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(Fwd) Koha on a Mac Network
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

Chris, Simon: I haven't replied at all to this one Rosa ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:56:48 +0000 Subject: Koha on a Mac Network From: "John Free" <john_free(a)tekauwhatacollege.school.nz> To: rosalie(a)library.org.nz Heard about Koha on the National Programme Will it run on a Mac network? John Free Network Maager Te Kauwhata College ------- End of forwarded message -------

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Re: the Good Work ...
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

Hello Peter, Thank you kindly for the remarks. Any time in the future you want to change, we'll still be there! Rosalie Send reply to: "Peter Miller" <millerassociates(a)xtra.co.nz> From: "Peter Miller" <millerassociates(a)xtra.co.nz> To: <rosalie(a)levin.library.org.nz> Subject: the Good Work ... Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:04:53 +1300 Organization: Miller Associates > Just heard on National Radio that your efforts & library system are to > be featured this afternoon 'Regional' show. > > I have developed a Microsoft Access Library system for the Russell > Community Library and it's been 'live' for 18 months. The library is > all-volunteer based and is 'doing nicely'. > > I have checked your Koha offering on the net and am very impressed. > Congratulations ... pity you hadn't been 2 years earlier. > > Regards ... Peter Miller > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Shirley & Peter Miller > Okiato Point Road, RD 1, Russell 0255 > 09 403 8313, 025 383 344, 025 601 5561 > Fax 09 403 8314, Auckland 09 309 9657 > >

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Re: Koha
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

Hello Rob, Re: > > Rosalie Not just for the glory (though this is a world > > first)! > I think your claim of a world first is a bit ambititious. > > We've been giving away our school library software (Athenaeum Light) > for 3 years now, over the internet. No strings. All passwords. Savvy > users can modify the code, if they have the knowhow and tools. It is > certainly different to what you have, but the basic concepts are the > same. > What a clanger!. We consider ourselves reprimanded: had no idea you were there. > I heard that you had thousands of downloads. We stopped counting the > downloads for two reasons, 1) there were heaps, 2) it is available on > a number of servers around the world where we can't track downloads. > > At least it is nice to know that he first 2 "open" and free library > programs available on the 'net both came from New Zealand! > > Would you like me to put a link to your page on our Athenaeum Light > page? I believe that we should make it easy for users to find the free > software. > By all means, we'd be delighted if you made a link. What is the address of your web page? I'd love to take a look. We're getting a number of requests from people with little knowhow who are finding Koha a struggle to set up, and your programme may well suit them better. Thanks for getting in touch. Rosalie Blake Horowhenua Library Trust > Regards > > > Rob Russell > SumWare Consulting > <http://www.sumware.co.nz> 25 Brewster Ave > +64 (9) 846 7138 Mt Albert > +64 (9) 846 1115 fax Auckland 021 > 378 999 mob New Zealand > > >

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(Fwd) Koha
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:15:42 +1300 From: Rob Russell <rob(a)sumware.co.nz> Subject: Koha To: rosalie(a)library.org.nz Hi Rosalie, I saw your web-site today (after one of my clients mentioned the interview on Nat Radio yesterday). Great to see free library software available. I saw this comment on your main page > Rachel We recommended to the library that they release the > software as "Open Source". That means that anyone else can > download the software and run it up on their machine without > paying either us or Horowhenua Library Trust a cent. > > I can see the colour draining from your faces from here. > Really a free system? But why? > > Rosalie Not just for the glory (though this is a world > first)! >From the dates on your web pages and reading your dialog, it seems >your software became available late 1999? If that is that so, then I think your claim of a world first is a bit ambititious. We've been giving away our school library software (Athenaeum Light) for 3 years now, over the internet. No strings. All passwords. Savvy users can modify the code, if they have the knowhow and tools. It is certainly different to what you have, but the basic concepts are the same. I heard that you had thousands of downloads. We stopped counting the downloads for two reasons, 1) there were heaps, 2) it is available on a number of servers around the world where we can't track downloads. At least it is nice to know that he first 2 "open" and free library programs available on the 'net both came from New Zealand! Would you like me to put a link to your page on our Athenaeum Light page? I believe that we should make it easy for users to find the free software. Regards Rob Russell SumWare Consulting <http://www.sumware.co.nz> 25 Brewster Ave +64 (9) 846 7138 Mt Albert +64 (9) 846 1115 fax Auckland 021 378 999 mob New Zealand ------- End of forwarded message -------

