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Koha August release (the sequel) with security fixes
by David Cook 26 Aug '26

26 Aug '26

Recently, Koha monthly releases have been spilling over into the next month, so we decided to do another small August release to get us back on schedule. Expect the next release at the end of September. For now, please see the below for this second August release. -- The Koha community is happy to announce the release of the following Koha versions: These are maintenance releases that also include security fixes. The release notes for the respective versions are linked below: 26.05.03: https://koha-community.org/koha-26-05-03-released/ 25.11.08: https://koha-community.org/koha-25-11-08-released/ 25.05.14: https://koha-community.org/koha-25-05-14-released/ 24.11.19: https://koha-community.org/koha-24-11-19-released/ Debian packages and tarballs for above versions are now available.

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Education Committee August meeting
by Lauren Denny 24 Aug '26

24 Aug '26

Hi everyone, Sorry for the late notice. Looking forward to seeing people interested in creating content about Koha. Our Education committee meeting is on Monday, August 24 at 10:30am PT / 11:30am MT / 12:30pm CT / 1:30pm ET. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/235007217?pwd=N2ZXcHplZ1d1ZUFVQnNtRzlJM2xtZz09 Meeting ID: 235 007 217 Passcode: 111581 Here is a link to our agenda <https://docs.google.com/document/d/14sdkFpAeKawXuAi2pjiqVsr9lz2v0sfVuw1dKJK…> and July's minutes <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z_JuBNXgCj1hO7UHtr-IHm4lmLtpFk05CEfZnb3…> . See you Monday, Lauren

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Koha - US General Meeting Minutes Wednesday, August 19, 2026
by Renée Palermo 19 Aug '26

19 Aug '26

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the bonus koha-US General Meeting held during the koha-US Annual Conference on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-SBPNlgOE7ex6jOHQK4pR3oPFcPlHkiIDIi-3LQ… The recording for the general meeting will be included in the Conference recording. koha-US meetings are open to all! The next general meeting will be on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. The next board meeting will be on Wednesday, September 09, 2026 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. -- Renée Palermo koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos | 623
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Today in this TERRIFFIC episode we are revisiting our very first topic and episode from almost 7 years ago covering the return cart enhancement. George will show what has changed since then, and what no longer works, and how he has updated this custom code and improving on its look at the same time. And Christopher points out his spelling mistake. https://youtu.be/iFkvUs3QMOI Respectfully, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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Call for news - Newsletter August 2026
by Michael Kuhn 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Hi I'm collecting news for the August 2026 Koha Community Newsletter. Please send anything noteworthy to: mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch News criteria: * Relevant news items can be of any length. * Images are fine. * Anything and everything Koha. * Submit by the 26th of the month. Text format criteria: * Just structured plain text, or * HTML text to include tables or similar For events: * Consider adding your event to the Koha Community calendar at https://koha-community.org/calendar/ Thank you! Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Koha - US General Meeting Minutes Wednesday, August 05, 2026
by Renée Palermo 11 Aug '26

11 Aug '26

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the koha-US General Meeting held on Wednesday, August 05, 2026 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uoN_QZgoGO6o8lqBVOQVu1LQ6LL-HSR-XQO42Se… The recording for the general meeting has been posted; there's a link to the recording in the minutes. koha-US meetings are open to all! The next general meeting will be on Wednesday, Se[tember 02, 2026 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. The next board meeting will be on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. -- Renée Palermo koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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koha-US Board Meeting Reminder for Wednesday, August 12, 2026
by Renée Palermo 10 Aug '26

10 Aug '26

Hello! The next koha-US Board Meeting is Wednesday, August 12, 2026. 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/1cLhP6Sp_yOtpmgrki8CIpsfOFQkOm_YaTtXBmjn… 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. -- Renée Palermo koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Re: Digital card and selfscheck
by Andy Boze 06 Aug '26

06 Aug '26

Oops, I forgot to add the image. On 8/4/2026 10:12 AM, Andy Boze wrote: > > Hi, David. > > I first noticed this feature a couple of years ago (I think) when I > was adding/updating patron accounts. At the time, I believe it only > allowed for a single Digital Card (DC). More recently it seems that > you can add multiple DCs. See the screen capture below. > > We're interested in this because recently our university has > instituted a systems where faculty/staff/students can have up to three > different card numbers. There's one card number associated with their > physical ID card, and a different number for their phone, and a third > number for their watch. Any of these three methods can be used for > unlocking doors, checking out books, purchasing food at campus > eateries, etc. > > The Koha circulation systems lets you read the card number from any of > these devices (if you have the appropriate hardware), but we need to > be able to use those digital card numbers at the selfcheck station. At > this time the selfcheck system only seems to be able to use the main > patron card number, not the digital ones. > > I've already checked Bugzilla and didn't see anything and it's not > mentioned in the patron account creation section of the Koha manual. > > Thanks! > > Andy > > On 8/4/2026 3:23 AM, David Liddle wrote: >> Hi Andy, if you haven't found mention of the feature in the >> documentation, could you describe how you came across it and how you >> access or manage it? I've seen references to the "Patron card >> creator" in Tools and the "OPACVirtualCard" in System preferences, >> but they don't seem to match your description. Another way to find >> the origins of a setting or feature is to search Bugzilla for the >> exact terms used within the feature, system preferences, or database. >> >> Regards, >> >> David Liddle (a bog-standard system administrator) >> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM Andy Boze via Koha >> <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote: >> >> Hi, all. >> >> I'm trying to learn more about the Digital Card identifier in the >> patron >> account information. I haven't been able to find any mention of this >> feature in the Koha manual. I see that I can create multiple Digital >> Cards, and I can use those card numbers just like I would use the >> regular card number for circulation in the staff module. The >> selfcheck >> page doesn't recognize the Digital Card number, only the regular >> card >> number. Is there a system setting that would allow selfcheck to use >> digital card numbers, or is that currently not possible? >> >> Thanks for any advice. >> >> Andy >> >> -- >> Andy Boze, Associate Librarian >> University of Notre Dame >> 271H Hesburgh Library >> (574) 631-8708 >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Koha mailing list -- koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://koha-community.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to koha-leave(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> Unsubscribe: >> > -- > Andy Boze, Associate Librarian > University of Notre Dame > 271H Hesburgh Library > (574) 631-8708 -- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708

