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Introducing "Mana" (central DB project)
by Paul Poulain 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Some months ago I sent an email to koha-devel, to announce that BibLibre was planning to work on a new project, dedicated to sharing informations between Koha (https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SharingDatasBetweenKohas_rfc) I'm proud an happy to give you feedback about this project: things are moving quickly & nicely. * *Morgane*, our intern -alex_a being the tutor) is doing a great job (you can congratulate her on #koha ;-) ) * we've named this project "*Mana*". It's a Maori word (once again :D), easy to pronounce & write. http://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?&keywords=mana : "*(verb)* to be legal, effectual, binding, authoritative, valid." I'll ask for mana.koha-community.org DNS entry soon ! * as announced by Morgane, we're using the same framework as for HEA for the server side. The code is available on our git: http://git.biblibre.com/biblibre/koha-mana (will be pushed later on git.koha-community.org) The DB is here, some webservice are already here & working. * The koha-side is being worked, below are some screen shots. * we changed some things compared to my initial RFC. Everything is on trello, splitted into cards (https://trello.com/b/BslL6i9p/mana-biblibre trello not public, claire, the owner is not here today, we'll change the status in a day or 2.) Note that there can be some French on trello, even if Morgane avoid it. We plan to have MANA working at the end of august, at least for subscriptions (pattern & numbering) sharing. Maybe also for SQL reports & vendors. Some screen shots & features descriptions: in subscription management, you can now *share* a subscription pattern, by sending it to Mana: When you click on "share", after validation, you get a *feedback*: Anyone can then retrieve the numbering pattern & frequency calculation when creating a subscription (work being done this week). After the 1st screen of subscription creation, Koha will automatically query mana and check if there is some data available: The librarian will then be able to see what is available and get it locally in one click. Every time a librarian "get it locally", a counter will be incremented on Mana. Thus, if more than 1 frequency/pattern is submitted for a given title, the librarians should be able to see which one is "preferred" by other librarians. Additional features: * we will create a script that will help populate Mana from a CSV. We will probably issue a RFF ("Request For File" ;-) ) later. Our idea is that we want to launch Mana with many data already available. * comment. Any librarian will be able to add a comment to a shared data, as well as marking it as "obsolete". * a syspref will be added to deactivate Mana (will be ON by default) Feel free to ask for more informations, I would be happy to answer ! -- Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les bibliothèques BibLibre, Open Source software and services for libraries

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how to make work of cronjobs ?
by SATISH 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Hi, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Koha version -16.5.01 (upgraded from 3.16.00) OS: Ubuntu - 14.04 server edition (upgraded from 12.04) Install method - Packages Postfix - working successfully. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am not sure how to set up and make necessary modifications in cronjobs and need your help. Our library works from 9:30 am to 5.30 pm on week days and 9:30-1:30 pm on every saturday. (Desktop machine) as server, will be shutdown in the evening everyday until library receives a dedicated server machine. preliminary set up: 1. In System preferences >EnhancedMessagingPreferences > is set to Allow. 2. Each patron, is enabled to get check in, checkout, overdue notices. 3. # crotab -e, shows, all lines are commented. 4. Is it required to run even for packages install method ? or is it already setup? # ENVIRONMENT: PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml (http://kohaworkshop.pbworks.com/w/page/7060237/koha%20cronjobs) 5. /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs shows - crontab.example and it has all the required instructions. 6. currently, after setting up postfix, overdue message, advance due notice, check in, check out , new registration notice all are working,. but I wanted to properly setup timings as per our library's open and closing hours. Should "crontab.example" file be renamed ? or copied to crontab ? or how to use this file ? Kindly share your best practices? with thanks Satish MV Librarian Govt. Engineering College, Hassan Karnataka.

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Re: [Koha] Round the World Koha Tour
by Furrukh Hussain Zai 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Hi Joann, Wow! What a Koha's World Tour! I wish you all the very best and hope that you may add Pakistan, when you visit next. Koha is one of the fastest growing integrated library systems of Pakistan. Have a safe and purposeful journey :) Furrukh Hussain Zai Manager Library Systems Habib University, Karachi. & Co-Chair Technical Services and Copyright Committee Pakistan Library Association (Sindh Branch).