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(Fwd) How do I download Koha onto my computer
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Brent on XTRA" <slava(a)xtra.co.nz> To: <rosalie(a)library.org.nz> Subject: How do I download Koha onto my computer Date sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:29:27 +1300 Dear Rosalie, I heard about this programme on the radio on Wednesday and I thought I would like to download it for my growing collection of books I went to the site www.koha.org and clicked on the "Download Koha" bar Upon doing this a page with text on it came onto the screen. li is headed up "index of/download." I can see no way of downloading it onto my computer. I am new to this kind of thing and I may not be doing it right. It just seems to be a list of files with no steps to actually copy the programme onto my computer. Please could you write back with steps on how to download the Koha programme onto my home computer. Thank you for your time, Brent Lindsay ------- End of forwarded message -------

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(Fwd) KOHA library management software
by Rosalie Blake 03 Dec '00

03 Dec '00

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Subject: KOHA library management software To: rosalie(a)library.org.nz BCC to: From: D.Ghosh(a)indal.co.in Date sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:42:55 +0530 Please accept my sincere appreciation for developing world's first free open source library application. We have a set of libraries located at different metro cities in India, and would like to network these libraries for automating library operations/management activities. Could you kindly let us know whether this software can be operated on Lotus Notes (R5) communication platform and Windows 95/NT O/S. Or, could you please suggest any Lotus Notes based library automation application. Look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much. Best Regards Debasis Ghosh Email: D.Ghosh(a)indal.co.in ------- End of forwarded message -------

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Modified scripts and html
by Chris Cormack 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Hi All Over the last couple of weeks Glen Stewart (glen_stewart(a)associate.com) has been working on the koha scripts and html. He has modified them in such a way to make installing koha on a single server without virtual hosts very easy. These modified scripts can be found in http://developer.koha.org/glen/ They are based on v1.06 of koha. Im working to integrate these changes into v1.07, along with quite a few acquisition changes. I hope to have some sort of cvs access set up by then also, so that ppl can grab either patches, to upgrade their existing install, or copies of the modified scripts. Well thats all from me, once again thank you Glen for your work Chris -- Chris Cormack Katipo Communications Programmer/Sys Admin chris(a)katipo.co.nz 025 500 789 www.katipo.co.nz

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Re: [Koha] (no subject)
by Stuart A Yeates 21 Nov '00

21 Nov '00

> Practice what you preach, Stuart. Nowhere that I see do you give feedback > to the actual author of the paper - Kaye was just passing on what she > thought was an interesting read - she doesn't appear to have any > relationship with the author that I can see. Sorry I had mistakenly thought that the the pointer to the paper was posted by someone associated with it. I now see that I was mistaken. Sorry. The point I was trying to make, but obviously didn't, was that the paper painted an unnecessarily very negative view of innovation in library interfaces. stuart -- stuart yeates <s.yeates(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> aka `loam' "Oh, havoc," cried Pooh, as he let slip the heffalumps of war. X-no-archive:yes

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Re: [Koha] (no subject)
by kaye.guidetti＠wesley.com.au 21 Nov '00

21 Nov '00

Got the names wrong didn't I when replying to Stuart Yeates' email. Sorry, but the sentiment remains the same =========================================== This email message has been swept by MIMESweeper for The Wesley Group of Hospitals- Australia ===========================================

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Re: [Koha] (no subject)
by kaye.guidetti＠wesley.com.au 21 Nov '00

21 Nov '00

Simon, Thanks for your comments - I did not write the paper however. I sent it to the list more in support of Koha which allows library users to use the one piece of software - the browser - than for any other reason. I didn't notice the bit in the conference paper about the casual user. I assume by casual user you mean library borrowers. I can assure you that most librarians do consider their borrowers/users, after all they are the reason for our existence. Software that is easy to use, requires no extra plug-ins or other software is important. If a library user cannot find what he/she needs because the software is too hard to use or simply cannot be accessed at all because they don't have some special piece of software they are very likely to give up in disgust. At least most people who have a pc and internet access or are hooked into a company intranet have a web browser. This is the reason I think Koha is so good (although I admit I haven't been allowed to trial it yet). We currently use Inmagic Dbtextworks which is a good database but not inuitive - the functions of the toolbar buttons are not easy to remember, all users need some training, and in order to provide users with access from outside the library we have to provide run-time masters which must be constantly updated, purchase licences for searchworks software (which is being phased out) or purchase an expensive add on called webpublisher. =========================================== This email message has been swept by MIMESweeper for The Wesley Group of Hospitals- Australia ===========================================

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