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Re: [Koha] RFID and Koha 2.2.2
by gsl 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Sorry, I don't have much other firm info to offer. I do know that 3M has an RFID system, but it may be Windows based too, and while I would expect it to be very good it's probably a bit pricey. Checkpoint has an RFID system, but as I recall it's also Windows based. Treat these comments with a little caution, I haven't looked an them too closely recently; most of what I know except for Envisionware is just from me visiting booths at shows and being given informational literature. Also, I don't want to minimize Envisionware incorrectly; they really do have a very slick, well coordinated system. Part of the way they get it all to work together is that they specify a lot of the components of the system, which they have integrated to work right, but that does mean buying "stuff" from them and MS. Except for the MS lock-in I certainly have nothing bad to say about Envisionware, even their sales/support people seem pretty good. Here are a few links: http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litamembership/litaigs/rfidtechnology/index.cfm http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/library/home/products/rfid_syst… http://www.checkpointsystems.com/ http://www.bibliothecarfid.com/ As Koha is just now getting off the ground it seems like a really opportune time for vendors of RFID and public access time/management systems to start working with it and establish good working relationships with the Koha support companies like LibLime and others. Greg -------------------------- Joann Ransom wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Thanks for that. We too run all Linux servers and Envisionware would > have to be splendidly better than its competitors before I took it to > our sys admin to seriously consider using it. Are thereother options > that you know of? > > cheers Joann Ransom. > /Horowhenua Library Trust./ > /New Zealand/ > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:02 AM, gsl <gsl(a)rollinghills.lib.mo.us > <mailto:gsl@rollinghills.lib.mo.us>> wrote: > > Joann: > > Sorry I don't have any specific information I can offer, but as a > general comment I've liked what I've seen of demos of the Bibliotheca > RFID system. I've also looked at, and played with, Envisionware > quite a > bit. Envisionware certainly has the appearance of having put all their > components together nicely, but they are completely Microsoft > OS-centric > (for the systems I've looked at). We are very much Linux here, so > we've > never purchased any of their products. With Envisionware it was > always a > matter of buying Yet Another Server, and I don't want to add any more > servers, especially MS ones, even VM, to our network room. > > Greg > Rolling Hills Consolidated Library > ----------------------------------------------- > > Joann Ransom wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > We are running Koha 2.2.2. <http://2.2.2./> <http://2.2.2 > <http://2.2.0.2/>.> We wish to move to a RFID > > ystem for self issuing, auto-returning and minor sorting, and stock > > counting reasons. > > > > I have read through literature from EnvisionWare, TechLogicand > > Bibliotheca. > > > > I am very impressed with the solutions offered by Envisionware, > > including the smart cardtype issues around topping up a card via > > crecit card or cash and using ir for internet access, photocopying, > > prinitng, issue charges etc. EnvisionWare apparently have clients > > running Evergreen, but they weren't sure about Koha. > > > > So my question is, do any libraries out there running 2.0.x have any > > comments, observations or advice they would be willing to share > about > > RFID vendors and systems in relation to Koha. > > > > regards, > > > > Joann Ransom. > > Horowhenua Library Trust. > > New Zealand. > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz <mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > >

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Re: [Koha] Problems on working with authority
by Zeno Tajoli 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi to all, > > I'm tring to insert person into authority and the sistem doesn't work. > I insert the data with the framework but when I try to save the data, > I receive this error > in the browser: > Koha error > > The following fatal error has occurred: > > No _parse_* routine defined on this driver (if it a filter, remember > to set the Parent property) > [XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser=HASH(0x88db240)] at > /usr/share/perl5/XML/SAX/Base.pm line 2308 I have found a solution for this problem. Instead of use the file installer/data/mysql/en/marcflavour/unimarc/mandatory/authorities_normal_unimarc.sql i use the frence one and all is OK. The frence file is here: installer/data/mysql/fr-FR/marcflavour/unimarc_complet/Obligatoire/autorites_norme_unimarc.sql I have also transalte the french into english. If anyone want the english file, I will send it to him. I send a tecnical information to koha-dev list. Bye Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @)

