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Book covers only show when in administration
by ChristyThomas 15 Feb '15

15 Feb '15

Hi, I have set our Koha up to display book covers through amazon link. It is working when logged in doing admin. I don't see them when I view not logged in. Any suggestions? Thanks so much, Christy -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Book-covers-only-show-when-in-administrat… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Perceptions 2014: An International Survey of Library Automation
by Marshall Breeding 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Thanks very much to the libraries using Koha that responded to this year's Library Automation Perceptions Survey. The report and analysis based on this report has now been posted: http://librarytechnology.org/perceptions/2014/ I hope that you find the report to be interesting. I will be interested to hear any comments or questions that you might have about the survey and report. -marshall Marshall Breeding Editor, Library Technology Guides www.librarytechnology.org<http://www.librarytechnology.org> Marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org<mailto:Marshall.breeding@librarytechnology.org> twitter.com/mbreeding

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preferable brand of barcode reader?
by Christy 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

I need to buy a USB or cordless barcode reader for a mac for under $120. Does anyone have a recommendation of one that works well and will last. Thanks so much, Christy

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OPAC search showing no tite
by Admire Mutsikiwa 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

I have upgrade my koha instance through several versions. I have re-indexed but I am getting the following message koha@libsys:~$ /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -x -v given is experimental at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/DateUtils.pm line 133. when is experimental at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/DateUtils.pm line 134. when is experimental at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/DateUtils.pm line 139. when is experimental at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/DateUtils.pm line 144. Smartmatch is experimental at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Search.pm line 533. Useless use of '\'; doesn't escape metacharacter '(' at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm line 848. When I do an OPAC search, I am getting No title <http://10.12.1.24/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=&query_desc=kw%2 Cwrdl%3A%20warfare> Publication: Availability: No items available Any help would be greatly appreciated Kind Regards, Admire Mutsikiwa (Mr) ICT Manager Libraries University of Zimbabwe Tel:+263-4-303276 Mob:+263782476883 "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." Josiah Charles Stamp <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4867406.Josiah_Charles_Stamp>

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how to find the KOHA sql file
by John Doane 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Dear fellow KOHA users, I am new to using KOHA but I have managed to use Josh Hertel’s virtual machine with KOHA to get a system up and running. I would like to save a copy of the sql file but I can’t seem to locate the actual database file! Any suggestions on how to find it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers John

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search returns nothing, yaz-client returns values
by Tim Young 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

We have a koha install that has had some issues (expounded upon below) At the moment, all searches from the webpage return no results. I can do a manual search using yaz-client, and get results. If I go to the "item search", I can see everything there. It appears to me that apache is not communicating with zebra. The koha-zebra is running (I can see it when I do a ps). I have done manual index rebuilds, and it looks like the cron re-indexing is happening. And, as I said, I can manually run yaz-client and get responses. The server is Debian Squeeze on a 64-bit system (actual hardware, not a VM). I am a pretty good techie, but I am new to koha. I will give a short version of the history in case something jumps out as something I did wrong. The server and Koha were installed by outside contractors. Koha was installed by git. The data came from an old version of koha that had crashed and was mangled. I was able to dig through 28,000 records and recover most of the data by repairing the sql by hand. The old version of Koha had a different format for some of the mysql tables. I manually added the fields so it is now the same as what the fresh koha install used. Because some of the sql had been mangled, there were a number of biblio records that threw errors during the zebra rebuild. I removed those records, and now zebra reindexes cleanly. I can do a yaz-client unix:/var/run/zebradb/bibliosocket -c /etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties base biblio f something and I get lots of responses that I can "show" I tried using tcp connections instead of sockets. I could connect by yaz-client, but nothing changed with koha. So I went back to sockets. The server is in Africa, and I am helping from the United States, and the Internet is down at the koha site. So I do not have access to the actual running system at the moment. But I am looking for any ideas that might help speed me on my way. I was about to read through the itemsearch.pl code to figure out how itemsearch.pl knows to use the socket or tcp connection, and maybe put in some debugging code to watch it. I saw someone mention that I could increase koha's logging ability and actually capture the queries that were sent to zebra? That would be helpful. - Tim Young

