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Koha Admin Screens
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Hi all, I was setting up a quick demo Koha today for someone and it got me thinking about a better way to layout the admin screens. http://katipo.co.nz/gallery/koha-admin Are some pictures. My general feeling was that there are only a few things you need to set if you're just wanting to put in a few books and see what it does (hence the short list of required settings) But that then the other preferences should be grouped into the area they relate to perhaps? I did think that they could be grouped into "things to do if you've got a big library" and things to do if you don't - but that seemed a bit harder to decide on. Anyway let me know if it appeals - we might give it a try in the Katipo templates first. PLUS are there actually more admin parameters than I've got here.... And are any of them MARC/NON MARC specific - I'd particularly like to not have people setting variables that they don't have to. Cheers Rachel -- _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications MANAGING DIRECTOR Ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org

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First screenshot of Koha in Bangla was -> Re: [Koha] Translation trouble with Koha
by Indranil Das Gupta 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hi Paul, On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 09:41 +0200, Paul POULAIN wrote: <snipped> > /me should remove tmpl_process.pl from CVS... because the script to use > is the tmpl_process3.pl !!! Thanks a bunch for pointing this out... of course as I am sitting on Gentoo, I needed to do an `emerge Locale-PO` before I could get tmpl_process3.pl to run... but thats another story ;-) Well, tmpl_process3.pl worked... I have some errors with unterminated strings etc. and I will go over them again... in the meantime here is the Koha About Page rendered on Konqueror 3.3.0 in Bangla (BN) http://www.ilug-cal.org/koha-scrn-01.jpg Right now I am compiling cvs mozilla which has much better support of CSS IMHO > Should be the source of your problem ;-) *grins* thanks again... -indra. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Indranil Das Gupta, Project Lead, CASTLE Project [Computer Aided Studies, Teaching and Learning Environment] In collaboration with: West Bengal University of Technology Calcutta, INDIA www.wbut.net ------------------------------------------------------------- L2C2.ORG - Bringing Localized Low-Cost Computing to People -------------------------------------------------------------

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CALL for HELP (french => english) translation
by Paul POULAIN 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hi, I've written a 15 pages OpenOffice document that describes Koha 2.2 (all features : old and new ones). It's in french. So if someone volunteers to translate it english or any other language, feel free to ask. Note it's NOT a user manual. It's a "should I become a user ?" manual ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Catalog search table and breeder table mis-match?
by Rich Baldwin 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

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Re: [Koha] Marc Field 008?
by Baljkas Family 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:55 CDT Hi, Andres, A really quick response ... > I'm currently brushing up my mapping to MARC, in order not > to lose meaningful information (from my present database). > > We have a doubt about field 008: Does Koha uses it? How is > filled? When I last asked about this recently, I was told that Koha doesn't use the 008. I am not sure how it would be filled automatically, or even if that is what Koha tries to do with it. Otherwise, I think you'd have to create a coding sequence that would suffice for your library's needs and meet at least the minimum requirements (008 positions 6, 7-10, 11-14, 15-17, 35-37, 38 and 39). Properly, a cataloguer should be coding the 008 field *individually for each MARC record*, since the elements that constitute the 008 can only be coded accurately from inspection of the item being described. Hope this helps. Cheers, Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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Re: Re: [Koha] Marc Field 008? Plug-in would not work
by Baljkas Family 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 01:59 CDT Hi, Andrés, Skipping all the lengthy explanation of the potential problem with any plug-in for handling the 008 coding ... > From: Andrés Tarallo <tarallo(a)ort.edu.uy> > Date: 2004/10/25 Mon PM 06:25:16 CDT > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: Re: [Koha] Marc Field 008? Plug-in would not work > > As I've told our main concern is thinking in the futore, were we might > be interested in exporting MARC records. Our current catalog isn't in > MARC so we thought that an automatic aproach could be usefull, at least > for most relevant fields. Remembering that you do have the data and can convert it to MARC, and remembering that you were saying that there are few MARC record sources for Spanish-language materials such as in your collection, I am thinking that your librarians may have to hunker down and add the 008 fields manually. If they used the dummy 008 string I suggested as a stop-gap, they would be able to go through the records slowly and correct the 008s (either with item in hand, as preferred, or not, as would be the more likely choice). Otherwise, I'd suggest doing a test search to see if there are other sources of MARC Spanish-language records, ones that would have the 008s as required. But then I remember you asking about combining the two databases you have (the one on items, and the other on acquisitions data for the items) so you'd still have to do quite a bit of data entry ... unless someone has figured out a way that you can rip the needed fields out of one database, pull the related MARC records, open a MARC editor, and combine the fields. > Our two branches have more that 20.000 titles (and growing) right know > we don't find suitable filling such database 008 fields. With 20,000 titles to do -- and more coming in at all times -- I think it would be an excellent idea to save yourselves the frustration and just settle on the dummy 008 string for now, coding it for new records and working backwards towards correcting it in older records. Hope this helps a bit, Andrés. Cheers, Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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Re: [Koha] USA Road Trip Update
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

