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Export patrons
by Cab Vinton 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Koha 3.0 has a tool for importing patron data, but no tool for exporting patron data. This would come in very handy for making batch edits to large or large-ish numbers of patrons: Export all data, edit as needed, then import. (I believe the Import tool only allows for over-writing the entire patron record, rather than just any fields that happen to be non-null.) If I have things right here, is there a canned report that will effectively export all the data? Is there any danger of de-linking circ data with the corresponding patron record? Thank you, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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upgrade
by vinod kumar 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

hello how to koha 3.00.00 upgrade in 3.00.03 plz sugesst me Thanks & Regrds v Kumar

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Koha to MARC links issue
by Marisa Wood 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Hi again, We have just installed 3.0 and I've not touched the Koha to MARC links, but when I run the Framework test I get an error for a couple of fields. The message reads: "The biblio.biblionumber and biblioitems.biblioitemnumber fields be mapped to a MARC subfield." I'm not finding this sentence very helpful... They're currently mapped to 999$c and 999$d, respectively. . Any suggestions? Thanks a lot! Marisa Wood, MLIS Member Support Specialist BCR 14394 E. Evans Ave. Aurora, CO 80014 303.751.6277/800.397.1552

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Problem in Installation of KOHA-3.00.03 in fedora 10
by Sivasankari 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Hi All, I have asked a query mentioned below. The following fatal error has occurred: Can't locate ZOOM.pm in @INC Some of members have answered it. Thanks for those replies. Koha was already installed in my machine at /usr/shar/KOHA-3.00.03. - I have already ran the perl Makefile.PL from the /usr/share/koha-3.00.03 folder , then make,make test,make install and then web installer launched, which shows the error in browser , can't locate zoom.pm in @Inc in the web browser window while i gave http::/<ipaddress>:80/ . I started the process of installing the left over prerequisite module Net::Z3950::ZOOM 1.16. Which needs yaz and zebra to be installed. I searched and found the yaz rpm for fedora10, and installed yaz ( yaz-3.0.34-1.fc10.i386.rpm). But for idzebra i dont find the rpm for fedora10. it is available for fc6. Hence i downloaded idzebra-2.0.8.tar.gz. unzipped it and ran the ./configure,Make,Make install. After this , I called cpan > reload cpan . Now I gave cpan > force install Net::Z3950::ZOOM It shows the errors ====Screen output ========== cpan[2]> force install Net::Z3950::ZOOM Running install for module 'Net::Z3950::ZOOM' Running make for M/MI/MIRK/Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.25.tar.gz Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Net-Z3950-ZOOM-1.25-zyzKPg '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL' returned status 512, won't make Running make test Make had some problems, won't test Running make install Make had some problems, won't install =======Screen Output================ What shall i do? Will there be problem with installation of this module with Fedora10. I'm unable to launch koha with web installer. Since this essential module is needed. Did i need to uninstall koha and start from beginning. Or else can i run once again /usr/shar/KOHA-3.00.03.>perl Makefile.PL - reinstalling koha directly. Kindly help me out on this. Thanks in advance Sivasankari

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authority control and cataloging
by Anna Kågedal 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear all, I am a librarian with hardly any cataloging experience since library school, and I am now trying to learn how to catalog in Koha 3.0 that we are implementing in our school library. (We are changing from an old follett system). I have some problems, one of my major problems is the authority control for example Personal names. I understand the value, but I can't get it to work? It is there as a default, but I don't understand how to add the authority to search in? And I read some instructions that if no authority record is found, I'm supposed to be able to enter the author name manually, but I can't do that. The 100 9 and 100 a continues to be grey and non-writable. Is there a database to upload for this authority control ? Since our catalog is quite messy to begin with, we already have the problem of names entered differently, but with the smart search in koha I don't find it as problematic as in our old system, so I am thinking of "turning" authority control off. Problem is I don't understand how to do that either. Anyone who can help out? Anna ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anna Kågedal Kodaikanal International School Seven Roads Junction Kodaikanal 624101 Tamil Nadu, India home phone: +914542247269 cell phone: +919994535493 http://boxofbarfi.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/kislibrarian

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Cataloguers level
by Hugo Agud 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear all We re trying to creare diffferent cataloguers level, in order to let non librarían do a light cataloguong but we cant ser how Is for a school libeary, any suggestion Thanks in advance Enviado desde mi iPhone

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Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] duplicate items showing
by Jesse 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Koha should pop up a duplicate warning when the entered ISBN or barcode already exists in the catalog. If it isn't, it might indicate a problem with your setup. 2009/7/12, Zico <mailzico(a)gmail.com>: > Hi, if any member of my team enters one item twice... my koha accept those > and when i searches for that item... it shows twice or thrice or something > like these. I want to close this duplication. > > I want two things. > > 1. If anyone adds same item second time, koha will show that, "it has been > already added" > 2. By mistake, if it occurs.... the searching will never show one item > twice. > > How can i do that? > > -- > Best, > Zico > -- Jesse Weaver

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Circulation rules bound to Marc record
by Nelson Fredsell 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hello all, Our libraries have different circulation rules regarding a different number of renewals allowed. I believe 3 renewals is standard. However one library allows books to be checked out for 8 weeks, with a single renewal allowed for 4 weeks. This seems to present two problems: 1) Because number of renewals is bound to the Marc record (942 Item type), all libraries must have the same number of renewals, or multiple copies of same holding must be assigned to multiple Marc records. Please tell me there's a third option! 2) Renewals must be for the same time period as the initial checkout period? 3) Holdings must be checked out for a particular number of days, apparently, and not according to a calendar system. eg. books checked out on 1 Feb must be returned by/before 1 March. Thanks very much. My main concern is #1 above, as one of the great benefits of a union catalogue I imagined was to assign multiple items to the same record across multiple libraries, but there was good reason for the 8 week/4 week rule. (To complicate matters further, this same library has a second set of circulation rules available upon request: 6 month checkout for intensive study purposes! Also, a school library might allow staff to keep books out for a longer initial period, but not allow the standard number of renewals on that longer period.) Take care, Nelson implementing a union catalogue in Cape Town, South Africa

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OT: Surveys
by Nicole Engard 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hi all, A bit of an off topic email because I have something awesome to share. As you know I'm working on a survey, what you might not know is that I'm using an open source survey app to collect data. I know a lot of you do research sometimes, so I wanted you to know that I am using LimeSurvey (limesurvey.org) and it's awesome, open source, and runs on your server (versus other popular options). Next time you do a survey give it a whirl. --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 nce(a)liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/

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make:[test_dynamic] Error 255
by vijay kumar 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Dear all, I am getting the following error, during upgrade of koha-3.00.00 version to koha-3.00.03 version. Kindly suugest me, with regards, Vijay Kumar SCREENSHOT root@vijay-laptop:/usr/share/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....ok 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 9 extra. 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/Dates.t 255 65280 126 9 127-135 Failed 1/21 test scripts. -9/189 subtests failed. Files=21, Tests=189, 4 wallclock secs ( 3.00 cusr + 0.28 csys = 3.28 CPU) Failed 1/21 test programs. -9/189 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255

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