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Re: Digital card and selfscheck
by Andy Boze 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Hi, David. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. It was indeed added as a patron attribute. Since I'm usually the only one who makes these configuration changes, it didn't occur to me to look there. I just assumed it was a new feature added to Koha at some point. I may have to submit a bug to see if it would be possible for selfcheck to accept more than just card number or userID/password. Ideally we'd like to be able to use SSO for selfcheck. Andy On 8/4/2026 11:32 AM, David Liddle wrote: > Hi Andy, since I see that information entered in the /Additional > attributes/ section of your patron entry in the staff interface, I > suspect that it's a local customization of patron attributes and not a > default feature of Koha. That would also explain why you don't see > mentions of that exact terminology in the manual or Bugzilla. I'd > start by looking at what's been added in /Administration > Patron > attribute types/.//I imagine that you'll find your "Digital Card" > there, with the boxes highlighted in this image checked: > > image.png > > Other people reading these messages in the mailing list may have more > information to add. > > I'm just guessing here, but if your issue centers on the self checkout > system, making use of the following system preference: > https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/circulationpreferences.htm… > then it may be that the self checkout module can't associate those > other card numbers with your patrons because it is /strictly/ focused > on a patron's "true" /cardnumber/ in Koha, unlike the patron searches > that /do/ work in your other examples. Again, that's just a guess, but > it might point you in the right direction. > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM Andy Boze <boze.1(a)nd.edu> wrote: > > Oops, I forgot to add the image. > > On 8/4/2026 10:12 AM, Andy Boze wrote: >> >> Hi, David. >> >> I first noticed this feature a couple of years ago (I think) when >> I was adding/updating patron accounts. At the time, I believe it >> only allowed for a single Digital Card (DC). More recently it >> seems that you can add multiple DCs. See the screen capture below. >> >> We're interested in this because recently our university has >> instituted a systems where faculty/staff/students can have up to >> three different card numbers. There's one card number associated >> with their physical ID card, and a different number for their >> phone, and a third number for their watch. Any of these three >> methods can be used for unlocking doors, checking out books, >> purchasing food at campus eateries, etc. >> >> The Koha circulation systems lets you read the card number from >> any of these devices (if you have the appropriate hardware), but >> we need to be able to use those digital card numbers at the >> selfcheck station. At this time the selfcheck system only seems >> to be able to use the main patron card number, not the digital ones. >> >> I've already checked Bugzilla and didn't see anything and it's >> not mentioned in the patron account creation section of the Koha >> manual. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Andy >> >> On 8/4/2026 3:23 AM, David Liddle wrote: >>> Hi Andy, if you haven't found mention of the feature in the >>> documentation, could you describe how you came across it and how >>> you access or manage it? I've seen references to the "Patron >>> card creator" in Tools and the "OPACVirtualCard" in System >>> preferences, but they don't seem to match your description. >>> Another way to find the origins of a setting or feature is to >>> search Bugzilla for the exact terms used within the feature, >>> system preferences, or database. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> David Liddle (a bog-standard system administrator) >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM Andy Boze via Koha >>> <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, all. >>> >>> I'm trying to learn more about the Digital Card identifier >>> in the patron >>> account information. I haven't been able to find any mention >>> of this >>> feature in the Koha manual. I see that I can create multiple >>> Digital >>> Cards, and I can use those card numbers just like I would >>> use the >>> regular card number for circulation in the staff module. The >>> selfcheck >>> page doesn't recognize the Digital Card number, only the >>> regular card >>> number. Is there a system setting that would allow selfcheck >>> to use >>> digital card numbers, or is that currently not possible? >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> -- >>> Andy Boze, Associate Librarian >>> University of Notre Dame >>> 271H Hesburgh Library >>> (574) 631-8708 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Koha mailing list -- koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >>> http://koha-community.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to koha-leave(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >>> Unsubscribe: >>> >> -- >> Andy Boze, Associate Librarian >> University of Notre Dame >> 271H Hesburgh Library >> (574) 631-8708 > > -- > Andy Boze, Associate Librarian > University of Notre Dame > 271H Hesburgh Library > (574) 631-8708 > -- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708

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Digital card and selfscheck
by Andy Boze 04 Aug '26

04 Aug '26

Hi, all. I'm trying to learn more about the Digital Card identifier in the patron account information. I haven't been able to find any mention of this feature in the Koha manual. I see that I can create multiple Digital Cards, and I can use those card numbers just like I would use the regular card number for circulation in the staff module. The selfcheck page doesn't recognize the Digital Card number, only the regular card number. Is there a system setting that would allow selfcheck to use digital card numbers, or is that currently not possible? Thanks for any advice. Andy -- Andy Boze, Associate Librarian University of Notre Dame 271H Hesburgh Library (574) 631-8708

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