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Koha & fixed fields
by Cab Vinton 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

>From what I remember, Koha 3.0 does not use any of the information in the Leader. I'm not sure whether this is also true for the MARC 006, 007, & 008 tags/ fields, however. We have some original cataloging to do in-house & I don't want to spend a ton of time getting these fields right if it's not going to add any value to our patrons. Many thanks, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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Re: [Koha] Running koha from removable media
by James Leech 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Krishnan, This is a great start. The intention for this concept is to provide remote knowledge centre's with a simple way to use their computer to monitor their books, CD's and DVD's , in places without tech support or reliable computers. These remote communities don't get support or funding to purchase a library management system and so I am wondering if it would be very difficult to make a USB stick library management system. A copy could be made - one for the administrator as the master and one for the public to use for browsing. Any changes can be made on the 'admin stick', duplicating this at any time would update the public database. It would be best if it could be run from within a Windows environment without having to boot from the stick. This way, any computer that is working (desktop PC or a laptop) could be used to host the USB stick and software. Most of these remote libraries would have less than 1000 items total. Some have Internet - some don't. I have started a blog with a map showing where they all are : http://ikcnetwork.blogspot.com/ I might try and create mu own kitchen sink! Cheerio, James James Leech Project officer - Keeping Culture Strong State Library of Queensland - Cairns Reef Terminal Building Level 1, 1 Spence Street, Cairns Qld 4870 P.O. Box 2352, Cairns, 4870 mob: 0407 674 378 wk:(07) 4031 3232 hm: (07) 4095 2724 fax: (07) 4031 1234 ________________________________ From: Krishnan M [mailto:kmlist@yahoo.in] Sent: Wednesday, 14 January 2009 5:01 PM To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz; James Leech Subject: Re: [Koha] Running koha from removable media While i haven't tried it yet, it should certainly be possible. The Koha installer merely adds "web resources" (perl, javascript, images, and such), and a couple of configuration files for itself and Apache Koha depends on Apache, MySQL, and Perl language facilities plus Perl modules. The configuration file and the database contain everything unique that Koha "knows" about a particular installation. Indeed, very often i simply do a 'mysqldump' of Koha's database to my own USB stick when i want to work on my library catalog on my laptop elsewhere, instead of on the server itself. Also, i have the same database user setup, so that config files match. Also, a user called 'koha' on the operating system itself, that owns all of Koha's files. Of course, there are security risks with just setting up users on multiple machines this way. i have no experience with zebra, and can't comment on its configuration. A 'lite' version on a stick might assume that these are available on the server you plug it into, BUT have the database (and config) files on the stick itself so you can move between servers. A 'full' version might bundle everything, but the OS. A 'kitchen-sink' version is probably one that you can boot into with a full OS. Now, for some data: A 'du -sh /usr/share/koha' yields 316Mbytes Similar du -sh readings are as follows: 316M /usr/share/koha 1.4M /var/lib/mysql/koha3/ 476M /usr/local/share/perl/ 6.6M /usr/local/lib/perl/ The first is all the files for Koha's "pages". The second is a relatively freshly-installed Koha database (not much data), and the last two are the Perl modules Koha needs (and some more). This suggests a size under 1 Gig for the whole gig (pun intended) a USB stick throws up interesting possibilities for distribution, since i have now been supplying DVDs for Koha installs in places where no Internet is available. More about that in later mail. regards, krishnan --- On Wed, 14/1/09, James Leech <James.Leech(a)slq.qld.gov.au> wrote: From: James Leech <James.Leech(a)slq.qld.gov.au> Subject: [Koha] Running koha from removable media To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Date: Wednesday, 14 January, 2009, 2:39 AM Hello Has anyone ever heard of anyone attempting to run a simple library management system off a USB Stick? With USB sticks getting larger, and various solutions offering to boot Linux from your portable USB stick, would it be possible to run a version of koha that could manage a small library collection? I'm not very cluey about client / database solutions, but I noticed one post mentioning Koha running on a standalone PC with the client accessing the localhost. Also, how large would a koha installation be? Cheerio, James James Leech Project officer - Keeping Culture Strong State Library of Queensland - Cairns Reef Terminal Building Level 1, 1 Spence Street, Cairns Qld 4870 P.O. 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search problem with accents
by Didac Grau 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

