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Journey to Koha installation (server question)
by Jesse Lambertson 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Hello everyone, We are finally about to order our Linux server on which will be installed Koha. Logistics take longer than one thinks sometimes. :) In previous submissions to the list, I have asked about virtualization on a windows server and RAM specs to properly run Koha if we went with a virtual option. Thank you for your input. We are buying a proper server in order to avoid virtualization. My technical support people are asking about best-practices and best-specifications for the server. They want to verify the server NEITHER under-performs NOR over-performs my needs. What are the smaller special libraries running Koha 3.16 on Debian/Linux finding to be best RAM requirements? Also, are there other specifications related to processing that should be taken into consideration? Thank you in advance. This community is great. Jesse -- 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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koha-latest.tar.gz isn't the latest
by Bob Ewart 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

It is koha-3.18.00 instead of 3.18.02. and on the download page, the link to Koha 3.18.0 (.tar.gz) ponts to koha-3.18.00-beta.tar.gz. Would someone please fix that. I'm trying to re-write the INSTALL.opensuse documentation for openSUSE 13.2, since the current documentation is several years old (openSUSE 11.3 no longer supported) I found that in trying to follow my instructions. Bob

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Migration from Newgelib ILS to Koha
by shankar reddy Kolle 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Dear sir, I installed Koha 13.18 using package method (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). before this, i was using the Newgenlib open source software. Now i want switch over to Koha. Please let me know, how can i import my entire data into Koha. Thanking you, Yours Faithfully, Shankar Reddy Assistant Librarian University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot. College of Horticulture, Kolar Cell no.9742749018

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database problem
by Daniel Owens 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

My Koha instance is displaying the following error: Software error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111) at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 802. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 68. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 23. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 23. I am guessing this has to do with my MySQL setup, not Koha. Can anyone confirm that? I assume I will need to use SSH to connect to MySQL and dump the database, but I am not sure where to go from there. Can anyone give any pointers for how to recover? Daniel

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possible error at Koha manual 3.18
by Anthony Mao 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hi, At this sentence So, it does not know what the 245$a means, neither what 200$f (those 2 fields being both the title in MARC21 and UNIMARC) It should read as 200$a instead of 200$f This sentence is found at 4. Catalog Administration Chapter 2. Administration 4.1.4. Edit Framework Subfields You may find this information from UNIMARC official site. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/uca/unimarc_updates/BIBLIOGRAPHIC/u-b_200_… -- Wishing you all the best. . . . Anthony Mao 毛慶禎＋886 2 29052334 (voice) + 886 2 29017405 (FAX)

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Fwd: Koha and RFID
by Dobrica Pavlinušić 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Sebastian Hierl <s.hierl(a)aarome.org> wrote: > We are about to implement RFID with 3M. So far, in test mode, everything is > working well, though we experienced some very long checkout times (Koha > taking a long time to record the checkout of materials). > > If anyone implemented RFID with 3M, I would be grateful for any comments or > advice on any issues to watch out for. We did implementation of 3M selfchecks in our library 6 years ago without much problem. Back in those days, we needed to patch a SIP server little bit, but this is no longer the case. We are not seeing long checkout times on selfchecks, but checkout times do vary in our library depending on amount of circulation that borrower has prior to this checkout. I haven't had time to take a look with profiler to see why this is happening. Having said all this, we are no longer using 3M selfcheck software, mostly because we needed integration with new patron cards which are mifare compatible and 3M software didn't had support for it. So we migrated to web-based selfcheck solution which adds additional REST query to Koha so we can get borrower number from one of unique identifiers stored in extended attributes in Koha. While this solution is not generally applicable to other libraries, it might serve as starting point for somebody else who has similar requirements and want to have free (as in beer and speech) solution for selfchecks: https://github.com/dpavlin/Biblio-RFID Selfcheck software itself is web-based application which we run in Chrome using it's kiosk mode (it's in examples folder). It does depend on 3M RFID readers since it also have implementation of RFID driver as REST server which web-based selfcheck mentioned above users. It also communicate with Koha using SIP using same protocol as 3M selfchecks, but it supports same hardware as 3M selfcheck uses, including touch screen and 3M RFID reader and Omnikey. We are not using barcode reader or slip printers. Back in 2011 I had presentation about our RFID implementation at KohaCon11, so you might find some useful info there also: http://www.slideshare.net/dpavlin/kohacon11-integrating-koha-with-rfid-syst… -- ...2share!2flame... http://blog.rot13.org

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A Road Map for Koha
by Bob Birchall 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Apologies for cross postings. In October I posted <cid:part1.02090209.00010801@calyx.net.au> about a wish to re-introduce a Road Map of future Koha development. The idea was agreed to at the December <cid:part2.04050201.03020703@calyx.net.au> monthly meeting. A page has now been added to the Koha wiki to document the Road Map: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roadmap_for_Koha The page will record work that is proposed for inclusion in future releases of Koha. It will list both proposed features and improvements to Koha's architecture. Before you rush off there, its not yet very interesting. :) It will become more interesting as developers and librarians add their plans and proposals for future releases of Koha. So you are now invited to do just that. If you are progressing work towards the Koha 3.20 or a later release, please add it to the Road Map page so that everyone can see what is coming down the track. Brief guidelines are provided on the page. Koha just keeps getting better. Thanks again to everyone who contributes in one way or another. Bob Birchall Calyx

