Dear All We are currently using a local ILS called BLISS at TOBB ETU Library and consider moving to Koha. I have downloaded 2.2.8 to give it a try. However, I must confess I got stuck at a quite early stage, and would appreciate help on the following points: 1. System Admin | System preferences | Book Fund Admin After creating funds, I failed in allocating a budget for each fund. The amount I put without any signs, as suggested in the user guide, for the period set was ignored by the system. Unfortunately the system does not give any prompt concerning the failure or any guidance why the input is not accepted, and what should be done. An attempt to continue without budget allocation was not possible either, because Acquisitions warns that budget must be defined and sends me back to Book Fund Admin page. Why the figure I put as budget is refused? 2. Koha Admin | System parameters | Issuing rules | Fines Following a loan period of 21 day to charge 0.50 TRY per day, I put 0.50,21,1, but the system changes it to 0.500000,2 Please note that for trial I set up the system on Windows, and as currencies I put the following: EUR 1.80000 TRY 1.00000 USD 1.18000 In our case TRY (New Turkish Lira ) is the main currency. 3. As an academic library circulation of Print Reserve Collection is very important for us. We lend textbooks from Reserve Collection for 3 hours or 24 hours depending on demand and number of copies. Our current system allows us making a choice between two loan periods for the same item, and the loan period is by hours, not days. With Koha I am not sure how we could handle circulation of Print Reserve Collection, and would welcome any solution or clarification. Belated Season's greetings and best wishes for 2008 to all. Thanks and kind regards Selma Aslan Library Director TOBB University of Economics and Technology Sogutozu Caddesi No.43 06560 Ankara, Turkey Tel.+90 312 2924030 http://www.kutuphane.etu.edu.tr