved, recategorized, or intentionally targeted for 3.4. * we have proof of a clean upgrade path from 3.0.0 to 3.2.0. * we have proof of a clean upgrade path from 3.0.5/6 to 3.2.0 - because of the numerous functionality enhancements in the 3.0.x series, this upgrade path is definitely distinct from the path originating in 3.0.0. * we have a completely clean pass of all test cases on (at least) Debian Lenny. Regarding management of branches in git.koha.org repository, I intend to start a 3.2.x branch and have bugfixes patches flow from HEAD to 3.2.x. I recommend that patches meant for inclusion in 3.4 be applied to a new 3.4-future topic branch, but leave final word on that up to Chris. Translators can consider a soft string freeze to be in effect - string changes to fix en-US typos will be accepted, but by and large strings should now be stable. I'm working on full release notes, but notable improvements in 3.2 include but are not limited to: * A revamped acquisitions module * An improved system preference editor * Improved patron card and item label creator * email checkout slips * branch transfer limits * support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced content * improvements in Koha's ability to express circulation policies As with any alpha release, 3.2-alpha is *not* recommend for use in a production environment. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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KohaCon 2010 Volunteers #koha 10am 16 Feb
by Russel Garlick 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hi all, Thanks to all who have offered to help out with KohaCon 2010. http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:kohacon2010:volunteers We will be having our first IRC meeting for all conference volunteers at 10am Tuesday 16th of Feb in #koha on irc.katipo.co.nz. For those of you in different time zones: http://bit.ly/9wnoaI AGENDA 1. Catch up/Present overall plan - (there will be something posted on the wiki in the next week or so) 2. Confirming roles 3. Set time for regular catch up meeting on IRC. Catch you then, Cheers, Russel

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KOHA ADDING NEW MARC Record
by laconiac 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

need help waiting for king response to my message posted yesterday -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/KOHA-ADDING-NEW-MARC-Record-tp27430830p27430830.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Library class using Koha
by Shirley Lew 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Hello, I'm new to this discussion list and thought I should introduce myself. My name is Shirley Lew and I'm teaching a course, Library Automation & Systems, at the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies (SLAIS) program at UBC this term - course web site is here http://blogs.ubc.ca/libr551/blog/. The course is using an instance of Koha for Class and we also have access to Evergreen for learning/teaching purposes. For the majority of students, this is the first opportunity for hands-on exploration of an open source ILS and they're looking forward to it! The major course assignment this term involves evaluating and comparing some of the functionality between Koha and Evergreen. I will be encouraging students to subscribe to this listserv, both to observe the discussion and to ask questions as they get to know the system. The Koha community is clearly a very supportive and collegial one, so I thank everyone in advance for any help/support you can offer students who may ask questions. Shirley

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Koha Community Handover Meeting Today on IRC
by Nicole Engard 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

This is a reminder that there is an IRC meeting today at 19:00 UTC+0 The agenda can be found on the wiki at: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:events:meetings:irc_meetings:meetingnot… Thanks Nicole C. Engard

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Receiving serials item: customize item subfield population
by Christopher Curry 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Hello everyone. A few questions about serials: I'm working on getting the serials module working correctly (or at least limping along). When receiving a new item from within a subscription record, some data is automatically generated in the item record. The call number is applied (as defined in system preferences "itemcallnumber") and "serialseq" ( from serialitems table) is inserted into $v - Cost, replacement price. The latter is obviously a mistake, and is easy enough to fix by editing line 73 of /usr/share/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/serials/serials-edit.tmpl, replacing "v" with "h" to populate $h - Serial Enumeration / chronology with "serialseq" instead. <http://pastebin.com/m4e03ad68>function unHideItems(index,labelindex, serialId) { subfield = document.getElementById(index); subfield.style.display = 'block'; label = document.getElementById(labelindex); label.style.display='none'; // Prefilling 995$v with issue number // Getting item id itemid = $("fieldset#" + index + " div.cataloguing_additem_itemlist div.items").attr("id"); // Getting subfield id subfieldid = "subfield" + itemid.substr(4) + "v"; // Setting text field $("#" + subfieldid + " input[type='text']").val($("#serialseq" + serialId).val()); } I was pointed to the following bug that deals with this issue: Bug http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3899 normal, PATCH-Sent, ---, nengard(a)gmail.com, NEW, Receive Serial Item Has Copy Info in Wrong Field However, I'm trying to do a more involved customization to populate $h with "publisheddate" from the serialitems table and append "serialseq" to the call number in $o. Any tips on how I can achieve this? I tried copying the js from above and changing the subfield to o and replacing serialseq with publisheddate, but this doesn't output the publisheddate field; it also overwrites the call number generated by system preferences, rather than appending to the end of it, so I guess something more sophisticated is necessary? In addition, $c, shelving location is missing from this form...I checked the MARC Bibliographic Framework and the code for the hidden field of 952$c is correct & it displays correctly when creating a non-serial item. Thanks for your time. -- Cheers, Christopher Curry Assistant Technical Librarian / Assistant IT Officer American Philosophical Society 105 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386 Tel. (215) 599-4299 ccurry(a)amphilsoc.org <mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org> *For technical support, please use helpdesk(a)amphilsoc.org <mailto:helpdesk@amphilsoc.org>* Main Library number: (215)440-3400 APS website: http://www.amphilsoc.org

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CSV Profiles Documentation
by Nicole Engard 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

I have a documentation question re: csv profiles - what does each separator mean? what's the diff between a csv separator, field separator and subfield separator? Thanks Nicole

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