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Koha Development Meeting Reminder
by Nick Clemens 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that the next Koha Development IRC meeting is tomorrow, 12 April 2017, at 19UTC And a reminder that April is quickly followed by May so now is a good time to come and mention anything of import for 17.05. Here is a converter for local date and time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+Developers+I… The agenda is on the wiki, please add any topics you wish to discuss https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Development_IRC_meeting_12_April_2017#… I will try to send an ES update before or after the meeting, hope to see you all there :-) -Nick

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April 12th: Koha-US monthly meeting
by Christopher Davis 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Dear Colleagues, I would like to invite you to attend the next Koha-US meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 at 10:30 am Central Time. To attend this meeting, please visit https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564 kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564 at the designated time (a webcam and microphone are suggested). If you would like to add an item to the agenda for this meeting, please email me at the address provided below. Thank you, Christopher Davis Secretary, Koha-US cgdavis(a)uintah.utah.gov

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Error decoding record
by Alfredo Sanjuán 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

I have a big biblio record (more than 9999 bytes, a lot of items attached) that zebra refuses to index. I got this error when searching: Use of uninitialized value $self in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/MARC/File/XML.pm line 441. ERROR DECODING RECORD - Empty String at /usr/share/perl5/MARC/File/XML.pm line 448. : at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm line 1920. and the biblio record doesn't show on the results. I rebuild the index with: rebuild_zebra.pl -b -x -r -v Is this a known problem? I'm running Koha 16.11.03.000. -- Alfredo Sanjuán - IBD Internet Tel: 943376085

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Re: [Koha] Separate hold queues?
by Andreas Hedström Mace 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

Hi Christopher! Thanks for your reply. Simply not showing the information is of course one way to go, but unfortunately I don’t think this is an option for us since we have previously shown the hold queues for 20 years or so, with our old system. Our patrons are used to having this information available. But things like high demand hold periods (which I interpret as shorter loan periods, for popular books) is one of the reasons we would like to show separate hold queues in Koha - to give the patrons a more accurate view of when they can expect to receive a book. Not showing the information, as we do today with the limits that are currently in Koha, has instead increased the number of questions about the hold queues, and apparently adding a lot of confusion. Best regards, Andreas ________________________________________ Andreas Hedström Mace Librarian Stockholm University Library Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Tel: +46 (0) 8-16 49 17 www.su.se/english/library/ ________________________________________ Den 2017-04-01 21:04 skrev Koha på uppdrag av BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER <koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz på uppdrag av CBRANNON(a)cdalibrary.org>: >Andreas, > Our consortium simply does not show the patron where they are in the queue. We find it to be misleading, due to the number of items available to be placed on hold, local holds priority, cancellations, and high demand loan periods that kick in. Plus there is the rare occasion a hold is shifted. Showing that information is just inviting patrons to try and manage what the system is doing. We do let them know how many requests are on the record, but that is it. We never let them know where they are in the queue, even if they ask. This has worked very well for us. > >___________________________ >Christopher Brannon >IT Coordinator > > >702 E Front Ave >Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 >(208)769-2315 Ext. 456 >cbrannon(a)cdalibrary.org >www.cdalibrary.org >Keep tabs on us at: > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >Hi all! > >We are at Stockholm University Library experiencing some difficulties with how Koha is currently handling hold queues, and are considering development in this area. Are there any other libraries who are experiencing similar issues (see below), and would be interested in the development of separate hold queues? Or have an opinion on whether this would be a good/bad idea? > >In Koha today it is possible to limit the fulfilment of holds per branch (same pick-up location as home/holding library) and item type. For us, it makes most sense to view this as several hold queues for one bibliographic record. For example: a person queuing for a book from the textbook collection (item type = ”TC”) isn’t actually queuing for books for the general collection (item type = ”GC”). But Koha handles this as one big queue. This isn’t a problem for the holds per se, as Koha only fetches the book that has the right criteria to fill the hold (i.e. the correct item type or home/holding library) but it has proven to be an issue for our patrons. > >As Koha displays it as one big queue, it might seem that the queue is much bigger that it actually is. This has confused a number of patrons, and have discouraged others from placing holds. Continuing our example: a book has three patrons on hold for item type GC, when a new patron adds a hold for TC. This makes this person number four in the queue in Koha today, making the patrons believe that they will have to wait weeks or months for the book (in our library TC is 7 days, GC 28 days) when in reality it is only one week. > >For us, this would better be described as two queues: >One with 3 patrons on hold (General collection) One with 1 patron of hold (Textbook collection) > >The same is true for hold fulfilment that require pick-up location to be the same as home/holding library (i.e. hold fulfilment per branch). Say a public library also have a school library in it’s organization, that is a special case where books from the other libraries should not be sent to the fulfil holds, or vice versa. As in our example above it would be better to display queues separately so 5 holds at the main library won’t discourage a student from placing a hold on that same book at the school library. > >So my question is basically, is there are other libraries out there who are using any of these hold fulfilment features (or would like to), and would want to see a new feature to separate/split hold queues? Or who could see the benefit of such a feature. > >Please note that separate hold queues would of course only come in effect if any system preference that limits hold fulfilment is set to allow. Also, this would not effect holds to pull. > >I look forwards to hearing people’s opinion about this! > >Best regards, >Andreas > >________________________________ >Andreas Hedström Mace >Librarian >Stockholm University Library >Stockholm University >106 91 Stockholm >Tel: +46 (0) 8 16 49 17 >su.se/english/library<http://su.se/english/library> >_______________________________________________ >Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Protocol Z39
by Luis Moises Rojas 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hi everybody. Take a look at this. Our z39 protocol stopped. Why? We do not know. We can not made it works again. But, see this: We installed a new UBUNTU 16.10 and koha 16.11.06 protocol z39 works, but when do: sudo koha-upgrade-schema library sudo koha-rebuild-zebra -v -f library login in the new koha(remeber the z39 protocol was working), and try to use the protocol: WRONG AGAIN, it does not works. Any idea why? Thanks -- *Luis Moisés Rojas P.* <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Libre de virus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Re: [Koha] How to show description of authorized value in facet? SOLVED
by Marc Véron 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing your findings about resolving an authorised value while using MARC field 385 $a (Audience term) as a facet. As you write, such code changes will have to be maintained with every update. Since there are monthly releases, including bug fixes and sometimes security fixes, maintaining such code can be a bit cumbersome. IMO it would be a good idea to open a Bug (enhancement) in https://bugs.koha-community.org That would be a good starting point to have a more generic solution inside the Koha code base. Kind regards Marc www.koha-support.ch Am 07.04.2017 um 00:12 schrieb Michael Kuhn: > Hi > > Today I wrote: > >> Environment: Debian GNU/Linux 8 with Koha 16.11.04 (package installation) >> >> Our Koha catalogue contains MARC field 385 $a with content e. g. "KG", >> linked to category "Lesekategorie" containing authorized values for the >> target audience, e. g. value "KG" (description for staff client and OPAC >> is: "Kindergarten"). Instead of "KG" the OPAC shows "Kindergarten" as >> expected. >> >> Now I have recently added a new facet for MARC field 385 $a and the >> facet does show - only instead of the description ("Kindergarten"), the >> facet shows the authorized value "KG". How can it be achieved to show >> the description in the facet? >> >> As I see it is actually possible to show the description because the >> authorized values for standard category "LOC" are properly showing the >> descriptions. I tried to find out how this works in file >> "opac-facets.inc" but without success. Can anyone please give me a hint? > > For the record: > > Jens Weber found the following code in file "/usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm": > > # also, if it's a location code, use the name instead of the code > if ( $link_value =~ /location/ ) { > # TODO Retrieve all authorised values at once, instead of 1 query per entry > my $av = Koha::AuthorisedValues->search({ category => 'LOC', authorised_value => $one_facet }); > $facet_label_value = $av->count ? $av->next->opac_description : ''; > } > > I copied this section and adapted it as follows: > > # also, if it's a lesekategorie code, use the name instead of the code > if ( $link_value =~ /lesekategorie/ ) { > my $av = Koha::AuthorisedValues->search({ category => 'Lesekategorie', authorised_value => $one_facet }); > $facet_label_value = $av->count ? $av->next->opac_description : ''; > } > > After a restart of Koha (including Plack) now the created facet actually shows the description ("Kindergarten") instead of the authorized value "KG". Great! > > Of course this change will have to be reconfigured with every update but I guess it makes no sense to include this in the official Koha code... > > 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 disable sending email
by Tim Koop 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Our Koha is sending duplicated emails for checkin notices. Is there an easy way to disable this for everybody until we can upgrade Koha to get it fixed? Thanks. Tim Koop , TimK(a)mysouthland.com<mailto:TimK@mysouthland.com>

