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Re: Congrats .. Koha its great!
by Rosalie Blake 23 Apr '02

23 Apr '02

Hello Marcela, On 22 Apr 2002, at 18:49, Marcela Tiznado - Sanatorio Las Lomas wrote: > Hi...how are you??? > > I am writing you in order to congratulate you about the nice job you > did with Koha Library System, really such a good library > administrator! > Thank you. We're very proud of it. > I am from Argentina...I would like to know if you are planning to > translate it to spanish, if you want to, I can help you... :) I think > it would be great!!! Thank you again. We don't plan to translate it into Spanish, but I've circulated your name and address to the list, so if anyone else is thinking on these lines, they will know of your offer and how to contact you. The Waitt Family Foundation did some work on a Spanish version of Koha, which they renamed Open Book. A beta version was released, but alas, nothing further has been heard from them since, and there is no reply from any of the addresses we have for them. Cheers, Rosalie

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Accession Lists and Labels
by Timothy R. Butler 19 Apr '02

19 Apr '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello everyone, I'm looking for software to replace an antiquated DOS-based library system in a 1,500 book library on a shoe-string budget. It seems Koha could be ideal for this, however I wasn't sure if it offered two features we are looking for (yeah, really picky, I know!). Anyway - does Koha offer accession lists for inventoring books? Also, does it have anyway to print the labels that contain the accession number, Dewey decimal number, and so forth for books (perhaps through some addon)? It would be great if we could use Koha, I'd love to get rid of Windows on our client machine - and this would be such an ideal way to do that! Thanks a ton! -Tim - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler tbutler(a)uninetsolutions.com Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ============== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8v2KQK37Cns9gJ0gRAhIpAJ0YFbI3oUd+h31f4FQ7ZiKJE0Wv+ACdHhFK pIYuzyJ1Wqz6GfosucFed+I= =JcmK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Looking for latest MARC import tools
by Anthony Van Alphen 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

I am looking for the latest news about/perl source marc importing tools. I am new to Koha running (almost) 1.1.1 and would like to try MARC import. I saw a reference to Steve Tonnesen site at http://142.28.224.14/cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/marcimport.pl which is now stale. Any help. Thanks Anthony Van Alphen

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unsubscribing
by Jim Goulter 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

How do I get off the Koha Mailing list?

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Are Member Reviews useful
by Roger Buck 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

We will be using koha for Internet access to specialised teaching resources /reference works. Most of our members are teachers having shared interests. Because few of us get time to read everything, members would like the ability to submit / read reviews for catalogue items. It seemed that this would be fairly easy to incorporate as an additional koha feature but I am unsure of the value. Does anyone have any experience with this type of service.. and do you think it has any real value? R.

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Dewey entry
by Roger Buck 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

I am in the process of migrating items from our current library system into koha and I have a question about Koha Dewey entries. When adding Dewey entry for new biblio I note two fields: "Dewey" and "Dewey Subclass" All our current entries follow this format: JSM 428.007 WEN JSM 362.2 TOP JSM 170 VER ...and so on... What is the correct way to enter above data into the Koha Dewey field(s)? Thanks, R.

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Koha.uploadedmarc
by Adam Thick 17 Apr '02

17 Apr '02

G'day Chris, have attempted to import some marc data in acquisitions, using acqui.simple. I get an error "DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Table 'Koha.uploadedmarc' doesn't exist at /acqui.simple/marcimport.pl line 1045". Was wondering what the structure for this table might look like? Cheers, Adam Thick Strategic Data Pty Ltd Ph : +61 (3) 9348-2013 Fax: +61 (3) 9348-2015 Mob: 0419 304-590 Email: Adam.Thick(a)StrategicData.com.au Web: http://www.StrategicData.com.au/ Post: P.O. Box 4262 Melbourne University, VIC 3052 Australia

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A basic question
by Stephen Hedges 15 Apr '02

15 Apr '02

If you're a little tired of looking for errors in scripts, how about a philosophical question -- how many different kohas should there be? I've noticed that there are some significant differences in what libraries from different areas of the world expect their software to do. For instance, while ten-digit barcodes seem to work well in the South Pacific, in the US (and Canada?) the fourteen-digit barcode for both book ID and 'member' ID seems to be becoming a de facto standard. And then there's the whole MARC record discussion -- just whose MARC format are we discussing? There's Paul's MARC standard in France, there's USMARC, and I get the feeling MARC may not really be all that important Down Under. And while tracking and storing information about ethnicity is necessary in New Zealand, most libraries in the States would find that idea disturbing. It almost seems as if there are unwritten standards controlling the basic features of library automation systems in different countries. If you think about it, this makes sense. Libraries act like government entities (indeed, they often are), so its not surprising that they try to do things the same way whenever possible, to allow them to interact more easily. But they seldom have any need to interact with libraries outside their own country or area of the world, so regional differences have developed. Let's use our library (Nelsonville Public Library, Nelsonville, Ohio, USA) to illustrate my point. We have been investigating the possibility of using koha to replace our current Sanderson system. In listing the things we would need to change to make koha work for us, we so far have identified: - lengthen the barcode fields - accomodate batch imports and exports of bibliographic records in USMARC format - do away with the ethnicity fields - add support for the Z39.50 protocol to allow us to share catalog records with other libraries in the state of Ohio - and add support for the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) to allow us to share user records with other libraries (and thus participate in the statewide resource sharing system). While these modifications are necessary to make koha a viable alternative for our library, they would be useless for Paul Poulain's library (or Roger Buck's library, or Steve Tonnessen's library, etc., etc.) So let's put my original question a little differently -- is one version of koha enough? Maybe there should be groups in different areas of the world working to develop regional versions of koha. Or has that happened already and we just aren't hearing anything about it? Stephen Hedges Director, Nelsonville Public Library 95 W. Washington St., Nels.,OH 45764 (740) 753-2118 fax (740) 753-3543

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Classification Confusion
by Roger Buck 09 Apr '02

09 Apr '02

Can anyone please clarify the difference(s) between Koha/Opac "Format", "Item Type", "Class" and "Group"? Where the confusion started: When using "Advanced" search options menu (/catalogue/index.html), I note the option to search by "Class" but I cannot find a way to add an Item/Title to a "Class" entry in the Catalogue. Where I have looked for more clarification: When viewing the biblio using the moredetail.pl option, I see a "Group" option that includes "Class" and "Item Type" options inside the "Group" sub-menu. Comparing entries for "Format", "Group" and "Item Type": When using "normal" Acquisitions method to add a new biblio to basket, I see an option list for "Format". The "Format" option list includes select items that appear to include both "Group" and "Item Type" names. So, 1. Is "Format" the sum of "Group" + "Item" type? 2. Should the search option box be rename to search by "Format" instead of by "Class"... or none of the above %-| Any help in clarifying my befuddled brain would be appreciated. Yours faithfully, "confused" of Sydney. R.

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non librarian seeking understanding of tools
by David Bucknell 04 Apr '02

04 Apr '02

Would someone be willing to give a brief explanation of koha/opac/sitesearch differences for a non-librarian? I need to be able to tell librarians what jobs these tools will and will not do. I'm not sure what work is duplicated in the various products and what's unique in each. I know US librarians are always saying that if it doesn't use Marc, then they can't use it. So, is that yet another part that has to be added? David -- http://www.iteachnet.org http://members.iteachnet.org http://opensourceschools.org http://schoolforge.net member ------------------------------------------------ http://members.iteachnet.org/ http://www.opensourceschools.org/

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