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[Fwd: Arabic hanling in koha]
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Arabic hanling in koha Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:33:11 +0000 From: ash(a)bibvision.com To: koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Hi All I am Ashraf Brzy i am the manager of BibVision I developed a PERL script to make KOHA able to add Arabic record or edit it and search in Arabic word and display Arabic in the OPAC and INTRANET and to handling the special Feature and problem of Arabic language and I working on translate the total inter face so if any one interested I well be glade to contact with hem through this mail or direct through this number 002\0121636166 best Regards -- ----------------------------- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager Katipo Communications Ltd Phone: +64-4-934 1285 Mobile: 021 389 128 E-mail: rachel(a)katipo.co.nz Web: www.katipo.co.nz

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Re: [Koha] An esoteric library model (was) Barcode question.
by Tom Redfern 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:28:08AM -0600, Josh Stompro wrote: > Have you taken a look at Listal.com and or librarything.com, they allow > for cataloging and sharing of personal collections and seem to be going > the way of allowing loans to friends. Before you roll your own it might > be something to look at. Listal allows you to create groups of members > and their collections, and there are numerous feedback mechanism, plus > tagging etc. Just an Idea in case you haven't looked at those. > Josh First off, I would have to apologize for the irrelevant subject line. I had intended to post a question obviously, and then decided to introduce myself first. I got a bit carried away and posted without changing the subject line. Oh well. We have discussed the idea of working trough existing systems, but we decided to set this up as a community library and somewhat specialized. This library is more a social thing and, if you will, a screening process. What will allow it to work is the fact that we can set it up on a DSL and run with virtually no cost so we can be selective about listings and membership; we are after a quality here, not a quantity. We won't be boasting of the number of listings. It's a different model; call it a flight from the pabulum. We intend to continue the spirit of the old library. I see the whole direction of librarything.com as the opposite direction. That isn't to say it's wrong, it just won't do the same thing. It's a good place to trade novels. No one here is very excited about it or has even joined because he's trying to be too broad in scope. I wouldn't post my "best" books there because people who don't know me wouldn't understand why I'm even interested in them. I would be branded and get hate mail I know. Looking through their catalogs makes it very obviously that there are others out there that feel the same, that's why, in all the thousands of books, I can scarcely find anything I would regard as compelling to read. Our library is intended as an avenue for a different set of interests. It is an alternative library, not more of the same in the public library vein. We should probably put a link on our home page to librarything.com to send as many people as possible there. I support what the guy is doing, but it can never be a library of esoteric materials. His model precludes it. Here, you'll have to contact people and come to a meetings to join. People who will be listing here will have some understanding of what kind of materials this library is designed to list, they won't be listing their movie and sports magazines so, in short, we can further the intent of the library. The idea here is that many of us have pretty special interests and the kind of material we are interested in can get very hard to find. This gives people not only an audience and a mechanism to meet interesting people, but a way to keep track of where their books have gone. We can also give local and personal assistance to help barcoding and more rapid entry and, if we choose to hold dues and if we find adequate membership, we can take on a floor space. We have discussed a coffee shop. We intent is to set up a place for meetings etc. a social thing. You can call it a club that operates on line. Cheers. > > Tom Redfern wrote: > >Members of the list: > > > >We have here in Seattle Washington a project in which I thought this > >list may have some interest. Of course, this involves Koha. > > snip ... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tom Redfern | Address: 12225 Fremont Av N, Seattle WA, 98133 * * | Phone: (206) 365-4077 * * | Email: thos at fonebone.net * -------------------------------------------------------------------

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cardnumbers, and borrowernumbers
by Marty Jongepier 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi all, I have Koha up and running, it is wonderful, especially compared to what we are using currently. I have a few questions still, just to make our lives easier. When I add children to a member, the screen will show me the membernumber (borrowernumber), and a textbox where I can fill in the cardnumber. Now our cardnumbers are derived from the membernumber (not the same), so that is great. But if I add a member, there will be the text member#, Card number* and then the textbox for the cardnumber. I cannot see the membernumber on this screen, and I need that for the cardnumber. Is there a way to show it there? I think it should? Or do I miss something? Thanks again, Marty Jongepier

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[ash@bibvision.com: Arabic hanling in koha]
by Chris Cormack 19 Mar '06

19 Mar '06

----- Forwarded message from ash(a)bibvision.com ----- Hi All I am Ashraf Brzy i am the manager of BibVision I developed a PERL script to make KOHA able to add Arabic record or edit it and search in Arabic word and display Arabic in the OPAC and INTRANET and to handling the special Feature and problem of Arabic language and I working on translate the total inter face so if any one interested I well be glade to contact with hem through this mail or direct through this number 002\0121636166 best Regards ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Chris Cormack Programmer 027 4500 789 Katipo Communications Ltd chris(a)katipo.co.nz www.katipo.co.nz

