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KUDOS IRC Meeting, Thursday Feb 14, 2008 @ 3pm EST is open to anyone worldwide
by Deb Bergeron 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Irma et al, This is a world-wide open meeting. It is meant to get a dialog going for anyone interested in or using Koha. Please join us! Deb Irma wrote: > Hello Deb, > > Congratulations on your initiative in getting this KUDOS dialog underway. > > I am in Sydney (Australia) and have been a Koha installer and champion > even before LibLime came into existence. > I am a virtual librarian (consulting and contracting) and with IT > support, we helped our first Koha client in 2003 (a corporate library > with 10 offices around Australia and New Zealand), discover the > benefits of this great OS ILS. I now have a few more such clients. > You will find me and my company on the "Pay for support" page on > www.koha.org <http://www.koha.org>. > > I hope you don't mind me introducing myself. > > I would like to check with you that I can be included in the IRC > meetings starting with the inaugural one on Thursday Feb 14, 1008 @ > 3pm EST. > > Although I am not in the US, how would you feel about me meeting you > all on IRC? > > With my very best wishes and looking forward to your reply. > > Irma > > Irma Birchall > CAL YX information essentials > M: 0413 510 717 > irma(a)calyx.net.au <mailto:irma@calyx.net.au> > www.calyx.net.au <http://www.calyx.net.au/> > www.koha.org <http://www.koha.org/> > > *From:* koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Deb Bergeron > *Sent:* 13 February 2008 10:09 > *To:* koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > *Subject:* [Koha] KUDOS IRC Meeting, Thursday Feb 14, 2008 @ 3pm EST > > Good Afternoon Everyone! > > Based on the feedback from those of you who responded, Thursday > February 14 at 3pm EST works best for most of you. So, let's do it! > > Before we meet, a few pieces of information: > > 1. There is NO agenda really. As I've stated previously, many > people who couldn't attend the last KUDOS meeting at ALAMW08 > requested a venue for online real-time meetings. AND, we've got > a little momentum going, so let's let it roll. Additionally, I > believe John Brice is putting together a KUDOS meeting at PLA in > Minneapolis. [I planned to help him and wrote up a plan, but as > soon as I signed on I was given a huge honkin' project (Migrate > a site into Drupal--didn't know anything about Drupal--eek!) and > couldn't help organize the meeting , but plan to attend. > Additionally, I live in Minneapolis, so if any of you plan to > attend PLA and want info, let me know. > 2. I do have one quasi-agenda item: FaceBook. If you haven't > joined the KUDOS FaceBook Group, you may want to check it out. > 3. Rachel Hamilton-Williams wrote the following directions for > those of us new to IRC. Please read them, if you will, and > follow her lead. > > * > For those of you who are going to join the meeting who haven't used IRC before a few > tips that might help... > > You can of course use the cig off the Koha site, but dedicated software is generally > going to be better, more robust and less likely to crash on you just when it all gets > interesting. > > We have people who use vIRC, mIRC and xChat (and no doubt others) so feel free to ask > for help on list with your setup. > > I'd recommend getting your irc software setup and have a bit of a practice before the > actual meeting. With a bit of IRC software you can set it to log the meeting so that > even if you're going to miss the start of the end you can read up on it later. > > The default "readback" in IRC clients is generally 500 or so lines, I set mine to 5000 > so that I can read back on a day/night of chat if I'm in the mood. > > 4. See you all on the IRC, Thursday, Feb 14 @ 3pm EST. Let's > help Koha and LibLime grow, prosper, and do good work! :-) > > If you have any questions, please let me know. > > Thanks, > > Deb > > -- > > Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron@macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support > CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> > 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A > Saint Paul, MN 55104 > O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258 > -- Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron@macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A Saint Paul, MN 55104 O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258

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koha php scripts
by Mohamed Fekry Negm 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hi all i working on koha 2.8.8 on win xp , any one have an idea about how can koha working with php files?? _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Koha on Suse 10.0
by manillah 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Guys, I have a problem with installing ZOOM on my suse 10.0 box. I have installed all the perl scripts, yaz and the zoom installation fails with three errors when the module is tested. Please help. regards Manillah

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Entering Patron Details
by Opal Weng 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

