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Discovering which patron accounts have library staff permissions
by Sawers, Colin 18 Aug '17

18 Aug '17

Is there a way either by running a report or on screen to easily see which patron accounts have been assigned staff permissions? Our system is a number of years old and has had various staff using it and I want to ensure that staff members who have left no longer have access to the system. Thanks for your help. Best Regards Colin Colin Sawers BA (Hons) MCLIP MInstLM Learning Resources Manager Chesterfield College Infirmary Road, Chesterfield S41 7NG +44 1246 500518 sawersc(a)chesterfield.ac.uk www.chesterfield.ac.uk Like us on Facebook Follow our Tweets Watch us on YouTube Chesterfield College is committed to improving the English and mathematics of our students, staff and community. If you notice any spelling, grammar or mathematical errors in this email, please let me know. -- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. This message has been scanned for viruses and spam by MailScanner

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Re: [Koha] Spam from BestBookBuddies (OpenLX)
by Nathan Curulla 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

Greetings all, I personally agree that work needs to be done on this list. Maybe we should change the listing to “contributing support companies” or something like that. If you want to get listed in the Koha Yellow Pages, pony up some time on bug testing, dev submittals etc.. Invest in the community and you can put your company on the community site. We can even put up a disclaimer stating that there are many more companies out there, these are just the ones that give back in a significant way… This will encourage participation and reward those who already participate (which includes the vast majority of those already on the list). In my humble opinion, giving Koha services away for free in order to get a foot in the door to sell your primary offering (such as books) does not count as a contribution to the community. In fact, if the system is not properly supported because it is used as a peripheral marketing technique, it could end up hurting the community, as poor support translates into poor software in the eyes of the users. Not saying this is the case here, just some hypothetical contemplation :) > Nathan A. Curulla > Owner, CRO > ByWater Solutions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 10:21:44 +1000 > From: Bob Birchall <bob(a)calyx.net.au> > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: Re: [Koha] Spam from BestBookBuddies (OpenLX) > Message-ID: <835ba28d-0b9e-cba3-c6e4-15285e78a6c0(a)calyx.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > There we go again - 'official list' as if it has some status other than > as a yellow pages directory. I suspect the noise from the sub-continent > particularly will increase, whilst very little comes back to the > project. I think we should just get rid of that page from the website. > My 2 cents, > Bob Birchall > Calyx > > > *************************************

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MARC Frameworks
by Edward Veal 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

I am looking to find a MARC framework for images. I have a small photo collection that I want to add to my koha install and would rather not build the framework from scratch. -- *Edward Veal* Library Technology Consulting: Opening the future together www.edveal.net email: edward.m.veal(a)gmail.com Cell: 806-445-6867

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Search for "see also" records shows NO RESULTS FOUND
by Michael Kuhn 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

Hi After an update from Koha 3.20.4 we work on a new host with Debian GNU/Linux 8 and Koha 17.05.1. Our catalog contains authority records with "see also" records. For example the subject "Buchkultur" has a "see also" record "Lesekultur". On Koha 3.20 it was possible to search the OPAC for subject "Lesekultur" and thus finding the records with subject "Buchkultur". In Koha 17.05 it will only find the main authority records, but not the "see also" records. Thus an OPAC search for "Lesekultur" will find NO RESULTS here. Why is that so? We have tried to relink all authorities (using script "link_bibs_to_authorities.pl"). We have also tried to rebuild the Zebra index for the authorities, but to no avail. Are we missing something? 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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How to import loans data into Koha?
by Chris Brown 16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

Gentle Reader, We are migrating records from a few small community libraries (currently held as a fancy spreadsheet) into Koha 17.05. I have figured out how to migrate the biblio records, items and patron data but I was wondering if there is a way to import data on current issues (loans)? All we really need to import is the item ID, the patron ID and the due-back date. Is there a tool to do this? Or is it a question of populating the issues table directly? If so, does anyone have a script to do this? Any pointers gratefully received ... Chris Brown

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Call for News: August 2017 Newsletter
by kohanews 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

I'm collecting news for the August newsletter. Send anything noteworthy to: k o h a news AT gmail dot com News criteria: --------------------------- ** For events **: - Please include dates for past events. If I can't find dates I may not add it. - Announcements for future events with dates T.B.A. are fine ...Eg., Kohacon - For past events , **** one month back is the cut-off ****. * News items can be of any length. * Images are fine * Anything and everything Koha. * Submit by the 26th of the month. If you are working on an interesting project or development related to Koha, please let me know and I'll include it in the development section. Thank you! -- Chad Roseburg Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Restrict access
by fjcosta 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Dear members. I need a little help with an access level problem. I will catalog books and digital material (PDF files, audios and images). There will be three different types of readers: basic, intermediate and advanced. The material will also have three levels: basic, intermediate and advanced. My question is how to make: a) an advanced reader have access (opac) to all three levels of material; b) an intermediate level reader only accesses intermediate and basic level material; c) and a basic level reader only access basic level material. There have to be no way to one level of reader get any information of material there does not belong to a level up. I would appreciate any help. Thank you all. FJCosta -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Restrict-access-tp5943311.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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batch forgive fines
by Scott Owen 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Hi all, One of my people asked ... "Can we batch forgive fines $2.50 and less? (Anything larger is a lost book fee, and I want those to stay) That way everyone will start out at $0. (If it's something I can do, I'm happy to, I didn't see it when I was snooping around) I saw where I could batch modify an item. I'm going to try that for the books I've pulled, to mark them as "withdrawn"." So...is there an easy way to forgive fines under $2.50 for a group of users ?? Thanks , -S

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Import holds?
by Mark Alexander 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Our little (24K items) library has successfully moved from Mandarin to Koha as of Tuesday. I was able to import the catalog, patrons, and checkouts (issues) from Mandarin by writing scripts to convert Mandarin-generated data to Koha-compatible data. The one missing thing is holds (reserves). I'm still looking for a way to generate a holds report in Mandarin, but assuming I can generate such a report, I don't see a way to import hold information into Koha. I was able to use KOC files to import issues, but the KOC file format doesn't support holds. I was wondering if there is some other way to import holds programmatically, or if anyone else has had to deal with this problem when migrating to Koha.

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Koha Perl script for re-indexing
by Mr Mutsikiwa Admire 15 Aug '17

15 Aug '17

Hi I have three instances of Koha system that have been upgraded to Koha 17.05 that are giving issues with re-indexing and have to manually run /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -v -b -x -r to recreate a full index. I am thinking of having a script that will be accessible to superlibrarian via a link in the Koha staff interface that when clicked will run the command above. Any pointers on what I may have to do to achieve that would be greatly appreciated. -- Kind Regards, Admire Mutsikiwa (Mr) ICT Manager Libraries University of Zimbabwe Tel:+263-4-303276 Mob:+263782476883 “It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” Josiah Charles Stamp

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