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Re: [Koha] Converting ms-access database to Koha
by Steven F.Baljkas 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Friday, March 17, 2006 10:54 CST Hi, Nitin, In quick response, since I am at work ... You will have better success in finding older books or others without ISBNs using sources like the Library of Congress (LC) and the National Library of Canada (NLC). NLC replicates many of the records of LC (because all books published in Canada and the U.S. simultaneously end up in both systems) but with its free registered AMICUS service, you can batch downloads, which many cataloguers find more convenient. With the registered service you can also set up your search screen interface. For example, I regularly have LCCNs (Library of Congress Catalog Card numbers) or ISBNs, so those are the default settings in the first two boxes for me. Otherwise I find that Title Browse works best, especially when one is seeking items without ISBNs. You can find out more about AMICUS and register for it (it is free and they won't bother you with junk mailings of any kind) by surfing to URL <http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb/aalogine.htm> the login page once registered: in the left column click on About AMICUS to read more. You could certainly use your MS-Access database to create minimal MARC records using a free tool, MARCEdit, available off the Library of Congress website page on MARC Records, Systems and Tools URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/marctools.html#recordtools> . It allows you to take delimited text -- which you can export from Access -- and set up the MARC records. If you want some help doing that, I'd be glad to help. Just contact me off listserv and we'll figure out what you need together. Cheers, Steven F. Baljkas library tech (less) at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada ============================================================ From: "Nitin Madhavan" <mnitin73(a)gmail.com> Date: 2006/03/16 Thu PM 09:36:36 CST To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Converting ms-access database to Koha I am a non-specialist librarian now running a library of around 500 books. I decided to try out koha and have successfully installed the windows version. Since the library computer does not have an internet connection (due to LAN security policy), i am presently entering the isbn in bookwhere and then taking the marc records on a usb stick and uploading them into the koha reservoir. Since our many of our books are quite old, i am getting a hit rate of just 20 -30%. We already have an ms-access database of the complete collection with accession no, author, book name, price, etc. Is there any way that i can directly upload this data onto Koha (if possible, only the ones for which i dont get marc data). Thanks in advance, Nitin ============================================================

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Updates to Updating Koha document
by Stephen Hedges 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Pierrick Le Gall has made some significant revisions to Joshua Ferraro's "Updating Koha" document. Find it on www.kohadocs.org under System Administration -> Maintenance and Troubleshooting. -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com

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Converting ms-access database to Koha
by Nitin Madhavan 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

I am a non-specialist librarian now running a library of around 500 books. I decided to try out koha and have successfully installed the windows version. Since the library computer does not have an internet connection (due to LAN security policy), i am presently entering the isbn in bookwhere and then taking the marc records on a usb stick and uploading them into the koha reservoir. Since our many of our books are quite old, i am getting a hit rate of just 20 -30%. We already have an ms-access database of the complete collection with accession no, author, book name, price, etc. Is there any way that i can directly upload this data onto Koha (if possible, only the ones for which i dont get marc data). Thanks in advance, Nitin

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Niveau de localisation
by Pedro Maia 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hello, I'm from a library in Portugal where we are trying to implement the koha version 2.2.4. Can you help me in what i think it should be a very simple question to answer: Where can i edit the parameter "e - niveau de localisation" . It seems to be a mandatory field but i just don't have any values to choose, i think i missed something in the Biblio framework (MARC structure) definition...Can anyone help me? Pedro Maia Centro de Informação e Documentação Instituto de Informática do Ministério das Finanças e da Administração Pública url: http://www.inst-informatica.pt/v20/cid/index.htm <http://www.inst-informatica.pt/v20/cid/index.htm> tel: 214723295 e-mail: pedro.maia(a)inst-informatica.pt <mailto:pedro.maia@inst-informatica.pt>

