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koha upgrade 1.2.2 to 2.2.9...
by Steve Bradwell 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Greetings, First post...we've been running koha for a number of years, we are at version 1.2.2. Different developers have done some hacking to it over the years, but now I'd like to try to get us to 2.2.9. My guess is the easiest way is to upgrade at this point is a fresh install, then look to migrate data? I read a post from a while back about moving from 1.2.x to 2.0 using an upgrade script, would this work still for us as we are so far behind? We've been digging for a way to export all the data so it can be imported into a new system and after some effort aren't exactly sure how to proceed. Our database contains about 1500 - 2000 books, and only 60% of them have data in the `marc` field... We'd really appreciate any guidance you can provide. Thanks, Steve Bradwell Application Development Manager Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics <http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/> (519) 569-7600 x5062.

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Re: [Koha] NZ English Translation
by russ＠russandsarah.gen.nz 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

> I am sure his point was : let us not spread out forces, but let us join > and disambiguate, harmonize all the terms that still are quite "fuzzy" > checkout return, Issues, as a checkout or as a "serial issue". And then > let's play. > Ok sounds good. I can help, but the easiest way for me to do so would be via the translation manager. Koha is not my day job. So set up code for this english version (suggest en-US as ODLIS is written in US english?) and then we can have at it. So plan from there - do an en-GB version? And then see where we are at? If so, sounds good to me. Cheers, Russel

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Vendor Question
by Paul Chandler 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

On 10/04/2008, Joshua Ferraro <jmf(a)liblime.com> wrote: [...] > Well, we can certainly take a vote on-list, I personally found your > response > much more offensive than the PDF file. > > I'm a not-very-technical librarian with an interest in the possibilities Koha offers to ill-funded specialist libraries like the ones I'm associated with. I find such talk as this "Linked libs: -lexslt -lxslt -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lm -lsocket -lnsl -lsocket -lnsl -R/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl" rather scary, because I don't understand it. However, I also find an aggressive tone on an internet list scary, because I do understand it. A list is a delicate ecology. Anyone who has been on more than a few lists will know how easily people can be driven away and a list wrecked by the insensitivity of a few. There are confronting ways to make criticisms, including legitimate ones, and the web seems to amplify the harsh tones. There are also more delicate ways to make the same points. It is to the benefit of all to choose the second. I support Joshua in this. The more knowledgeable people on the Koha list are extraordinarily helpful to those of us who are less expert, and I think all of us have reason to appreciate their expertise and generosity. If someone needs "education" in netiquette, there are graceful ways to do it. Let's just keep the temperature down. -- Dr Paul Chandler | Institutum Carmelitanum via Sforza Pallavicini, 10 | 00193 - Roma | Italy tel: +39-06-6810.0849 | fax: +39-06-6830.7200 paul.anthony.chandler(a)gmail.com

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Enquiry
by Akin Adigun 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi, I am a new user of Koha, pls I can I add more entry interface to any of the templates and build a search, I an a vb programmer thanks Akin Adigun (MCP) Akinomatics Tel: 234 - 02 - 312223, 08029219271 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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How to customize the opac
by Raj K Bhardwaj 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Dear Friends , I could we customize the Opac to know the status of particular accession no wheather it is issued or not? Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh -- " There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know your objective first " – Swami Vivekananda

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Re: [Koha] NZ English Translation
by BWS Johnson 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Salvete! Sorry about the ccing and such, but I want to make sure the proper folks get this, so I just replied all to the last post. I've been thinking for a little while about the nature of the project. To a certain extent, we are all victims of the project's success, which I believe to be a happy problem. The _surface_ problem is that of translation or diction used. (Arguably there isn't even a standard within a given country thanks to trends - some folks prefer Patrons, some customers, some users, et cetera.) I think the deeper problem is that there is one out of the box programme. I truly believe that we're well past the point that that even comes close to working nicely anymore. Well do I also know how very much time dedicated developers like you all put into this, for free. In the end, I think it would save user time to either have a drop down install or different purpose based packages. For the States (I apologise here again, it's been about a decade since I lived in Ireland, and even that was short term, so I hesitate touching someone else's stuff.) I would propose a breakdown based on volume size and Library purpose. For instance small Public, large Academic, School, Consortial, et cetera. If the switches are already flipped for the most part, there will be a lot less hassle at the end of the day for a bunch of effort up front. I bet that a users' group would have good insights into how they would want their package to look by default. All the functionality would remain for each package of course, it would just be a nicer initial Out of the Box flavour for different Library types in different regions. Time could be managed that way, et cetera. (Or maybe not, since I'm not a technical person, but I remember installers for other stuff prompting for time zone and such...) Not in the face, Brooke

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Enquiry
by Akin Adigun 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

How can I know all the tables been modify bye each entry or editing interface in koha thanks Akin Adigun (MCP) Akinomatics Tel: 234 - 02 - 312223, 08029219271 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Duplicate 700 tags
by Irene Sachs 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

We have installed Koha version 2.2.9 on Windows XP. When adding bib records we can't activate the + sign beside the 700 (added author) tags we can only activate the + sign beside the subfields within the 700 tags. Has anybody else experienced this problem? Any assistance would be greatly appreciate. Thanks Irene Sachs _________________________________________________________________ Are you paid what you're worth? Find out: SEEK Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2…

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Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] Notes on patches
by Jesse 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Nicole: Do you mean something like: "Added new Alternate Issuing Rules page under Administration" Rather than: "Added smart rules page" ? -- Jesse

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Branch Library Question
by Darla Grediagin 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Happy Thursday all, I have at least one branch in which the MARC records were not completely updated when they were bulk marc imported into Koha. If I want to delete all of the records for this library and reload them, what is the easiest way? My thought is to delete the library, but I am not sure if that would take care of all the records assigned to that library. Thank you for any ideas, Darla -- Darla Grediagin District Librarian Bering Strait School District Unalakleet, Alaska Web Address : http://bssdonline.org/course/view.php?id=51 Blog: http://aklibrarian1.edublogs.org/ OPAC: http://opac.bssd.org:8181/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl

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