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Koha OAI-PMH / EBSCO !!!
by adalid＠tij.uia.mx 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

En miras de la integración de EDS (Ebsco Discovery Service) con nuestra instalación de Koha requerimos hacer uso del servidor "OAI-PMH" de Koha para lo cual lo activamos y esta funcional y se pueden hacer consultas en este enlace: http://clavius.tij.uia.mx/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl?verb=ListRecords&metadataPref… En los resultados mostrados no aparecen los datos del campo 952 que en Koha reflejan las existencias de los registros y esta iinformación es requerida por EDS para la correcta puesta en marcha del servicio. He investigado en la red y se habla de un posible bug pero tambien parece ser un problema del formato de despliegue "xslt" que no incluye este campo. Me gustaria que me ayudaran a clarificar en donde puede estar el problema y si es posible como solucionarlo. Para este proyecto acabamos de actualizar a Koha 3.20.x sobre Debian. Saludos cordiales, Felipe Adalid Ortiz Anzaldo Biblioteca Loyola Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Este correo electronico puede contener informacion confidencial y privilegiada, por lo que se prohibe el uso, reproduccion, retransmision o divulgacion no autorizada, parcial o total, de su contenido. Si usted no es el destinatario del presente correo, por favor notifiquelo al remitente mediante reenvio a su correo electronico y borrelo de inmediato. Para conocer el aviso de privacidad le pedimos acceder a la siguiente liga: http://www.iberotijuana.edu.mx/?doc=/avisoprivacidad/index.html -- Los acentos han sido removidos intencionalmente para facilitar la lectura del mensaje independiente a la codificacion del mismo.

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Reg: Koha SIP connection
by arun a 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

Hello Team, Could anyone please let me know if there is a provision in koha to use any other TCP port for initial handshake of SIP rather than telnet?

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Integration testing (WebDriver), Permission system rewrite and getting to Koha REST API!
by Kivilahti Olli-Antti 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

Hi there! I have been working to get the new REST API working with Koha. Big issues are authenticating the REST API and doing browser-based automated testing. However there are some pretty fundamental issues in Koha that make working with those topics very difficult. PERMISSIONS: First of all the permissions system is very hard to manipulate outside of the user space. There is no internal Koha API for granting/revoking specific permissions. This is a huge issue with integration testing where we need to easily set up test context with proper permissions. Also there is no way currently to conveniently operate permissions using a REST API. So we would need to rewrite the permission back-end anyway. Bug 14540<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14540> - Move member-flags.pl to PermissionsManager to better manage permissions for testing. deals with this issue and rewrites the internal permission mechanism, while preserving the end-user experience as it was. This enables us as testers to easily setUp and tearDown permissions for automated browser testing sessions. I recommend you take a look, as the rewrite is well tested and covered with WebDriver-tests. INTEGRATION TESTING: I have implemented a integration testing framework using the PageObject-pattern to create clear and robust browser tests. These browser tests don't need any additional servers to install, but rely on system packages (apt-get install phantomjs) to make the integration tests. These tests instantiate a real browser with javascript execution capability, and make real HTTP requests to the configured host and port, simulating real user interactions as accurately as possible. There are also two debugging interfaces for the automated test agent to make it more easy to script the user session. Take a look at: Bug 14495<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14495> - WebDriver/WebTester Factory for easy generation of Web testing UserAgents. Bug 14536<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14536> - PageObject-pattern base implementation DEALING WITH EXCEPTIONS: In Koha we currently don't have any established mechanism of propagating errors from business/database-layer to the end-user, and conveniently catching them and presenting them. Currently we return $error-variables from subroutines, which makes programming more challenging, and tedious, especially if we need to propagate the same errors through multipe subroutine calls to the end-user. I have implemented to Koha an Exception-system very similar from other programming languages. Quite frankly this is an industry standard nowadays and a best-practice for dealing with things-going-wrong. It helps a lot in programming defensively. Take a look at: Bug 13995<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13995> - Proper Exception handling I am 100% convinced that these improvements will push Koha testing and development to the next level. The best overview of the new features can be seen from the test scripts in Bug 14540<http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14540> Looking forward to your sign offs! -- Olli-Antti Kivilahti Järjestelmäkeittäjä vaarakirjastot.fi +358 50 449 7763 --Powered by Kubuntu Linux!