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Re: Daily fines - Koha 2.2.4 W32
by Bernard Shiundu 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hello Chris, I edited my the figure for maxfines in my Fines2.pl to read: my $maxFine=5000 (this can be anything you want depending on your needs) then I edited my Fines.pm as follows Fines.pm (edited the sub CalcFine) ============================================= sub CalcFine { my ($itemnumber,$bortype,$difference)=@_; my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh; # Look up the categoryitem record for this book's item type and the # given borrwer type. # The reason this query is so messy is that it's a messy question: # given the barcode, we can find the book's items record. This gives # us the biblioitems record, which gives us a set of categoryitem # records. Then we select the one that corresponds to the desired # borrower type. # FIXME - Is it really necessary to get absolutely everything from # all four tables? It looks as if this code only wants # firstremind, chargeperiod, accountsent, and chargename from the # categoryitem table. my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Select * from items,biblioitems,itemtypes,issuingrules where items.itemnumber=? and items.biblioitemnumber=biblioitems.biblioitemnumber and biblioitems.itemtype=itemtypes.itemtype and issuingrules.itemtype=itemtypes.itemtype and issuingrules.categorycode=? and (items.itemlost <> 1 or items.itemlost is NULL)"); $sth->execute($itemnumber,$bortype); my $data=$sth->fetchrow_hashref; # FIXME - Error-checking: the item might be lost, or there # might not be an entry in 'categoryitem' for this item type # or borrower type. $sth->finish; my $amount=0; my $printout; # Is it time to send out the first reminder? # FIXME - I'm not sure the "=="s are correct here. Let's say that # $data->{firstremind} is today, but 'fines2.pl' doesn't run for # some reason (the cron daemon died, the server crashed, the # sysadmin had the machine down for maintenance, or whatever). # # Then the next day, the book is $data->{firstremind}+1 days # overdue. But this function returns $amount == 0, $printout == # undef, on the assumption that 'fines2.pl' ran the previous day. So # the first thing the patron gets is a second notice, but that's a # week after the server crash, so people may not connect the two # events. if ($difference >= $data->{'Remind'}){ # Yes. Set the fine as listed. $amount=$data->{'fine'}*$difference; $printout="Fine Updated"; } # Is it time to send out a second reminder? (killing - Bernard) #my $second=$data->{'firstremind'}+$data->{'chargeperiod'}; #if ($difference == $second){ # Yes. The fine is double. # $amount=$data->{'fine'}*2; #$printout="Second Notice"; #} # Is it time to send the account to a collection agency? # FIXME - At least, I *think* that's what this code is doing. #if ($difference == $data->{'accountsent'} && $data->{'fine'} > 0){ (killed - Bernard) # Yes. Set the fine at 5 local monetary units. # FIXME - This '5' shouldn't be hard-wired. # $amount=5000; #$printout="Final Notice"; #} return($amount,$data->{'chargename'},$printout); } ======================================================= I'm still tweaking it but this seems to work OK for me (koha 2.2.5 on FC4)... Secondly, for your fines calculation to work OK, your issuing rules table MUST be in order. See an earlier post by Joshua on the 11th about this. Bernard Shiundu Strathmore University Nairobi, Kenya > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:00 +1300, koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > wrote: > > > With apologies for cross-posting. > > > > I would like to know if anyone using Koha has managed to set up fines that > > are applied each night, regardless of how many days the item is overdue by. > > > > Put simply, what I'm looking for is: total fine = daily fine amount > > (multiplied by) days overdue > > > > I don't want the fine to stop being applied after 21 days or whatever, I'd > > just like it to continue. Does anyone have such a setup? Could you send me > > any related scripts/files? > > > > I'm using Koha 2.2.4 W32 R0, if it makes a difference. I'm not a coder > > myself (although I'm not scared of having a go at editing files), but just > > can't get my head around the default fines scripts that come with Koha. > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris Hearn > > Rheolwr y Siop Gopïo > > Copy Shop Manager > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Siop Gopïo Urdd Myfyrwyr Aberystwyth > > mewn partneriaeth â Call Print > > http://www.urddaber.co.uk/gwasanaethau/siopgopi > > E-bost: undeb.siopgopi(a)aber.ac.uk > > Yr Undeb, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DX > > Ffôn: 01970 621705 Ffacs: 01970 621724 > > > > > > Aberystwyth Guild of Students Copy Shop > > in partnership with Call Print > > www.aberguild.co.uk/services/copyshop > > E-mail: union.copyshop(a)aber.ac.uk > > The Union, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DX > > Phone: 01970 621705 Fax: 01970 621724 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ________________________________________________________________________ Bernard Shiundu Strathmore University Madaraka Estate Ole Sangale Road P. O. Box 59857, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Tel.: (+254) (0)20-606155 Ext 2251 Mob.: (+254) (0)722-205428, (0)733-618135 Fax.: (+254) (0)20-607498

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Daily fines - Koha 2.2.4 W32
by Siop Gopïo | Copy Shop 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

With apologies for cross-posting. I would like to know if anyone using Koha has managed to set up fines that are applied each night, regardless of how many days the item is overdue by. Put simply, what I'm looking for is: total fine = daily fine amount (multiplied by) days overdue I don't want the fine to stop being applied after 21 days or whatever, I'd just like it to continue. Does anyone have such a setup? Could you send me any related scripts/files? I'm using Koha 2.2.4 W32 R0, if it makes a difference. I'm not a coder myself (although I'm not scared of having a go at editing files), but just can't get my head around the default fines scripts that come with Koha. Regards, Chris Hearn Rheolwr y Siop Gopïo Copy Shop Manager ----------------------------------------------- Siop Gopïo Urdd Myfyrwyr Aberystwyth mewn partneriaeth â Call Print http://www.urddaber.co.uk/gwasanaethau/siopgopi E-bost: undeb.siopgopi(a)aber.ac.uk Yr Undeb, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DX Ffôn: 01970 621705 Ffacs: 01970 621724 Aberystwyth Guild of Students Copy Shop in partnership with Call Print www.aberguild.co.uk/services/copyshop E-mail: union.copyshop(a)aber.ac.uk The Union, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DX Phone: 01970 621705 Fax: 01970 621724

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