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Error : Undefined subroutine CGI
by Rejeesh K.Nair 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Hi All, We were moved KOHA files from our server to new server. When I try to navigate into Search page(/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl) got an error Undefined subroutine CGI::multi_param at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/catalogue/search.pl line 215. But it working fine on our existing server. Can anyone help on this issue? Thanks & Regards, Rejeesh K.Nair m: +91 (0) 9495316906 e: rejeeshknair(a)gmail.com <https://www.facebook.com/rejeeshnairk> <https://twitter.com/rejeeshknair> <http://in.linkedin.com/in/rejeeshknair> <https://www.instagram.com/rejeeshknair/>

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A question about the icon reference.gif packed into the Bridge iconset in Koha
by Indranil Das Gupta 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Hi all, I'm curious (and slightly confused) about the reference.gif shipped as part of the Bridge Material type iconset in Koha. Where did it come from? https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/bridge_icons/ lists the icons, but there seems to be no reference.gif or psd or ai file in the currently available iconset at https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/bridge_icons/bridge_material_icons… cheers -idg -- Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies Phone : +91-98300-20971 WWW : http://www.l2c2.co.in Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg

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Fwd: Error in Koha
by Chris Cormack 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

-------- Original Message -------- From: Bharat Chaudhari <openbharat(a)gmail.com> Sent: 29 March 2017 6:21:38 PM NZDT To: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Subject: Fwd: Error in Koha Dear Sir, This error occurs when trying to search any books in koha *Software error:* Can't call method "data" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm line 1915. For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([no address given]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Please do helpful. -- *Thanks & Best Regards,* Think Green... Keep it on the Screen... Save a Tree... Bharat M. Chaudhari, The best way to know where I'm at is to check my Blog shape <http://bharatchaudhari.blogspot.com/>, or one of the many other social networks designed to give us more information than we ever wanted to know about a person. -- *Thanks & Best Regards,* Think Green... Keep it on the Screen... Save a Tree... Bharat M. Chaudhari, DSpace Enthusiasts & ALA-ALCTS Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, PDPU, Gandhinagar URL: http://library.pdpu.ac.in Office: 07923275091, Mob. 9428415401. The best way to know where I'm at is to check my Blog shape <http://bharatchaudhari.blogspot.com/>, or one of the many other social networks designed to give us more information than we ever wanted to know about a person. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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