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March Koha US education meeting Monday
by Lauren Denny 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Hi everyone, Here is a reminder that the KohaUS education meeting meetings this coming Monday, March 24 at 10:30am PT / 11:30am MT / 12:30pm CT / 1:30pm ET Here is the Zoom Meeting link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/235007217?pwd=N2ZXcHplZ1d1ZUFVQnNtRzlJM2xtZz09 We discuss ways to help educate people to use Koha. Here is a link to this month's agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QubWy3sC8oUlkw-en0YsE__Se3eRQkYO0GmrA9… And the developer forum we hosted a few weeks ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDq9zWL9swk We would love to have you join us and share what you are using to teach people how to use Koha. Lauren

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Update to Ubuntu version 20 or 22 koha library version 21.05.21.000
by Victor Barroso Oliveira 20 Mar '25

20 Mar '25

Good morning, I need to update to Ubuntu version 20 or 22. What is the best alternative considering that I have installed the koha library version 21.05.21.000? Thanks, Victor

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Re: [Koha] Securing opac-search
by David Cook 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

Hi Christina, Locally for the Koha instances I support, I've been writing some experimental user-friendly Koha-based anti-bot code. Firstly, I rate limit the number of visits to opac-search.pl based on IP address blocks. That is, if multiple IP addresses from a /24 or /16 CIDR block perform X visits over Y minutes, they'll get a temporarily block and see a user-friendly Koha page saying too many requests are coming from their device. (However, as you've noted, this won't work against bots that use a different IP address very every request.) Secondly, for pages like opac-search.pl, opac-detail, etc, I've been working on checks which identify obvious bots (by UserAgent string or other particular HTTP headers), identify mistakes made in the bot request (some bots try to be too clever and give themselves away in the process), etc. At the moment, they mostly just get a very small 404 message, which reduces impact on the Koha server. This takes care of a lot of bots. (However, there are still bots that perfectly mimic real human users, which get past this check. Also, this check can create false positives for legitimate third-party integrations like Discovery systems, which is a problem.) Thirdly, I have a user-friendly challenge screen produced by Koha, which in theory will let humans prove they're human and not bots. At the moment, the threshold is extremely high, so it doesn't get triggered. But I'm thinking of lowering the threshold. (However, this means that it's very likely that real humans will trigger this check and get the challenge screen. So I need to make sure the "friction" they feel is minimal, so the user experience is still pleasant. This is still a work in progress. I have all the ideas and code in my head, but we've been managing bots well, so this hasn't been a high priority for us.) -- The first change is "In Discussion" on Bugzilla as Bug 39109. I haven't submitted patches for the second and third changes yet, as they depend on other local code at the moment and I'm still fine tuning much of it. But it is my intention to submit patches for them eventually. The "challenge screen" I'll probably wait the longest until it's proven in my local systems. Unfortunately, that's not much help in the short term, but hopefully help in the long-term. I'm always happy to discuss this topic with people as well if they have their own changes in mind or want to help out. David Cook Senior Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:59:14 +0100 From: "Fairlamb, Christina" <cjf(a)wmu.se> To: koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Securing opac-search Message-ID: <CANrPTp4D9kONGYxZktMGpvFjdVqdhpPhKD3mau1ceN6S91fkCg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hello, Koha 24.11.01 Not strictly a Koha problem but something I know a lot of Koha users face. After years of running happily with fail2ban and robots.txt blocking bots/crawlers, the security seems to have passed. We've been getting more and more bots of late switching IPs before bans can take place, perhaps they could be ddos, either way grinding koha to a halt. I've had to switch OPACPublic to disable for now. I can't find much about securing a server against these types of hits. Does anyone else running a small server have any guidance on what could be done/the next steps? I'd ideally like to keep the OPAC public. Thank you Christina

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Search Sort by Title (A-Z) for non-Latin alphabets like Arabic Language
by vinod kumar 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has successfully gotten the "Sort by Title (A-Z)" feature to work properly in Koha for non-latin languages. At the moment, any foreign language materials with titles in non-Latin alphabets are not sorting correctly for me. It seems like search results for non-latin languages that use different scripts (e.g., Hindi, Korean) or languages that read from right to left (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic), sort by title A-Z is not working. Is there a general solution for this? Or how are others dealing with this issue? Please help me with my library having "Arabic" titles. Koha 23.11 installed at ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Thanks & Regards Vinod Kumar

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Securing opac-search
by Fairlamb, Christina 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hello, Koha 24.11.01 Not strictly a Koha problem but something I know a lot of Koha users face. After years of running happily with fail2ban and robots.txt blocking bots/crawlers, the security seems to have passed. We've been getting more and more bots of late switching IPs before bans can take place, perhaps they could be ddos, either way grinding koha to a halt. I've had to switch OPACPublic to disable for now. I can't find much about securing a server against these types of hits. Does anyone else running a small server have any guidance on what could be done/the next steps? I'd ideally like to keep the OPAC public. Thank you Christina

