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Development co-sponsors: normalize MARC strings to deduplicate facets in catalog search
by Sarah B. Cornell 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Hi folks, Apologies for cross-posting... The Portsmouth Public Library is looking for co-sponsors for a development that should fix bug 17661<https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17661>. If you're bugged by the fact that "Patterson, James," and "Patterson, James." show up separately in the author facet, this should fix it! Even though clicking on both instances run the same search, the display is misleading. The development would strip trailing spaces and punctuation, compare the normalized facets, and display each one only once. ByWater has quoted us $4000, and we'd like some co-sponsors to help make this happen. Let us know if you're interested. Thanks! Sarah Sarah B. Cornell Supervisor of Technical Services Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-766-1730 http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/library

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koha-US general meeting: Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
by Jason Robb 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Date: Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) Location: https://kslib.zoom.us/j/110290143 Agenda: *https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wjkO3uszOcojPDp9uD49wm-ohoEDwCJ8xtrIVCJM3xg/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wjkO3uszOcojPDp9uD49wm-ohoEDwCJ8xtrIVCJ…>* On the agenda this month: more information about the upcoming koha-US conference, updates from various committees and, as always, time to discuss bugs and other Koha issues. If you have specific 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 <https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697>* These meetings are free and open to any and all. Jason Robb koha-US secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Unable to configure Koha 18.11 on Ubuntu 16.04
by SATISH 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Hi, I am trying to fresh install Koha 18.11 on L-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, with MySQL server, After Koha installation, while web configuring, I am getting following error. ----- The following error occurred while importing the database structure: [Wed Apr 3 16:44:16 2019] install.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails at /usr/share/perl5/DBIx/RunSQL.pm line 273. Please contact your system administrator ---- could you please guide me how to complete the configuration process. With Thanks -- *Satish MV* Librarian - Govt. Engineering College Opp. Dairy Circle, B.M.Road, Hassan 573 201 Karnataka, INDIA Mobile: +91 9449765737 Personal Email: lis4satish(a)gmail.com College Website: www. <http://www.git.edu/>gechassan.ac.in Library OPAC: http://library.gechassan.ac.in Library Portal : https://librarygechassan.wixsite.com/library

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resent: importing items
by Franz Dietrich 08 Apr '19

08 Apr '19

Hello guys and gals, I successfully converted the old MAB2(German predecessor of MARC21) library format of records to MARC21. They import as I wanted it. However now I need to import the list of items. But I can't seem to find a way to batch import items? I currently have them as a csv file so probably I need to write a similar conversion script as I did before for the mab2. But I don't know what to convert it to. Whats the way to import items (instances of books)? Thanks for your help Franz Dietrich PS: sorry moderators (I did send the mail without being subscribed)...

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Re: [Koha] Extracting list of biblios with . in the subject
by Hernandez, Heather 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

Hi, Tami-- Ah--ours displays exactly the same way--we don't have records with the subject "Lampreys," but we do have whales: - Topics - Whales <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph…> - Whales. <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph….> - Whaling <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph…> - Whaling in art. <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph… in art.> - Whaling. <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph….> - Show more <https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=su%2Cph…> This display used to bother me, but at least in our catalog, if the user selects either one, they retrieve the same record set--selecting the one without the ending period retrieves the exact same 513 results as selecting the one with the ending period--at least in our catalog. I try to calm my Inner Cataloger and not look at this display too often.:) I don't know if there's a way to have the whole string appear in that facet area--the facet area is pretty small! I think if a user wanted to click/tap through subject headings that included subdivisions, they'd need to do that after they select a record to display--i.e., from the "Normal view" of one record. But I'm no Koha display expert by a LONG shot--those on the list who are might have some helpful ideas/suggestions! Keep asking questions--we all learn something when people ask questions! Glad you've joined us in this friendly community! Cheerio! h2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 415-561-7032, heather_hernandez(a)nps.gov Library catalog: http://keys.bywatersolutions.com/

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how to generate list for tag 245 |a
by ikbar 05 Apr '19

05 Apr '19

hi i need help for generating from koha where I need to list for tag 245 |a in reporting module Thanks for advance -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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Problematic barcode behavior...
by abrazier＠buttepubliclibrary.info 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

We have always generated barcodes from within Koha and when we are adding items to the catalog, with the plugin (barcode.pl) for the barcode field (952$p), it is no longer populating with the desired barcode. It used to work fine set as "generating in the form 1,2,3". Now, it populates the field with a barcode that we do not want to use. Note, if we do assign that reoccurring problem barcode (x) to an item, the next barcode generated is the next consecutive problem barcode (x+1). The behavior of the plugin works fine. But, if I manually assign the right barcode to an initial item (y), the next barcode that is auto-generated is not (y+1), but is back to the problem barcode (x). Any ideas out there? Allen

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Barcoding Issue
by abrazier＠buttepubliclibrary.info 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

We have always generated barcodes from within Koha and when we are adding items to the catalog, with the plugin (barcode.pl) for the barcode field (952$p), it is no longer populating with the desired barcode. It used to work fine set as "generating in the form 1,2,3". Now, it populates the field with a barcode that we do not want to use. Note, if we do assign that reoccurring problem barcode (x) to an item, the next barcode generated is the next consecutive problem barcode (x+1). The behavior of the plugin works fine. But, if I manually assign the right barcode to an initial item (y), the next barcode that is auto-generated is not (y+1), but is back to the problem barcode (x). Any ideas out there? Allen

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Doubts cataloguing serial items
by Rubén Fernández Asensio 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Hello all, Could you share some experiences with a newbie and amateur librarian like me? I've started cataloguing old serials for my library. Many of them are very old or have had a long life, so there are many variations of periodicity, size, publisher, title... I've created biblio records and now I'm creating items for each volume/number/issue in our collection, and I was wondering whether it's possible to add subfields to 956 to note each volume's size and page number. What would be the best approach? Does any of you do this? What do you recommend? What are your practices when cataloguing old serial items? What kind of information you put, and in which subfields? So far my MARC framework is taking advantage of 952$h mapped to items.enumchron, and I wonder whether it's possible to create an adhoc subfield and map it to biblioitems.pages, but won't that conflict with 300$a? Same about mapping another 952 subfield to biblioitems.size, which is used by 300$c. Or else should I just make 952$z repeatable? Maybe my questions are silly, but I know nothing about databases and don't understand the inner workings of Koha. The official documentation is not very clear on the function of SQL tables like items.materials, items.copynumber, biblio.serial, biblioitems.volumedate... Rubeno Fernandez

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How to enable books cover on staff client interface
by Yatheesh lis 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

Dear all How to enable books cover on staff client interface koha 18.5

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