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January's Koha-US Circulation Special Interest Group
by Lauren Denny 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Hi everyone, Join us for the next Koha-US Circulation meeting this Thursday, January 11, at 8 PT / 9 MT / 10 CT / 11 ET / 15 UTC You don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll come! Bring topics on anything to do with patrons, circulation, notices, OPAC, etc. Some possible ideas this month are patron templates and permissions. Here is the link to the Zoom meeting and https://us02web.zoom.us/j/962703559?pwd=SjJWcW9CRDJvMy8ycVIyTzIzOUdSUT09 Can't make it? No worries--it will be recorded and available on the Koha-US YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/kohaUS/playlists (See the Circulation Special Interest Group's playlist for past circulation topics!) Feel free to send me any questions or topics for discussion ahead of time! See you there! Lauren Denny SIL International Consortium Librarian

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Kohacon24 - Learning and Building Together
by Caroline Cyr La Rose 05 Jan '24

05 Jan '24

Dear Koha Community, This is a copy of the email sent to the Kohacon24 mailing list. Please consider subscribing (using the form here https://2024.kohacon.org/) to receive important information directly in your mailbox. We will try to keep the Koha mailing list in the loop, but it is not 100% guaranteed. The information is also available in the "News" section of the website https://2024.kohacon.org/news/ if you would rather visit the website than receive it by email. If you are subscribed to the Kohacon24 mailing list, but haven't received the email, please check your spam folder... Happy New Year! We hope this message finds you in good spirits and ready for an exciting announcement about Kohacon24 – the event we've all been eagerly awaiting. Dates and Venues =============================================================================== Mark your calendars for Kohacon24, scheduled to take place from September 23 to September 27, 2024, in the vibrant city of Montréal, Québec, Canada. The conference will unfold over the five days as follows: two days of insightful presentations, a day dedicated to cultural exploration, and two days filled with engaging workshops and hackfest activities. September 23 and 24: Conferences - Venue: Amphitheatre of the Coeur des sciences de l'UQAM (200, Sherbrooke Ouest, SH-2800). - Coffee breaks and work tables: Salle polyvalente in the same building (200, Sherbrooke Ouest, SH-4800). - Conferences will be live-streamed online (more details to follow). September 25: Cultural Day - Stay tuned for exciting activities! September 26 and 27: Workshops and Hackfest - Venue: Goethe Institut (1626, Saint-Laurent Blvd.). Theme: "Learning and Building Together" =============================================================================== This year's theme is "Learning and building together." We believe that collectively, we can learn and grow, with each participant contributing their unique knowledge and experience as a building block to the broader Koha project. Kohacon embraces the spirit of collaborative learning through conferences and collaborative building in workshops. Call for Speakers =============================================================================== We are thrilled to announce the opening of the call for speakers! We welcome your contributions, either in the form of a presentation, a workshop or a B-side discussion. Presentations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A presentation is a session where one or more people share their knowledge on a topic. This year, presentations can be delivered in English or French. This is something new we are trying in order to honour the cultural significance of the French language in Québec. Interpreters will be available to translate presentations into the other language. Submitting a presentation? Please include: - Your full name - Presentation title - Summary for the program - Length (15, 30, or 60 minutes) - Language (English or French) - Contact email A few weeks before the conference, we'll ask for your slides in PDF format to facilitate translation. To get your brain cells going, here are subjects that were mentioned in the answers to the survey. - Ways to use Koha to improve day-to-day operations - Interesting and unusual uses of Koha - Case studies - Workflows (especially acquisitions, ERM, preservation, serials, and ILL) - Updates, new features, and future roadmap - History of Koha - Koha discovery for new users - OPAC customization - Documentation - Translation - Ways for non-developers to get involved - Plugins - CSS / JS tips - Improving and modernizing Koha (new technologies, new needs, funding, wish list of things to improve) - Linked data - Technologies behind Koha (Perl, Vue, Plack, Elasticsearch, etc.) - Koha installation (hardware, docker, automation, resource sharing) - Integration with third-party products, external search engines Workshops ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshops and hackfest are community-led hands-on sessions around a specific topic. One or more person can lead the session and everyone works together towards a common goal. Workshops can be led in English or French, but they will not be translated. Submitting a workshop? Please include: - Your full name and co-leaders (if any) - Workshop title - Summary of the workshop or learning objectives - Language (English or French) - Contact email To get your brain cells going, here are subjects that were mentioned in the answers to the survey. - Helping librarians get involved (singing off, translation, documentation) - Customization with CSS / JS - SQL and reports - Plugin development - Koha testing docker - How to QA B-side ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Salle polyvalente, a large room where we will have coffee breaks and where work tables will be installed, is spacious enough for informal gatherings during the conference days. If you have a specific topic for discussion or want to form a working group, let us know, and we'll include it in the program to garner interest. -- We look forward to your participation in making Kohacon24 a memorable and enriching experience for all. Let's learn and build together! Best regards, The Kohacon24 organization team (Caroline, Eric, Marie-Luce, and Olivier) kohacon24(a)inlibro.com <https://inLibro.com/en> Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S. Librarian | Product Manager P 833-INLIBRO (465-4276) <tel:833-465-4276>, poste 221 E caroline.cyr-la-rose(a)inlibro.com www.inLibro.com <https://inLibro.com/en>

