[Koha] Entering exiting data to koha

dominic Anyanna dominic.anyanna at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 23:33:51 NZDT 2008


hi
please i just install koha for my community library and we already have all
the books and library records typed om a spread sheet already any one has
any ideas on how i can move this record to koha

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>   3. Customising Add Item fields (vimal kumar)
>   4. Re: Error with repeatable MARC tags (MJ Ray)
>   5. Re: Koha Digest, Vol 29, Issue 35 (Fitzgerald, Carol)
>   6. Error with Repeatable MARC tags (Jennifer Johnston)
>   7. integrating special collections (Cody Hennesy)
>   8. A question about fines and account lines (George Adams)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:01:30 -0500
> From: "phred" <phred at philobiblios.net>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] installing Koha on Windows
> To: Rob Weir <robweir at alum.drexel.edu>
> Cc: Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
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> Thanks Rob, that worked like a charm. It turns out I actually had that
> information, but I didn't realize I had it until I read your explanation
> of
> it. *sigh* Another slope up in the learning curve. And sometimes I feel
> like
> a very slow pup.
>
> Fred King
> phred at philobiblios.net
>
> Rob Weir writes:
>
> > Hi Fred,
> > If you used the Windows install package, it uses the Windows hosts file
> on
> > the machine where you install Koha to provide name resolution for the
> > Intranet interface. To access the intranet interface from other
> > workstations, you can either add a record to your DNS server, or modify
> > the hosts file on those workstations. See my previous post at
> > http://www.nabble.com/Direct-URL-to-Intranet-tf4252150.html#a12102548for
> > instructions on how to do this.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > phred wrote:
> >> When working with the Windows version, what do I need to configure to
> >> make the Intranet interface available from other computers on the
> >> network?
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:37:12 +0500
> From: "Ata ur Rehman" <ata.rehman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3 - new cataloging client?
> To: "Joshua Ferraro" <jmf at liblime.com>
> Cc: Koha Mailing List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
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> Hi Joshua Ferraro
>
> Username liblime with liblime password has not right to access Biblios....
> What to do?
>
> Ata
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Meiling,
> >
> > The cataloging client was developed by LibLime as part of the Google
> > Summer of Code, last
> > summer, and subsequently we have been working toward a 1.0 release of
> > that software, which
> > we're calling 'Biblios'. It's in beta testing right now, and in fact,
> > you can trial it on the LibLime Koha 3
> > demo at koha.liblime.com (Click on the Biblios link). It's a separate
> > project from koha because it's
> > functionally distinct enough to be a standalone application.
> >
> > How this relates to Koha is that we have written plugins between Koha
> > and Biblios to allow Biblios
> > to not only retrieve records from Koha, but also save them directly to
> > Koha either one at a time,
> > or in batch.
> >
> > The demo is somewhat limited, but should give you a sense of the basic
> > functionality.
> >
> > Hope that's helpful.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
> > CEO migration, training, maintenance, support
> > LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS
> > jmf at liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Meiling Li <mli at lalawlibrary.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >  A new professional cataloging client was mentioned in the Koha
> 3.0Roadmap (
> > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:roadmap3.0#cataloging).
> > Now that Koha 3 Beta is released, is the new cataloging client available
> > yet? If yes, where and how can we find it? Thanks.
> > >
> > >  ******************************************
> > >    Meiling Li      LA Law Library
> > >    Senior Database Administrator
> > >    Los Angeles County Law Library
> > >    mli at lalawlibrary.org
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:42:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: vimal kumar <vimal0212 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Koha] Customising Add Item fields
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> Dear Friends,
> I just installed Koha 2.9.How can we remove some
> fields from ?Add Item? section in cataloguing?
> I need only following fields,
>
> b - Location (homebranch)
> p ? Barcode
> v - Date acquired
> w - Price effective from
>
>
>
> Vimal Kumar
> Asst. Librarian
> Asian School of Business
> Technopark
> Trivandrum-695 581
> http://www.asb.edu.in/vimal
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:59:05 +0000
> From: MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Error with repeatable MARC tags
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz, Johnston at arrowstreet.com
