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Optional authority control in MARC21 700 field
by Rubén Fernández Asensio 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Hello all, In my library, we've decided to do authority control for added entries only for personal names meeting certain requirements. (We're probably in violation of all cataloguing rules, but we just haven't got the time and means to control all secondary authors, and yet don't want to fully renounce authority control; there must be a middle ground.) However, there's no way to activate the authority thesaurus only optionally and allow free text typing instead. I've tried adding a second 700 field with different requirements but it's not added. A new 700a subfield simply replaces the previous one. Is there a technical way around this? Or else, a better way of achieving this, and allowing one single record to have different 700 fields with authority control and without it? What would you do? Rubén

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koha stop working after enabling plack
by Alvaro Cornejo 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Hi I´m trying to enable plack on my instance but Intranet and Opac hungs after restarting apache. This is what I´ve done: aco@Celacp:~$ sudo koha-plack --enable biblioteca WARNING: koha-plack requires some Apache modules that you are missing. You can install them with: sudo a2enmod proxy_http Plack enabled for biblioteca aco@Celacp :~$ sudo a2enmod proxy_http Considering dependency proxy for proxy_http: Enabling module proxy. Enabling module proxy_http. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: service apache2 restart aco@Celacp :~$ sudo service apache2 restart aco@Celacp :~$ sudo koha-plack --enable biblioteca Plack enabled for biblioteca aco@Celacp :~$ sudo koha-plack --start biblioteca * Starting Plack daemon for biblioteca [ OK ] aco@Celacp :~$ sudo service apache2 restart >From here, if I try to access OPAC or internet it taked forever to load any page when stopping plack: aco@Celacp :~$ sudo koha-plack --stop biblioteca I get: Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request *GET /cgi-bin/koha/about.pl <https://biblioteca-admin.celacp.org/cgi-bin/koha/about.pl>*. Reason: *Error reading from remote server* Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at biblioteca-admin.celacp.org Port 443 after apache restart I get: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. ------------------------------ Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at biblioteca-admin.celacp.org Port 443 I need to disable plack and restart apache to recover the intranet and opac This is my koha version: Versión de Koha: 17.05.05.000 Versión del SO ('uname -a'): Linux 4.15.13-x86_64-linode106 #1 SMP Tue Mar 27 14:42:14 UTC 2018 x86_64 Memcached is dissabled Any ideas of what can be happening? Regards, Alvaro

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Encoding and Character Sets in Koha
by Narcis Garcia 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

When cataloguing books with non-english characters, I see well saved strings at database (from OS console), but Koha web interface is not showing those unicode characters as expected. MariaDB works with character set utf8mb4 Apache works with charset UTF-8 All Koha database tables have collarion utf8_unicode_ci Koha HTML output is UTF-8 encoded and includes Content-Type... charset=utf-8 Using Koha 17.11.06-1 on Debian 9. I don't find Koha's system preferences about this. What can I review? Thanks.

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Adding languages to Advanced Search
by Rubén Fernández Asensio 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Hello again! I'm still trying to customize the Advanced Search. Now I need to add a language to the language search field. For some reason, it doesn't show Esperanto ("epo" according to ISO-639-2). Taking a look at file /usr/share/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-advsearch.tt, which seems to govern Advanced Search interface, I find this: <fieldset> <legend>Language</legend>  <p> <label for="language-limit">Language: </label> <select id="language-limit" name="limit"> <option value="">No limit</option> [% FOREACH search_languages_loo IN search_languages_loop %] [% IF ( search_languages_loo.selected ) %] <option value="ln,rtrn:[% search_languages_loo.iso639_2_code %]" selected="selected">[% search_languages_loo.language_description %]</option> [% ELSE %] <option value="ln,rtrn:[% search_languages_loo.iso639_2_code %]">[% search_languages_loo.language_description %]</option> [% END %] [% END %] </select> </p>  </fieldset> So, what should I do to add a language and its description to the list, or at least to take a look at the built-in list "search_languages_loop"? Also, is there any way of writing code to select "any language but X"? Rubén

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No check outs with overdues
by Lisa Peel 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

Hi there Apologies, I am sure there is a very obvious setting in admin that I am just missing but could someone let me know how I can set circulation so that is a patron has overdues that further checkouts are not allowed? I have set for no renewals with overdues but the librarian would like to also not allow further checkouts if a patron has overdues. Any help appreciated. Regards Lisa Ms Lisa Peel, Head of Learning Resources, SEG Services Swiss Education Group Rue du Centre 1 CH-1820 Montreux, Switzerland Mobile: +41 (0)79 228 0151 Email: lpeel(a)swisseducation.com<mailto:lpeel@swisseducation.com> Skype: biblio1897<skype://biblio1897> Web: www.swisseducation.com<http://www.swisseducation.com/> [http://signature.swisseducation.com/SEG.jpg]<http://signature.swisseducation.com/link.php?l=SEG> Confidentiality and Disclaimer: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. Email messages are provided for informational purposes, therefore the sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message.