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TT Notice question
by Stephen Graham 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Hi All - not specifically Koha I guess, but maybe someone can explain why this happens. I had some TT in an email notice like: [% IF illrequests.branchcode == "CL" %] College Lane LRC [% ELSIF illrequests.branchcode == "DH" %] De Havilland LRC [% ELSE %] <<illrequests.branchcode>> [% END %] Every time I generated the email it printed CL, which is the value of llrequests.branchcode. I just could not get the first condition to work no matter what I did - it never printed College Lane LRC always CL. However, I changed it to: [% SET localbranch = illrequests.branchcode %] [% IF illrequests.branchcode == localbranch %] College Lane LRC [% ELSIF illrequests.branchcode == localbranch %] De Havilland LRC [% ELSE %] <<illrequests.branchcode>> [% END %] , and this works if I set the illrequests.branchcode to a local variable and then check this. Not sure why I have to do this? The example I have seen on the wiki look like I should be able to test a variable against a string using ==. Just couldn't get it to work. Any ideas? Stephen -------------------------------------- Stephen Graham Library Technology Consultant Library and Computing Services University of Hertfordshire Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB Email: s.graham4(a)herts.ac.uk<mailto:s.graham4@herts.ac.uk> Website: herts.ac.uk

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koha-US General Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, January 03, 2024
by Kristi Krueger 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Hello, Here's a link to the minutes from the koha-US General Meeting held on Wednesday, January 03, 2024 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wzwvOvU221sBK4bPPYaFyxzEFVXbR8eitexbCA2…. The recording for the general meeting has been posted, there's a link to the recording in the minutes. koha-US meetings are open to all! The next general meeting will be on Wednesday, 07 February, 2024 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. The next board meeting will be on Wednesday, 10 January, 2024 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. The February board meeting will be on Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 at 8:30 am PT / 9:30 am MT / 10:30 am CT / 11:30 am ET. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Koha 23.05.07 is here.
by Lucas Gass 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Hello everyone, The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 23.05.07. It is a bugfix/maintenance release including 11 bugfixes. The full release notes are available here: https://koha-community.org/koha-23-05-07-released/ Debian packages should be available soon 🎁 Happy new year, -- Lucas Gass Web Developer

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Require Authorization letter for upload in GEM portal
by Puneet Kumar 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Dear Team, Greetings and Happy New Year to everyone !! Firstly, I would like to introduce myself Puneet Kumar (Director) Total IT Software Solutions Pvt Ltd from (India) and we have been associated with the KOHA Paid support for many years. https://koha-community.org/support/paid-support/country/char/T/ We would like to addon our company in the Indian Government Portal ( https://gem.gov.in/) for implementation of KOHA. For registration in the India Gem portal, we would require one authorization letter from your end with the product ID no. for our company name. Same authorization letters you already had given to some of the Indian companies. I will highly appreciate, if you can provide authorization letter asap. Have a nice day!! Puneet Kumar Director Total IT Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd Mobile: +91-9350515096 E-mail: Puneet.saini(a)tiss.co.in

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Next Cataloging SIG!
by Hernandez, Heather H 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Hi, Koha Community! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! We're hoping you'll join us! And remember that you don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! There will be our usual roundtable of questions, solutions and resource brainstorming, tips, tricks, suggestions, bug & development awareness, and the usual laughter, fun, and fellowship to discuss anything cataloging, authority, or metadata related in Koha. Not sure if it's cataloging related? It probably is! Actual catalogers do attend, as well as the cataloging curious and those who have had cataloging thrust upon them! Information on joining us is on the Koha-US calendar: Calendar – koha-US<https://koha-us.org/calendar/> Can't make it? No worries--it will be recorded and available on the Koha-US YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/kohaUS/playlists (See the Cataloging Special Interest Group's playlist for more cataloging fun!) As ever, feel free to send me any questions or topics for discussion ahead of time! See you there! --h2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she/her) Technical Services Librarian Library catalog: https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 415-350-7174 (mobile) heather_hernandez(a)nps.gov<https://webmail.lmi.net/src/compose.php?send_to=heather_hernandez%40nps.gov>

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Koha 22.11.13 released
by Frédéric Demians 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Hello everyone, and best wishes for the New Year, The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 22.11.13: https://koha-community.org/koha-22-11-13-released/ Debian packages are coming... Best, Frédéric Demians

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koha-US General Meeting reminder: Wednesday, January 3, 2024
by Kristi Krueger 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Hello! The next koha-US General Meeting is Wednesday, January 3, 2024. When: 8:30a PT / 11:30a ET (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+general+m…> ) Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/293750042?pwd=SGQzS2pmU3prNFhYRHNaeTFhOHN4QT09 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-img3xiUptxFTLmFKYP_Wl6Yelm4Y_jFZG38KPn… If you have additional topics for the agenda, please send them to secretary(a)koha-us.org Meetings are held via Zoom video conferencing. A microphone and webcam are recommended but not required. Zoom is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux on desktops, and Android and iOS on mobile devices. For help getting started, visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 These meetings are always free and open to any and all. Kristi Krueger koha-US Secretary secretary(a)koha-us.org

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Koha 23.11.01 released
by Fridolin SOMERS 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

Hello everyone 🤗 The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 23.11.01. It is a bugfix/maintenance release including 25 bugfixes. The full release notes are available here: https://koha-community.org/koha-23-11-01-released/ Debian packages should be available soon 🎁 Best regards 🤓 -- Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> Software and system maintainer 🦄 BibLibre, France

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