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Kohacon20 registrations open!
by Chris Cormack 05 Jan '20

05 Jan '20

Kia ora Ngā mihi o te tau hou pākehā. Happy New year. New year, new conference news! We had a ton of great submissions for talks, and we are working on a draft programme now. But we have opened registrations for the conference. https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/registration/ Bearing in mind there is no conference fee, please only register if you are planning to attend. Or if circumstances change so you can't attend please let us know. There is finite capacity at the venue and we would hate to turn away people and have empty seats. That being said, we would love to see you there, go forth and register :) Chris

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Non-existing value in system preference "borrowerRelationship"
by Michael Kuhn 05 Jan '20

05 Jan '20

Hi After completing a new installation of Koha 19.11.01 using a non-English (de-DE) webinstaller I found the following warning in Koha menu "About Koha > system information: "Die folgenden Werte wurden für Benutzerbeziehungen verwendet, existieren aber nicht im Systemparameter 'borrowerRelationship': * Wenn es sich bei der Beziehung um einen erwünschten Wert handelt, dann fügen Sie diesen dem Systemparameter 'borrowerRelationship' hinzu. Andernfalls bitten Sie Ihren Systemadministrator die Werte in borrowers.relationship und/oder borrower_relationships.relationship in der Datenbank zu korrigieren." In Englisch this means: "The following values have been used for guarantee/guarantor relationships, but do not exist in the 'borrowerRelationship' system preference: * If the relationship is one you want, please add it to the 'borrowerRelationship' system preference, otherwise have your system's administrator correct the values in borrowers.relationship and/or borrower_relationships.relationship in the database." When trying to add a new patron the following relationships can be chosen: "[empty line]" and "Vater" and "Mutter". The system preference "borrowerRelationship" actually looks like "Vater|Mutter". If I change the system preference "borrowerRelationship" to "|Vater|Mutter" the warning goes away, but now the following relationships can be chosen: "[empty line]" and "[empty line]" and "Vater" and "Mutter" (thus TWO empty lines at the beginning). Is there an easy solution to fix this or does it matter at all? Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik(a)adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch

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Error when tryin to log in to the Staff Interface
by Tomasz 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

Hi, My name is Tomasz and I am new to Koha community. I have run into a problem when installing Koha for the first time. I have failed on step when after initial setup, web installer and on-boarding tool I tried to log in to the Staff Interface. This is the error I get: Software error: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::_dbh_execute(): Table 'koha_rasuwacommunity.library_groups' doesn't exist at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Objects.pm line 129 I did koha-upgrade-schema, koha-rebuild-zebra, but nothing worked. I am using Ubuntu19.10, stable latest Koha and mysql 8.0.18. Can you please help? Thank you in advance. Happy Christmas all!!! -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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Cataloging tables, chairs, etc.
by Mark Alexander 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Our little library is planning to lend out things like folding tables, folding chairs, cake pans, tools, and all sorts of other equipment. I'm trying to figure out the best way to set up circulation rules for these things. My initial thought was to minimize the number of items types, and hence circulations rules. So we could have item types called "EQUIPMENT-3DAYS", "EQUIPMENT-1WEEK", and "EQUIPMENT-1MONTH", the names of which reflect how long the circulation period would be. Then the various things we could lend out would fall into one of these buckets. But this means that if a user was searching for items by item type in the OPAC, cake pans might be listed next to power drills, and so forth. Maybe that's OK; I don't know. I was wondering how other libraries deal with this kind of thing. Thanks in advance!

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Happy New Year
by Alvaro Cornejo 31 Dec '19

31 Dec '19

Hi All / kia ora Just a few lines to thanks all Koha team for their 2019 hard work and to wish to all the community a happy new year and a 2020 full of successes. Alvaro |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Envíe y Reciba Datos y mensajes de Texto (SMS) hacia y desde cualquier celular y Nextel en el Perú, México y en mas de 180 paises. Use aplicaciones 2 vias via SMS y GPRS online Visitenos en www.perusms.com

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January 2020 koha-US meeting dates
by Jason Robb 30 Dec '19

30 Dec '19

Due to the New Year's holiday, the January koha-US meetings as regularly scheduled have been pushed forward one week. *koha-US board meeting:* Wednesday, January 8, 2020 @ 10:30 CST (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+board+mee…> ) https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564 *koha-US general meeting:* Wednesday, January 15, 2020 @ 10:30 CST (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) https://kslib.zoom.us/j/110290143 View additional upcoming meetings and events on our Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=koha-us.org_dmqojds19fu8l8bd… koha-US meetings are open to any and all. Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and camera 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 <https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697>* If you have topics for discussion at either meeting, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org. Jason Robb koha-US secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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by Petritsch Barbara 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

