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Re: [Koha] Patron login, password, card number, PIN terminology
by Nelson Fredsell -CCE 26 May '09

26 May '09

Thanks, Agnes. One of our libraries doesn't issue patron cards (or have a barcode scanner), and as another variation we are even considering using letters for card number, so user: gorwell card#: gorwell pwd: 1234 Take care, Nelson From: Agnes Rivers-Moore [mailto:arm@hanover.ca] Sent: 23 May 2009 03:13 PM To: Nelson Fredsell -CCE Subject: Re: [Koha] Patron login, password, card number, PIN terminology Hello Nelson This is poorly labelled on the Koha system - I believe both login screens work the same way. Your patron can log in with either the card number, or the OPAC user ID - both seem to work. In our case we are using the card number as ID unless the user changes it themselves, so that there is less confusion. In your case: gorwell and 1234 - or - 3333 and 1234 will work in any OPAC login screen, whatever the screen text says. Try it and see! Agnes Nelson Fredsell -CCE wrote: Dear all, I'm a little befuddled about the login account/borrowing account information required by Koha. Do I need three distinct pieces of information, or may I use only two pieces? eg. Patron is George Orwell User: gorwell password/pin: 1234 George's card number: 3333 Using this information, I may either On the default Koha home page I can either "Log in to Your Account" with "Login" and "Password", or Click the link, "Log in to your account" in the upper right. This goes to a screen that asks for "Your card number" and "Password or PIN" What's the difference? Are login and cardnumber interchangeable re OPAC and/or Circulation? Thanks, Nelson implementing a union catalogue in Cape Town, South Africa _____ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _____ This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.com -- Agnes Rivers-Moore Assistant Librarian Hanover Public Library

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Suggestion: Mysql backup from Koha
by Vimal Kumar 26 May '09

26 May '09

Dear Koha Developers, Here is a suggestion for coming Koha release. Librarians need a user friendly interface to export Koha Mysql database for back up purpose. This feature will reduce the difficulties of daily backup using manual methods (using commands). PMB open source ILS added this feature successfully. With thanks, -- 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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automatic barcode numbers
by Bob Birchall ＠ Calyx 26 May '09

26 May '09

Carmel Young wrote: Problem: When adding records, the barcode does not automatically present the next sequential number. Can anyone help? Carmel, what is the setting of your System Preference 'Cataloging / autoBarcode' ? Bob Birchall CALYX

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On leave
by Wei Wei LEE 26 May '09

26 May '09

I will be out of the office starting 26/05/2009 and will not return until 28/05/2009. I will respond to your message when I return. For urgent matters, please contact Ms Ho Lam Fong at 6332 1812 for assistance.

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Intranet password
by M L N 25 May '09

25 May '09

Hello, i just installed Koha and went into intranet to get to the librarian interface however i can't login and i don't remember Koha asking me for a password or user name. What should i do? I installed koha 2.2.9 for windows. Kind regards, Linh

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NEW TO KOHA
by MR FAIZ MUHAMMAD 25 May '09

25 May '09

Dear Koha I am a librarian in a PUBLIC Health Services Acadmey in NWFP, Pakistan. I want to automate my library using Koha software on RHLS 5.0. Can you please help me how to install koha on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and having fedora on client side. looking forward to hear from you. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours MR FAIZ MUHAMMAD

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RFC: Koha Virtual Appliances
by Kyle Hall 25 May '09

25 May '09

Hey All, It's been awhile since I've put out any new Koha Virtual Appliances. And I was hoping to get some input on what types would be most useful. There are so many combinations, so I was hoping to narrow down the list. First off, we have 3 software options to choose from: 1) VirtualBox 2) Xen 3) VMWare I've switched from using VMWare to VirtualBox for my local vm's, and switched from VMWare to Xen for our big iron virtualization. I like the fact that VirtualBox is has a completely Free version. Not need to get serial numbers from anyone, plus I despise VMWare Server 2, I don't like the direction it has taken. So I would say VirtualBox images are a given. I could also roll Xen appliances. However, I'm not sure if anyone would actually use them. If you can set up Xen, then setting up a Koha demo is trivial in comparison. I would also be willing to continue making VMWare images if there most people would still use them. Second is the issue of configuration. In the past, I've been rolling 2 types of vm's for each Koha version: 1) Fully configured up to but not including the web-based setup. This allows someone to still choose Zebra or NoZebra, and decide what if any example data is imported. 2) Fully configured up to and including the web-based setup, with all example data included. I think this is a good combination, but I'm interested in hearing opinions from others. Is number 2 really useful when it can be created from number 1 trivially? I'm just wondering of the web-based config would be enough to scare off any potential Koha converts. Third, which versions of Koha should be rolled, and how often? Koha changes to fast to make one for every version, but I'd be willing to try doing monthly/bi-monthly updates. Should I bother with main releases, such as 3.01? These days, it seems like the latest version is always pretty stable, and I think the manual tends to follow the latest version. Are there frozen versions of the manual for releases such as 3.01? Any other input is welcome. Thanks, Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )

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MARC frameworks - "link"
by Ondrej Mlecka 25 May '09

25 May '09

In the MARC bibliografic frameworks there is the possibility of using a "link" to other MARC fields. According to the Koha Manual there should appear "a little glass" after the subfield. However, I can't find it. I would like to use this link for the following purpose: in the MARC field 440 I do not want to create the authority list, but just simply see if the value I want to insert has been inserted before in another records. In this case, I would like to choose the value I have inserted in previous records. Could anyone tell me, please, how this link function? Thank you a lot Ondrej Mlecka Casa Balthasar Rome

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MARC 001 Field
by Ondrej Mlecka 25 May '09

25 May '09

In the MARC 21 code there is the 001 field, which is the unequivocal idetifier of each record. However, I can't find any support for this field in Koha (for ex. a script which fills this field authomatically). Could anyone tell me how does this field function in Koha? It seems that Koha uses rather some of the 999 subfields for the unequivoque identifiing. Is therefore sme way how to map the Koha field in 001 MARC field? Or, in Koha is it prefered not to use this field?... Thank you in advance Ondrej Mlecka Casa Balthasar Rome

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Kete 1.2 released
by Joann Ransom 25 May '09

25 May '09

Hello everyone, The much anticipated Kete 1.2 release is now available. The official announcement can be read here: http://kete.net.nz/blog/topics/show/272-kete-12-released Kete 1.2 contains the first functionality to allow the beginnings of integration with Koha 3 (along with other ILS that provide RSS feeds for their catalogs) and 1.3 and 1.4 will contain more extensive ways tie to tie-in to a libraries other online resources like Koha To grab the software, read the details of the downloads topic: http://kete.net.nz/site/topics/show/25-downloads You can browse the code online at http://github.com/kete/kete/tree/1-2-stable Thanks to all the people that have given ideas for enhancements, bug reports, contributed code, and funding. Regards, Joann Ransom.

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