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Re: Re: [Koha] Mailing List Footer
by Baljkas Family 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

Monday, August 30, 2004 16:25 CDT Hi, Gerry, Before you make any other pronouncements on the subject, a thought that might not have occurred to you: perhaps people think that what they are doing to unsub from Koha is the correct procedure *based on their previous experience with listservs.* I am far too untrusting of most computer-things to make too many assumptions -- and hence am always bugging tech people to make absolutely sure I've understood correctly --, but in defense of the (I will admit) somewhat out-of-the-loop souls who keep trying to unsub from Koha by sending a message to the Koha listserv, what we have seen over the past month (and more) would actually have worked for three listservs I used to follow, all of which, ironically given your denouncement, were for library workers. I realise that bashing unsub'ers is kind of like making jokes about the Amish at a comedy club -- not likely you're going to hear much protest from the target of the joke -- but it might not hurt to clarify things in the footer as has been suggested. IIRC, the AUTOCAT listserv messages (is it run out of your location of SUNY, I cannot remember?) offered a rather lengthy footer that made things very clear: to change how one received the listserv (direct messages, daily digest) click link A, to unsub, link B, to pause for vacation, link C, etc., etc. At the very least, clarifying matters with the footer will allow you full rights of contempt to diss any future English-as-first-language users who dare try to unsub via the list. Maybe it'll even frighten people to keep going with Koha! ;-) Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, MB, Canada > From: Gerry Arthus <garthus(a)lilrc.org> > Date: 2004/08/29 Sun PM 05:34:07 CDT > To: Mike Mylonas <mike(a)dragon-is.co.nz> > CC: Koha <Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Mailing List Footer > > Mike, > Given the obvious stupidity of numerous people with college degrees > perhaps you are right. But be forewarned, there are no depths to which > the lazy mind will not sink to as technology makes most of the human > population ever more superfluous. Please do not forget that we are > talking about software which is directed towards those in the library > field; people who (assuming English is their first language) should know > how to read. > > Gerry > > Gerry Arthus > > > > Systems Administrator: > > Long Island Library Resources Council > > SUNY at Stony Brook > > Stony Brook, New York > > US 11794-3399 > > Phone: 1-631-632-6652 > > FAX: 631-632-6662 > > Home: 631-289-7565 > > Email: garthus(a)lilrc.org > > > > Professor: > > Departments of: > > Graduate Computer Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science, and > Engineering Management > > C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University > > 720 Northern Boulevard > > Brookville, New York > > US 11548-1300 > > Phone: 516-299-2293 > > > Mylonas wrote: > > >Hi Team, > > > >Given the number of "Please remove me from your list" or "Unsubscribe" > >messages posted to the list makes we wonder if we should investigate > >changing the footer that is attached to each list message to make > >unsubscribing easier. > > > >I would suggest something like ... > ><begin sample footer> > >_______________________________________________ > >Koha Users Mailing List > >To unsubscribe, send email to koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > >or visit http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > ><end sample footer> > > > >Anyways just my thoughts ... > > > >Cheers > >Mike

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What is the "Authorities" menu in Koha 2.1.1
by Indranil Das Gupta 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Hi, What is the functionality of "the Authorities" menu in Koha 2.1.1? I mean how does it work? I upgraded my test install from Koha 2.0, I can still access my self-defined authority values from the Parameters link. But when I try to add a new authority, I'm getting an "Internal Server Error". The koha-error.log has the two following lines describing the error condition: [Mon Aug 23 21:29:10 2004] [error] [client 10.12.0.6] Can't call method "as_formatted" without a package or object reference at /var/www/html/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/authorities/authorities.pl line 163., referer: http://koha.wbut.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/authorities/authorities-home.pl [Mon Aug 23 21:29:10 2004] [error] [client 10.12.0.6] Premature end of script headers: authorities.pl, referer: http://koha.wbut.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/authorities/authorities-home.pl tia, -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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Re: [Koha] average cost of a Koha install?
by BWS Johnson 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Salvete! > >What are the average costs of a Koha install? There's plenty of That's a great question. My server was about $650 It's way overpowered, which is the way I like it. If you want it's exact specs, it's on the Newbie Wiki, I believe. If they aren't I can pull the bill. The system was put together by my husband, and he handled the setup as well. So, being generous, it took him an hour to assemble the server, and about 2 hours to install Koha. As soon as he had handled the Linux part of things - otherwise known as the processes I am too foggy to do myself - I set my parameters. That took a while, because at the time, I only had the migration documentation to help me. I'd say the process took me the better part of the weekend. Since then, it's just been inputting records. >So, if anyone is happy to do so, would it be possible to grab a few >rough numbers for things like initial installation and setup, and any >ongoing maintenance? > We've upgraded once. It took my husband literally five minutes. We'll say for the sake of argument that that is a billable hour. So, we've got 3 hours. The fees for on site support vary drastically. A couple of ballpark figures might be >handy.. > I too would love some ball park numbers. If I wanted Koha to have a function that didn't exist, how much per hour would I need to pay to make it happen? Obviously, I would also need a rough estimate of how many hours a project would take, but estimates for that can often be found if one wades through the to do lists. I don't have much money for this now, but if I found money at the end of a fiscal year, it would be great to have a quote waiting in the wings. Cheers, Brooke @ Hinsdale

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Mailing List Footer
by Mike Mylonas 30 Aug '04

30 Aug '04

Hi Team, Given the number of "Please remove me from your list" or "Unsubscribe" messages posted to the list makes we wonder if we should investigate changing the footer that is attached to each list message to make unsubscribing easier. I would suggest something like ... <begin sample footer> _______________________________________________ Koha Users Mailing List To unsubscribe, send email to koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz or visit http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha <end sample footer> Anyways just my thoughts ... Cheers Mike

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catalogue
by Library 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

hai everybody, i have some questions about cataloguing in koha...if we don't use MARC21 format & we use only koha entry sheet to prepare catalogue: then the some required fields are missing,like: Price, Edition,Itemlost, Write off, Duplicate copy, binding, Transferred documents, MR(money recover) etc. what should i do,there is any solution for this problem -- Librarian Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana (Punjab) India

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Removing from mailing list
by Berhanu Kassa 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Hi I would like you to please take my name off your mailing list, it was really great being a part of you. Berhanu Kassa System Administrator Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa University P.O.Box 150050 Tel 251-01-231069 E-mail berkassa(a)ies.aau.edu.et Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Please take me off the listserv
by ablackie＠mailer.fsu.edu 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Hi all- I would like you to please take my name off your mailing list, it was really great being a part of you. Thanks for all the many efforts, Anthony.

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please remove me from your list
by Newcomb, Chris 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Chris Newcomb

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Please remove me from your list
by Newcomb, Chris 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Please remove me from your list. Thank you! Chris Newcomb

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Free Koha Installs at Lianza Conference
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

We (Katipo) are off to the Library Association Conference in Auckland at the begining of September, and are doing free installs of Koha at conference. So two things - firstly if you're in Auckland and would like one, do pop by and let us know. And secondly if there is anyone else who is doing the same sort of thing we can share war stories when it's over :-) More on what we're doing here... http://www.katipo.co.nz/about-us/news/nr1092719045.shtml Cheers R -- _____________________________________________________________ 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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