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Adding books to the database
by Jeff Yacobucci 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

excuse me being stupid, but Is there an easy way to add books to the database? I've been reading that there is a web based way to do it, but i can't seem to find it. little help? Thanks, Jeff

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Can I import/export MARC?
by Zeki Celikbas 26 Nov '01

26 Nov '01

_____________________________ Can I import/export MARC? It is currently possible to import MARC records, one at a time.á Full MARC support is coming for both the database and the front end. _____________________________ Can We? I've read this paragraf from "Koha Frequently Asked Questions" page I want to try this module. I think it's beta version now, but I realy want to try Is there anybody to tell me where I could get this module and a brief description how to install. I have this system: RedHat 7.2 koha 1.1.1 YAZ marc.pl Thans very much and best regards. Zeki Celikbas Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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patron book reviews/suggestions, desirable koha enhancement?
by Emile Snyder 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Hello all, I'm not involved with any library (other than as a patron of my local county system), just lurking on the Koha list because I think it's a cool project. I was hoping that people who are involved with running koha in real library settings could comment on the perceived pros and cons of a "review and suggestions" enhancement to the koha database, a'la amazon.com. I have found myself increasingly using amazon.com as a source of feedback about books in a variety of situations; both when I'm considering a book to buy, or when I'm looking through our community library collection and wondering what books to check out. Having the reviews available is good, but I find the "people who liked this book also liked XYZ" to be really addictive. I can follow chains of related books this way, reading reviews as I go, and find some interesting things that I never would have come to on my own. I realize that there is a fairly large critical mass of reviews that must be present in a system before this really works, and I've been thinking about various ways one could share review collections between libraries. Before I get too into db schemas and appropriate SQL queries, are there some downsides to having this in the system that people anticipate? Or different review'ish schemes that seem more helpful? thanks, -emile

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FAQ (final?)
by Nicholas Stephen Rosasco 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

The new version: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~nsr4n/Koha/faq.html is up, has some formatting. Before you suggest something, some rationales: It is one file/page to keep maintenance and packing (with Koha) easier. It is kept simple to keep load times faster -- not everyone lives on the best of networks. Some of the suggestions were taken, some not. I've tried to keep spelling Anglo vs. American neutral. I've probably failed in that. :) Feedback on this round I'd like to keep to essential, not cosmetic. My remaining questions/want to adds are: What is the hardware for the HLT, CMSD sites? (more info is better) Who at Katipo, HLT, and elsewhere have contributed? I'd like to add a credits section (I'll probably create a seperate acknowledgement list for FAQ suggestors).

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Re: [Koha] FAQ (final?)
by Simon Blake 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

Hi Julian On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 08:19:31AM +1300, Julian Davison said: > Simon Blake wrote: > [snip] > > We had the Athlon because the server before that (a K6 400) ran the > > database *and* about six copies of Netscape 4.77 for linux (for the > > diskless opacs). Every so often, Netscape would go nova, stealing all > > available RAM and CPU, which rendered the K6/400 fairly insensible. So > > we split the tasks, and put Koha on the Athlon - however, Koha did run > > fine on a K6/400 with 384Mb of RAM, when Netscape wasn't being a > > resource hog. > > What're the diskless opacs, if I may enquire? :) > PCs running linux and X to get Netscape? They're the diskless 16Mb 486SX's with Novell boot roms that ran the DOS-based opac for the old system. Basically, I run a little mini-netware server on one of the linux boxes, enough to talk IPX to the netware ROMS and get the diskless clients into DOS, whereupon they run loadlin, boot an nfsroot linux kernel, and run XDM for the opacs to login. It was done this way because the 486's didn't have enough power to run a browser locally, nor were they anything like Y2K compiliant (I believe their native times bounce around between 1974 and 2048, depending on the BIOS release :-). So it was either use them as xterms, or junk them. It all works pretty well, except for the problems with Netscape going troppo occasionally, and also that I haven't tied down netscape particularly tightly, so occasionally the kids set the foreground and background colours the same :-(. At some stage in the medium future, we'll try putting mozilla on instead, and using the opacs to grant Internet access as well, but that's another story. Cheers Si -- Simon Blake simon(a)katipo.co.nz Katipo Communications +64 21 402 004

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Final, This time for real
by Nicholas Stephen Rosasco 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

OK. Round 2 :) Unless you are a _contributor_ (code, faq question or answer, or you worked on Koha at Katipo or HLT) AND I've forgotten you (or misplaced/misattributed you) in the credits block I'm basically declaring this version of the FAQ done. :) Please send last ditch corrections to: nsr_koha(a)hotmail.com (I'm still digging out this mail account from all the help from last time!) <Contributors: I KNOW I AM MISSING SOME OF YOU. _Please respond_ -- it isn't intentional, I was just going off my mail archive, which is as scatological as, well, my existance :) :) > Thanks for all the help... and, *everyone*, thank you for the praise/comments/suggestions, etc. NSR

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barcode scanners?
by Zeki Celikbas 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

hi all, I want to buy a couple of "barcode scanners" for the library. I saw koha is accepting 9 column alphanumeric barcodes both for books and patrons. I wonder what kind of barcode scanners are using in the libraries using KOHA. Could you please list me industry standards or properties of this barcode scanners. I will order barcode scanners according to these information. thanks and best regards Zeki Celikbas Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Mandarin
by Mclurg High School Library 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

Just found out about Koha through the Mandarin Library List Server. Has anybody transferred their records over from Mandarin to Koha? We are looking for a new library program. Any comments please e-mail me at mclur02(a)sk.sympatico.ca Thanks for any information. Cindy Petterson Library Tech.

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Displaying MARC record data
by Tonnesen Steve 11 Nov '01

11 Nov '01

Is there some kind of standard way that MARC records are displayed to users? Does anybody have any documentation for how this is done? Steve.

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FAQ v.0.2.1
by Nicholas Stephen Rosasco 09 Nov '01

09 Nov '01

Hello everyone... As part of my attempt to give some (not just install) documentation to Koha, we have a draft version of a possible Freq. Asked Questions ready for comment. Please send any comments concerning _additional_ questions to nsr_koha(a)hotmail.com, 'cause my current inbox runneth over as it is. I'll be soliciting feedback on the responses later, after I have a chance to run down answers to everything else. http://www.people.virginia.edu/~nsr4n/faq.html Thanks (and -please- note alternate email address), Nick

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