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Overdues & Fines
by Juan Martin Longo 19 May '04

19 May '04

Hi there to all again As you already know, Koha asign a charge to a borrower for any book that's not returned to the library before the due date.... I managed to understand how the "1,7,7" parameter in the Charges section of the System Preferences works, and took a look at the categoryitems table... My problem is that our libraries don't charge money on the borrowers (believe it or not) with overdues. What we do over here, is to suspend the borrower (so he/she cannot borrow any other book) one day for each day that has passed after the due date. For example, if a borrower returns the book two days afer the due date, he will be unable to borrow any other book for the next two days. So.. I've been reading Fines.pm fines2.pl by the way, this script gives me an error saying: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: No Database Selected at /usr/share/perl/5.8/C4/Circulation/Fines.pm line 71. DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_hashref failed: fetch() without execute() at /usr/share/perl/5.8/C4/Circulation/Fines.pm line 75. the error appears when Fines.pm tries to do $sth->execute; so I guess that my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh; is not getting the value it should... I looked up into Context.pm and found the line $self->{"dbh"} = undef; # Database handle could it be the problem... should I change 'undef' for 'Koha' (the name of my Koha database)? I'll do that right after sending this mail :) So.. what Im asking for is some help about what should be done to get the 'suspension' thing to work... any ideas will be most apreciated. Thanks in advance Martin Longo http://sid.uncu.edu.ar

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GEN: library automation systems (fwd)
by Pat Eyler 19 May '04

19 May '04

anyone interested in replying to this? -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:27:37 -0500 From: Karna Antoniw <kantoniw(a)SANROBERTO.EDU.MX> To: LM_NET(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: GEN: library automation systems Hello everyone, I need your opinion on library automation systems. Currently, we are using Alexandria as our automation system. However, we are not satisfied with this system (apology to those who use it and like it). We particularly do not like the reports it gives. We find they are not flexible and we are limited in what we can obtain from them. We would like to switch to another automation system but only if it is worth our while. We don't want to switch to something that would be similar to Alexandria. That would be too much money, time and frustration spent on something which we already have. We are looking for an automation system that is far better than our current system. Today a representative from Mandarin showed us their system, but we feel it isn't that much better than Alexandria. Is anyone familiar with L4U? I am interested in what L4U offers. =20 Does anyone have another library automation system they would recommend? Do you have one that you feel is excellent for school library purposes? Thanks. Karna Antoniw Librarian Instituto San Roberto Monterrey, Mexico kantoniw(a)sanroberto.edu.mx -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv(a)listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [Koha] Newbie question - Installating KOHA on a share hosting
by Octavian, Yuan (CIFOR) 19 May '04

19 May '04

I don't have a shell access, but I can easily create a virtual hosts (subdomain). I have been trying to follow the instruction on Koha manual but it's not working. Anyway, maybe I should try to do it slowly, starting from the htaccess. I just download several perl modules which are needed by Koha, do I have to upload them all or just the *.pm? Cheers, yuan

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use of redhat 7.3 instead of debian linux
by Eric G. Salayon 19 May '04

19 May '04

will there be a problem if i use redhat 7.3 instead of debian? i have already a mysql 3.23 and apache 1.39 servers, should i update the following servers?

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Telnet interface to Koha
by Juan Martin Longo 18 May '04

18 May '04

Hi again everybody We're still testing and understanding Koha, and trying to adapt it to our needs... I think we're doing good so far... :) Meanwhile... there's something we'd like to ask. In previous versions of Koha, there was (we never tested it, but it appears in the Koha docs, and quick install guide) a Telnet Interface, under scripts/telnet... is there a reason because this interface is no longer available? what happened to it? Thanks in advance! Martin Longo http://sid.uncu.edu.ar

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Re: [Koha] Translation problems
by Steve/Ollie/Steven F. Baljkas 17 May '04