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Data Migration from "Alice for Windows" to "Koha"
by Dr.Avaneesh Singh 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Recently I have installed Koha 3.18 in our Library. Previously we were using "Alice for windows". Kindly guide me how can I migrate data from "Alice for windows" to Koha. I even tried using the "Export to MARC" option in Alice utility and selected various options available there such as "MARC 21 Dewey (Thai)", "USMARC Export" e.t.c. But every time the output file is saved either in .dat file or .rtf file. So kindly help do migrate my data. Thanks in anticipation. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Data-Migration-from-Alice-for-Windows-to-… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] Koha development
by Paul A 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Marshall, Another "numbers source" that might be helpful to you is <http://git.koha-community.org/stats/koha-master/index.html> Best regards -- Paul At 11:48 AM 2/12/2015 -0300, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: >Marshall, I don't think we can provide you with that information in that >time frame. We could try, but not sure. > >On the other hand, have you seen the project's profile on OpenHub? [1]. It >provides lots of metrics about the projects activity, even developer-wise. >You could take a look and see if it helps. One thing that might be missing >is the mapping <individual> -> <company/institution>. We could help with >that. > >[1] https://www.openhub.net/p/koha > >On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Marshall Breeding < >marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org> wrote: > > > To the Koha development community, > > > > > > > > I am in the process of writing a news story about the recent grant from > > EBSCO Information Services to support some major development initiatives > > for Koha. This seems to be an important opportunity for the Koha community > > to accelerate development that might have otherwise taken longer to > > accomplish. > > > > > > > > As part of the context for this article, and for other reports and > > presentations that I make that include Koha, I would like to be able to > > provide a quantitative measure of the total amount of personnel resources > > contributed globally towards the development of Koha. I understand that > > several firms dedicate specific amounts of personnel to Koha development > > and that there are dozens of individuals that make commits to the code, > > write documentation, or perform quality assurance. > > > > > > > > I would appreciate it members of this list would help me compile a current > > figure on the number of FTE involved in Koha development. > > > > To end up with a consistent quantifiable measure, the following > > definitions would apply: > > > > 1 FTE (full time equivalent) = 1 person working full time for 1 year. > > > > Full time = 40 hours per week 50 weeks/year. > > > > > > > > An individual that contributes 20 hours per week on Koha for the whole > > year= > > > > (20 hours per week * 50 weeks per year) / 2000 hours per year = .5 FTE > > > > > > > > An individual that contributes 20 hours total for the year: > > > > (20 / 2000) * 100 = 0.01 FTE > > > > > > > > Could each of the support firms or individuals involved in Koha > > development please either post to this list or send to me individually the > > FTE that you or your organization contributes for each of the major > > categories of activity? > > > > > > > > For example: > > > > Company XYZ: 5 FTE development, 1 FTE Documentation, 1.5 FTE Quality > > Assurance. > > > > > > > > Alternatively, the number of hours per year contributed could be given > > instead of FTE and Iâll perform the calculations. > > > > > > > > If there is a better way to quantify the resources devoted to Koha, I > > would be interested in your suggestions. > > > > > > > > I believe that documenting the development resources involved in Koha will > > help those outside the community have a better understanding of Kohaâs > > potential to continue to be enhanced to meet the needs of libraries. > > > > > > > > I need to get this article to the publisher (ALA TechSource) in the next > > day or two, it would be great to hear from you soon. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much for your help with this request. > > > > > > > > -marshall > > > > > > > > > > > > Marshall Breeding > > > > marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org > > > > www.librarytechnology.org/ > > > > twitter.com/mbreeding > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/breeding > > > > http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NnvfJ5cAAAAJ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha-devel mailing list > > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org > > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > > > > > >-- >TomÃ¡s Cohen Arazi >ProsecretarÃa de InformÃ¡tica >Universidad Nacional de CÃ³rdoba >â +54 351 5353750 ext 13168 >GPG: B76C 6E7C 2D80 551A C765 E225 0A27 2EA1 B2F3 C15F >_______________________________________________ >Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. <http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and <http://UltraMarine.ca>

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Koha on Ubuntu
by Ahmad Amanullah Khan 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Hi I wanted to install koha on ubuntu. Can anyone provide me the step by step guide or any document. I will appreciate help on this. Thanks

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Re: [Koha] Huge grant from Ebsco Publishing
by Eric Bégin 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Congratulation Stephano (and your team) This is a great news. Eric Bégin Solutions inLibro inc. <div>-------- Message d'origine --------</div><div>De : Stefano Bargioni <bargioni(a)pusc.it> </div><div>Date :12/02/2015 06:42 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>À : Koha List <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> </div><div>Objet : [Koha] Huge grant from Ebsco Publishing </div><div> </div>Hi, folks, Koha Gruppo Italiano https://www.facebook.com/KohaGruppoItaliano has received a major award by EBSCO Publishing to integrate the ElasticSearch tool into Koha. The press release link is http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=20347 Last year, the Koha Gruppo Italiano launched the idea of substituting Zebra with Solr or ElasticSearch at the Hackfest in Marseille. We discussed about the best way to replace Zebra, and if and how to fund this enhancement through companies interested in a diffusion of open source software in libraries. During the upcoming Hackest in Marseille there will be a presentation of this grant. Further we hope to obtain an additional grant for a new project. We will also discuss how to manage the development and payment of the implementation of ElasticSearch in Koha. Koha Gruppo Italiano was founded in 2012 by Franziska Wallner (www.aur.edu) Stefano Bargioni and Juan Diego Ramírez (www.pusc.it/bib) and Sebastian Hierl (aarome.org) Best regards. Stefano _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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