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String freeze - 22.11.x
by Blenkinsop, Matthew 15 Sep '23

15 Sep '23

Hi everyone, String freeze for 22.11.x starts today (15/09). Aiming to release at the end of next week or the beginning of the following week. Happy translating! Matt Blenkinsop Junior Software Engineer PTFS Europe [image: Phone icon] M: +44 7311382399 | T: +44 1483 378728 ext. 1020 [image: Email icon] matt.blenkinsop(a)ptfs-europe.com [image: Link icon] www.ptfs-europe.com [image: Click to open Twitter] [image: Click to open YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/@PTFSEurope> [image: Click to open PTFS Europe webpage]

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Patron Profile picture upload
by Rupinder Singh 15 Sep '23

15 Sep '23

HI, I have a question, just like we can allow our users to edit or add their profile information from the opac profile section. Can we also enable any option so that users can upload their photos themselves ? Thanks Rupinder Singh

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Koha ERM workflow / EDS
by Jeffrey Gabel 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

Hi everyone, Brooklyn Law School Library is interested in learning about other Koha libraries' workflows using the Koha ERM module, and with the EDS holding API for those who also use EDS. We are just starting to test the ERM and think about workflow and practices here. Has anyone starting using the ERM in their regular workflow? Thank you, Jeff Gabel Acquisitions Librarian Brooklyn Law School Library 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-780-7978 jeff.gabel(a)brooklaw.edu

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | S4E01 | SQL and Authorized Values
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

It's here! We've officially reached season 4! And to kick off this new season, we have a special guest! On this week's episode, we will dive deeper into a topic we've touched on briefly in season 1, where we harness the power of Authorized Values to streamline reports. We'll also touch on using CASE and other logic with dates in SQL. https://youtu.be/6XzI3WtWZPA Christopher Brannon 2023 koha-US President

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System preferences related to "not for loan" itemstypes
by Fairlamb, Christina 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

Morning all, I have a problem related to one of my itemtypes that is probably a system preference I changed a while ago but I can't find it so wondered if anyone had any ideas where to look. I have about 15 itemtypes, 4 of which are marked not for loan, 1 of these "not for loan" items hides the entire record from the OPAC no matter if there are other viewable/loanable itemtypes attached to the record or not (It does NOT have the "Hide in OPAC" option selected). This is not the behaviour I want. If I untick the "not for loan" option for this itemtype, all is as normal and the record with all valid items can be seen on the OPAC. Does anyone have any idea which systempreference this might be related to, I've checked out OpacHiddenItems specifically, I've checked out the record level suppression and i've taken a look through all the OPAC systempreferences but no luck so far. -- Christina Library Assistant World Maritime University Malmö Sweden

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The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video | S3E26 | Holds and the Transport Cost Matrix
by BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER 13 Sep '23

13 Sep '23

Being on vacation is great for me, but sucks for you. I didn't get to plug our last video. So, in case you didn't subscribe to our playlist, and missed it, be sure to check it out. And stay tuned for tomorrow's release of Season 4, Episode 1! I get it... you saw the word "Matrix" and thought "Cool! George and Christopher are going to get all decked out in black with shades, and do some killer special effects, and bend reality before our eyes!" Well, we're not dressing up, but I think we'll blow your mind with all the info we throw at you about holds and the Transport Cost Matrix. We'll lay out the basics about how holds work in Koha, and some important settings you need to know about, and how to fine tune the system with the aid of the matrix to maximize the efficiency of the holds system. Sorry...we couldn't get Keanu. I guess you'll just have to settle for the satisfaction of knowing SO much more than your peers that DIDN'T watch this video. https://youtu.be/9d8RT_tvINk Christopher Brannon 2023 koha-US President

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Call for news - Newsletter September 2023
by Koha Newsletter 13 Sep '23

13 Sep '23

Hi I'm collecting news for the September 2023 Koha Community Newsletter. Please send anything noteworthy to: kohanews (at) gmail (dot) com News criteria: * News items can be of any length. * Images are fine. * Anything and everything Koha. * Submit by the 26th of the month. Text format criteria: * Just structured plain text, or * HTML text to include tables or similar For events: * Consider adding your event to the Koha Community calendar at https://koha-community.org/calendar/ Thank you! Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Minimum permissions needed for patron search
by Coehoorn, Joel 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

We're a small college using Koha for our library circulation. Our library uses workstudy students to man the desk and do *basic *circulation tasks. Anything advanced, like adding or receiving holds, fines, etc, and the student will get an actual librarian. These workstudy students are also regular patrons, so the workstudy job is accomplished with a dedicated login, with the password saved on the circulation PC so the students don't actually know how to login as a staff person otherwise. FERPA and related laws require us to treat this as an extremely low-trust position. Historically, this login has only had the "View Patron Infos from any Libraries (view_borrower_infos_from_any_libraries)" permission in the "Add Modify Patron Information (borrowers)" section. We also use SAML for authentication. Recently, this account is no longer able to search for patrons by name. If a student comes to the desk to checkout a book and forgets their card, our workstudy account used to be able to search them by name and proceed with the checkout process. Now, this enters a SAML redirect loop trying to validate permissions for the login, which is detected and broken with an error by the identity provider. I can't find where in Koha, if anywhere, this is being logged to help resolve it. They are otherwise able to circulate material if they can lookup the patron by barcode. I discovered the problem goes away if we add the "Add, modify and view patron information (edit_borrowers)" to the login. Then they are able to continue circulation as normal. However, we don't want this account to be able to add or modify borrows, especially as this information all syncs from our student information system. We don't want manual edits... ever. How can I fix this? Why do we need to give edit permissions just to do a search? *Joel Coehoorn* Director of Information Technology *York University* Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoehoorn(a)york.edu | york.edu *Please contact helpdesk(a)york.edu <helpdesk(a)york.edu> for technical assistance.* The mission of York University is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society

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Hardware requirements
by Wagner, Alexander 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Hello! Currently, we migrate a few smaller libraries (say 50k titles, 5k patrons each) to Koha. At some point this will have to move from our pretty small dev box to a user facing production server. Could someone "in the know" give me some advice on the hardware requirements for Koha? Eg. CPUs, RAM, disk space... Probably even some hints like "before you add another 20 cores, just add a few G of RAM" would be welcome. I searched the wiki and the web, but I did not find any specifics beyond "it should be able to run linux" and "go for 64bit". Basically, I have to specify this to our IT centres for them to set up a suitable virtual machine. -- Kind regards, Alexander Wagner Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Library and Documentation Building 01d Room OG1.444 Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg phone: +49-40-8998-1758 e-mail: alexander.wagner(a)desy.de

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Suggestion for a Debian Managed VPS
by Alessandro Tedesco 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Hello everyone, I'm going to quit my old koha installation running on a Centos VPS and I would like to switch to a new Debian VPS (so I can install and manage Koha more easily). However, I'm having a lot of difficulty choosing a hosting provider: in fact, my old Centos VPS was Fully Managed (i mean that the Hosting Provider take care of the general security, the update and the backup of the VPS, and that they have a ticketing system for all the technical issues), but at the moment I haven't found hosting provider that offer a Fully Managed VPS with Debian. Does anyone have any suggestions related to this topic? Thanks! Alessandro

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