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Request to be added Koha Support
by Lautaro Alfaro 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Regards Community, i'm Lautaro Alfaro from KohaChile, i am actively involved in the spanish community... in our company we sell support for koha, we have worked with many universities.. and now we would like to be added to the official list. Thanks!!!! Saludos a todos! Company Name: Koha Chile Contact Person: Lautaro Alfaro Contact email: info(a)koha.cl Website: www.koha.cl Telephone: +56-632-226739 Address: Perez Rosales 713 -- Atte. Lautaro Alfaro. Gerente de Desarrollo en SIGE Chile Co-Founder en KOHA Chile Director de Fundación Recupera-Chiloé www.sigechile.cl www.koha.cl www.fundacionrecupera.cl [+56] (09) 54448489 - [+56] (63) 222 6739 Valdivia - Chile Diseño Web, Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Informáticas, Capacitaciones, Seguridad y Asesorías Computacionales "Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad"

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Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID
by Jason M. Burds 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Smartstation Circ Manager Jason Burds I.T. Supervisor Carnegie-Stout Public Library (563)589-4229 -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Sakovich [mailto:asakovich@hmcpl.org] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 2:19 PM To: Jason M. Burds Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID Do you know what the name of this program is? They've not told us a thing about it, but it really sounds like something we might be able to use. Aaron -- Aaron Sakovich Internet and Technology Services manager Huntsville-Madison County Public Library 915 Monroe St, Huntsville AL 35801 http://hmcpl.org/ -- asakovich(a)hmcpl.org > On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Jason M. Burds <JBurds(a)dubuque.lib.ia.us> wrote: > > They have a new staff circ program that does multiple items check in and check out. > > SIP definitely times out with the new program. We haven't had an issue with the gates timing out. > > With the new program, you can checkin/checkout up to 10 items at time, if the pad is strong enough. > > Jason Burds > I.T. Supervisor > Carnegie-Stout Public Library > (563)589-4229 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Sakovich [mailto:asakovich@hmcpl.org] > Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:52 PM > To: Jason M. Burds > Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID > > We also use RFID and Bibliotheca, though I will say up front, we are sorely disappointed with Bibliotheca's service. We've had tickets opened for weeks with no activity on them (the latest: they said they were waiting to install a self-check until they found out what ILS we were running. For the record, we've been on Koha for nearly a year, and have 5 branches using their kit already.) > > We can only check items in/out one at a time at a staff workstation. The Self Check Kiosks can handle stacks of easily up to 7 items at a time for checkouts. > > We are in on a CheckIn page AJAX development ByWater is managing for us that will allow for multiple items on a staff workstation's RFID pad. The recent changes to the CheckOut page AJAX-ifying the process was a big help, though we're still limited to 1 item at a time (but now, much faster). > > And the SIP settings on the kiosks and workstations? We bumped the Koha timeouts up to about 5 minutes and have the Bibliotheca kit sending SC messages once every 4-1/2 minutes. Even with well over 60 systems throughout the county, we don't ever have to restart our server except under very unusual and exceptional thrashing... > > Aaron > -- > Aaron Sakovich > Internet and Technology Services manager > Huntsville-Madison County Public Library > 915 Monroe St, Huntsville AL 35801 > http://hmcpl.org/ -- asakovich(a)hmcpl.org > > > > >> On Jan 7, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Jason M. Burds <JBurds(a)dubuque.lib.ia.us> wrote: >> >> We are in the end stages of a long and painful RFID migration. To answer your question, SIP makes checkouts and check-ins work much faster. >> >> We chose Bibliotheca for our vendor. They do have a Circ manager software that will connect with SIP and allow for multiple items checking in and out. Our staff still has to bring up the patrons account in Koha to verify holds and overdues. There are many bugs with it but overall it functions most of the time. >> >> Warning about Bibliotheca and Koha >> 1. SIP connections are tremendous and will eventually lockup your SIP server with flood messages. We have to restart SIP server every morning, to clear out log files. >> 2. RFID pads are not powerful and will disappoint you, expect to have to shuffle items to get them to read. >> 3. Gates cannot detect DVD's with Stingray tags when the gate is set to only alarm on outgoing traffic. You need bidirectional detection. This may be important on how you tag your collection and how you plan your implementation. >> 4. Inventory device needs to run on Windows 7. Good luck with anyone with a new PC in the last 2 years. OS on inventory device is an old windows palm OS. We are still waiting for a replacement for one that came bad out of the box, 2 months after receiving it. >> >> Not to be overly negative about them, they do have a few good support staff and a programmer David who is excellent. >> >> In addition, we have Tech Logic self-checks that are near perfect on detection and RFID pads are 50% stronger. Makes me wish we would have spent the money and went with them 100%. >> >> Good luck and if you have any questions let me know. >> >> Jason Burds >> I.T. Supervisor >> Carnegie-Stout Public Library >> (563)589-4229 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Liz Rea >> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:07 PM >> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha and RFID >> >> It would be awesome if all replies to this email could come to the list, so that we can make a FAQ for the website. >> >> Cheers, >> Liz Rea >> >> On 31/12/14 07:04, Keener, Nancy wrote: >>> Our library is considering RFID in our near future. Are there any Koha libraries out there using RFID? Does SIP limit RFID functionality? And finally, what vendor did you choose? >>> >>> Nancy Keener >>> Systems Librarian >>> I.T.O.S.C. Chair >>> Washoe County Library System >>> Reno, Nevada >>> 775 327-8347 >>> nkeener(a)washoecounty.us >>> >>> >>> >>> ea >>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> >> This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. >

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Koha General IRC Meeting 14 January 2015 at 10:00 UTC
by Renvoize, Martin 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

General reminder, there is a Koha general meeting on IRC at 10:00 UTC today. Cheers Martin Renvoize Software Engineer, PTFS Europe Ltd Content Management and Library Solutions Skype: Landline: 0203 286 8685 Mobile: 07725985636 http://www.ptfs-europe.com

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