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Re: [Koha] Strange uploading procedure
by Jesse Lambertson 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

Thank you Scott. It had crossed my brain that we might need to clear the database and re-import everything again. That is not too huge an issue, but is still an extra step. I am glad you found a solution (SUCCESS!). Cheers for now, And thanks for sending that comments link. Jesse On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Scott Owen <sowen(a)almaschools.net> wrote: > > > I recently messed up an import or two as well.... > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.koha/38651 > > wound up clearing the database and re-importing (correctly...1 {single} > time). > After that .... all good.... > > > -S > > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson(a)sqcc.org> > wrote: > >> Katrin, >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> >> With the first batch, I DID import multiple times as I fixed things. >> >> I reversed the import, but this does not clean the previously imported >> records out. I didn't know this would happen. Like I said, I am learning a >> great deal about how Koha works even as I am setting it up (with some >> assistance from a local system admin). >> >> Might this be one of those situations where I need to work with my admin >> people and rebuild my indexing? >> >> http://koha-community.org/faqs/zebra-indexing-wont-work-fix-it-aka-search-s… >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Jesse >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83(a)web.de >> > >> wrote: >> >> > Hi Jesse, >> > >> > did you import your data multiple times maybe? If you have used the >> > tools for importing you should be able to see if the records were added >> > as new or matched with an existing record on importing. >> > >> > One thing to keep in mind: If you want to use matching rules for your >> > imports, you have to make sure that the data in the catalog is all >> > indexed correctly before you import the next batch. >> > >> > Katrin >> > >> > >> > Am 10.07.2015 um 20:41 schrieb Jesse Lambertson: >> > > Hello everyone, >> > > >> > > I am experiencing strange things upon upload of records to my koha >> > instance. >> > > Our instance is in testing mode and is not live yet. >> > > >> > > Debian 7 - Koha 3.20 on a local server. >> > > >> > > When I do a search, say, "Oman history," or "fishes - Arabian Sea" my >> > > results list returns with records SANS holdings as well as the same >> > records >> > > WITH holdings. >> > > >> > > Am I missing something in my upload stage or is there a way to "hide" >> > > results that have no holdings (952 and all subfields)? >> > > >> > > Getting a bunch of duplicate records really clutters my search >> results. >> > > Is there a solution to this issue? >> > > >> > > Thank you in advance, >> > > >> > > I am learning a ton with each new koha interaction. >> > > >> > > Jesse >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jesse A Lambertson >> Librarian >> Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center >> 1100 16th St, NW >> Washington, DC 20036 >> >> Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104 >> jlambertson(a)sqcc.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > -- Jesse A Lambertson Librarian Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20036 Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104 jlambertson(a)sqcc.org

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Re: [Koha] Drupal Koha Libraries
by Tim Hannah 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Hi Rebecca Looks good, congrats. We seem to have close to exactly the same setup - Koha, Drupal, EDS, ezproxy. https://library.education.govt.nz - though you won't get much out of that as the site requires login (I know, I know...). Major things we're doing which involve both Drupal and Koha are 1) Using drupal module ILS authentication and some extra jiggery-pokery that's beyond my ken to tie Koha and Drupal authentication and users together (same logins, login in one system automatically logs into the other, Koha borrower.categorycodes are mapped to Drupal roles which allows differentiation of content of drupal site for different groups of users). 2) Drupal asks Koha to run a report nightly (basic data for new/selected records - title, abstract, subjects terms, url etc) and creates nodes from the results which are presented as new resources in the website and are emailed out by Drupal to borrowers who have signed up for alerts in various subject areas. We also used Ebsco's 'Build a search box' to give users access to EDS, and still have a Koha search option alongside. Our ezproxy uses Koha to Authenticate users as well so same username/password for users without us having to think about it (not sure how yours is configured). Feel free to get in touch Cheers Tim Hannah | Systems Librarian | Ministry of Education Library Wellington, New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Crago, Rebecca Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2015 1:15 a.m. To: Koha; partners(a)bywatersolutions.com Subject: [Koha] Drupal Koha Libraries Mercyhurst University has just launched our new library website! We are now using Drupal, so I wanted to reach out to other Koha/Drupal libraries. http://library.mercyhurst.edu/ We use Ebsco's EDS and integrated our catalog search using their 'Build a search box' code (http://support.ebscohost.com/eit/sbb.php) What features are you using on your Koha/Drupal site? Rebecca Crago, MLIS Systems and Teaching Librarian Mercyhurst University 501 East 38th Street Erie, PA 16546 * (814) 824-3305 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6h0SyMOUed7bb0UsrKrjhhK_ssUOedFEETvhKyYOrjhhK_ss… Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsScz8O839J5xBMsqemm1MUTsSCyzt-UVNAsrjhhK-zt5VASCyz… DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) may contain information which is confidential or legally privileged and may not reflect the Ministry of Education's view. The Ministry is not responsible for changes made to this email after we've sent it. If you have received this email by mistake, please reply to the Ministry immediately and delete both messages.

