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he panui koha [11 Oct 2002]
by Pat Eyler 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

he panui koha 11 October 2002 # # From the Kaitiaki: Welcome to the new and improved newsletter. 'he panui koha' means (roughly) 'the news of Koha'. I've found that it's becoming harder to track all of the things that have been going on in the world of Koha. To ensure that you get all the news you want, I'm going to be trying something new starting next week. I've asked several people to take on the responsibility of writing a short section for the newsletter. Each week, I'll collate their sections into a single newsletter and send it out. 1.4: The 1.3.0 has been released a few weeks ago. The 1.3.1 will come very soon. bugfixes, and it will add management tools for MARC parameters, and a first draft of MARCdetail. Then, we will continue toward 1.3.2 which will add MARC add and modify of biblios. The french UNIMARC parameters tables should be avaible a few days after the 1.3.1 release, but won't be integrated during installation process (maybe in 1.3.2). Docs: The developer level documentation (POD) written by Andrew Arensburger and others (Thanks guys!), is now being auto posted to http://www.kohalabs.com/resources/pod/ -- the documentation is rebuit from source every night to ensure the most up-to-date information is available. Koha in the news: Koha made the news again this week. Marshall Breeding wrote a somewhat negative piece about Open Source in libraries for Information Today (http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct02/breeding.htm) which was also picked up by LinuxToday (http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-10-09-014-26-RV-SW-PB) The feedback at LinuxToday was mixed. It seems we have a long road ahead of us to convince people that open source can make as big a dent in the ILS market as it has in the webserver and operating systems markets. Community: As more libraries have begun looking into Koha, we've started testing it with bigger data sets. One library is testing Koha themselves with over 450,000 items in their database. A developer is also testing Koha against a collection of just over 2,000,000 items. Another development aimed at overcoming the obstacles to wider koha adoption is the Koha2010 project, which gets its name from the Oregon Library Association's 'Vision 2010' strategic plan. This project is aimed at building a dialog between koha developers, librarians, and library associations to guide the development of Koha. My intent is to ensure that Koha can fulfill all the requirements of these groups strategic plans for the next 5-10 years. If you'd like to join the conversation, please send an email to koha2010-subscribe(a)kohalabs.com and follow the directions you get in return mail. You can also see http://www.kohalabs.com/projects/koha2010/ for more information.

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Re: [Koha] search results
by Owen Leonard 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

> But a keyword search is not sorted. How should it > be sorted? Is it really not sorted, or is it sorted on something meaningless, like id number or order added to the system? Our current system sorts by id, so you usually get the latest-added item first in your search. I agree with Pat, though, we need to offer people different sorting options, and for all searches. Our current system offers three options: by title, by author, and by publication date. I would add at least one option: by add date, because people are always wanting to see what DVDs and videos we've added recently. If anyone's interested, you can try our catalog search page here: http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us/search.html. We'll be looking to at least match the features offered there when we switch to Koha. -- Owen

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Re: [Koha] search results
by Deon Dempsey 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Hi Rosalie, Pat, All At 11:06 PM 10/10/02 -0400, you wrote: >On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Rosalie Blake wrote: > > > Hi Deon > > You are quite right. > > A search on titles is sorted alphabetically by titles. A search by > > author, is sorted by author. > > But a keyword search is not sorted. How should it be sorted? > >Just to toss out an idea, what about provide options to sort a keyword >search? Maybe things like: sort by circulation frequency, sort by >ratings (this would mean developing a rating system), sort by Author, sort >by Title, sort by Keyword Frequency (for more complex searches), etc. Pat's suggestion sounds good. I like the idea of having choices to sort. I know the research scientists in my library would prefer options. Yesterday when I did a test search using "dogs" results equaled over 250 hits. Some form of sorting would be beneficial if not only to list be year of publication. thanks for the quick responses. dd * * * * * * * * * Deon Dempsey, MLIS University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics http://www.ig.utexas.edu http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~ddempsey

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search results
by Deon Dempsey 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Dear All-- I am looking at the "test drive" samples on Koha web site. When I practiced a search using "dogs" as search term the results are not alphabetized. Not by author, title, or year of publication. Is this an oversight? I've looked through the Koha manual, but did not find explanation. Koha users, tell me....when searching.....are the results alphabetized? thanks dd * * * * * * * * * Deon Dempsey, Librarian University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics http://www.ig.utexas.edu http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~ddempsey * * * * * * * * *