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Install issue
by Michael Buhrley 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

I am new to Koha and have had the same issue on 3 different fresh Linux installs. I tried it with Debian 9, Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04, all with the same problem. I followed the install instructions at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_ubuntu_-_packages <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_ubuntu_-_packages> No problem with the steps up to the install command but when issuing the sudo apt-get install koha-common I get the following: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: koha-common : Depends: libnet-oauth2-authorizationserver-perl but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I have tried installing linnet-oauth2-authorizationserver-perl separately but then I get this: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libnet-oauth2-authorizationserver-perl : Depends: libcryptx-perl (>= 0.021) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. And then finally when trying to install libcryptx-perl I get: Package libcryptx-perl is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'libcryptx-perl' has no installation candidate My /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list contains deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha stable main If I change that stable to 17.11 then it will install that version but I am unable to get it to install with “stable” in the repository. Please let me know if you have any thoughts regarding this. Thank you, Michael Buhrley mwb(a)idi.edu

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IndependentBranches consequences
by anjoze 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

Hi. My Koha is running for many years. Now I want to turn ON IndependentBranches preference. On manual (https://koha-community.org/manual/18.05/en/html/systempreferences.html?high…) says: *Important* It is important that this value be set before going live and that it NOT be changed Does anyone knows what are the consequences or problems if I turn it ON? Thank you for your help ----- Koha version: 16.05.05 - - José Anjos -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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how to maintain bilingual site. customizing left menu items in search results
by Vano Tsertsvadze 19 Aug '18

19 Aug '18

Dear friends, I'm writing from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, we just installed koha 3.20 version, made some customization and added items in the library catalog for students purposes. Here are my two questions for this moment. The first is how to customize left menu items in search results. When user searches for something, menu block "refine your search" appears on the left side, showing a lot of indexes which i think are annoying. For example instead of holding and home libraries, I'd prefer to see holding library. So my question is if I can manage appearance of left menu items. Another question is how to maintain bilingual site in English and in Georgian. to be more clear - I would like to add library name in Georgian and in English in "Libraries and groups", allow users to see Georgian name in Georgian version and English name in English version. Best regards, Vano

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Mapping MARC21 to Advanced Search
by Rubén Fernández Asensio 18 Aug '18

18 Aug '18

Hello all, I'm trying to plan the cataloguing requirements for our Esperanto library, and since we don't have to follow any other library's standards, we don't want to type more that strictly needed. My goal is cataloguing according to the information our own users will be able to retrieve from the Koha OPAC, no more, no less. However, the mapping of MARC21 fields to Advanced Search Options seems to be undocumented. For example, what field is used to search by language or publisher location? Why the "Content" option doesn't match character 33 of field 008? In the search field, what's the exact meaning of "Subject and broader terms", "Subject and narrower terms", "Subject and related terms", and "Curriculum"? Where are you supposed to input that when cataloguing? Sorry if my questions are naive, I'm just an amateur sysad and amateur librarian working in my spare time for a nonprofit. Rubén Fernández

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Duplicate ISBN report modification
by Cab Vinton 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Hi, All -- We're using the following report to identify records w/ duplicate ISBNs. SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(b.biblionumber SEPARATOR ', ') AS biblionumbers, b.title, b.author, GROUP_CONCAT(i.isbn SEPARATOR ', ') AS isbns FROM biblio b LEFT JOIN biblioitems i ON (i.biblionumber=b.biblionumber) GROUP BY CONCAT(substr(b.title,0,9),"/",i.isbn) HAVING COUNT(CONCAT(substr(b.title,0,9),"/",i.isbn))>1 We're a coop, however, so it would be helpful to limit the results to cases where our particular library owns at least one of the associated items. Adding the following lines did not provide correct results, unfortunately: LEFT JOIN items m ON (m.biblionumber=b.biblionumber) WHERE m.homebranch = <<Library|branches>> I suspect a subquery may be required, but it's beyond my current proficiency w/ MySQL :-( Thanks in advance for any guidance. All best, Cab Vinton, Director Plaistow Public Library Plaistow, NH

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