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Problem solved
by Lenora Oftedahl 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

I turned off the XSLT display options and can now view detailed records. Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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Zebra documentation
by Lenora Oftedahl 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hello. I'm looking for the Zebra documentation. Can someone send a web address or is this info in the manual as well? Our Zebra rebuild is now failing and edits are not being retained. Any advice? Lenora StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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Re: [Koha] Counting the cost
by Nelson Fredsell -CCE 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Thank you, Cory, I would be interested in your fellow. To LibLime's credit, I'm in the Newsgroup because they pointed me here when it quickly became apparent that their services were too expensive for our teacher training college and related organisations. We use a homegrown Microsoft Access db at present (with barcode scanner!), so exporting would be no problem (even I could handle this end of it!). Just time and energy... Please pass along the referral offline if it's not appropriate to do so within the newsgroup. Thanks much, Nelson > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory Jaeger [mailto:cjaeger@dce.k12.wi.us] > Sent: 18 February 2009 04:45 PM > To: nelson(a)cfce.org.za > Subject: Re: [Koha] Counting the cost > > We're working with a fellow in India who charges only $20/hour. He has > been vastly better than LibLime who we were contracting with > previously. At that price even some regular ongoing support wouldn't > break a school's budget. > > Without seeing your existing catalogging system I doubt anyone can tell > you whether it would work with Koha or not. Since Koha IS a > catalogging (and check out, etc.) system I would think you would be > best to migrate to Koha. The guy we have been working with seems quite > good at migrating data (again better than LibLime was for us.) If it's > not to hard to export data out of your system, and if the data is > fairly complete, he might be able to import it all into Koha for you. > > Let me know if you want his contact info. > > Cory A. Jaeger > Network Manager > D.C. Everest Area Schools > 6300 Alderson ST > Weston, WI 54476 > (715) 359-4221 x1393 > > >>> "Nelson Fredsell -CCE" <nelson(a)cfce.org.za> 02/18/09 8:24 AM >>> > I am considering Koha for our very small libraries (Fewer than 50 > transactions/day). We might get some help doing the initial setup on a > CentOS 5.2 server. We're wanting a basic install, allowing patrons to > do > online search of catalogues of multiple collections in a single > library, and > multiple libraries belonging to legally separate NGOs. > > > > +Once set up, is it possible that it could need very little > support/maintenance? We could pay something for set up, but ongoing > annual > support fees we'd like to avoid. > > > > +And I suppose that support could be provided remotely, perhaps on an > hourly > basis, with the exception of possibly needing to reboot the server. > > > > +We have limited IT skills inhouse and NO full time library staff. > > > > + Staff who do the cataloguing would not be professional librarians. > > > > +We've developed our own cataloguing system, not standard in any way - > can > Koha work with this? Maybe over time we'd like to standardize. > > > > +If so, the chaser question is that each very small (NGO/school) > library has > its own cataloguing system: would this be a problem for Koha - single > install, multiple administrators (one at each library). > > > > I don't want to bite off more than we can chew, and I don't want to > leave my > NGO in the lurch after I'm no longer employed there. I have about > three > months to implement something, and make sure it's stable. > > > > Thanks very much for feedback, > > Nelson > > > > Administrator / resident techie > > Centre for Creative Education > > Cape Town, South Africa > > www.cfce.org.za > > > >

