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Re: [Koha] [was: Holds]
by Cab Vinton 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

2009/7/16 Joe Atzberger <ohiocore(a)gmail.com>: > in the future I think it we will be less permissive > about allowing the appearance of features to persist in the software with no > code to back it up. I would strongly recommend that NO features w/ code lacking be added to the software. Vaporware merely confuses and annoys people. Deprecated features are probably another matter. That said, Koha's model for identifying, prioritizing, & sponsoring development of new/ improved features could probably use some tweaking. Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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Holds
by Cab Vinton 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

A few questions about handling holds in v.3.01.00.032. It appears that there's no way to get a list of holds to be pulled emailed automatically, i.e., staff need to run the "Holds to pull" report manually on a regular basis. Is this correct? What should happen next? The report says "The following holds have not been filled. Please retrieve them and check them in." What does "check in" mean here? We shouldn't check the material out to the patron as s/he won't have it in hand yet. The OPAC updates the item's status to "On hold", so that's taken care of, but patrons have no indication of how many patrons are ahead of them in the queue. Is this a new feature that others would like to see as well? Any other changes in holds management planned for v3.2? Thank you, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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koha doubts
by Sivasankari Muthuraja 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

1.how to make the payment through koha. Is there any online payment, payment gateway using creditcard for fine,books lost.or the payments made offline 2. I'm using OPAC library which is of academic mode from liblimedemo. I logged in as a patron with login details provided.When i do a search and add the listed books to the cart in the current session. How will the details of books from the selected list of books (i.e) they are available in cart. is passed over to the staff client to make checkout. Thanks Sivasankari

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New Koha Virtual Appliances Available
by Kyle Hall 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hey all, I have finished uploading a new set of Koha virtual appliances. Each version is available in VirtualBox or VMWare formats, and in configured and unconfigured states. At the moment, there are versions for the 3.01 official release, and versions for 3.01.00.032, which was the latest from git.koha.org at the time it was created. URL: http://kylehall.info/index.php/projects/koha/koha-virtual-appliance/ Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )

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Finding recently added records
by Sébastien Hinderer 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Dear all, Given a date, is it possilbe in Koha to obtain a list of all the records that have been added to the catalogue after this date ? I had a brief look to the statistics module but couldn't find this feature. Many thanks in advance for your help, Sébastien.

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koha doubts
by Sivasankari Muthuraja 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

1.How to make the zebra server run 2.In opac, can i add the comments about the books.will it be viewable by all persons in opac acces 3.What is the use of creation of lists,public lists or private lists. - is it meant to view the group specific items alone. 4.for opac users - its displayed as renew/ return. - once select an item against the book and click the return, the status displayed as not renewable. how much renewal is allowed 5.but the staff client side - it's displayed as checkin/checkout 6.If an opac users - hold the items (is there any maximum hold limite). it its on hold. staff client can checkout the items with priority.. if the hold option - next available/ or the exact same boook with bibilionumber - what is the difference between those to.is it a deciding criteria for priority allocation -or depending on the patron types, priority allocated 7.is there any demo for adding a marc format records. Hope its very essential. Can't i any record with out this marc format. how will the marc format being maintained for the same item - but n copies. eg." Head first java" is the book but it has different editions. same edition has 2 copies. how will it be accessed in marc format -sivasankari