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Re: [Koha] Drupal Koha Libraries
by Crago, Rebecca 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Hi Tim, Thanks for sharing your site and experience with Koha and Drupal! You have an interesting setup with your authentication and user attribution. We authenticate using LDAP with our institution's Active Directory database, and import user attributes with Koha's patron import tool. We pull AD information into the csv using Colleague. Do you create your user records in Koha, or import them from another system? We use a similar method to authenticate our users with EZproxy. I am very interested in the nightly report that presents new resources on your site. Is that used to display the New Books section at the bottom of your homepage? Could you point me in the direction of the Drupal module or configuration that does this? Thank you, Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Tim Hannah [mailto:Tim.Hannah@education.govt.nz] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 7:38 PM To: Crago, Rebecca; Koha Subject: RE: Drupal Koha Libraries Hi Rebecca Looks good, congrats. We seem to have close to exactly the same setup - Koha, Drupal, EDS, ezproxy. https://library.education.govt.nz - though you won't get much out of that as the site requires login (I know, I know...). Major things we're doing which involve both Drupal and Koha are 1) Using drupal module ILS authentication and some extra jiggery-pokery that's beyond my ken to tie Koha and Drupal authentication and users together (same logins, login in one system automatically logs into the other, Koha borrower.categorycodes are mapped to Drupal roles which allows differentiation of content of drupal site for different groups of users). 2) Drupal asks Koha to run a report nightly (basic data for new/selected records - title, abstract, subjects terms, url etc) and creates nodes from the results which are presented as new resources in the website and are emailed out by Drupal to borrowers who have signed up for alerts in various subject areas. We also used Ebsco's 'Build a search box' to give users access to EDS, and still have a Koha search option alongside. Our ezproxy uses Koha to Authenticate users as well so same username/password for users without us having to think about it (not sure how yours is configured). Feel free to get in touch Cheers Tim Hannah | Systems Librarian | Ministry of Education Library Wellington, New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Crago, Rebecca Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2015 1:15 a.m. To: Koha; partners(a)bywatersolutions.com Subject: [Koha] Drupal Koha Libraries Mercyhurst University has just launched our new library website! We are now using Drupal, so I wanted to reach out to other Koha/Drupal libraries. http://library.mercyhurst.edu/ We use Ebsco's EDS and integrated our catalog search using their 'Build a search box' code (http://support.ebscohost.com/eit/sbb.php) What features are you using on your Koha/Drupal site? Rebecca Crago, MLIS Systems and Teaching Librarian Mercyhurst University 501 East 38th Street Erie, PA 16546 * (814) 824-3305 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6h0SyMOUed7bb0UsrKrjhhK_ssUOedFEETvhKyYOrjhhK_ss… Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsScz8O839J5xBMsqemm1MUTsSCyzt-UVNAsrjhhK-zt5VASCyz… DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) may contain information which is confidential or legally privileged and may not reflect the Ministry of Education's view. The Ministry is not responsible for changes made to this email after we've sent it. If you have received this email by mistake, please reply to the Ministry immediately and delete both messages.

