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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 15 Aug '17

15 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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HTML COde
by Mutasem Al Shami 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Hi, Where can i find HTML code to edit it. With thanks, Mutasem -- ------------------------------ Disclaimer: This message and its attachment, if any, are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and delete this message and its attachment, if any, from your system. You should not copy this message or disclose its contents to any other person or use it for any purpose. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of Al Maarefa College (MCST). All opinions and/or views expressed in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of MCST, MCSTaccepts no liability for damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. تنويه: هذه الرسالة ومرفقاتها (إن وجدت) تمثل وثيقة سرية قد تحتوي على معلومات تتمتع بحماية وحصانة قانونية. إذا لم تكن الشخص المعني بهذه الرسالة يجب عليك تنبيه المُرسل بخطأ وصولها إليك، وحذف الرسالة ومرفقاتها. ولا يجوز لك نسخ هذه الرسالة أو مرفقاتها أو أي جزء منها، أو البوح بمحتوياتها لأي شخص أو استعمالها لأي غرض. علماً بأن الآراء والإفادات التي تحويها هذه الرسالة تعبر فقط عن رأي المُرسل وليس بالضرورة رأي كلية المعرفة، ولا تتحمل كلية المعرفة أي مسئولية عن الأضرار الناتجة عن أي فيروسات قد يحملها هذا البريد.

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Indic language conjunct clusters printed incorrectly in spine label
by Indranil Das Gupta 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

[CROSS-POSTING] Hi all, This is w.r.t. https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19084 (there is a screenshot on the bug showing the problem) This problem seems to be present for most Indian languages whenever they have conjunct clusters in their call numbers (depicted as grapheme clusters in an unicoded string). To describe the problem simply - the order of chars rendered is incorrect in the output. For example the string - "শেখর" is represented by the following code points - \x{09B6}\x{09C7}\x{0996}\x{09B0}. Now here is the catch: \x{09B6} represents the bengali letter SHA, whereas \x{09C7} represents the bengali vowel sign E; however in the correct linguistic visual presentation, the vowel sign E sits before the SHA, which is not how the codepoints are arranged in the unicode string. I looked around PDF::Reuse, Text::PDF::TTFont etc modules, what seems to me to be the root of this problem is the unpacku() method which is pushing the unicode characters into an array in order to introduce them into the PDF content stream with the correct font information. However, being pushed in in that order, I think may be the cause of this problem, which would make this an upstream issue rather than a Koha bug. Your inputs / feedback on this would be greatly appreciated. cheers indranil PS. I am aware of the "CLOSED WONTFIX" status of bug id 2246 ;-) -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg

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Reminder: Internet broadcast of Koha-US
by Christopher Davis 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Dear Colleagues, I am excited about the Koha-US conference beginning tomorrow morning. For those of us who cannot make it up to Coeur d'Alene to attend this conference in person, don't worry...the conference can come to you. Look for the "Broadcast" hyperlinks on the webpage found at http://koha-us.net/index.php/2017_Koha-US_Conference. Please note that since there are two concurrent sessions during each time slot, you will need to select one of the two "Broadcast" links (one for the Community Room and one for the Story Room). There is a limited number of seats open for these broadcasts, so connect early before the seats are taken. Please feel free to contact me with your related comments and/or questions. All the best, Christopher Davis Secretary, Koha-US cgdavis(a)uintah.utah.gov

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