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Koha Community Newsletter: January 2026
by Michael Kuhn 28 Jan '26

28 Jan '26

The Koha Community Newsletter for January 2026 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-january-2026/ Many thanks to everyone who produced or submitted articles and news to this newsletter! Please feel free to e-mail me (mik(a)adminkuhn.ch) with any corrections or suggestions. Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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New (and old) suscriptor
by Veronica Lencinas 28 Jan '26

28 Jan '26

Hello,I just subscribed again to the Koha List. My name is Verónica Lencinas and I had been a subscriber a lot of years ago. I unsubscribed because I got too much mail in general and I was more active in the koha-es list. Koha is now again an important part of my professional life since I give support to fellow librarians in Koha and also offer support services in Argentina through my company Puntobiblio. Maybe someone remembers me from the 2014 KohaCon.As you surely know, in Argentina we are almost always in the middle of an economical crisis (with some notable exceptions), and as a government employee (I work at the National University of Cordoba) with meager retributions, second and third jobs are the norm. So, who am I, and what do I do for a living? I am a librarian, just a few months from retiring from my main job as a librarian at the astronomical observatory in Córdoba. I also work as a library science instructor at the Córdoba University, teaching cataloging (and the Koha cataloging module by the way), and actually I have also the responsibility for our library school as their director. In my spare time (insert laughing emoji here) I work as an executive director at Puntobiblio, offering technology-related services for libraries and archives. My biggest job was implementing Digibepé (that was Koha by another name), for the National Commission for Popular Libraries (Conabip) from 2009 to 2015. There we installed, migrated data and trained librarians of about 700 popular libraries in Argentina. At Puntobiblio we have about 80 libraries (school libraries, public and popular libraries, academic and specialized libraries, library networks, etc.) that trust us with their data, their questions, and their workflows. With this work I have discovered that offering technical support for my fellow librarians is a wonderful and fulfilling task where I also learn a lot.So in a few weeks I will have much more time for Koha and Puntobiblio. Looking forward to reading and interacting with you all.Verónica Lencinas

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koha-US Consortia Special Interest Group will meet tomorrow, Thursday, January 22, at 17:00 UTC
by George Williams 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Hello everyone, The koha-US Consortia Special Interest Group will meet Tomorrow, Thursday, January 22, at 17:00 UTC on Zoom. That's 12:00 p.m. eastern/11:00 a.m. central/10:00 a.m. mountain/9:00 a.m. pacific for those of you in the continental US. The meeting is open to anyone who wants to attend. You do not have to be a member of koha-US. The agenda is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b_fJN6RuqhKFsaLkdGb65DtiqB48Fc0ZYpifBv2… See you all there, George -- George Williams (he/him) Next Search Catalog Coordinator Northeast Kansas Library System 785-838-4090 gwilliams(a)nekls.org NEXT SEARCH CATALOG <https://nextkansas.org>

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Where are SMTP errors logged?
by Chris Brown 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

I defined an SMTP server for one of my koha libraries, but it is failing to send messages. Another library (on the same server) is working OK with the same SMTP server settings, as far as I can see. I have set the Debug mode to "enabled" on the SMTP server settings. Can you tell me where the debug output goes? We are using koha 22.11 Thanks! Chris Brown

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searching problem
by erlanda_simonyan＠flib.sci.am 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Dear David, List, In our database on (2 koha servers) we have 268 bibliographic records! With the versions 25.05.05 and lower search by item type (in this database we have 3 item types - journals, newspapers, yearbooks) is working in the perfect way. All records are being retrieved in the normal way, indexes are produced again in the correct way. With the version 25.05.06 (didn't have a connection with 653) we are experiencing a problem. Searching by all 3 item types, or searching by the "journals + newspapers" is failed! The message is "No results found! You did not specify any search criteria. Return to the last advanced search Error: Can't call method "raw" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm line 785" But when we are searching only by journals, or only by newspapers, or only by yearbooks, or (newspapers + yearbooks) or (journals + yearbooks) the result is OK. More, all searches by the fields which try to go through the whole database (lets say by the content of the filed 003) are being failed with the above mentioned error code. Because of that we are thinking that this is a version bug! Number of bibliographic entries for journals is = 137 Number of bibliographic entries for newspapers is = 128 Number of bibliographic entries for yearbooks is = 3 Thanks in advance