Hi Darryl Darryl Gibson wrote: > Glad your having fun in the USA. Sorry for the bad coffee, but we > usually seek out Dunkin Doughnuts for decent coffee. Though I gave up > the stuff for tea, it is really difficult to make a bad cup or pot of tea. :-) We found some good coffee (and food) too, but the bad was just sooo spectacularly bad :-) > When I joined this list, in late June/early July, there was so little > message traffic, I ignored it. Now I'm trying to catch up with all the > traffic I missed! Yeah there has been a pile lately > I'm sorry I missed your visit to Pittsburgh, I'm a president of a small > town library, an hour East of Pitt., and would have loved to have shown > you our little library. Though I would have been embarrassed to do so. Oh that would have been cool - never mind > I know nothing about library operations! About a year ago, I attended a > library meeting, and offered to donate them a linux machine. They > gracefully accepted the offer, and nominated me President on the spot. > Then to my astonishment, they held the election, and I won, unopposed. > (The needed to fill the position for tax purposes, to obtain their tax > exempt status. Crikey that must have been a bit of a shock :-) I'm pretty sure none of our libraries here work that way. > I tried to nurse the powers to be, into adopting Linux, setting up a > secure network etc... Things went relatively fine while I was busy > wiring and configuring the network, printer, etc... Then I announced the > system was working, and we should start the migration to linux, and all > heck broke loose. The director wanted guarantees about inbound and > outbound security, porn filtering etc... I was totally unprepared for > the attack, and I stepped away for everything to regroup and see what > would happen. > Wednesday, 11/3, I have to show up, or my position became vacant, for > missing three meetings. So that is my showdown at the OK Corral. Is that three committee meetings? > Anyway, can anybody point me to some good "Why Linux" sites? If I can > prove my point next month, I'm going to resign, over software license > liability issues. (We don't have any!) > Ah, politics. Man that does all sound a bit weird to me. OK I'm not sure about the "why linux" sites but here are some things that might start you off.... http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/D8756CF82783C722CC256F1400175226 Should Your Business Use Linux? http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit010.html How do I convince my boss that Linux is an excellent operating system for business use? http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfa… Adding Linux to Corporate Networks Is Harder Than You Think http://www.osopinion.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=… Why Linux? http://stason.org/TULARC/os/why-linux.html How to convice your manager it's ok to use open source (from HP) http://opensource.hp.com/downloads/HowToConvinceYourManager.pdf http://www.linuxjournal.com/search.php?query=&topic=9 And this one looks interesting... http://opensource.hp.com/the_source/linux_papers/als-fullpaper-1999.html Hope they help - or give you a place to start anyway :-) cheers Rachel > Darryl Gibson, President, Panther Valley Public Library > http://home.ptd.net/~pvplib/ > > -- _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications MANAGING DIRECTOR Ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org

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Has the 2.0.0 version tarball removed from sf site?
by Indranil Das Gupta 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hi I urgently need a copy of Koha 2.0.0 tarball... I have a copy at my office but it is closed till middle of next week for vacations. The 2.0.0 version is no longer available at sf site. I need to setup 2.0 -> import my mysql dump (based on 2.0.0) -> upgrade to 2.1.3 for testing. Can anyone help me? tia -indranil -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Indranil Das Gupta, Project Lead, CASTLE Project [Computer Aided Studies, Teaching and Learning Environment] In collaboration with: West Bengal University of Technology Calcutta, INDIA www.wbut.net ------------------------------------------------------------- L2C2.ORG - Bringing Localized Low-Cost Computing to People -------------------------------------------------------------

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Translation trouble with Koha
by Indranil Das Gupta 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Paul, The situation: 1. So far I have translated about 40% of the default_intranet PO file into Bangla (Bengali - bn_IN) for the 2.2 po (from CVS) 2. I wanted to see how accurate the translations were and tried to generate bn_IN templates using the tmpl_process.pl script - ON THE Koha 2.1.3 code the syntax used was `./tmpl_process.pl install - i /var/www/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/default/en/ - o /var/www/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/default/bn_IN/ -s default_intranet_bn_IN.po -r` 3. Landed up with a big mess... the templates got generated but in EN! My hunch is that I am doing something insanely stupid out here... any hints? thanks in anticipation -indra. PS> I haven't yet RTFM-ed the tmpl_process.pl script ;-P -- Indranil Das Gupta <indradg(a)icbic.com> L2C2.ORG

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recent acquisitions search function
by Nicole Hatch 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

Hello Koha, I think it's a really cool that Koha's main opac allows patrons to view recent acquisitions (acquired in the last 30 days). This works fine for my fiction and non fiction books, but for some reason it won't allow me to search Digital Videodisc and Video Cassette. Instead, it directs me to my server administrator. My administrator can't figure it out either. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Any suggestions? Below is the link to the user site. http://opac.ecla.int/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl Thanks, Nicole Nicole Hatch Programme Coordinator / Librarian European College of Liberal Arts Platanenstr. 24 13156 Berlin +49 30 4373 3124

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