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Catalog searches working with Keyword search but not with Title and Author in Koha 3
by Ricardo Dias Marques 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hi list, Like I said in previous posts, I'm running Koha in a Xen virtual machine running Linux (openSUSE 10.3), Apache 2.2.4 and MySQL 5.0.45. I'm running the Koha 3 developer snapshot that was available yesterday (28-May-2008). The Koha database version is 3.00.00.086. I'm using UNIMARC. I have disabled Zebra, by setting the "NoZebra" System Preference to ON. I have also set the "singleBranchMode" System Preference to ON. The bibliographic records were inserted in Koha by running the bulkmarcimport.pl script "through" an ISO file (that contained about 9000 bibliographic records of articles): # /root/Koha/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -c UNIMARC -file /root/myfile.iso My problem is that only "Keyword" searches in the Catalog are working (and NOT searches in other fields, like in the Title or in the Author fields). For instance, in the OPAC search page - http://hostname/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl - I'm searching for "networks" (without the quotes). I'm leaving the "Keyword" option as the dropdown option selected (for the first of the 3 dropdown lists that appear), writing "networks" (without the quotes) in the text box at its right and clicking in the "OK" blue button at the bottom of the page. I then get redirected to the search results page that has the following URL: http://hostname/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=kw&q=networks&idx=kw&idx=kw… This search returns 154 results: _______________ "kw,wrdl: networks" returned 154 results _______________ Many of these search results have the word "networks" in its Title (as it would be expected), for instance: _______________ 1. LINK CAPACITY ASSIGNMENT IN DYNAMIC HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS by NANCE, RICHARD E.MOOSE JR., ROBERT L. Publication: 1988 , P.189-202 Availability: Copies available: (), Match: ... LINK CAPACITY ASSIGNMENT IN DYNAMIC HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS ... COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS ... Actions: Place Hold Save to Lists Add to Cart 2. MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKS SERVICES by BOVENGA, PIET Publication: 1987 , P.155-160 Availability: Copies available: (), Match: ... MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKS SERVICES ... COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS ... Actions: Place Hold Save to Lists Add to Cart 3. SECURITY MECHANISMS FOR COMPUTER NETWORKS. CURRENT RESULTS OF THE CEC COST-11 TER PROJECT by MUFTIC, SEAD Publication: 1988 , P.67-71 Availability: Copies available: (), Match: ... SECURITY MECHANISMS FOR COMPUTER NETWORKS. CURRENT RESULTS OF THE CEC COST-11 TER PROJECT ... COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS ... Actions: Place Hold Save to Lists Add to Cart _______________ HOWEVER, if I do a Title search by "networks", I get NO results (that is the problem): http://hosname/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=ti&q=networks&idx=kw&idx=kw&… _______________ No Result found ! No results match your search for "ti,wrdl: networks" in Catalog. _______________ I get the following errors in the /var/log/koha/koha-opac-error_log log file for this search for "networks": _______________ [Thu May 29 15:17:08 2008] [error] [client 192.168.0.2] EXPR:at pos 8: non-initialized variable category, referer: http://hostname/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl [Thu May 29 15:17:08 2008] [error] [client 192.168.0.2] [Thu May 29 15:17:08 2008] opac-search.pl: PARAM:LOOP:next_loop:hash pointer was expected but not found at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi/HTML/Template/Pro.pm line 191., referer: http://hostname/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl _______________ The behavior of searches in the "Intranet" area is the same: catalog searches work with Keyword, but not with Title (or Author, for that matter): _______________ No results found No results match your search for 'ti,wrdl: networks'. _______________ This search for "networks" in the Title field in the "Intranet" creates the following entry in the /var/log/koha/koha-error_log log file: _______________ [Thu May 29 15:20:57 2008] [error] [client 192.168.0.2] [Thu May 29 15:20:57 2008] search.pl: ti,wrdl= networks at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/catalogue/search.pl line 435., referer: http://hostname:8080/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl _______________ I have run the Perl script rebuild_nozebra.pl but the results are the same. This is the output of the rebuild_nozebra.pl : _______________ # /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_nozebra.pl *********************************** ***** building BIBLIO indexes ***** *********************************** 9386 Inserting records... 49871 biblios done *********************************** ***** building AUTHORITIES indexes ***** *********************************** Inserting... authorities done _______________ Does anyone have any hint that may help me solve this problem? Do I need to provide more information? Have I missed doing any important step? Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Ricardo Dias Marques lists AT ricmarques DOT net

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koha install fails with database error
by Aren Olson 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

I'm installing the latest koha 2 on Ubuntu 8.04, and installation fails with the following error: CREATING DATABASE Creating the MySQL database for Koha... ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) DBI connect('Koha:localhost','kohaadmin',...) failed: Access denied for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm line 411 Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 1553. Problem updating database... any ideas? Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks, Aren Olson -- "Whoever said sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain." - K. Jackson Ubuntu Linux - www.ubuntu.com

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install koha 3 on debian problem
by William Danial 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

hi all i'm working now on installing koha 3 using the install file in koha . i'm installed mysql 5,apache 2 and perl 5.8 my basic problem how to run this $ sudo dpkg --set-selections < install_misc/debian.packages this command didn't running i don't know why may be i made some thing wrong .. any help thank's to every body sent to me Regards

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Z-server
by Adonys Betancourt Leon 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

I am using koha 3, and I am running zebra. I have added a z-server but when I make a search koha do no search in the z-server added, I don't know what is the reason. Tell me if I have to configure somthing. Thank you

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Collection codes / Item types (3.0)
by Cab Vinton 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

