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Koha Community Newsletter: August 2018
by kohanews 01 Sep '18

01 Sep '18

The Koha Community Newsletter for August 2018 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-august-2018/ 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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September 2018 koha-US meetings
by koha-US Secretary 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

*All koha-US meetings are open to any and all.* *Board Meeting -* When: Wednesday, September 5th at 10:30 am CDT (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+September…> ) Where: https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eRltMbIGu51vbKzrkDxN8dkK6S6i6 X2FVbCWFGilkbk/edit?usp=sharing *Board meetings* focus on business-related matters and topics that would otherwise slow down general meetings. *General Meeting* - When: Monday, September 10th at 4:15 pm PDT Where: KohaCon - Portland, Oregon, USA Note: Our meeting will take place in-person this month at KohaCon in Portland. The meeting is slated as the final session on Monday. All conference attendees are encouraged to join us! *General meetings* put an emphasis on Koha -- bugs, issues, development ideas, workflows -- bring your problems and questions so we can discuss! These meetings also include major organizational decisions and reports from various committees. To view minutes and recordings from previous meetings, visit *http://koha-us.org/about-koha-us/administration/meeting-archives/ <http://koha-us.org/about-koha-us/administration/meeting-archives/>* If you have topics for discussion at either meeting, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org. For more information about all things koha-US, don't hesitate to contact us <officers(a)koha-us.org>. Jason Robb koha-US secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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How to convert .csv file to .koc file
by Sambhunath Sahoo 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

Dear friends, I want to know the conversion procedure from .csv file to .koc file. If anybody has done this kind of conversion for Koha, please suggest me the procedure. Regards, Sambhunath Sahoo Information Scientist, Central Library, Tezpur University, Tezpur-784028 Assam Mobile: 9085252152, 8895488636 Phone : 03712-27-3229 E-Mail : sambhumlis(a)gmail.com, sambhu(a)tezu.ernet.in *ORCID ID:* 0000-0001-9162-879X *Researcher ID:* K-4446-2018

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Some records are not searchable
by Ma. Victoria H. Silva-Manuel 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

Hi. We transferred our Koha to a new server. After the transfer, records created from November 2017 to August 28, 2018 are not searchable anymore. However, records created after the transfer are searchable. Any idea how to fix this problem. Thank you. -- Ma. Victoria H. Silva-Manuel Registered Librarian, 3892

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Course reserves widget
by Joelle Hannert 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

Greetings! Our library just migrated to Koha at the end of June and this is my first time posting to the list as a Koha user. I'm so happy to be part of the open source library community! I'm trying to create a search widget for our course reserves. If anyone has code they could share, or any guidance, it would be most appreciated. Thanks, Joelle -- Joelle Hannert Library Technical Services Coordinator Northwestern Michigan College (231) 995-1684 Work days: M evening, W, Th, F

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Fwd: s12 - Backup Status Report - One or more Protected Machines In Report have not been backed up since 1 days.
by Bob Birchall 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

S12 is not backing up at SA, Mason. Bob -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: s12 - Backup Status Report - One or more Protected Machines In Report have not been backed up since 1 days. Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:25:04 +1000 (AEST) From: noreply(a)backup-1-5.servercontrol.com.au <noreply(a)backup-1-5.servercontrol.com.au> To: tech(a)calyx.net.au <tech(a)calyx.net.au> s12 - Backup Status Report - One or more Protected Machines In Report have not been backed up since 1 days. Report Summary: - Not OK One or more Protected Machines In Report have not been backed up since 1 days. Outdated Agents: 1 Outdated Policies: 1 Protected Machine Name Message SAU-B7B16-OR SAU-B7B16-OR Last successful backup on Aug 28, 2018 01:45 AM

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Untold tales of Koha
by Chris Cormack 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Hi all I am working on my talk for Kohacon18 titled Untold Tales of Koha. I have lots of stories to share, but if anyone has any photos/stories they would like to send to me to add I would love it. I have things so far like baby clothes, replacing laptops, the Queensland floods, Nigerian universities, but I can always use more. Thanks in advance Chris

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Re: [Koha] [ByWater Partners] Public library with student accounts
by Chad Roseburg 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Thanks, Alex! This is very helpful. How are you hiding patron categories? On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 6:13 AM Alex Hatley <AlexH(a)cctexas.com> wrote: > Chad, > > > We have a High School - Public Library joint facility and I load student > records every year. To manage the student and facility accounts I just have > a student and facility patron categories. I put expiration dates for the > students at 4 years. That way when they expire I can purge the accounts by > those that are expired. I do hide the student and faculty accounts from the > public library login accounts and hide the public library accounts from the > school login accounts. This helps in that staff will not the student or > faculty account and think it is a duplicate account. I also hide the school > patron categories from public library staff so they do not use them by > mistake and vise versa. It seems to work. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Alex Hatley > > Library Technology Manager > > Corpus Christi Public Libraries > > 805 Comanche > > Corpus Christi TX, 78401 > > PH# 361-826-7045 > > > "This transmission and any attachment(s) may contain confidential > information from this office. This information is solely for use by the > individual named as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, > be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents > of this transmission is prohibited." > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Partners <partners-bounces(a)bywatersolutions.com> on behalf of > Chad Roseburg <croseburg(a)ncrl.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2018 7:48 PM > *To:* koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz; partners(a)lists.bywatersolutions.com > *Subject:* [ByWater Partners] Public library with student accounts > > Are there any public libraries working with schools to create accounts for > use with various digital services, checkout ...etc.? > > Just wondering what your process is and what rights the accounts have. > Currently, we upload the accounts without checkout privileges so they can > just be purged each summer and updated without having to worry about fines > and whatnot. The primary use, from my understanding, is for classes needing > access to research databases and possibly Overdrive. The reasoning is that > they can definitely still get regular accounts and checkout physical items > --- vast majority already have regular accounts but can't remember > their login creds. However, two public schools have indicated that they > would like the accounts to have checkout privileges baked into the > auto-generated accounts. > > Not sure how to maintain the patron database and foresee problems. > > - Koha can't identify duplicate accounts. Not a limitation of Koha, > just that there aren't enough match points to reliably de-dupe accounts. > And even if you could ... > - Student could get enough overdues to restrict access to databases > making class participation difficult. > - Duplicate accounts with fines. > - ??? > > Anyone got this figured out? Am I overthinking this? > > Thank you! > > -- > Chad Roseburg > Assoc. Director / IT > Automation Dept. > North Central Regional Library > -- Chad Roseburg Assoc. Director / IT Automation Dept. North Central Regional Library

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Deleted preinstalled authority types
by Rubén Fernández Asensio 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

Hello, I think the title says it all. I'm planning on using only Personal name authorities, so I tried to delete the others. Now I find errors when I run the MARC bibliographic framework test: invalid authority types Not all authority types referred to by the frameworks are defined. Framework code Framework description Etiqueta Subfield Invalid authority type Default framework 648 a CHRON_TERM Default framework 650 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 651 a GEOGR_NAME Default framework 654 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 656 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 657 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 658 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 662 a GEOGR_NAME Default framework 690 a TOPIC_TERM Default framework 691 a GEOGR_NAME I assume if I edit the Default framework I'll botch my Koha installation even more. How can I recreate the deleted types? Also, is there any way of hiding unused authority types from the user's authority search interface? Thanks, Ruben

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Koha 17.11.09 release
by Fridolin SOMERS 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 17.11.09. This is a maintenance release with 1 security bug. The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-17-11-09-release/ Debian packages will be upgraded in a few days. Regards, -- Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> BibLibre, France - software and system maintainer

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