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Entering exiting data to koha
by dominic Anyanna 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

hi please i just install koha for my community library and we already have all the books and library records typed om a spread sheet already any one has any ideas on how i can move this record to koha On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:04 PM, <koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote: > Send Koha mailing list submissions to > koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: installing Koha on Windows (phred) > 2. Re: Koha 3 - new cataloging client? (Ata ur Rehman) > 3. Customising Add Item fields (vimal kumar) > 4. Re: Error with repeatable MARC tags (MJ Ray) > 5. Re: Koha Digest, Vol 29, Issue 35 (Fitzgerald, Carol) > 6. Error with Repeatable MARC tags (Jennifer Johnston) > 7. integrating special collections (Cody Hennesy) > 8. A question about fines and account lines (George Adams) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:01:30 -0500 > From: "phred" <phred(a)philobiblios.net> > Subject: Re: [Koha] installing Koha on Windows > To: Rob Weir <robweir(a)alum.drexel.edu> > Cc: Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Message-ID: <20080325232924.19BCF13044(a)daddy.katipo.co.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > Thanks Rob, that worked like a charm. It turns out I actually had that > information, but I didn't realize I had it until I read your explanation > of > it. *sigh* Another slope up in the learning curve. And sometimes I feel > like > a very slow pup. > > Fred King > phred(a)philobiblios.net > > Rob Weir writes: > > > Hi Fred, > > If you used the Windows install package, it uses the Windows hosts file > on > > the machine where you install Koha to provide name resolution for the > > Intranet interface. To access the intranet interface from other > > workstations, you can either add a record to your DNS server, or modify > > the hosts file on those workstations. See my previous post at > > http://www.nabble.com/Direct-URL-to-Intranet-tf4252150.html#a12102548for > > instructions on how to do this. > > > > Rob > > > > phred wrote: > >> When working with the Windows version, what do I need to configure to > >> make the Intranet interface available from other computers on the > >> network? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:37:12 +0500 > From: "Ata ur Rehman" <ata.rehman(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3 - new cataloging client? > To: "Joshua Ferraro" <jmf(a)liblime.com> > Cc: Koha Mailing List <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Message-ID: > <c387a3b60803252137l34311402p3cd372c0b140c37a(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Joshua Ferraro > > Username liblime with liblime password has not right to access Biblios.... > What to do? > > Ata > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Joshua Ferraro <jmf(a)liblime.com> wrote: > > > Hi Meiling, > > > > The cataloging client was developed by LibLime as part of the Google > > Summer of Code, last > > summer, and subsequently we have been working toward a 1.0 release of > > that software, which > > we're calling 'Biblios'. It's in beta testing right now, and in fact, > > you can trial it on the LibLime Koha 3 > > demo at koha.liblime.com (Click on the Biblios link). It's a separate > > project from koha because it's > > functionally distinct enough to be a standalone application. > > > > How this relates to Koha is that we have written plugins between Koha > > and Biblios to allow Biblios > > to not only retrieve records from Koha, but also save them directly to > > Koha either one at a time, > > or in batch. > > > > The demo is somewhat limited, but should give you a sense of the basic > > functionality. > > > > Hope that's helpful. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE > > CEO migration, training, maintenance, support > > LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS > > jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Meiling Li <mli(a)lalawlibrary.org> > wrote: > > > > > > A new professional cataloging client was mentioned in the Koha > 3.0Roadmap ( > > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:roadmap3.0#cataloging) > > Now that Koha 3 Beta is released, is the new cataloging client available > > yet? If yes, where and how can we find it? Thanks. > > > > > > ****************************************** > > > Meiling Li LA Law Library > > > Senior Database Administrator > > > Los Angeles County Law Library > > > mli(a)lalawlibrary.org > > > ****************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list > > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > >

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Re: [Koha] Error with repeatable MARC tags
by Jennifer Johnston 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Thank you, Rae! This works (though only when using Mozilla/FF. When I'm using IE6, a white box doesn't even appear to let me type anything in.) >>> "TSBC Librarian" <Library(a)tsbc.org.nz> 3/26/2008 3:14 PM >>> Are you typing in the number of repeats you want in the white box before the plus sign e.g. 3

