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koha-US Board Meeting Reminder for Wednesday, July 09, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Hello! The next koha-US Board Meeting is Wednesday, July 9, 2025. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+Board+Mee…> ) Where: Zoom <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/293750042?pwd=SGQzS2pmU3prNFhYRHNaeTFhOHN4QT09> Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15GkKrKRKKj4wtQTmZF3nr4DLOOZiB__t0LtILm_… If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org. Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-US.org

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 520
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

koha-US supplies the Koha community with wealth of information, some development opportunities, and an assortment special interest groups for many topics Koha, not to mention five seasons of a couple of good looking guys trying to educate the community on using Koha beyond the out-of-the-box experience. Today George will talk about one of several quick reference guides available to new users. https://youtu.be/AI2MkpZyiSs Sincerely, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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Re: [Koha] moving from local IP to OpenAthens SSO access - Koha users
by David Cook 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Hi Jeff, Joel has broken things down overall pretty well here. I'll step you through a little example. - Koha connects to Microsoft Entra ID using OpenID Connect - OpenAthens connects to Microsoft Entra ID using OpenID Connect (or whatever protocol but this one is the easiest to setup) - Koha contains catalogue records with OpenAthens links - User clicks a "Microsoft Login" button on Koha, they're redirected to Microsoft Entra ID, they login, they're redirected back to Koha as an authenticated user - User does some searching in Koha and click on an OpenAthens link. OpenAthens redirects them to Microsoft Entra ID. Microsoft Entra ID recognizes they're already logged in (so the user doesn't need to log in again), and redirects back to OpenAthens as an authenticated user - User does further work in Koha or OpenAthens and they don't involve Microsoft Entra ID anymore, since they're now logged into these apps. I would recommend using OpenID Connect as your SSO protocol, as it's easy to setup and very effective. In new versions of Koha, you can set it up largely on your own. The only thing you need your Koha provider to do is restart your Koha instance after you put in the configuration. -- One of my Koha libraries actually has a more advanced setup. They wanted to use SSO with Koha and OpenAthens, but they didn't have an Identity Provider like Microsoft Entra ID. So what we did is we hosted the open source Identity Provider Keycloak for them, and we built an extension that lets Keycloak use Koha's user store as its user database. We then hooked Koha and OpenAthens up to Keycloak using OpenID Connect, so they got SSO while being able to manage everything in Koha and users got to keep their existing passwords. -- Overall, it's not a particularly complicated process. IT people might try to scare you about it, but if the technical people know what they're doing - it's very simple. Using SAML instead of OpenID Connect does take more work to setup because the Koha and the Identity Provider (and the OpenAthens and the Identity Provider) needs to produce a signed metadata file to exchange, and Koha needs additional server-side config, but it's the same SSO concept at the end of the day, so same end user user experience. Anyway, hope that helps! David Cook Senior Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:15:51 -0500 From: "Coehoorn, Joel" <jcoehoorn(a)york.edu> To: Jeffrey Gabel <jeff.gabel(a)brooklaw.edu> Cc: Koha Community Mailing List <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, "koha-us(a)koha-us.org" <koha-us(a)koha-us.org> Subject: Re: [Koha] moving from local IP to OpenAthens SSO access - Koha users Message-ID: <CAMSeE4aBJ0mpD+qNkOw4hsTH7i-fJ3hpTHnX7Gaa6=gqLyy_Og(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" For this to work, you should **already** have functional SSO in your organization, usually including between Koha and a primary identity provider, such as MS Active Directory, Google, MS Azure/Entra, or an open provider of some sort (usually some flavor of LDAP). This might be provided by something like Okta, Duo, AD FS, MS Entra Enterprise Applications, or some other SAML or SAS (or even OAuth) service. OpenAthens then uses your existing SSO service to simplify connecting to licensed academic services: things like discovery, journals, serial articles, academic search, etc. You only need to set up the **one** connection between your SSO service and OpenAthens, and then OpenAthens has already done the hard work to know how to federate this with anyone else you might need. This allowed us, for example, to retire an old and insecure EZProxy service for students to get remote access to our licensed digital collections. But you need to have the initial SSO going first. Note Koha does *not* necessarily need to participate in this process at all. In this scheme, Koha is just one more application, and OpenAthens is another. Both depend on your SSO connection to an identity provider separate from each other. We used to have students connect to Koha via a SAML SSO connection, and this connection still works, but today students here interact with our catalog entirely via the EBSCO Discovery platform. The authentication path between EBSCO and our network is EBSCO => OpenAthens => AD FS (SAML) SSO => MS Active Directory. Eventually it will be EBSCO => OpenAthens => MS Entra Enterprise Application => MS Entra/Azure AD, but that's still a ways off. The main thing is neither case ever involves our Koha installation. But that's the student view. Library staff still directly use Koha for circulation and cataloguing. They authenticate to Koha via SSO, which is Koha => AD FS (SAML) SSO => MS Active Directory. (And the setup between Koha and AD FS was **not** simple or trivial, let me tell you). But again: this is optional. We could give library staff direct accounts/credentials within Koha, and skip the SSO here. The point is: you want existing separate SSO infrastructure before starting with OpenAthens. Then Koha can participate as a service provider/relying party to use account infrastructure and credentials kept elsewhere. This is also useful for getting MFA working, which makes the GLBA people happy. But I'm not sure I've ever seen it act as an identity provider, and its participation with an OpenAthens integration is a separate thing. I don't see it as part of the flow between your identity provider and OpenAthens, or between OpenAthens and other applications. If you're wanting to use existing accounts (and credentials) in Koha as an Identity Provider (IdP), it may be possible but I've not heard of anyone attempting it. *Joel Coehoorn* Director of Information Technology *York University* Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoehoorn(a)york.edu | york.edu