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Group assignment
by Robert Maynord 10 Oct '02

10 Oct '02

Dear Koha Folks: We now have our teachers in the Koha database, and the librarian is beginning the process of putting books in. However, she needs to assign a spine label to each book. I assume this is done through the "Group" process. Yet, when she goes through the Koha acquisition there is no place to assign a group. The online manual shows a place to assign the group when you acquire a book, but our Koha does not have it - either with the Marcs tool or the three-step process. We show a "type" field - it is blank, and accepts no input. I do not think "type" is the same as group. We do have a place to modify a group, but no groups are listed. Am I missing something? Sorry for the confusion...... Thanks! Robert Maynord

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Re: [Koha-devel] 1.3.x roadmap
by paul POULAIN 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Pat Eyler wrote: >You may want to avoid the 1.3.0 series for a bit longer yet (wait for >1.3.2 I'd guess -- Paul?). It's really geared at developers at this >point. The good news is that the user visible (and installer bits) are >going to be substantially the same as the 1.2.X versions, so the >experience you gain in setting up and demoing things will carry over. > 1.3.1 should come in the next 2 weeks. It will have : * admin of marc param tables (already in CVS) * marc viewing of a biblio (beginning in CVS) 1.3.2 : * marc import * marc adding/modifying of a biblio (the biggest challenge !) 1.3.3 : * marc searches 1.3.4 : * marc export * installation improvement to install differents marc parameters (english MARC21 already done, and french UNIMARC on the road. Any volunteer welcomed for anymarc else) Then bug tracking, then 1.4.0, then, (virtual) champagne ;-) Seems quite easy when written like this... -- Paul

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Installation questions from another Linux/Koha newbie
by Owen Leonard 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

In preparation for our move to Koha, I've got a brand new installation of RedHat 7.3 on my desktop. I installed 1.3.0 using the install-script, and got Apache set up fine. Something's not working right, though--several of the pages come up 'Internal Server Error' (book and member searches, for instance). What's the best way to diagnose problems like this? Did I skip some configuration somewhere along the way? Or am I asking for trouble trying to get 1.3.0 to work? -- Owen ---- Web Site Developer Athens County Library Services http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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latest on PostgreSQL
by Richard Davis 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

I read in the archives of June/July that some work was being done of making koha work with postgres. What progress has been made? Richard Davis Communications Advisor and Webmaster Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand PO Box 9049, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand Direct: +64 4 381 8285 Mobile: 027 404 8656 Phone: +64 4 801 6000 Fax: +64 4 801 6001 http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/

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Re: [Koha] Koha installation
by paul POULAIN 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Sarah Jordan wrote: >The computer will be dedicated to the catalogue, so I >was planning to ditch Windows and install Linux >instead. I have another basic question - is Linux, >Perl, My SQL etc installation a big deal? I have not >succeeded in getting this stuff to work on my home >machine - but cannot get rid of windows and needed to >partition etc. That should not be an issue for the >library. > >Thanks for your quick response, Sarah. > If your computer is a recent one, it should be easy. I work with Mandrake, and never had big problems installing it (mostly mouse clics !) on recent PC (less than 2 years). When installing mandrake, you can (must for koha) add perl and mysql packages, which is more long than hard if you don't know where to search. You should do a "expert" installation, and choose packages individually. Still on mandrake, you can now resize windows partitions, thus installing linux and keeping perl on your home machine. Hope This Helps <mode add on> GNU/Linux Mandrake 9.0 is really a nice distro <mode add off> Note : be careful to answer on the list, not on private mailboxes only -- Paul

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Koha installation
by Sarah Jordan 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Hi. This question may not be appropriate for this forum, let me know. I am involved with a small (approx 2000 volume) specialist library run by volunteers, in Singapore. We are considering a move to Koha - we have only one computer and so are looking at using the system only as a catalogue. To determine if this is feasible, I need to get some idea of how long it is likely to take to install Koha and all other necessary software. Until I know this, it is difficult for me to determine if we will need to employ someone to do this for us, or use a volunteer, or find another solution. Hope you can help, Sarah Jordan Friends of the Museum Library, Singapore __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com

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