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Re: [Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 29, Issue 35
by Fitzgerald, Carol 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Is this (Biblios--see message below) accessible only to current LimLime customers? I just tried and was blocked from accessing the Biblios portion of the Archery LibLime. (I used Liblime and password and user id to enter the demo, clicked on Biblios, was given the login window again. I re-entered liblime, but received the message "Error: unauthorized user" Carol Fitzgerald NREL Library Golden, CO ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:10:00 -0400 From: "Joshua Ferraro" <jmf(a)liblime.com> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3 - new cataloging client? To: "Meiling Li" <mli(a)lalawlibrary.org> Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Message-ID: <2dfa91e40803251510k3ea6b53fk8db68aad794c63d0(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Meiling, The cataloging client was developed by LibLime as part of the Google Summer of Code, last summer, and subsequently we have been working toward a 1.0 release of that software, which we're calling 'Biblios'. It's in beta testing right now, and in fact, you can trial it on the LibLime Koha 3 demo at koha.liblime.com (Click on the Biblios link). It's a separate project from koha because it's functionally distinct enough to be a standalone application. How this relates to Koha is that we have written plugins between Koha and Biblios to allow Biblios to not only retrieve records from Koha, but also save them directly to Koha either one at a time, or in batch. The demo is somewhat limited, but should give you a sense of the basic functionality. Hope that's helpful. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE CEO migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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A question about fines and account lines
by George Adams 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Short version: In the "accountlines" table, there is a field called "accounttype" that can have values like L, F, FU, FM, O, etc. What do those values mean? Long version: I'm using the script <KOHA>/bin/cronjobs/fines2.pl to calculate fines on a nightly basis. It works pretty well, but I noticed that it has this line: UpdateFine($data->[$i]->{'itemnumber'}, $data->[$i]->{'borrowernumber'},$amount,$type,$due); This calls the UpdateFine subroutine in C4/Overdues.pm, which runs this command: my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare( "INSERT INTO accountlines (borrowernumber,itemnumber,date,amount, description,accounttype,amountoutstanding,accountno) VALUES (?,?,now(),?,?,'FU',?,?)" ); Note how "FU" is hardcoded as the "accounttype" in this section. But when a patron is viewing his/her summary screen in the OPAC (i.e. http://www.example.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl) and has an overdue item, the line under "Fines" always says "No". Why? Because opac-user.pl has this bit of code: my $charges = 0; foreach my $ac (@$accts) { if ( $ac->{'itemnumber'} == $issue->{'itemnumber'} ) { $charges += $ac->{'amountoutstanding'} if $ac->{'accounttype'} eq 'F'; $charges += $ac->{'amountoutstanding'} if $ac->{'accounttype'} eq 'L'; } } $issue->{'charges'} = $charges; So, $charges is only going to be passed to the template if the accounttype is "F" or "L". But since C4/Overdues.pm is always setting it to "FU", that will never happen, and the Summary screen will always tell the patron they have no fines. So, can anyone tell me what the different accounttypes are? I could fix this, I guess, by changing the code for the UpdateFine subroutine or opac-user.pl fine calculation, but I don't want to go fiddling with the code lest it have some unforseen side effect. Thanks.

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Error with Repeatable MARC tags
by Jennifer Johnston 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

I'm working with Koha 2.2.9, Win XP, IE 6 Now I'm thinking it's an IE problem? It's an Error on Page mssg: Could not get the type property. This command is not supported. I'll try running koha in Firefox and see if that helps- Thanks, Jennifer "Jennifer Johnston" <Johnston at arrowstreet.com> wrote: > I'm new to this list. I've been working on customizing Koha (2.2.9) for > Windows, and have run into a problem that was posted by someone else > last year--but I can't find a reply to it. Would anyone be able to help? [...] > This has to do with the MARC tags which are set to repeat in the bib > framework. When I click on the + sign to repeat the tag, nothing happens > and I get an "error" message at the bottom. Repeatable subfields are > working fine. Probably not with that info. At the very least, which browser/version is used and is the "error" message actually just the word "error" or does it give more detail? (Not that I can help with Windows-specifics or the Yahoo! javascript.) Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237

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Customising Add Item fields
by vimal kumar 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Dear Friends, I just installed Koha 2.9.How can we remove some fields from Add Item section in cataloguing? I need only following fields, b - Location (homebranch) p Barcode v - Date acquired w - Price effective from Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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installing Koha on Windows
by Kim LaMarre 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

Greetings, I would like to install Koha on my current Windows XP machine for my small library. Will Koha 3 work on Windows? I am new to most of this, so the instructions are a bit confusing. I do have perl, Apache, Zebra and MySQL installed. I would love some step by step instructions of what I need to do next. Thanks! Kim LaMarre

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�Please wait while the page loads...�.
by vimal kumar 25 Mar '08

25 Mar '08

Dear Koha Users, We just installed Koha 2.9 on Redhat EL with MySQL 5. All functions work well, but it take time to load Cataloguing pages (Advanced Cataloguing). While editing the existing records the same happens. It shows the message Please wait while the page loads.... I contacted system administrator, he said that the problem with MySQL and it takes time to retrieve records. How can we resolve this problem? Any incompatibility with MySQL and Koha 2.9? Thanks in advance, Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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Re: [Koha] A very basic librarian question
by George Adams 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

Thank you all so much for your call number and library sorting assistance! Given how small our library is, I think I'm going to take the advice that a few people offered and sort the items into a few categories (basically "children" and "adult"), then sort everything alphabetically from there. If I'm not mistaken, our local library does something like that, and alphabetical order does seem to be the easiest and most logical way to sort videos. Again, thanks for all the great advice and personal experience stories! _________________________________________________________________ Test your Star IQ http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=redcarpet_HMTAGMAR

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Setting a default library
by George Adams 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

(Koha 3.0 alpha, Gentoo Linux 2.6.24, MySQL 5.0.54) I really appreciate all the help so far. Here's another question: Our church has only a single library, so I defined just one under Koha Administration -> "Libraries, Branches and Groups". When I go to login to the Intranet site, I put in my username and password and note that the "Library" drop-down box has our library preselected. (It is, in fact, the only choice in the <select> box). Once logged in, however, the top-right corner of the screen shows "NO_LIBRARY_SET". Anything we want to do related to circulation redirects us to http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/koha/circ/selectbranchprinter.pl , where we have to set the library. (again, the <Select> box only has one choice next to "Choose Library") Shouldn't that information be automatically set during the login process? I'd like to avoid that redundant step of having to set the library manually every time following the login. Again, thanks for the help.

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