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Call for news - Newsletter April 2025
by Michael Kuhn 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

Hi I'm collecting news for the April 2025 Koha Community Newsletter. Please send anything noteworthy to: kohanews (at) gmail (dot) com News criteria: * Relevant news items can be of any length. * Images are fine. * Anything and everything Koha. * Submit by the 26th of the month. Text format criteria: * Just structured plain text, or * HTML text to include tables or similar For events: * Consider adding your event to the Koha Community calendar at https://koha-community.org/calendar/ Thank you! Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Kohacon25 Registrations open
by Chris Cormack 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

We arepleased to announce that registrations are now open for KohaCon25, the global gathering celebrating 25 years of Koha, the world's first open-source library management system. This milestone event marks Koha's return to its birthplace in Aotearoa New Zealand. Registration Details Registration Link: https://kohacon25-1.lilregie.com/ Conference Website: https://2025.kohacon.org/ Important Registration Guidelines - Registration is mandatory for all in-person attendees - Registration is free of charge but required for planning purposes - Please register only if you will attend in person in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington = Do not register if you cannot attend in person = Online participants do not need to register for live-streamed sessions Event Overview KohaCon25 will take place in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington from 17-23 November 2025, featuring: Conference Days (17-19 November): Presentations, keynotes, and discussions exploring Koha's journey and future Cultural Activities Day (20 November): Opportunities to experience Wellington Working Together Days (21-23 November): Collaborative workshops, development sprints, and community building Why Attend? KohaCon25 represents a significant homecoming as we celebrate a quarter-century since Koha emerged from the Horowhenua Library Trust. Named after the Māori concept of 'koha' - a gift that strengthens communities - this gathering offers an opportunity to honour the system's whakapapa while creating pathways for its continued evolution. Join library professionals, developers, and open-source advocates from around the world as we reflect on the journey of Koha from a local initiative to a global phenomenon serving thousands of libraries worldwide. Ngā mihi nui | With appreciation KohaCon25 is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors: Pounamu Sponsors: ByWater Solutions, Catalyst IT, Biteca Tūhua Sponsors: Auckland University of Technology (AUT), LMSCloud Pāua Sponsors: Bob and Irma Birchall, Patu To The Face As a Service For questions or further information, please contact: organisers(a)kohacon.org Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara, ki Aotearoa | Welcome to Wellington, New Zealand

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos | 515
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Most staff know how to login to Koha (at least I hope so). But there times that staff are having trouble logging in, or have other basic support needs. Digging through menus and information can be frustrating, especially when you are already in a panic. Well, panic no more! George will walk us through setting up some instructions on the login page. In fact, he'll provide instructions on how to customize the instructions based on the time of day. https://youtu.be/DfIu8yMUFAw Respectfully, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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koha-translate
by Сычев Игорь Алексеевич 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Hi! https://translate.koha-community.org/translate/koha/24-11/messages-js/ru/?q… # of % selected koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/categories.js:128 How can I fix this? Good Luck! Igor A. Sychev Tomsk Polytechnic University https://lib.tpu.ru/

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koha-US Board Meeting Minutes for April 09, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the koha-US board meeting on Wednesday, April 09, 2025- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ET8UOwxYdG6kP9vJDgstwv3hyfnV5giXmwJpTfh… koha-US meetings are open to all! Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 8:30 PT / 9:30 MT / 10:30 CT / 11:30 ET. The next koha-US General Meeting will be on Wednesday, May 7 @ 8:30 PT / 9:30 MT / 10:30 CT / 11:30 ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+February+…> ). If you have additional topics for the General Meeting agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Accruing fines?
by Trevor Diamond 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Howdy yall! Are accruing fines required in Koha? I'm looking at the system preferences: CalculateFinesOnReturn : (Currently set to DO) finesMode : (Currently set to Calculate and charge) Fines mode also has the note "NOTE: If the cronjobs/fines.pl cronjob is being run, accruing and final fines will be calculated when the cron runs and accruing fines will be finalized when an item is returned. If CalculateFinesOnReturn is enabled, final fines will be calculated when an item is returned." To me, this reads as the fines.pl cron job doesn't actually *need *to run on a regular basis. So I assume the behavior would be that nothing accrues on the patron's account until the item is checked in. Is this correct? Or does everyone just live with accruing fines on the patron record? Trevor D -- Trevor Diamond Director of Library Systems Main Library Alliance Cedar Knolls, NJ <https://mainlib.org/>

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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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