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A question about disabling email
by Chris Brown 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Gentle Reader, If I disable email on my koha instance, (using koha-email-disable), does it just stop the message queue from being processed, or does it also stop the system from placing "overdue" notices into the queue? We're running Koha 22.11 Thanks in advance for any replies. Chris Brown

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searching error (koha 25.05.06)
by erlanda_simonyan＠flib.sci.am 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

Dear List, Anke Thanks for help. of course we rebuild zebra index. when we searched by "Item type" in Advanced search and chose all (we have 3: periodical, newspaper & yearbook it brought such error: ---- "No results found! You did not specify any search criteria. Return to the last advanced search Error: Can't call method "raw" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm line 785" --- BUT when we chose 2 of them or 1 all is ok Any suggestions? Thanks, Erlanda

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos | 608
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Sometimes it is easy to get around procedure. Well, STOP IT! Seriously though, you're in a hurry, and you want to help patrons quickly, and quality sometimes takes a backseat. It is easy to take the simpler route if the opportunity presents itself, and with patron renewals, that can happen, especially when you have procedures that require you to quality check patron information with custom validation or adding some unique information at the time of renewal. Today we will demonstrate a way to help with that workflow so important details don't get overlooked or steps skipped. https://youtu.be/P8dv1-yJxpc Sincerely, Christopher Brannon koha-US Admin

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koha-US Consortia Special Interest Group will meet next week, Thursday, January 22, at 17:00 UTC
by George Williams 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hello everyone, The koha-US Consortia Special Interest Group will meet next week, Thursday, January 22, at 17:00 UTC on Zoom. That's 12:00 p.m. eastern/11:00 a.m. central/10:00 a.m. mountain/9:00 a.m. pacific for those of you in the continental US. The meeting is open to anyone who wants to attend. You do not have to be a member of koha-US. The agenda is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b_fJN6RuqhKFsaLkdGb65DtiqB48Fc0ZYpifBv2… Feel free to add topics directly to the agenda. If you're not comfortable adding items to the agenda, feel free to send an e-mail to gwilliams(a)nekls.org asking for things to be added. See you all there, George -- George Williams (he/him) Next Search Catalog Coordinator Northeast Kansas Library System 785-838-4090 gwilliams(a)nekls.org NEXT SEARCH CATALOG <https://nextkansas.org>

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Hackfest in Marseille, registrations open !
by Paul Poulain 15 Jan '26

15 Jan '26

Hello all, I'm happy to invite the Koha community for the "hackfest in Marseille", that will take place from March 23 to March 27 (included) During this week, we'll work on our beloved ILS : developing, but also sharing experience, testing, translating, documenting. The hackfest will take place in BibLibre office + a room and the terrace in the Jesuit convent, just on the other side of the street (thanks to them for renting it to us once again), 25 rue Fauchier, 13002 Marseille. The event is free of charge, just drop me an email if you want to register ! If you plan to join us but can't come for the whole week, it's OK. Joining for at least 2 full days is a minimum though, otherwise you'll be lost in our "beehive activity" Happy to welcome you once again in our great city. PS : some of you asked me about soccer match during the hackfest period (Marseille stadium is the best in France, really) = there's one on Saturday 21st or Sunday 22nd (date not finalized yet) = https://www.om.fr/fr/match/4884/ligue-1/99561-2025-2026-li1-j27-marseille-v… -- Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / CEO BibLibre, Services et logiciels libres pour votre bibliothèque BibLibre, Open Source software and services for your library

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