I have installed Koha 2.2.9 and have set one year as the Enrolment Period value in all borrowers in the Borrower Categories parameter. I then use Patrons/Add New Patron ( cgi-bin/koha/members/memberentry.pl ) to enter a new patron, leaving Expiry Date blank and setting a patron category. According to the documentation, the expiry date should be automatically calculated to one year after joining. However when I then display the patron details, neither date (registration, expiry) is displayed. If I attempt to issue an item to that patron I get the message "Patron's card is expired" (indicating date is null?). Why isn't the date calculated and inserted? What else must I do? If instead I want to enter the date, what formats are valid? None I have used achieve entry and display of the date. Many thanks, Opal

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Spine Label modify sheet
by Mohamed Fekry Negm 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

hi all i'm facing a problem in label module . i want to customize my spine label sheet i can't do that . like i want to put 60 labels in one sheet, call No. , initials and Pub. year in different lines,i made many changes in label-print-pdf.pl file but no correct results . any one could help me to do that . thank's _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Koha beta/final release date?
by George Adams 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hello all. Apologies if this question isn't right for this forum. I was just wondering if there was an official release date for the Koha 3 beta and/or final Koha 3.0.0 release. I thought I had heard "Feb 1" and "Mar 1" respectively, but maybe that's old information? Thank you! _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx

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Re: [Koha] Organizational Meeting for (USA) Koha Users Group
by Deb Bergeron 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Rachel and all other Koha Users and Soon to be Koha Users, The idea for the IRC meeting is NOT to create another user group, it is simply to follow-up on responses from USA Koha users and soon-to-be Koha users in the planning ALAMW08 KUDOS meeting. Many people who were not able to attend requested a method for having a tool for online-real-time meetings. The intention for the IRC meeting is to have the participants discuss and share issues, which will then be shared with John, so those can be part of the information at the PLA Conference meeting. Again, it is NOT intended to take the place of the PLA meeting at all. As you know, by building a strong user group, the users have the ability to help make the Koha ILS stronger and LibLime grow as a company, while users learn and help one another. It's a win, win, win! I will talk with John Brice today, having seen his email yesterday for the first time. I humbly apologize for any misunderstandings that have occurred. Sincerely, Deb Rachel Hamilton-Williams wrote: > > Hi John & Deb > > An in person meeting for a USA Koha Users Group sounds like a fine > idea - particularly if you can get a few people together at a > conference to do it. > > If both you and Deb are thinking of 0rganising USA specific User Group > things then joining forces would be a grand idea. > > If the idea for an IRC meeting was for a more general user group, or > if it looks like not many will actually be able to make the in-person > one then presumably that could still go ahead. > > Cheers > Rachel > > Koha Kaitiaki > > > > > John Brice wrote: >> Dear Koha Mail list Member: >> >> Announcement! >> >> >> We will be having a formal organizational meeting of Kudos (Koha >> Users Group) at PLA. We are still working on the date and time of >> the event. Once it is determined we will e-mail everyone on the list >> of current developments. The meeting will be broken into two parts >> first meeting will be for existing Koha users or Koha users planning >> to be up and running within six months. This meeting will be an >> organizational meeting to discuss what type of national organization >> to form the agenda will be as follows: >> >> 1. How did we get here? A short history >> of Koha >> 2. Do we need a formal users group for >> Koha? >> 3. Develop a mission statement. >> 4. What type of structure do we need? >> 5. Form a committee of three to write a >> by-laws proposal. >> 6. Schedule next meeting. >> >> >> The second part of the meeting will be a general interest session and >> will be opened to anyone who is interested in Koha. >> >> >> I understand that there is an IRC meeting being organized to talk >> about exactly these same issues. I request that the meeting be >> postponed to after PLA. >> I ask for this postponement based on the following reasons: >> >> Previous meetings between vested parties of Koha, from many >> different nations, asked that any organizations based on the Koha >> ILS be based on national boundaries, ie the French Koha Organization. >> >> I believe that any Users Groups should be limited to only those >> individuals who are using Koha presently or are planning to use Koha >> within a relatively short time, say six months or so. >> >> Using the IRC to form an new organization as complicated and unique >> as a Koha User's Group would be difficult at best and and anarchy at >> worst. Once we have some sort of structure in place we can then >> use the IRC channel to discuss specific steps and or issues. But >> to get started we need at least one sit down meeting with 7 to 10 >> vested users of the Koha ILS. >> >> >> I understand that many of you may be asking yourselves what the heck >> is going on here, who is in charge of the Koha Users Group? Well the >> answer is no one is at this time, hence the confusion and multiple >> paths of discussion. Each library has to make their own decision >> about the best path to follow in helping form a users group. Anyone >> else interested in discussing this matter with me can reach me at >> jbrice(a)ccfls.org or call me at 814-336-1773. >> >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> John Brice >> System Administrator >> Crawford County Federated Library System >> >> Executive Director >> Meadville Public Library >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron@macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A Saint Paul, MN 55104 O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258 -- Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron@macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A Saint Paul, MN 55104 O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258