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moving from local IP to OpenAthens SSO access - Koha users
by Jeffrey Gabel 02 Jul '25

02 Jul '25

Hello, Brooklyn Law School is in the process of moving to SSO access with OpenAthens. We are wondering if other Koha users who have gone through this process could share their experiences and give advice. We are not clear on how an automated Athenizing of links in our cataloging will work. We also don't have any information about how to deal Athenizing links going forward as the catalog's holdings continue to change. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Gabel Acquisitions Librarian Brooklyn Law School Library 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-780-7978 jeff.gabel(a)brooklaw.edu

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Question on Cronjob for building holds queue
by Bruns, Anke 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

Dear list, one, and only one of our Koha servers/instances regularly sends this message: ---------- /etc/cron.hourly/koha-common: RealTimeHoldsQueue system preference is enabled, holds queue not built. Use --force to force building the holds queue. ipp-greifswald: 1 status returned by "/usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl" ---------- Does this mean we have to add --force as a parameter to the relevant line in koha-common, changing koha-foreach --chdir --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl to koha-foreach --chdir --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl --force ? I am asking because in none of our other instances this error message comes up although they all do not have the --force parameter. Thanks for your help in advance, and have a nice Monday! Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Organisation, Betrieb und Entwicklung von Diensten" E-Mail: anke.bruns(a)gwdg.de Tel.: +49 551 39-30291 ----------------------------- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Burckhardtweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, URL: https://gwdg.de Support: Tel.: +49 551 39-30000, URL: https://gwdg.de/support Sekretariat: Tel.: +49 551 39-30001, E-Mail: gwdg(a)gwdg.de Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: Dr. Valérie Schüller Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen, Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 ----------------------------- Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 und ISO 27001 -----------------------------

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koha-US General Meeting reminder: Wednesday, July 02, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 30 Jun '25

