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Linking subject authority records to 650 via MarcEdit?
by Craig Butosi 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Hi Brain Trust, Koha 16.05.03 on Ubuntu 14.04 (package install) I am seeking advice for the following: Problem: 650 field text in bib records are not linked to Koha authorities database (via $9), but the text itself has been validated against LCSH (using OpenRefine). In other words, the text is in its authorized form, just not linked to its auth record. Solution: Link 650 field data with its extant authority using MarcEdit Process: 1. Run a Koha report to extract biblionumbers from records based on some Subject (i.e., "Symphonies") 2. Import these records from Koha into MarcEdit using the batch search function on "Record Number" (upload a plain-text file with biblionumbers only) 3. Check that 650 data is in its authorized form. 4. Append a $9 subfield with the appropriate RLIN number to the batch (i.e., 650 //$aSymphonies --> 650 //$aSymphonies $917) 5. Upload batch back into Koha db. Questions: 1. Have any of you linked authority records to controlled variable fields using this method? 2. Is there anything I am missing? 3. Is this an utterly dangerous and careless way to be linking controlled fields to the Koha authorities db? Thank you! C Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.) LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER the royal conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning 273 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 416.408.2824 x338 www.rcmusic.ca<http://www.rcmusic.ca/> Note: This email message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the recipient of this email is not the intended recipient (or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying or other use of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete this message and attachments from your system, thank you.

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16.11 package
by David Whelchel 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Hi All, It does not appear that the 16.11 package is available yet. With all that is happening in NZ I hope we can see it soon ;-> Is there an ETA for this? Thanks --Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David L. Whelchel 725 SE Derby Street Pullman, WA 99163 whelchel(a)pullman.com<mailto:whelchel@pullman.com> http://www.dlwa.com

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Koha 16.11.00 Debian package released
by Mirko Tietgen 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Hello everyone, the Debian package for Koha, koha-common 16.11.00, is now available from the community repository. Please note that with the new release, the codename/version relationship shifts to stable 16.11 oldstable 16.05 Koha 3.22 is still maintained, but there won't be new Debian packages for this branch an longer. Koha 16.11 requires Debian Jessie. Debian Wheezy is not supported any longer. The same goes for future versions of Koha 16.05. We still have problems with Koha and MySQL 5.7. If you want to run Koha 16.11 on Ubuntu, you will probably have the best experience with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and MariaDB instead of MySQL 5.7. If you are running Koha 16.05 now and want to stay on this branch, please make sure to change your apt configuration to use the oldstable branch. To upgrade to Koha 16.11, use stable in your apt configuration and do apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Please report any bugs you may encounter to http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Cheers, Mirko -- Mirko Tietgen mirko(a)abunchofthings.net http://koha.abunchofthings.net http://meinkoha.de

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Koha Wiki Facebook
by Kyle Hall 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Hello All! You can think Nick for finally pushing me to put up all the photos from the HackFest! For the uninitiated, for a long time I've been wanting to have a Koha community facebook, in the original sense of the word. So here it is! https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Community_Facebook *Please* feel free to add and update this page. If you see any misspellings or misinformation, please correct it! In particular, I wasn't able to add the diacritics to names. If you are not listed, please add yourself! You can upload a file and edit the wiki page. If you need help doing so, please let me know! Kyle http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )

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Fines + An Older Koha
by Samuel Crawford 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Hi, Koha Community! We currently seem to be having a slight issue with our (older) version of Koha (3.14.11) re: fines. It seems that the system has stopped (or is not properly) collecting and recording our patrons' overdue fines. Books that are well over 10 days late are turned in, but there is no accumulated fine found under the patron's name. There is mention of a "grace period" in global system preferences, but I can't figure out to what that is currently set in our system, and/or how to change it. Can anyone tell me where I might go in this version of Koha to ensure fines are being accurately calculated? Thanks in advance, Sam --------------------------------------------------------- *Samuel Judson Crawford*, M.M., M.L.I.S. Academic Librarian / Acting Director of Library Programs and Services Northern Marianas College P. O. Box 501250 Saipan, MP 96950 Phone | 670.237.6798 Fax | 670.234.0759 samuel.crawford(a)marianas.edu -- Start Smart. Start at NMC. Visit the Northern Marianas College website at www.marianas.edu. <http://www.marianas.edu> This message and any attachments may contain proprietary and, or confidential information. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies.

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Upgrade to latest version not working
by anjoze 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Hi all, I'm trying to upgrade from version 16.05.05 to latest. 2 days ago was released version 16.11. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04LTS with Debian repositories: /deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha stable main'/ When try to upgrade koha I get this message: I koha-common is already the newest version (16.05.05.01). Thanks for any help ----- Koha version: 16.05.05 - - José Anjos -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Upgrade-to-latest-version-not-working-tp5… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Manual locations?
by Mark Alexander 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Hi all, I'm not able to find the 16.05 (English) manual. It used to be here: http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/16.05/en/ I don't see it here either: http://translate.koha-community.org/manual/ I took a look at the new Sphinx-ified manual, but it doesn't seem quite ready yet. (I was looking specifically for the OverDrive paragraphs of the Enhanced Content section.) Is there a new location for the older manuals? Thanks, Mark

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Regarding updating Patron messaging preferences
by Sahadeo Taware 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

