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Event Reminder: NZ Koha Users group meeting
by Joann Ransom 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hi all, Just a friendly reminder about the NZ Koha users group meeting on July 17th (yes - next week!). You can find more information in this blog post: http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/06/nz-koha-users-group-meeting.html Please RSVP to me by this Friday. Cheers Jo Ransom. Acting Head of Libraries. Horowhenua Library Trust

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Fine calculation: need more help
by Vimal Kumar 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear Friends, I need your help to clear my doubts on fine calculation. My Koha doesnt calculate fine. I configured the following options in Koha for fine calculation, but fine not calculating. I set the finemode > Production I also created fine rules. I executed following two commands after installation steps crontab -u root crontab.example crontab -u vimal crontab.example Aafter executing the command, entries in crontab.example automatically transferred to system crontab file. Following is the entry in crontab -e for fines, # FINES 5 1 * * * $KOHA_CRON_PATH/fines.pl Is this entry in crontab is right? Location of fines.pl in my system is /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs Any other things i have to be add in crontab to start fine calculation? -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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WITHDRAWN items shouldn't check in?
by Mickey Coalwell 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

"Withdrawn" status currently blocks checkout from occurring. It seems to me that "Withdrawn" status should also block check-in, prompting staff user with a message "ITEM IS WITHDRAWN." The reason this is important: For some libraries, LOST items older than x months cannot be returned, as a matter of policy. The replacement cost is billed to the patron. Items LOST longer than x months will be manually given a WITHDRAWN status by staff, in addition to LOST. This is intended to prevent check-in of LOST items older than x months. But if WITHDRAWN status allows check-in, then the Returned Item functionality in Fines will credit the account with the replacement cost. This should ONLY happen for items that are LOST, but NOT for items that are LOST/WITHDRAWN. I can't think of a situation in which Koha should legitimately allow a WITHDRAWN item to check in, so I'm reporting this as a bug rather than an enhancement; however, I'm open to discussion. :) Owen Leonard comments: I don't have an opinion either way, but I want to point out that at the moment there is no concrete definition of what "withdrawn" means in Koha. Some libraries may already be using it in a way that conflicts with your description. I hope folks will chime in, but it might be worth taking the issue to the Koha list for wider discussion. -- Mickey Coalwell, Library Development Consultant Northeast Kansas Library System 4317 W. 6th Street Lawrence, KS 66049 Phone: 785-838-4090 Fax: 785-838-3989 Toll Free: 1-888-296-6963

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Koha 3 coplete manual, broken images
by Stefano Bargioni 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

In http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/referencemanual-all-pages all images like http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/dctn875x_150gmm93fcd.jpg/image_lar… seem broken. Stefano

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Adding a coded field to the default Unimarc framework
by Sébastien Hinderer 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear all, I'm trying to add Unimarc field 009 to the default Unimarc framework. I have bulkmarcimported a few records for which this field is defined, and now I'd like this field to be displayed in the OPAC MARC view and in the staff client MARC view. The marc_tag_structure table contains meaningful values. More over, I have tried different values for the tab and hidden colmn in the marc_subfield_structure. However I could never see the 009 field, neither in the staff client's MARC view, nor in OPAC's marc view. Any hint would be very appreciated. Thanks much in advance, Sébastien.

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to liblime
by Jonson philip 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

hi yasterday some one asking ( asking about is it indexing records an error in koha 3.0 . 3.0.1 3.0.2 3.0.3 and will fixed in future versions i think any integrated system install with default indexing records not to run or set up supplement programme to make that ) any one of liblime profs have an answer becouse it's so important .....

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loans and bulkmarcimport.pl
by Bob Ewart 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

We are in the process of migrating from DBText for Libraries to Koha. I've worked out procedures and scripts for migrating the borrowers and catalog (not including archives and serials). Has anyone worked out a way to import loans? If I do get all the loans entered, will a final 'bulkmarcimport -d' cause problems with 952$q and s or any other field? -- Bob

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problem with Amazon content after reboot and update
by Emrys Minnig 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Recently all of my Amazon content died. It was working fine on 3.02, and then the other day, after a server reboot, it just stopped. Item details pages keep throwing Error 500 messages on the intranet and 404s on the OPAC. Turning all Amazon content off fixes things but is a lot less pretty. After hearing about the known issue with Amazon sysprefs in 3.02, I downloaded and installed 3.03. However, the webinstaller never ran (though I'm not sure it was supposed to on this update). Additionally, on the 'About Koha' page, it says that my version is still 3.02. I do notice some differences, though. Nearly all of the Amazon system preferences are now on the 'Local Use' tab rather than the 'Enhanced Content' tab. Is this normal, or could my systempreferences table be corrupted? Anyone have a clue? Emrys

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Re: [Koha] crontab - rebulid zebra
by Nicole Engard 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Please remember to reply to all so that the entire mailing list gets your emails. It is my understanding that this is already in the installation notes as #4 4. Schedule regular index updates run rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job, check misc/cronjobs/crontab.example for usage examples --- 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/ On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Jonson philip<superjojo1000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > hi > so the indexing on koha 3 not a problem and the crontab must included in > koha 3 installation manual .. that's right or not?? thank's >

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Re: [Koha] OpacSupression
by Galen Charlton 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi, On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Birmingham, David<dbirmingham(a)ptfs.com> wrote: >>>To clarify, turning on the OpacSupression syspref enables the capability >>> to suppress OPAC display of >>individual records. To actually suppress a >>> particular bib record, it's still necessary to set the >>942$n subfield to 1 >>> (if you're using the MARC21 frameworks). "individual records" = "individual bibliographic records". I did not mean to imply that it suppressed item records. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Research & Development, LibLime galen.charlton(a)liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 skype: gmcharlt

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