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REMINDER: Next general IRC meeting - 6 November
by Galen Charlton 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hi, The next general IRC meeting will be held at 02:00 UTC on 6 November 2013. [1] The agenda can be found at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting,_6_November_2013 Of particular note, we will be holding elections for project positions for the release of Koha after 3.14. If you're interested in volunteering for a position, please update the wiki at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_3.16 [1] Time zone converter link is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+IRC+General+M… Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org

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Purchase order form customisation
by Iming Chan 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Dear all, I'm wondering whether the Purchase Order form (in acquisitions) can be customised? If so, how can this be done? Iming ----- Iming Chan Translib Information Service Melbourne, Australia -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Purchase-order-form-customisation-tp57770… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Happy Diwali !!!
by Koustubha Kale 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Wishing a very happy Diwali to all wonderful folks of the Koha community!! May this Diwali light the lamps of happiness, peace and prosperity in your life!! Regards, Koustubha Kale

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Re: [Koha] My favourite new feature coming in Pi - borrower lists!
by Joel Sasse 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Gee, you really are excited. ;) Joel Sasse Plum Creek Library System Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Liz Rea <liz(a)catalyst.net.nz> Date: 10/31/2013 4:48 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Koha-Mailinglist <Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] My favourite new feature coming in Pi - borrower lists! I was just so excited I had to share - a new feature coming in version Pi is the addition of Borrower Lists. It works like this: Do a borrower search, tick off some borrowers. Just like adding books to a list, you pick Add to -> new list Give it a name Then, what you can do with it - is BATCH MODIFY based on that list - Tools -> Batch Modify Patrons -> From a List omg. Guys, that's so cool! What's your favourite new feature? Liz (sorry if this comes as a duplicate - didn't see my first message come through so sending again, because yes, I'm "just that excited (tm).") _______________________________________________ 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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Yahoo's new set-up.
by Estel Porras 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

I would like to apply to the list using my other email, as Yahoo has become terribly confusing. My other email is dorothy63(a)hotmail.com Should I try accessing the list-serve through that email, or can you change me over? Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated! Have a great day, ~Estel~ Orland Free Library 333 Mill St. Orland CA. 95963 [530]865-1640

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Report Help
by Nicole Engard 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi all, I have a library that wants to alter this report to allow us to limit on the item's home branch: SELECT concat(b.title, ' ', ExtractValue(m.marcxml, '//datafield[@tag="245"]/subfield[@code="b"]')) AS title, b.author, count(h.reservedate) AS 'holds' FROM biblio b LEFT JOIN biblioitems m USING (biblionumber) LEFT JOIN reserves h ON (b.biblionumber=h.biblionumber) GROUP BY b.biblionumber HAVING count(h.reservedate) >= <<Min number of holds>> The problem as I see it is that the hold is placed on the bib level - not the item level most of the time. Can you tell me how to bring the items table in here even if the hold is on the bib level and get the right numbers? Nicole

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008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12
by Elaine Bradtke 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Something is happening to our 008 fields, when we edit the 008 field of an imported record (converted from our old database - this doesn't seem to be a problem with Z39.50 downloads). I don't know if it's always been a problem, or if it's just come up since we moved to 3.12. Our cataloguer only recently reported it , but we don't often need to edit 008 fields. Here's an example of the imported 008: 130515s2006####stka###gr#####000#0#eng#d If I edit the record and open the 008 editing window Koha automatically changes it to: 130515s2006 And this is what it looks like after clearing the field and entering the information manually: 131030s2006 stka gr 000 0 eng d The problem seems to be with the # characters in the imported 008. Koha slots the information it has into the spaces, working from left to right. When it gets to the first # something happens. It skips over the # character(s) and continues to slot in information, redistributing the other characters in the remaining spaces from left to right. Once the data is redistributed, if the information in a given position doesn't match what is allowed in that position then Koha uses the default (usually blank which is what happened in the above example). If a character does match what's allowed, then Koha uses it. . . which can make for some bizarre entries because 'a' in one position means something very different in another. But it also seems to hold on to these incorrect characters, even when you think you have changed them using the editing window. While the field editor displays the corrected information, after you click OK and return to the MARC display, the characters are still in the wrong positions. In order to properly correct the faulty 008 field, I have to manually delete all the incorrect information from the main MARC display (rather than using the field editor) and then enter the correct information either in the MARC display or using the field editor. I think I need to file a bug report . . .? or is it two bugs? - 1) the # character and 2) the field editor not correctly updating the information??? Aside from the quirks described above, I have a couple questions: How important is the 008 field in the long term? I know it does influence a few display and search functions in Koha. Is it worth the effort to export the whole catalogue and try to fix this with batch edits? How do I avoid this problem with the next set of uploads? -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)

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Advice for manipulating the patron database with code
by magmatic 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

We have a separate database of users that we want to sync (one way) with Koha. Since I have experience working with databases, I plan to add a column to the Koha MySQL patron table that I will use as a reference to the record in the other database. Then everyday I'm going to run a cron job that makes sure the Koha database of patrons all have the correct email address, name, address, etc, based on our other database. I'm pretty sure this will work. The reason I'm saying all this is just so that if anyone out there has any advice for me before I begin, I would take it. Perhaps there are pitfalls to guard against, or perhaps there is some feature of Koha I don't know about since I'm not all that familiar with it yet. Thank you. p.s. this other database we have lives on a different server that we only have limited api access into, so I don't think it will work to use it as some sort of active directory server. -- Tim -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Advice-for-manipulating-the-patron-databa… Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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October 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
by Daniel Grobani 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Hi, The October 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-october-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor

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Analytics records import
by akhlaq ahmed 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Dear Friends, I have some books with their analytic records in WinISIS and I want to import them in koha and link all analytic record with their referenced book record. please guide me. Akhlaq Ahmed, New Delhi, India

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