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Re: [Koha] biblionumber and biblioitemnumber
by Library Guy 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Thanks, Jesse. BTW - it looks like merging them is planned for Koha 3.2 according to the developer wiki. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Jesse<pianohacker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/7/15 Library Guy <library.guy.zero(a)gmail.com> >> >> Thanks Jesse. Any guess what the original thinking was for this >> 3-tiered structure? I can't think of any advantage to it. >> >> James >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Jesse<pianohacker(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > 2009/7/15 Library Guy <library.guy.zero(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> >> What is the reasoning/advantage for assigning both a biblionumber and >> >> a biblioitemnumber? In my test database they are always identical. >> >> Would there ever be an example where they would differ, and if not, >> >> why the duplication? >> >> >> >> James >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Koha mailing list >> >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > >> > In the past, it was actually a three-level hierarchy; each biblio had >> > multiple biblioitems, which in turn had multiple items. Nowadays, biblio >> > and >> > biblioitems perform much the same function, but the split remains. >> > (There >> > was a proposal to merge the two tables, but I'm not sure what's >> > happening >> > with that.) >> > >> > Note that biblionumber and biblioitemnumber are _usually_ equal, but >> > it's >> > not safe for the code to assume so. There are situations where they get >> > out >> > of sync. >> > >> > -- >> > Jesse Weaver >> > > > It actually allowed some fairly interesting features. For instance, if a > biblio had copies both in audiobook form and print form (separate > biblioitems), it allowed patrons to place a hold either on any form of that > book, any copy of just one form (say, any of the copies of the audio book), > or just one particular copy of the book. The original sponsors of Koha and > this feature, the Horowhenua Library Trust, have called it a proto-FRBR. > > That said, that particular code has aged so much that bringing back such > features would be a massive undertaking (that we might have to do anyway, if > FRBR ever becomes practical). > > See http://www.frbr.org/ for more info on FRBR. > > -- > Jesse Weaver >

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koha doubts
by Sivasankari Muthuraja 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

hi, Need help in installing zebra server for fedora10 linux machine. I have installed idzebra-2.0.8.tar.gz. unzipped the contents and ran ./configure ,make ,make install. but when i tried to start the server , i m unable to do it I didnt understand the contents provided in INSTALL.fedora7 zebrasrv east / usr / bin with the name zebrasrv-2.0 go to the directory / usr / bin cd / usr / bin koha become user by typing the command su: su Koha zebra start the server by the command: ./zebrasrv-2.0-f / etc / koha / koha-conf.xml Starting the daemon Zebraqueue zebraqueue_daemon.pl is in / usr / share / koha / bin go in / usr / share / koha / bin cd / usr / share / koha / bin and launch the script zebraqueue_daemon.pl . / zebraqueue_daemon.pl kindly help over. I have given yes - Install the Zebra configuration files? in the koha installation. IF i haven't started the zebra server, can i able to give the marc format of a book. I need to do a sample library. with 10books in cataloging. how would i add marc format for each record. thanks sivasankari

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koha DBD error - autocommit not implemented
by Richard D'Souza 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi, I have been trying to install Koha-3.00.03 on debian-lenny. After completing the install and pointing the browser to http://localhost:8080/, I get the following error: Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: DBD driver has not implemented the AutoCommit attribute at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 690. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 25. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Overdues.pm line 24. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Overdues.pm line 24. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 27. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 27. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 27. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 27. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 23. I have tried various version of DBI as well as DBD::mysql from the cpan archive as well as the lenny's own deb files. But the same error persists. This happens even after multiple installs of linux. I even got the same error on Debian etch with the latest cpan modules. Any help or lead will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Richard

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LDAP configuration in Koha3.0 on Linux
by Sai bhalaji Dhinakaran 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi, I am trying to configure Koha3.0 on Linux(Ubuntu) to use our LDAP server. I referred to the below link for configuration: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:ldap&s Our LDAP server does not provide any field name for password and hence I am not able to map in the koha_conf.xml file. Also, please let me know if there is any other file that I need to modify to succeed in configuring for this. Can someone please help me in resolving this issue since I am unable to understand the flow of this authentication process. Thanks and Regards, Sai. This email and any attachment(s) transmitted may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information relating to D&B TransUnion Analytic and Decision Services Private Limited. The information is intended solely for the recipient. No part of this information may be disclosed, copied, reproduced, distributed or made available in any form whatsoever without prior authorization. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender electronically and delete all copies immediately. This email may contain viruses. D&B TransUnion Analytic and Decision Services Private Limited has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this email. We strongly advise you to ensure that the email and any attachment(s) are free of any virus.

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