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Re: [Koha] Counting the cost
by Nelson Fredsell -CCE 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Excellent point - sometimes I'm sure I can't see the forest for the trees, and maybe this is one of those times. I will say, that despite its small size, using an OPAC like Koha would allow us to potentially serve patrons who live across a wide geographic area, i.e. across South Africa. Also, we're thinking a Koha installation might encourage collaborative activity as multiple organisations learn to share an ILS, and make a wider range of library resources available to respective members, and perhaps eventually to non-members or other libraries via inter-library loans. Perhaps Koha could help us make a valuable resource more accessible to society. Finally, as a non-librarian myself, my understanding is that one of the key qualities of an ILS like Koha is its ability to point the user to appropriate books, etc. according to the need - i.e. strong search features build into the software (I assume Koha has this). Often our students find books by simply looking on the shelf, then choosing ones that look interesting. However, more advanced library users may find first-rate materials through a more abstract process of heading to the computer for some leads. Again, thank you for the reality check. I'll keep considering what you've said. From: Erik Lewis [mailto:elewis@ngrl.org] Sent: 18 February 2009 05:17 PM To: Nelson Fredsell -CCE Subject: Re: [Koha] Counting the cost I'm going to say it, but is automating a library with fewer than 50 transactions a day really needed? The bulk of the functionality of a ILS is to replicate manual processes that libraries began with because those tasks became to arduous to perform manually. To each their own but to me it seems like a sledge hammer to kill a fly? I'm all for the growth of Koha and free solutions, but I think there are times to stand back and ask do I need a shovel or backhoe? On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Nelson Fredsell -CCE wrote: I am considering Koha for our very small libraries (Fewer than 50 transactions/day). We might get some help doing the initial setup on a CentOS 5.2 server. We're wanting a basic install, allowing patrons to do online search of catalogues of multiple collections in a single library, and multiple libraries belonging to legally separate NGOs. +Once set up, is it possible that it could need very little support/maintenance? We could pay something for set up, but ongoing annual support fees we'd like to avoid. +And I suppose that support could be provided remotely, perhaps on an hourly basis, with the exception of possibly needing to reboot the server. +We have limited IT skills inhouse and NO full time library staff. + Staff who do the cataloguing would not be professional librarians. +We've developed our own cataloguing system, not standard in any way - can Koha work with this? Maybe over time we'd like to standardize. +If so, the chaser question is that each very small (NGO/school) library has its own cataloguing system: would this be a problem for Koha - single install, multiple administrators (one at each library). I don't want to bite off more than we can chew, and I don't want to leave my NGO in the lurch after I'm no longer employed there. I have about three months to implement something, and make sure it's stable. Thanks very much for feedback, Nelson Administrator / resident techie Centre for Creative Education Cape Town, South Africa www.cfce.org.za _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha *************************************************** Erik Lewis, Branch Manager Dalton-Whitfield County Library 706-876-1376

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Closer to finding my own answer
by Lenora Oftedahl 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

I've previously sent in an error I receive when trying to look at a detailed record in the OPAC. Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: Can't "next" outside a loop block at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/XSLT.pm line 65. I think this has to do with the frameworkcode which is currently not mapped in my Koha to MARC mapping tables. The relevant section (I think) is the following and line 65 is the #FIXME: wish there was a better way to handle exceptions. So, do I need to populate frameworkcode and if so, what do I populate with as I am using the default framework for most cataloging. sub transformMARCXML4XSLT { my ($biblionumber) = @_; my $record = GetMarcBiblio($biblionumber); my $biblio = GetBiblioData($biblionumber); my $frameworkcode = GetFrameworkCode($biblionumber); my $tagslib = &GetMarcStructure(1,$frameworkcode); my @fields; # FIXME: wish there was a better way to handle exceptions eval { @fields = $record->fields(); };

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Counting the cost
by Nelson Fredsell -CCE 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

I am considering Koha for our very small libraries (Fewer than 50 transactions/day). We might get some help doing the initial setup on a CentOS 5.2 server. We're wanting a basic install, allowing patrons to do online search of catalogues of multiple collections in a single library, and multiple libraries belonging to legally separate NGOs. +Once set up, is it possible that it could need very little support/maintenance? We could pay something for set up, but ongoing annual support fees we'd like to avoid. +And I suppose that support could be provided remotely, perhaps on an hourly basis, with the exception of possibly needing to reboot the server. +We have limited IT skills inhouse and NO full time library staff. + Staff who do the cataloguing would not be professional librarians. +We've developed our own cataloguing system, not standard in any way - can Koha work with this? Maybe over time we'd like to standardize. +If so, the chaser question is that each very small (NGO/school) library has its own cataloguing system: would this be a problem for Koha - single install, multiple administrators (one at each library). I don't want to bite off more than we can chew, and I don't want to leave my NGO in the lurch after I'm no longer employed there. I have about three months to implement something, and make sure it's stable. Thanks very much for feedback, Nelson Administrator / resident techie Centre for Creative Education Cape Town, South Africa www.cfce.org.za