We are using koha software for our library (version 16.05.05.000) on ubuntu server Presently we are sending email alert for overdue, checkin, checkout, predue and due But now we want to send email alert only for overdue and predue and not for checkin and checkout How can I update the all patron messaging preferences in a single query -- Sahadeo D. Taware Librarian, M.L.I.Sc., NET Thakur College of Science and Commerce Thakur Village, Kandivli(E), Mumbai 400101 Mob. No 9324912816 Office 28870627 Extn. 126

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KohaCon2017 - NO MORE REGISTRATION FEE
by Manny Tamayao 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Good day Koha Community, Thank you for bearing with us. I'm happy to announce that there's NO MORE REGISTRATION FEE for KohaCon17. Though the scheduled date June 13-16 might be moved a week later June 19-23. I'll keep you posted in a week. Again, I'm sorry for the modifications. Salamat, Manny Tamayao -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Koha 16.11 Press Release for the General Public
by Nathan Curulla 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hi Everyone, I have created a press release for marketing purposes to be posted on the community site and distributed to media outlets. I wanted to share the release with everyone before publishing to see if there are any strong opinions regarding the content. Please keep in mind that this is for the general public, it is meant to be a tool for the community to educate those who are unfamiliar with Koha so many of the highly technical details have been left out. I am planning on releasing this first thing tomorrow. Thanks and I hope you all like it! ———— 11/23/2016 CONTACT: Nathan Curulla, KC Media Coordinator ncurulla(a)gmail.com The Koha Community is proud to announce the release of Koha 16.11 Koha, the world's first fully web based and open source integrated library system has now been released as version 16.11. This release will include over 240 enhancements as well as 360 bug fixes. Koha 16.11 builds on the system's already robust functionality and adds many architecture improvements to make the impressive speed of this fully web based system even faster. Some key highlights of the 16.11 release include: Added ability to place article requests and document delivery in Koha Addition of a patron quick add form for on the fly patron additions A new Housebound Readers Module, adding the ability to link deliverers, item choosers and homebound patrons on one account Additional improvements to Koha's EDI ordering and invoicing functionality Additional improvements to Syndetics and Novelist Select embedded content Improved ability to use Elastic as preferred search engine in Koha, adding speed and scalability to Koha’s searching capabilities Enhancements to REST API infrastructure, paving the way for Koha to be the most accessible and integrated ILS in the world Added ability to place multiple holds per patron per record, allowing for multiple item level holds The many other features contained in the 16.11 release can be viewed in the full release notes: (link forthcoming) Kyle Hall, Release Manager for Koha 16.11 commented on the newest release of Koha: "Koha 16.11 contains many important architecture and plumbing improvements to the system which pave the way for the next few releases and the exciting enhancements lined up to be included. Because architecture improvements are typically behind the scenes they are more difficult to find funding for, so taking care of these improvements will result many long term gains for Koha." The Koha Community would like to thank the following libraries and companies who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 16.11: BULAC - http://www.bulac.fr/ <http://www.bulac.fr/> ByWater Solutions California College of the Arts Carnegie Stout Library Catalyst IT DoverNet FIT Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg), Germany NEKLS South-East Kansas Library System SWITCH Library Consortium Tulong Aklatan Universidad de El Salvador Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21 University of the Arts London VOKAL We would also like to thank the 72 individuals and 36 libraries, companies, and institutions who contributed patches to this release, as well as the 102 individuals involved in testing Koha 16.11. About Koha: Koha is the first free software library automation package. In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of users collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. Full-featured ILS. In use worldwide in libraries of all sizes, Koha is a true enterprise-class ILS with comprehensive functionality including basic and advanced options. Koha includes modules for acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, serials management, authorities, flexible reporting, label printing, multi-format notices, offline circulation for when Internet access is not available, and much more. Koha will work for consortia of all sizes, multi-branch, and single-branch libraries. Multilingual and translatable. Koha has a large number of available languages <http://translate.koha-community.org/>, with more languages every year. Full text searching Powerful searching, and an enhanced catalogue display that can use content from Amazon, Google, LibraryThing, Open Library, and Syndetics, among others. Library Standards Compliant. Koha is built using library standards and protocols such as MARC 21, UNIMARC, z39.50, SRU/SW, SIP2, SIP/NCIP, ensuring interoperability between Koha and other systems and technologies, while supporting existing workflows and tools. Web-based Interfaces. Koha’s OPAC, circ, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Free Software / Open Source Koha is distributed under the Free Software General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. No Vendor Lock-in. It is an important part of the free software promise that there is no vendor lock-in: libraries are free to install and use Koha themselves if the have the in-house expertise or to purchase support or development services from the best available sources. Libraries should be free to change support company and export their data at any time, make sure your support company allows this. For more information please visit: https://koha-community.org <https://koha-community.org/> ————— > Nathan A. Curulla > Owner, CRO > ByWater Solutions > Support and Consulting for Open Source Software > Headquarters: Portland, OR. > East Coast Office: Redding, CT. > Phone/Fax # (888) 900-8944 xt 2 > Cell # (203) 685-7207 > http://bywatersolutions.com <http://bywatersolutions.com/> > nate(a)bywatersolutions.com <mailto:nate@bywatersolutions.com>

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