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Contact from Cambridge University Press
by Kate Phillips 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hello, I have received an email from a mutual customer asking how to activate our open access material in KOHA but I have not dealt with this before and would really like to talk to someone about how our collections are presented in your system and whether there is anything that I can do to help facilitate the ingestion of our metadata. We have a cataloguing librarian who enhances our MARC records to a very high standard and we could also send these to you if someone is able to tell me how we would go about doing this. I would be very grateful if someone could get back to me about this asap. Many thanks, Kate Kate Phillips Senior Discovery Liaison Executive Cambridge University Press kate.phillips(a)cambridge.org Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA cambridge.org/universitypress<https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeUP> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/CambridgeUP> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cambridgeuniversitypress/> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/cambridgeuniversitypress/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/@CambridgeUP> Cambridge University Press & Assessment is the publishing and assessment department of the University of Cambridge. The corporate title of the University is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. Our principal office is at Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8EA, United Kingdom, with registered VAT number GB 823 8476 09. We are a not-for-profit organisation and an exempt charity under the Charities Act 2011. Disclaimer This email is intended solely for the recipient and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please let us know and then delete the original email and any attachments. Do not use, copy or disclose the contents of this email or any attachment. Any views or opinions in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Cambridge, unless specifically stated.

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koha-US Board Meeting Minutes for March 12, 2025
by Kristi Krueger 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the koha-US board meeting on Wednesday, March 12, 2025- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UwHf_RohfdmpGWvePJ3FcglFzc8S3MjdnFPV0w5… 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, April 02 @ 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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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | 513
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

We shared what to look forward to in 24.11. Now we'll share what we've run into after the upgrade. https://youtu.be/05vOGHl81I0 Respectfully, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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Fwd: Request to be added to the Koha Support Companies List
by Katrin Fischer 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Hi Tugay, forwarding your email to the mailing list. I have added your company to the support provider list. Please check if the entry is OK. Unfortunately I couldn't get the Ş to display correctly, it always gets broken after saving the form. Katrin -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Request to be added to the Koha Support Companies List Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:59:04 +0300 From: Tugay Yılmaz <tyilmaz(a)geminibilgi.com> To: Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83(a)web.de> *Dear Koha Community,* We would like to be listed on the "Koha Support Companies by Country" page as a Koha support provider in Turkey. Gemini Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. is a Turkey-based company specializing in library services. We provide technical support for Koha, including installation, data migration, configuration, and integration. Below is our company information for inclusion in the list: *Company Name:* Gemini Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. *Contact Email:*bilgi@geminibilgi.com.tr *Website:* https://kutuphane.geminibilgi.com.tr/ *Telephone:* +90 312 440 91 71 *You can find a link to the Koha Community page at https://kutuphane.geminibilgi.com.tr/acik-kaynak/ We actively support libraries in Turkey by offering comprehensive Koha services and technical assistance. We also contribute to the Koha community by promoting its adoption and ensuring seamless migration for institutions transitioning to Koha. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to being listed. Please let us know if any additional information is required. Best regards, Tugay Yılmaz Software Support Specialist ---------------- Alıcı: Tugay Yılmaz (tyilmaz(a)geminibilgi.com) Konu: Request to be added to the Koha Support Companies List; 07.03.2025, 22:40, "Katrin Fischer" <katrin.fischer.83(a)web.de>: Hi Tugay, you email hasn't come reached the mailing list as you can see in the archive: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2025-March/date.html Did you subscribe first with your email address? https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha Please try again after confirming your subscription. I have also not been able to locate the link back to the Koha community on your website. This is the requirement for being listed. Can you please point out where it is in your email to the list? Thanks Katrin On 06.03.25 08:06, Tugay Yılmaz wrote: Hi Katrin, We wrote an e-mail to the community to list our company, but there was no response. When I checked yesterday, there were replies to different e-mails. Can you help us to be added to companies that support Koha? We are a company that has been providing hardware, software and database support to libraries in Türkiye for 30 years. Thank you in advance for your response. Best regards, Tugay Yılmaz -------- İletilen mesajın başlangıcı -------- 03.03.2025, 11:03, Tugay Yılmaz (tyilmaz(a)geminibilgi.com) Alıcı: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz (koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz) Konu: Request to be added to the Koha Support Companies List; *Dear Koha Community,* We would like to be listed on the "Koha Support Companies by Country" page as a Koha support provider in Turkey. Gemini Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. is a Turkey-based company specializing in library services. We provide technical support for Koha, including installation, data migration, configuration, and integration. Below is our company information for inclusion in the list: *Company Name:*Gemini Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. *Contact Email:*bilgi@geminibilgi.com.tr *Website:* https://kutuphane.geminibilgi.com.tr/ *Telephone:* +90 312 440 91 71 We actively support libraries in Turkey by offering comprehensive Koha services and technical assistance. We also contribute to the Koha community by promoting its adoption and ensuring seamless migration for institutions transitioning to Koha. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to being listed. Please let us know if any additional information is required. Best regards, Tugay Yılmaz Software Support Specialist -------- İletilen mesajın sonu --------

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Call for news - Newsletter March 2025
by Michael Kuhn 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Hi I'm collecting news for the March 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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