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In and Out Library Management System
by Igbudu Tersoo 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

Dear Mr Omkar, I must commend you for job well done. And to inform you that your innovation will be of great assistant to us as we were already thinking of an access control system for our library. Using that from KOHA will be more interesting. I wish to further request two things from you. 1. Please assist us to do a video of the installation steps. We are using KOHA 17.11 running on Ubuntu 16.04. I tried to install the library in and out Management system yesterday by using the “Installation using git repository” . the steps seems correct but after inserting the address : http://localhost/lib/login.php on the browser to access the web interface, it failed to come up. An error occurred saying address not found. Please I believe this video will help us a lot to guide us through the installation. 2. Secondly, I am working in a public university where students are finding it difficult to pay tuition fee even though is less compared to many other public schools. The trend is threatening the existence of the school. A new policy has come out that students who have not updated their tuition fee should not be allowed to enjoy the key school facilities. Library is one of the facilities mentioned. We are therefore requesting that you help us create a condition on the IN interface, so that after scanning the barcode it will also check the students tuition fee status, and clear the ones that are up to date and reject those that are owning. Many thanks to you as I await your kind respond. Murphy Igbudu Virtual Librarian University Library and Information Services Benue State University Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria. +234-8038434748

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DDoS attack on memcached
by Mark Alexander 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

Apparently, a bug in memcached (which we use in Koha) causes it to be used an intermediary in a DDoS attack: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/in-the-wild-ddoses-u… I'm not an expert on this kind of thing by any means, but judging from this: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes156 It seems that we can disable the attack by preventing memcached from listening on a UDP port. I was able to do this by adding the following lines to /etc/memcached.conf: # Disable UDP -U 0 Then restarted memcached and apache2. My questions for the experts: Is this the correct approach? Is it even necessary? Is there more we should do?

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Location to store text files and images in Koha
by Jack Boulier 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

I am sure that this question has been asked a thousand times, but I am unable to locate an answer in the archives, or I am seeking the answer with the wrong terminology. I want to have links on the home page that retrieves the web page and displays to the screen. I am able to call the links to display information from a separate server, and have the text files display when hosted on a second server. But cannot locate them when hosted on the same server. I need to be able to store files on my local Koha server to be accessed from the Koha Home page. I don't know how to get the OPAC NAV to find the documents using http://localhost/path/document I want this to be a permanent location so that updates to the software do not over written the files each time. I would also like to display images of new acquisitions on the home page. Any help would be appreciated. I am using Ubuntu Xenial and Koha 17.11.03. The other features of Koha work correctly/ Thanks,Jack

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Using Koha for Union Catalogue
by Javed Sahil 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hi all, We are planning to use koha for union catalogue, initially 5-10 libraries having round about 100000 (one lac) books in total. This count may increase to hundreds of libraries and millions of books. Is koha favourable for union catalogues? Regards, Javed

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Exporting Excel data to MarcEdit to Koha help request
by Matt Rose 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hi folks, I have spent many weeks attempting to install a Virtual Mac on my PC so that I can run Koha. Koha finally works but I find I can't export my data via MarcEdit. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. It does not like my Excel Sheet Name. I am following this guide: Importing Excel data into Koha: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.2/en/marceditexcel.html On page three, when I enter into Excel Sheet Name box: libsys (or any name for my .xls file) I get a long error message that says: "System.Data.OleDbException (0x80004005): $ is not a valid name. Make sure that it does not include invalid characters or punctuation and that is it not too long." etc Any ideas? many thanks, Matt library(a)halswaymanor.org.uk

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Re: [Koha] 8. Introducing In - Out Management System based on KOHA ILS (Omkar Kakeru)
by PDIT Library 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Thank you for a fantastic work. It is a good look at a great program. Thank you for developing this interface. I sincerely appreciate your work. This feature is an addon advantage for Koha users This is very much needed by Indian academic Libraries as NAAC and MBA needs these reports. I installed this in my library. When patron enters into the library by swiping the card, Patron photo and details displayed. This gate register interface is helpful to get statistics of library visitors. Earlier one developed by Sri A J Thomson was also good but it doesn’t contain exit system. This plug-in contains both entry and exit. Reports are also very good and easy to generate. This will help to library staff in collecting statistics of how much time students spend in library Again, thank you Omkar Kakeru so much for your help. I greatly appreciate the assistance provided by Omkar Kakeru during installation. Best Regards, > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:58:30 +0530 > From: Omkar Kakeru <omkar.kakeru(a)gmail.com> > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: [Koha] Introducing In - Out Management System based on KOHA > ILS > Message-ID: > <CANkhGUBTqtzos=_DFFKMr5Nn7_cMpozy-GhtHyWNgV0X_GU4jA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Respected Sir/Ma'am, > > Its a pleasure sharing that we are introducing an "In - Out Management > System" based on KOHA ILS that benefits in Tracking In & Out time of > patrons, works on multiple locations of library, generates four types of > reports & can be handled by single person. > > Please have a look on demo video & convey your valuable feedback. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LqqwKYamHc > > Download application link > https://github.com/omkar2403/inout > > My Profile > https://omkar2403.github.io/its_me/ > > > > Thanks & Regards > Mr. Omkar kakeru > Web Developer > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Koha Digest, Vol 149, Issue 2 > ************************************ > -- *LIBRARIAN* *Proudhadevaraya Institute of Technology* *TB Dam, **HOSAPETE-583 225* *Ballari District, **Karnataka, India.* *Web http://pdit.ac.in <http://pdit.ac.in/>* *Email**librarian(a)pdit.ac.in <pdit97(a)gmail.com>* *Phone: 08394 259505* *Phone +91-8394 259505 *

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Help me
by Moon Naeem 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

*hi,* *anyone can help me to resolve this error.* *The following error was encountered:* The database returned the following error: Table 'koha_library.items' doesn't exist in engine Please check the log for further details. Return to previous page <http://localhost:8001/cgi-bin/koha/reports/guided_reports.pl?reports=9&phas…> Regards, Naeem Moon

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Introducing In - Out Management System based on KOHA ILS
by Omkar Kakeru 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Respected Sir/Ma'am, Its a pleasure sharing that we are introducing an "In - Out Management System" based on KOHA ILS that benefits in Tracking In & Out time of patrons, works on multiple locations of library, generates four types of reports & can be handled by single person. Please have a look on demo video & convey your valuable feedback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LqqwKYamHc Download application link https://github.com/omkar2403/inout My Profile https://omkar2403.github.io/its_me/ Thanks & Regards Mr. Omkar kakeru Web Developer

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New overdue fines
by ksang 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Hello, We do want to setup new fine rates for overdue without affecting the existing fines for patrons who have not paid. However when we effect the new fines, koha calculates all fines using the current rates. What are we doing wrong? Regards, sang -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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Koha Community Newsletter: February 2018
by kohanews 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Fellow Koha users: The Koha Community Newsletter for February 2018 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-february-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. Thanks! -- Chad Roseburg Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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