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Community positions for 25.11 cycle
by Paul Derscheid 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Hi all, It’s that time again; we’re coming up to release time for 25.05, and that means picking the team for the 25.11 cycle! Please see the roles page at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_25.11 and add your name to a role if you would like to propose volunteering for it. The team vote will take place on May 7th at the development meeting after the next. We’d love to see some new faces on the team, and it’s just as important to have non-developers helping to guide the ship as it is the developers! Some roles we’d like to draw your attention to: * Bug Wranglers <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Bug_wrangler> - We can always do with more bug wranglers! These people love to keep things tidy, and Bugzilla is always in need of your help. We need people to help manage ‘the list’, identify the duplicates, promote bugs to specialists, and find people to do signoffs and testing. Everyone is invited to this party; we need you! This is a great first-time role to take on, and it makes a real difference to active community contributors’ lives! * Documentation Team <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Documentation_team> - The documentation team is a growing team that’s made great inroads into bringing Koha’s documentation up to date and ensuring we have a well-documented piece of software. There’s plenty more to do, and they’re always on the lookout for new contributors. The documentation team is a super-friendly group and would love to see you join them. What I’d also love to see are developers taking a look at the documentation team to support with infrastructure, approaches, or more technically challenging parts of Koha. * Wiki Curators <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Wiki_team> - Koha’s wiki is bursting at the seams with good information, but we need your help to bring order to the chaos and keep improving the content. If you’ve got an interest in maintaining an area of the Wiki, helping identify out-of-date information, or categorising data, then this is a job for you. * Meeting Facilitators <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Meeting_facilitators> - We have regular meetings in the community to discuss development progress, documentation tasks, and general community needs. It would be really helpful to have someone to help promote those meetings, keep them on track, and work on the minutes. Right now, these meetings are run by me with help from the attendees, except for the documentation team, where the burden currently lies on the team managers. I’d also like to initiate and work on the meeting automations and especially: share knowledge! * Accessibility Advocate <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles#Accessibility_advocate> - In Koha, we really want to be open and accessible to all, but accessibility is an area that many of us are not as aware of as we should be. We’d like to have some people helping to promote best practices and report accessibility issues we might not be aware of. If you’d like to volunteer for any of the roles, I am happy to chat about the ones I have experience in or point you to a person that is better suited to give you an overview. We don’t bite, so be curious and be confident. No matter what you do, in the end, it’s always a rewarding experience and an opportunity to grow that you don’t find just anywhere. Kind regards, Paul Derscheid

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koha-US Board Meeting Reminder for Wednesday, April 9, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Hello! The next koha-US Board Meeting is Wednesday, April 9, 2025. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+Board+Mee…> ) Where: Zoom <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/293750042?pwd=SGQzS2pmU3prNFhYRHNaeTFhOHN4QT09> Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sM5pLqQZQDYDrARtd7JqFMP4iOsGPGihk7RBFIO… If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org. Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-US.org

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REMINDER: General IRC meeting 8 April 2025
by Paul Derscheid 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Hi all, We have a General Jitsi meeting scheduled for tomorrow: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_8_April_2025 Time converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+General+Meet… Please feel free to add any topics you’d like to discuss to the agenda or let me know and I am happy to add them for you. See you there! Side note: we got the development meeting coming up on Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 14 UTC. Unfortunately forgot to send a reminder one week early due to Hackfest but will do it for the one after that. Paul

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Not finding items
by Paul Dokken 04 Apr '25

04 Apr '25

We have added several hundred items to our self hosted Koha instance and now when we try to find them by barcode they do not show up. Any ideas on what to check? Is there an indexer that might not be running? -- *Paul Dokken* Information and Digital Technology System Administrator PO Box 248, Waxhaw, NC 28173 | jaars.org (c) 803.235.6861 | paul.dokken(a)jaars.org JUNGLE AVIATION AND RELAY SERVICE At JAARS, we commit to: Seek God Above All | Serve in Love | Act with Integrity | Steward God's Resources with Courage | Pursue Excellence | Collaborate with Respect | Create a Culture of Innovation

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Special purpose KOHA...Manage ILL?
by John Ronald 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

So just wondering if there are any libraries who have used KOHA in limited/emergency circumstances to only manage Interlibrary Loans? The reason I ask is because our Network and POLARIS Integrated Library System (ILS) are down/offline and POLARIS is therefore not able to interface with our statewide ILL management platform, ShareIt, a product of Auto-Graphics, Inc. Our IT staff is working on the outage (possibly due to some kind of cyberattack, still under investigation); regular circ is eeking by using the Offline Circ functions in POLARIS for check out and check in. But this is not an option for ILL. My thought was, ILL borrowing could be restored if we set up a version of KOHA on one of our county government servers, for the sole purpose of managing and circulating ILL items. It would need to be able to interface with ShareIt to validate (ILL) patrons, create temporary bib records, generate patron holds, etc. Are there any KOHA users out there who also use ShareIt to manage their ILLs? How has it worked out for you and was the setup easy or hard? The downside to Open Source like KOHA is while it is free to download it would require the commitment of some IT Staff who are already overworked as it is. We are also considering cloud based alternatives like LibLime (despite the extra vendor costs) as a viable stopgap measure to keep ILL services operational during the crisis, to be discontinued once POLARIS is restored. Right now we are keeping things running as best we can with hotspots & laptops. --John J. Ronald, MA, MLS ILL Paraprofessional Fort Bend County Libraries Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/

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koha-US General Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, April 02, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the koha-US General Meeting held on Wednesday, April 02, 2025- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4RJmaEDp9IEmV3MIupvpNYz2r-HCIgN5zSIOOB… The recording for the general meeting has been posted; there's a link to the recording in the minutes. koha-US meetings are open to all! The next general meeting will be on Wednesday, 07 May, 2025 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. The next board meeting will be on Wednesday, 09 April, 2025 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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self-registration
by Steve Harris 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

Once self-registration has been enabled. Where does a patron see the option to use it?

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koha-US General Meeting reminder: Wednesday, April 02, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 28 Mar '25

28 Mar '25

Hello! The next koha-US General Meeting is Wednesday, April 02, 2025. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/648572897?pwd=TUpsRE1TYlFPWWxTWFl4TVovSTJ3Zz09 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UNllKCkrWP6zKbDtOrRz0Zq4j6i-iiCsNE46zio… If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Koha March release with security fixes
by Paul Derscheid 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Hi all, The Koha community is proud to announce the release of March versions: 24.11.03 24.05.08 23.11.13 22.11.25 It is a bugfix/maintenance release including some security fixes. It is highly recommended to upgrade. The full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-24-11-03-released/ https://koha-community.org/koha-24.05.08-released/ https://koha-community.org/koha-23.11.13-released/ https://koha-community.org/koha-22-11-25-released/ Debian packages are available. Tarballs will follow soon. Note: This time we actually managed to be on time :) Next month it will be a Tuesday, so we might make the 22nd. Kind regards Paul -- LMSCloud GmbH Paul Derscheid - Software Engineer Bismarckstr. 3 - D-72764 Reutlingen e paul.derscheid(a)lmscloud.de w www.lmscloud.de

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 514
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

Book banning - bad. Suppression - good. Today, George walks us through enhancing the OPAC suppression message in Koha records. The rest of this episode's description has been suppressed. https://youtu.be/AS-IFLNnrf8 Mischievously, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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