We're a new Koha library and have a question about how item types & ccodes work -- Can more than one item type or ccode be assigned to an item? My understanding is that the answer is No for item types and Yes for ccodes. This item at Stow-Munroe Falls, for example, seems to have two collection codes assigned to it, Adult CDROM Document (ADOC) and CDROM's (ROM): http://opac.smfpl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=10656 This has come up because, as a library automating for the first time, we're just starting to wrap our heads around how we can use Koha to provide the search functionality we're looking for. Specifically, we'd like to be able to limit searches by a number of different criteria, which are not necessarily mutually exclusive, e.g.: Format: Books, Movies (DVD vs. VHS), Music, Audiobooks (CD vs. cassette vs. digital), Serials, Websites, etc. Collections: Large Print, Biography, Local History, Reference, New Books Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction (& ideally subgenres -- mysteries, romance, etc.) Audience: Adult, Young Adult, Kids (pre-school, elementary school, pre-adolescent) The idea is to provide this functionality through limits based on a variety of methods: checkboxes, pulldown menus, & facets (Refine Your Search). I'm new to Koha & I've forgotten 95% of whatever I learned about MARC back in library school, so there are too many moving parts for me right now. I'd love to learn more if other libraries out there have figured out a good solution to allow this type of granularity. With thanks, Cab Vinton Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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RFID and Koha 2.2.2
by Joann Ransom 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi there, We are running Koha 2.2.2. We wish to move to a RFID ystem for self issuing, auto-returning and minor sorting, and stock counting reasons. I have read through literature from EnvisionWare, TechLogicand Bibliotheca. I am very impressed with the solutions offered by Envisionware, including the smart cardtype issues around topping up a card via crecit card or cash and using ir for internet access, photocopying, prinitng, issue charges etc. EnvisionWare apparently have clients running Evergreen, but they weren't sure about Koha. So my question is, do any libraries out there running 2.0.x have any comments, observations or advice they would be willing to share about RFID vendors and systems in relation to Koha. regards, Joann Ransom. Horowhenua Library Trust. New Zealand.

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Re: [Koha] RFID and Koha 2.2.2
by aashish savant 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Hi, Looking at Full circulation, RFID and 3M Tattle Tape are the only solutions. Since u r using barcodes for circulation, Tattle Tapes will be the easiest implemented system. since u can implement Self Check with both Tattle Tape + Barcode as easily as with RFID. RFID will come with its own overheads for costs and systems and again it is not the most trusted solution for security. Stock checking can be easily achieved by a handheld Barcode based DCU. It takes approx 3 times more time than RFID based device but is almost four times cheaper. In any case for Implementing Self check, u will need SIP2 or NCIP on the ILS side. I have read that KOHA has been certified by 3M for SIP2 but u will have to check to be certain. U should also look at the new RFID tag data structure being proposed by the NISO. The ean13 code may not work in Libraries. We have implemented a contactless Smart card based library card solution at a large University Library in India having the e-purse facilities u mention. It can be quite interesting for its impact on the Library services. Aashish savant Director, RDG Microelectronics Pvt Ltd 203, Blue Rose Ind Estate, W. Exp. Highway, Borvali (E), Mumbai 400 066. Tel: +91 22 65279584/ 65719584 Fax: +91 22 28541555 GSM: +91 9820002475 Url: www.rdg.co.in ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joann Ransom" <jransom(a)library.org.nz> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] RFID and Koha 2.2.2 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 23:01:14 +1200 Hi Wojciech, > >The reasons I am looking at RFID are: > >1. reduce staff time spent manually processing returned items (currently 1 >full time time position). >2. self issue for patrons >3. quicker manual stocktaking >4. smart card functionality so that members can debit charges from their >library card account balance, which can have credit added to it by credit >card or cash, from both within the library and from home >5. The biggest driver of all is that we have a new building being planned. >and our current bypass security system will not work with the building >design. We can go to a tattletape system or go to RFID. I think RFID is the >way of the future. > >regards Joann Ransom. > > > >On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Wojciech Zatorski <listy-in(a)zatorski.net> >wrote: > >> Hello Joann, >> >> Friday, June 6, 2008, 7:57:29 AM, you wrote: >> >> JR> Hi there, >> >> >> JR> So my question is, do any libraries out there running 2.0.x >> JR> have any comments, observations or advice they would be willing to >> JR> share about RFID vendors and systems in relation to Koha. >> >> we are planing integrate RFID system to KOHA but now we pick offers.. >> btw: we don't buy solution;) >> >> we want: >> - reader which can read tag for about 1 m (and more) in free space. >> - tag with ean13 code >> >> what this will give us: >> - free access to books (gateways with cam) >> - monitoring where book is >> - easy stock-taking of books (inventory check) >> - still barcode in use for circulation >> >> what your library want from RFID? >> >> -- >> The Main Library of Szczecin University. >> Computerization Department. >> http://bg.univ.szczecin.pl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >

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Koha ILS installation and customization on Windows
by Ata ur Rehman 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

Dear All A National Workshop on Koha ILS was held at AIO University Islamabad last week, organized by PAKLAG. Being resource person of this workshop, I have created some slides and hands on practice notes (Step by step guides for different modules). Windows users can get help from these resources. Please follow the link below to find these resources: Documents and Lectures: http://www.lisolutions.org/downloads/ Koha Installation Steps: http://www.lisolutions.org/node/17 Regards, Ata ur Rehman, AM Library, National Centre for Physics (NCP), Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Islamabad. 44000 http://www.lisolutions.org/

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