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Koha: Problem sending email
by edgetech edgetech 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Dear all, I've installed KOHA version 3.16.08.000. I've setup the postfix and tested ok by sending emails to another account. and received message from mail.log like below: Jul 15 10:57:37 ubuntu postfix/smtp[3524]: 1EFD0A4252F: to=< hychong(a)edgetech.com.my>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[74.125.130.108]:587, delay=5.2, delays=0.09/0.01/3.2/2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1436929057 ez4sm2798103pbb.13 - gsmtp) Jul 15 10:57:37 ubuntu postfix/smtp[3524]: 1EFD0A4252F: to=< edgetech.sales(a)gmail.com>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[74.125.130.108]:587, delay=5.2, delays=0.09/0.01/3.2/2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1436929057 ez4sm2798103pbb.13 - gsmtp) Jul 15 10:57:37 ubuntu postfix/smtp[3524]: 1EFD0A4252F: to=<root@ubuntu>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[74.125.130.108]:587, delay=5.2, delays=0.09/0.01/3.2/2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1436929057 ez4sm2798103pbb.13 - gsmtp) Jul 15 10:57:37 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[3394]: 1EFD0A4252F: removed However the system failed to send email to the newly created patron's email account and I received message from mail.log like below: Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[3609]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[3609]: A25FBA4252C: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/cleanup[3612]: A25FBA4252C: message-id=< 20150715030257.A25FBA4252C(a)yourlibrary.vn> Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[3394]: A25FBA4252C: from=< edgetech.sales(a)gmail.com>, size=764, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[3609]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jul 15 11:02:57 ubuntu postfix/error[3613]: A25FBA4252C: to=< victorchy1981(a)gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=0.27, delays=0.11/0.04/0/0.11, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused) Please advice. Thanks. Chong

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Re: [Koha] Strange uploading procedure
by Scott Owen 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

I recently messed up an import or two as well.... http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.koha/38651 wound up clearing the database and re-importing (correctly...1 {single} time). After that .... all good.... -S On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson(a)sqcc.org> wrote: > Katrin, > > Thank you for your reply. > > With the first batch, I DID import multiple times as I fixed things. > > I reversed the import, but this does not clean the previously imported > records out. I didn't know this would happen. Like I said, I am learning a > great deal about how Koha works even as I am setting it up (with some > assistance from a local system admin). > > Might this be one of those situations where I need to work with my admin > people and rebuild my indexing? > > http://koha-community.org/faqs/zebra-indexing-wont-work-fix-it-aka-search-s… > > Thanks again, > > Jesse > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83(a)web.de> > wrote: > > > Hi Jesse, > > > > did you import your data multiple times maybe? If you have used the > > tools for importing you should be able to see if the records were added > > as new or matched with an existing record on importing. > > > > One thing to keep in mind: If you want to use matching rules for your > > imports, you have to make sure that the data in the catalog is all > > indexed correctly before you import the next batch. > > > > Katrin > > > > > > Am 10.07.2015 um 20:41 schrieb Jesse Lambertson: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > I am experiencing strange things upon upload of records to my koha > > instance. > > > Our instance is in testing mode and is not live yet. > > > > > > Debian 7 - Koha 3.20 on a local server. > > > > > > When I do a search, say, "Oman history," or "fishes - Arabian Sea" my > > > results list returns with records SANS holdings as well as the same > > records > > > WITH holdings. > > > > > > Am I missing something in my upload stage or is there a way to "hide" > > > results that have no holdings (952 and all subfields)? > > > > > > Getting a bunch of duplicate records really clutters my search results. > > > Is there a solution to this issue? > > > > > > Thank you in advance, > > > > > > I am learning a ton with each new koha interaction. > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > > -- > Jesse A Lambertson > Librarian > Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center > 1100 16th St, NW > Washington, DC 20036 > > Ph: (202)-677-3967 Ext. 104 > jlambertson(a)sqcc.org > _______________________________________________ > 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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Koha Security - can someone provide a description of the encryption?
by Hartman, David W. - Tech Library 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

Hello! I was wondering what type of encryption is in Koha for patron records. I just want to let my leadership know the data is secured. David W. Hartman

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Software error at the time of checkin
by Sahadeo Taware 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

Dear friends I got software error at the time of checkin Can't call method "truncate" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 1966 For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([no address given]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. KINDLY HELP ME TO SOLVE THE ERROR -- 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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