I am currently on a project with a koha and I doubt you've seen that you have solved. When you do a search in mind if you have not had accent or not. You always get the same result. I wonder how I can do. Thank you very much, Didac Grau Sanvisen Dpt. Desenvolupament dgrau(a)ilertec.com Ilertec Consultoria Tecnològica, sll Pl. Sant Joan 23, 4-A 25007 Lleida Tel: 973 232 051 Fax: 973 225 630 http://www.ilertec.com <http://www.ilertec.com> AVÍS LEGAL: La informació adjunta és CONFIDENCIAL, sent per a l'ús exclusiu del destinatari del missatge. Si llegiu aquest missatge i no sou el destinatari assenyalat, l'empleat o l'agent responsable d'entregar el missatge al destinatari, l'informem que és totalment prohibit qualsevol divulgació, distribució o reproducció d'aquesta comunicació. Si heu rebut aquesta comunicació per error, si us plau notifiqueu-ho de forma immediata al remitent i esborreu el missatge junt amb les seus fitxers annexos. El correu electrònic via Internet no permet assegurar la confidencialitat o correcta recepció dels missatges, i és per això que ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL no assumeix cap tipus de responsabilitat pels danys ocasionats. Si en qualsevol moment voleu modificar la seva decisió de no rebre informació comercial d'ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL a través del correu electrònic comuniqueu-ho a ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL a la següent adreça: Pl. Sant Joan 23, 4-A 25007-Lleida. Si voleu expressar-nos algun dubte o pregunta sobre aquest assumpte, us demanem que us poseu en contacte amb nosaltres al telèfon 973 232 051, donant referència al assumpte "Protecció de Dades". Si voleu fer ús dels drets d'accés, rectificació o cancel·lació que us concedeix la Llei Orgànica 15/1999, comuniqueu-ho a ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL a la següent adreça: Pl. Sant Joan 23, 4-A 25007-Lleida. AVISO LEGAL: La información adjunta es CONFIDENCIAL , siendo para el uso exclusivo del destinatario arriba mencionado. Si Ud. lee este mensaje y no es el destinatario señalado, el empleado o el agente responsable de entregar el mensaje al destinatario, le informamos que está totalmente prohibida cualquier divulgación, distribución o reproducción de esta comunicación. Si Ud. ha recibido esta comunicación por error, por favor, notifíquelo inmediatamente al remitente y borre el mensaje junto con sus ficheros anexos. El correo electrónico vía Internet no permite asegurar la confidencialidad o correcta recepción de los mensajes, por lo que ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL. no asume responsabilidad alguna por los daños causados. Si en cualquier momento Ud. desea modificar su decisión de no recibir información comercial de ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL. a través de correo electrónico. comuníquelo a ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL. en la siguiente dirección: Pl. Sant Joan 23, 4-A 25007-Lleida. Si nos quiere expresar alguna duda o pregunta sobre este asunto, rogamos contacte con nosotros en el teléfono 973 232 051, refiriéndose al asunto "Protección de Datos". Si desea ejercitar los derechos de acceso, rectificación o cancelación que le concede la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, comuníquelo a ILERTEC CONSULTORIA TECNOLÒGICA, SLL. en la siguiente dirección: Pl. Sant Joan 23, 4-A 25007-Lleida. P Abans d'imprimir aquest e-mail penseu bé si és necessari fer-ho: El medi ambient es cosa de tots.

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[KOHA] - Return Date
by Peter Scott 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi, We have Koha 2.2.7 install under Linux. When we issue a book, the return date is correctly shown if we use the sticky date, but when we select the "Year" pull-down, we can only select years between 2004 and 2008. Is there a parameter we can change to enable 2009 onwards? If so what do we need to change? Regards, Peter Peter Scott IT Administrator IPPA, The Early Childhood Organisation Unit 4 Broomhill Business Complex Broomhill Road Tallaght Dublin 24 Tel: 01 4630010 DDI: 01 4630015 Fax: 01 4630045 Web: www.ippa.ie <http://www.ippa.ie/> IPPA, the Early Childhood Organisation is a company incorporated in the State, Registration No. 120996. Registered Office: Unit 4 Broomhill Business Complex, Broomhill Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. IPPA, the Early Childhood Organisation is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Reg. Charity No. CHY6218 IPPA, the Early Childhood Organisation, is funded by the Irish Government under The National Development Plan 2000-2006 and the European Union through the European Structural Fund. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by virus scanning software for the presence of computer viruses.

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Koha NPL template
by Vimal Kumar 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Dear Friends, I would like to know in which year and in which release onwards npl template available with Koha? I write a conference paper regarding open source ILS, information is helpful for this purpose. Thanks in advance, -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Borrower will leave soon
by Shivendra Singh 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

I have installed Koha 2.2.9. when I try to issue a book I got two messages saying "Borrower will leave soon" and "Issuing impossible", "Borrower card expired" and refused to issued anything. Please help how can I solve above Reagards, -- Shivendra Singh

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Spine labels
by Mark Osborne 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hello, What do people do for printing spine labels with Koha? We've got a new install of version 3.0 Any advice welcome. -- Hei konā mai, Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School.

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Question about Zebra (Koha v3.0)
by Lenora Oftedahl 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

hello all. I've been entering some new records for a different branch. They are not showing up in my searches. They are all there as they show up in the ItemTypes report by branch. I'm logged in as a SuperLibrarian (I need a new personal logo), so shouldn't everything show up in my search? Is there a way to set my default library as every branch in the catalog? How do I get to these records after entry to edit or add holdings? Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Library Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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Another UTF-8 encoding question
by Chadwick, John, DCA 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Play time is over and I am now building a couple of servers using Ubuntu 8.04 and the latest git version of Koha. So far the installations have been clean and easy. I have just one more UTF-8 encoding question. Being in the southwestern U.S. we are trying to deal with some titles that have Spanish character sets to go along with our primarily English character sets. In looking over Koha Wiki entry for encoding and character sets, http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad., I have a question about the section on combining characters and collations. The search entry may not necessarily have the special character, but we need to return records with special characters. For those who have had to deal with this, which would you recommend, utf8_unicode_ci or utf8_general_ci for the collation collection? The word Univerzalitás is a unicode combining form. When you copy/paste it into a text editor or use a keyboard to type it, it is most likely going to be the non-combining form: Univerzalitás. (in the non-combining form, the hex for the accented a is: Hex 0301; for the non-combining form it’s: Hex 61, Hex 00e1). Non-combining form: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/00e1/index.htm Combining form: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/61/index.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0301/index.htm Univerzalitás Univerzalitás It seems that the utf8_general_ci collation doesn’t support equality for those two forms. However, utf8_unicode_ci seems to work. If you have combining characters in your data, you may want to go with statements like: ALTER TABLE marc_word MODIFY word VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci; and be sure to add init-connect = ‘SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci’ to your my.cnf Thanks, John +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: 505-476-9740 Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761 john.chadwick(a)state.nm.us http://www.nmstatelibrary.org Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System.

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Rebuild zebra once per day or more often?
by Lenora Oftedahl 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Hello. I saw someone mention they were rebuilding their zebra indexes more often than once per day. What would be the benefit of that? Besides having immediate access to changes? Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Library Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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