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Round the World Koha Tour
by Joann Ransom 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the global Koha community and in the space of less than a week we have ourselves a Koha World Tour! The draft itinerary can be seen online here: http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/665664/Round-the-World-Koha-Tour/ While it does circumnavigate the world it misses out on huge chunks which will have to wait for another time. I can't, in all conscience, take more than 3 months away from the workforce and will have to get a real job at some point! I have shown the local hosts or contacts for each leg in case people would like to help or host. I will have 3 topics that I would love to talk about: 1. The Origins of Koha: why we developed it, why Koha, how it has developed and why it is so jolly special; 2. The Koha Community: this is why its so special :) Will talk about how the community works and how to get the best out of belonging; 3. Te Takere: transforming a c1960s library service into a thriving community centre. As leader of this fantastic project it has been a career changing gig and one which has required a whole new approach. With visitor counts rising from 18k a month to over 40k and reported youth crime down 60% after the first year of opening we were doing something right. Once I have firmed up a few more leads and checked the feasibility of this from a booking flights point of view I'll post a firm itinerary. Many thanks - and I can't wait to meet you! -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Chief Executive Te Horowhenua Trust.

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new to koha - option to check out
by jbrown 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

I am wondering if there is an option in the OPAC for a user to check out a book instead of putting it "on hold" Thank you. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/new-to-koha-option-to-check-out-tp5895155… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Patron import problem 3.22
by Elaine Bradtke 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

We routinely import patron records (derived from our membership database) and overwrite the old ones in order to update expiration dates, addresses, etc. I recently ran this process through our test site (running 3.22.06) and it failed. The error message I got back was the records were not imported because the userid was already in use or missing. I had chosen 'overwrite matching records' Oddly, the import process worked fine in the production site running 3.22.07 Is there a system preference I should check in the test site? Maybe this is related to Bug 15840 - Import borrowers tool explodes if userid already exists We match on cardnumber, Is this the same as the userid? We don't have a column in our csv file called userid. -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)

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Koha downgrade after update?
by anjoze 11 Jul '16

11 Jul '16

I had Koha version 3.18. After upgrading I have version 16.05.01 Is there more than one version of koha or did I do it wrong? Thanks ----- Koha version: 3.08.04 - - José Anjos -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-downgrade-after-update-tp5895098.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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importing new authorities other than in PERSO_NAME via Tools/Z39.50
by Giuseppe Angilella 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

Hi, is it possible to import a new authority other than in PERSO_NAME (say, a new Uniform Title) via Tools ("Stage MARC records for import"), or even by Z39.50? Seemingly, in order to populate any authority table other than the default (i.e. PERSO_NAME) it is only possible to create a new authority in the table of choice. Thanks, Giuseppe.

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Koha Library Enhancements
by Ayrton 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

Hello, I'm performing a pro-bono consulting in the Philippines and part of my job is to help enhancing a library, which currently uses Koha. This Library is mixed between physical material (circulation in use) and digital material, which are basically links to Google Drive repository. That being said, I would like to ask for some help about the following requirements: - Has anyone implemented Open URL for use of Open URL Referrer? - Has anyone implemented some kind on Federated Search? - Has anyone implemented ElasticSearch? - Has anyone implemented SMS notification with no cost (Email SMS perhaps)? - Has anyone implemented Facebook messenger to address questions to Librarians? I would really appreciate if anyone could share some details about the implementations. Many thanks in advance, Ayrton -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-Library-Enhancements-tp5894483.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Koha 16.05 - Legacy Bibliographic Unique ID numbers mapped to Koha 999c/d?
by Craig Butosi 10 Jul '16

10 Jul '16

Hi all, Koha 16.05 on Ubuntu 14.04, package install. A brief question about bibliographic record unique identifiers and importing records into an empty Koha instance: Is it advisable to map the unique ID numbers from a legacy system's bibliographic records to Koha 999c/d? I am attempting to find a way to connect our items database data to our bibliographics data once the latter has been uploaded to Koha. I imagine the best way to do this is to preserve the unique IDs (i.e., primary key in biblio, foreign key in items) from the legacy system, but I'm not quite sure how I should go about mapping this: should I go for Koha 999c/d, Marc 887, or some other field? The record matching module in Koha gives me much choice, but what does the collective wisdom think? 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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