Dear Koha Community, I am a new koha user and have browsed your lively communication. It is good to see that this is a fine worling community. Mirko Tietgen has set up our application and is hosting and maintaining it. I don't want to bother him with every little problem I have though. So here comes my first issue: When linking to records I use the 773 to link the child record tot he parent record. This works just fine. Linking back to the child record (show analytics; Zeige unslebstständige Werke) from the parent record doesn't work regularly. I couldn't find out why it sometimes does or why it doesn't. Did anybody have the same issue and found the solution? I am happy with any clue. Best, Barbara Barbara Petritsch Bibliothek Museen der Stadt Wien Wien Museum 1040 Wien, Karlsplatz Liefer- und Büroadresse während der Sanierung am Karlsplatz: Arcade Meidling Eingang Wilhelmstraße 64, 3.OG Portier 1120 Wien T: +43 (0)1 505 87 47 84038 M: +43 (0)664 8829 3884 E: barbara.petritsch(a)wienmuseum.at W: www.wienmuseum.at

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Experimenting with Authorities LinkerOptions and Elasticsearch
by Myka Kennedy Stephens 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

Hello, I'm doing some testing/refining of authority record mapping in Elasticsearch and thought that I would also try the broader_headings setting for LinkerOptions as described here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Bug7284_authority_matching_improvement I'm noticing some strange things and inconsistencies. Could someone who is more familiar with using broader_headings in LinkerOptions tell me if this is unusual or normal? 1. When adding a bibliographic record: the linker did not automatically link on a broader heading (i.e., it didn't strip the free-floating subdivision to find a match); it worked when there was an exact match. 2. When editing the bibliographic record with the basic editor and clicking the link icon next to the heading that didn't automatically link: the authority search box comes up with the entire heading + free floating subdivision; removing the free-floating subdivision and performing the search finds the authority record for the broader heading. Select the heading to link and the heading + syntax remains the same in the basic editor. Save changes and the heading is now linked to the authority record for the broader heading. (Without broader_headings in LinkerOptions, the free-floating subdivision disappears when I try this.) 3. When editing the record with the advanced editor and using ctrl+shift+L: do an authority search same as above. Selecting the heading to link will change the syntax in the advanced editor, stripping the free-floating subdivision and punctuation. I'm testing this using Koha Testing Docker on master with ES enabled. It seems that broader_headings is partially working (see observation from action #2), but I'd really like it to link automatically on the broader heading. Is it supposed to? If so, is it not working for me because of ES or perhaps something else? I think the behavior I'm seeing with linking in the advanced editor (#3) is a separate issue. Thanks for your help, Myka -- Deaconess Myka Kennedy Stephens, MDiv, MSLIS Seminary Librarian and Assistant Professor of Theological Bibliography Lancaster Theological Seminary 555 West James Street Lancaster, PA 17603 717-290-8704 mkstephens(a)lancasterseminary.edu https://library.lancasterseminary.edu

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Update for Demo page
by Jason Boyer 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

Hi, I’m Jason Boyer with the Equinox Open Library Initiative. I was hoping have our information updated on the Koha Demo server page at https://koha-community.org/demo/ <https://koha-community.org/demo/> . The current information for our demo server is now: MARC Flavor: MARC21 Version: 19.05 OPAC: opac-kohademo.equinoxinitiative.org <http://opac-kohademo.equinoxinitiative.org/> Staff Interface: staff-kohademo.equinoxinitiative.org <http://staff-kohademo.equinoxinitiative.org/> Staff login: demo / demo Provider: Equinox Open Library Initiative (USA) In other words, everything changes except MARC flavor and login. :) Thanks Jason -- Jason Boyer Senior System Administrator Equinox Open Library Initiative phone: +1 (877) Open-ILS (673-6457) email: JBoyer(a)EquinoxInitiative.org web: https://EquinoxInitiative.org/

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Koha Community Newsletter: December 2019
by kohanews 28 Dec '19

28 Dec '19

The Koha Community Newsletter for December 2019 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-december-2019/ Many thanks to the folks who submitted articles and news to this month's newsletter. Please feel free to email me with any corrections or suggestions. -- Chad Roseburg Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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