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Issuing rules redo
by Jesse Weaver 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Attached are a perl script and templates for default and npl for a reworked issuing/fining rules screen. The templates need some improvement, but the system works. Please let me know what you think. -- Jesse

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Fwd: Koha shelf list question
by Stephen Hedges 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

I'm sure there's somebody out there in Koha-land with more experience doing shelf lists than I have, so I'm forwarding Judith's question to the list. Stephen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Judith C. Saulle <jcs3h(a)cms.mail.virginia.edu> Date: Feb 8, 2008 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Koha Question To: sthedges(a)gmail.com Hello Steve, Sorry to bother you with this question but I am desperate for an answer. If you are not the right person to answer would you be so kind as to forward my inquiry to the appropriate party? I am the Associate Director of the International Center at the University of Virginia, USA. We've used KOHA in our small library since 2003. Our new volunteer librarian has asked if KOHA has the capability of generating a shelf list. I didn't think it did. Has that feature been added to KOHA since 2003 or is it possible in the version that we have? Waiting for your reply. Thanks, Judy Saulle Judith C. Saulle Interim Associate Director Lorna Sundberg Interational Center University of Virginia 21 University Circle P.O. Box 400183 Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434) 924-7983 www.virginia.edu/iso/ic

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Re: [Koha] KUDOS to use the Koha IRC Channel for virtual meetings
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 08 Feb '08

08 Feb '08

Hi, Great to hear you're getting a users meeting together, thanks Deb :-) For those of you who are going to join the meeting who haven't used IRC before a few tips that might help... You can of course use the cig off the Koha site, but dedicated software is generally going to be better, more robust and less likely to crash on you just when it all gets interesting. We have people who use vIRC, mIRC and xChat (and no doubt others) so feel free to ask for help on list with your setup. I'd recommend getting your irc software setup and have a bit of a practice before the actual meeting. With a bit of IRC software you can set it to log the meeting so that even if you're going to miss the start of the end you can read up on it later. The default "readback" in IRC clients is generally 500 or so lines, I set mine to 5000 so that I can read back on a day/night of chat if I'm in the mood. I look forward to catching up with some of you next week. My preference is Mon/Tues/Friday BTW (which is Sun/Mon/Thursday) for USA. Cheers Rachel > The Koha IRC channel will be used for our virtual meetings. You can > sign on via a link on the Koha site at http://koha.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi. > If you want to have a nickname or use your real name type '/nick > yourname' without the quotes. > > So now that we have a place to meet, let's do it. I'll throw out a few > dates and times. I'm trying to be congnizant of all time zones, so I'm > thinking after 3pm EST, that gives the folks in NZ time to get to work > and have coffee, ;-) and the folks on the west coast either at > lunchtime or shortly afterwards. > > Any day next week, February 12-15 after 3pm EST. Does this work for you? > > What shall we discuss? Send topics. > > Here's a few to get your juices flowing: > > * what would you like to see the user group accomplish? > * what types of topics are of interest to you and your library? > * is there functionality in Koha you'd like to see added? > > Thanks, > > Deb > > -- > > Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron@macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support > CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> > 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A > Saint Paul, MN 55104 > O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258 > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager, Katipo Communications PO Box 12487, Wellington, New Zealand Phone +64-21-389 128, or +64-4-934 1285 Fax +64-4-934 1286 Web www.katipo.co.nz

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