30 Jun '25

Hello! The next koha-US General Meeting is Wednesday, July 02, 2025. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/648572897?pwd=TUpsRE1TYlFPWWxTWFl4TVovSTJ3Zz09 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-s0JFOo-9prR4TLd3UfJcAFUv3hklUoG_hjqmcD… If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Re: [Koha] Request to Join Koha Mailing List and Vendor Directory
by Smart Library Solutions 29 Jun '25

29 Jun '25

Please provide the status of my request to join koha Vendor Directory On Sat, 14 Jun, 2025, 13:28 Smart Library Solutions, < info(a)smartlibrarysolutions.co.in> wrote: > Dear Koha Mailing List Administrator, > > I am writing to request addition to the Koha mailing list and inclusion in > the Koha vendor directory. Below are the details for our entry: > > Company Name: SmartLibrary Solutions > Contact Person: Ritu > Contact email: info(a)smartlibrarysolutions.co.in , > smartlibrarysolutions(a)gmail.com > Website: https://smartlibrarysolutions.co.in/ > Telephone: +91-8607693230 > > Our company actively supports the Koha Community and offers professional > Koha services, including implementation, customization, and support. We > have added a visible link to the Koha community website ( > https://www.koha-community.org) on our Koha services page, as per the > requirements. > > Please let me know if you need additional information to process this > request. Thank you for considering our application, and I look forward to > contributing to the Koha Community. > > Best regards, > > Smartlibrary Solutions > Haryana, India > >

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Request to inclusion in the Koha vendor directory
by Smart Library Solutions 28 Jun '25

28 Jun '25

Dear Koha Administrator, I am writing to request addition to inclusion in the Koha vendor directory. Below are the details for our entry: Company Name: SmartLibrary Solutions Contact Person: Ritu Contact email: info(a)smartlibrarysolutions.co.in , smartlibrarysolutions(a)gmail.com Website: https://smartlibrarysolutions.co.in/ Telephone: +91-8607693230 Our company actively supports the Koha Community and offers professional Koha services, including implementation, customization, and support. We have added a visible link to the Koha community website ( https://www.koha-community.org) on our Koha services page, as per the requirements. Please let me know if you need additional information to process this request. Thank you for considering our application, and I look forward to contributing to the Koha Community. Best regards, Smartlibrary Solutions Haryana, India, Aisa

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Koha Community Newsletter: May 2025
by Michael Kuhn 27 Jun '25

27 Jun '25

The Koha Community Newsletter for June 2025 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-june-2025/ Many thanks to everyone who submitted articles and news to this newsletter! Please feel free to e-mail me (mik(a)adminkuhn.ch) with any corrections or suggestions. Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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koha-US July 2025 Events & Meetings
by Kristi Krueger 26 Jun '25

26 Jun '25

Hello! koha-US online meetings and events are free and open to all. See our calendar for a full list: http://koha-us.org/calendar/. For Google Calendar users, add our events calendar to your list for easy access to meeting times and links: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=a29oYS11cy5vcmdfZG1xb2pkczE5Zn… *Meetings* General Meeting - Wednesday, July 02 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC Board Meeting - Wednesday, July 09 @ 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET / 15:30 UTC *Special Interest Groups* Cataloging - Thursday, July 03 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC System Administration - Tuesday, July 08 @ 8:00a PT / 11:00a ET / 15:00 UTC Baby Devs - Thursday, July 10 @ 10:00a PT / 1:00p ET / 17:00 UTC Acquisitions - Tuesday, July 15 @ 9:00a PT / 12:00p ET / 16:00 UTC Web Development - Thursday, July 17 @ 10:00a PT / 1:00p ET / 17:00 UTC Circulation - Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:30 PT / 1:30 ET / 17:30 UTC Consortia - Thursday, July 24 @ 9:00a PT / 12:00p ET / 16:00 UTC Visit http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ to learn more and sign up for topic-specific mailing lists. Most meetings and events are recorded and made available at https://www.youtube.com/kohaus Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-US.org

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