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Re: [Koha] Online opac , intranet IP
by Cory Jaeger 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Use a free service like no-ip.com ( http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/free_dynamic_dns.html ) to create a hostname that changes when your dynamic IP changes. Many of these services can also do a port-80 redirect to allow you to server web pages on a system if your ISP blocks standard web servers. >>> john smith <smith_me(a)live.com> 02/18/09 1:50 AM >>> HI to all I have koha 3 on Ubuntu 8 and I have adsl connection with dynamic IP address (router IP ). I want to uploading opac and intranet interfaces online to access on it from another PCs. Any help to that thanx _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=…

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Multiple koha administrators for single koha for multiple libraries
by Amandeep Kansal 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

> > Savitra, > > After doing a little bit work, i found that after implementing this > solution, a librarian of one branch can access the data from other library > by setting the library from the "Library set" link at top of koha admin > panel, and can also do changes in other libraries data, I want much better > solution, please help me... > > > > regards > Amandeep > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM, savitra sirohi < > savitra.sirohi(a)osslabs.biz> wrote: > >> Amandeep, >> >> try setting systemadmin->admin->independentbranches to 'ON'. Do not >> give superlib permissions to staff of these branches. >> >> Thanks, >> Savitra Sirohi >> Nucsoft OSS Labs >> www.osslabs.biz >> >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Amandeep Kansal <kansalbpa(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear All, >> > >> > By setting permissions 'superuser', then user can read/write or can do >> > changes in other libraries, but i want that admin of one library cannot >> > write or do changes in other libraries. Please help me as soon as >> possible, >> > please.. >> > >> > >> > thanks >> > >> > regards >> > Amandeep Kansal >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Nicole Engard < >> nicole.engard(a)liblime.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Simply set up for patrons and set their permissions to Super Librarian >> >> for all of them - then they are all administrators. >> >> >> >> Check out the permissions information in the manual: >> >> https://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/ >> >> >> >> --- >> >> >> >> 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, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Amandeep Kansal <kansalbpa(a)gmail.com >> > >> >> wrote: >> >> > Dear All, >> >> > >> >> > I am facing a problem that I install a koha server, the problem is >> how >> >> > i >> >> > can use koha for 4 schools on one server, the koha administrators >> >> > (username/password) must be different for all 4 libraries, but >> student >> >> > can >> >> > search for book in four libraries and can place hold for book for any >> >> > library. >> >> > >> >> > thanks >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Er. Amandeep Kansal >> >> > Network Engineer >> >> > Chitkara Educational Trust >> >> > Saraswati Kendra, >> >> > Plot No.11-12,First Floor, >> >> > Dainik Bhasker Building ,Sector 25-D, >> >> > Chandigarh- 160014. >> >> > +91-172-4691800 >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Koha mailing list >> >> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Er. Amandeep Kansal >> > Network Engineer >> > Chitkara Educational Trust >> > Saraswati Kendra, >> > Plot No.11-12,First Floor, >> > Dainik Bhasker Building ,Sector 25-D, >> > Chandigarh- 160014. >> > +91-172-4691800 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Koha mailing list >> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > > > -- > Er. Amandeep Kansal > Network Engineer > Chitkara Educational Trust > Saraswati Kendra, > Plot No.11-12,First Floor, > Dainik Bhasker Building ,Sector 25-D, > Chandigarh- 160014. > +91-172-4691800 > -- Er. Amandeep Kansal Network Engineer Chitkara Educational Trust Saraswati Kendra, Plot No.11-12,First Floor, Dainik Bhasker Building ,Sector 25-D, Chandigarh- 160014. +91-172-4691800

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Multiple koha administrators for single koha for multiple libraries
by Amandeep Kansal 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Dear All, I am facing a problem that I install a koha server, the problem is how i can use koha for 4 schools on one server, the koha administrators (username/password) must be different for all 4 libraries, but student can search for book in four libraries and can place hold for book for any library. thanks -- Er. Amandeep Kansal Network Engineer Chitkara Educational Trust Saraswati Kendra, Plot No.11-12,First Floor, Dainik Bhasker Building ,Sector 25-D, Chandigarh- 160014. +91-172-4691800

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Online opac , intranet IP
by john smith 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

HI to all I have koha 3 on Ubuntu 8 and I have adsl connection with dynamic IP address (router IP ). I want to uploading opac and intranet interfaces online to access on it from another PCs. Any help to that thanx _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=…

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