17 May '04

Monday, May 17, 2004 15:15 CDT Hi, Christian, Sorry to hear about all the translation troubles you are encountering. It does make me feel a bit better (Schadefreude ;-) ) that I haven't yet been able to get the graphics you sent working. I haven't given up, but it is looking increasingly likely that there will be at least a dozen (the 'hollow' ones) that I won't be able to do. As for your questions and Paul's responses, if there is a separate Deutsche MARC (sorry, silly pun), and you need to compare UNIMARC and MARC21 to it to determine which is a better fit, focus on the following fields: 100 (Personal Author Main Entry) and 245 (Title and Statement of Responsibility). If the majority of your records have information in those fields, you will want MARC21. I think Paul is most certainly right about the system parameters setup being workable in English. I mean, obviously, you don't have a problem with working in English and it seems to be a given nowadays for tech-competent people globally. As Paul suggested, it is really not something folks working with Koha will have to deal with daily anyway. > Are there any suggestions on what words to include in a German stopwords > list? (I know I should ask that on the German Koha list, but it seems to > be dead.) As for this, your university's librarians should have a complete list, but for the time being you can always start with the initial articles to ignore list: various versions exist online (derived from the Library of Congress' Subject Cataloguing Manual: Shelflisting), the one I have from formal studies was from an expired link to URL <http:///weber.u.washington.edu/~acqdiv/acq/articles.html>, the same list given by LC online at URL <http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bdapp-e.html>. You can safely omit (at least for the time being) words from languages for which you know your library has no representative works (z.B. ka, or ke, from Hawaiian). Otherwise begin with German articles, and add any prepositions, verbs and conjunctions commonly omitted. I don't believe this is a problem for other languages as it is for English: the example in library training that I still remember was the pain of trying to search for works on the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, all of the words therein being stop words in English. Do let us know how that works out. Hope this helps a bit. I will have results for you on the image translations by Friday, one way or the other. Tschüß, Steven F. Baljkas library tech at large Koha neophyte Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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RE: [Koha] My Library - Download
by Bigwood, David 17 May '04

17 May '04

MyLibrary is shown as availabnle at http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mylibrary/ I found this at oss4lib http://www.oss4lib.org/projects/ THE place to check on open source library projects. Sincererly, David Bigwood bigwood(a)lpi.usra.edu Lunar & Planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml Cataloging News: http://www.catalgablog.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: koha-admin(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-admin@lists.katipo.co.nz]On Behalf Of Octavian, Yuan (CIFOR) Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:07 AM To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] My Library - Download Dear all, I just visited http://katipo.co.nz/solutions/packages/librarypack.html My Library The Wellington City Library My Library uses open source (free to use and change) software called My Library. We worked with them not only to make it look the way they wanted, but also to function to their satisfaction. If you're considering personalising the web experience of your users then this could be a system for you. -- Could anyone please inform me where can I download *My Library*? Cheers, yuan Ps. Thank you Ray, for replying on RE: [Koha] Newbie question - Installating KOHA on a share hosting, I will try it a.s.a.p. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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sampledata at Koha1.2 errors
by Han, Yan 17 May '04

17 May '04

The sample data (sampledata-1.2) provided with Koha 2.0 has errors in line 2248. Everything else is fine. Table "borrowers" has 46 rows, but the sampledata-1.2 has only 44 rows' data. You just need to add two more rows. (e.g '45, '46') for the 3 sample records. For example: INSERT INTO borrowers VALUES (3,'V1000002X','Smith','John','Mr','','','PO Box 782',NULL,'Somewhere, BC','','','',NULL,NULL,NULL,'','0000-00--0','','','2002-06-25',NULL,NULL,NUL L,NULL,NULL,'Mr. Buddy Boy','',NULL,'L','','','M','2003-06-25','','workplace','','',NULL,NULL,'','' ,'','','45',46');

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Translation problems
by Christian Hennecke 17 May '04

17 May '04

Folks, apparently the HTML templates are NOT the only things that have to be translated, as I was told initially. There are also the files koha/updater/updatedatabase, koha/misc/marc_datas/marc21_en/structure_def.sql, and koha/misc/lang-datas/en/stopwords.sql. These should definitely go into a todo list for translators. Are there any things to consider when translating the MARC file structure_def.sql to German e.g., regarding special characters like umlauts? The file "updatedatabase" has strings with e.g., descriptions of system parameters scattered all over the file. It would be nice if the developers could make it more translator-friendly by e.g., reading the strings from a "message file" so translators don't have to scan all the Perl code. Are there any suggestions on what words to include in a German stopwords list? (I know I should ask that on the German Koha list, but it seems to be dead.) Is there anything else to translate that nobody has told me about yet? The job that allows me to work on the translation of Koha will be ending mid of July and another person's job depends on whether a German Koha is ready-to-use at that point... Christian Hennecke

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My Library - Download
by Octavian, Yuan (CIFOR) 17 May '04

17 May '04

Dear all, I just visited http://katipo.co.nz/solutions/packages/librarypack.html My Library The Wellington City Library My Library uses open source (free to use and change) software called My Library. We worked with them not only to make it look the way they wanted, but also to function to their satisfaction. If you're considering personalising the web experience of your users then this could be a system for you. -- Could anyone please inform me where can I download *My Library*? Cheers, yuan Ps. Thank you Ray, for replying on RE: [Koha] Newbie question - Installating KOHA on a share hosting, I will try it a.s.a.p.

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