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> "Jennifer Johnston" <Johnston at arrowstreet.com> wrote:
> > I'm new to this list. I've been working on customizing Koha (2.2.9) for
> > Windows, and have run into a problem that was posted by someone else
> > last year--but I can't find a reply to it. Would anyone be able to help?
> [...]
> > This has to do with the MARC tags which are set to repeat in the bib
> > framework. When I click on the + sign to repeat the tag, nothing happens
> > and I get an "error" message at the bottom. Repeatable subfields are
> > working fine.
>
> Probably not with that info.  At the very least, which browser/version
> is used and is the "error" message actually just the word "error" or
> does it give more detail?
>
> (Not that I can help with Windows-specifics or the Yahoo! javascript.)
> Hope that helps,
> --
> MJ Ray (slef)
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:18:40 -0600
> From: "Fitzgerald, Carol" <Carol_Fitzgerald at nrel.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 29, Issue 35
> To: <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Message-ID:
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> Is this (Biblios--see message below) accessible only to current LimLime
> customers?  I just tried and was blocked from accessing the Biblios
> portion of the Archery LibLime.  (I used Liblime and password and user
> id to enter the demo, clicked on Biblios, was given the login window
> again.  I re-entered liblime, but received the message "Error:
> unauthorized user"
>
> Carol Fitzgerald
> NREL Library
> Golden, CO
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:10:00 -0400
> From: "Joshua Ferraro" <jmf at liblime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3 - new cataloging client?
> To: "Meiling Li" <mli at lalawlibrary.org>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID:
>        <2dfa91e40803251510k3ea6b53fk8db68aad794c63d0 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Hi Meiling,
>
> The cataloging client was developed by LibLime as part of the Google
> Summer of Code, last
> summer, and subsequently we have been working toward a 1.0 release of
> that software, which
> we're calling 'Biblios'. It's in beta testing right now, and in fact,
> you can trial it on the LibLime Koha 3
> demo at koha.liblime.com (Click on the Biblios link). It's a separate
> project from koha because it's
> functionally distinct enough to be a standalone application.
>
> How this relates to Koha is that we have written plugins between Koha
> and Biblios to allow Biblios
> to not only retrieve records from Koha, but also save them directly to
> Koha either one at a time,
> or in batch.
>
> The demo is somewhat limited, but should give you a sense of the basic
> functionality.
>
> Hope that's helpful.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
> CEO migration, training, maintenance, support
> LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS
> jmf at liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:46:51 -0400
> From: "Jennifer Johnston" <Johnston at arrowstreet.com>
> Subject: [Koha] Error with Repeatable MARC tags
> To: <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <s7ea37ce.073 at borderman.arrowstreet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> I'm working with Koha 2.2.9, Win XP, IE 6
>
> Now I'm thinking it's an IE problem? It's an Error on Page mssg:
> Could not get the type property. This command is not supported.
>
> I'll try running koha in Firefox and see if that helps-
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>
>
>
> "Jennifer Johnston" <Johnston at arrowstreet.com> wrote:
> > I'm new to this list. I've been working on customizing Koha (2.2.9)
> for
> > Windows, and have run into a problem that was posted by someone else
> > last year--but I can't find a reply to it. Would anyone be able to
> help?
> [...]
> > This has to do with the MARC tags which are set to repeat in the bib
> > framework. When I click on the + sign to repeat the tag, nothing
> happens
> > and I get an "error" message at the bottom. Repeatable subfields are
> > working fine.
>
> Probably not with that info.  At the very least, which browser/version
> is used and is the "error" message actually just the word "error" or
> does it give more detail?
>
> (Not that I can help with Windows-specifics or the Yahoo! javascript.)
> Hope that helps,
> --
> MJ Ray (slef)
> Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small
> worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
> (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:57:28 -0700
> From: Cody Hennesy <chennesy at cca.edu>
> Subject: [Koha] integrating special collections
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID: <0F7DBA6C-CE0D-46B3-987E-B1605AC8F8F7 at cca.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hello All,
>
> We've just started looking at Koha for our library, and I ran across
> this promising bit from a press release: "In addition to its
> virtually unparalleled MARC support, Zebra will allow Koha to store
> any structured record format (email, XML, Dublin Core) opening new
> horizons for special collections. "  We're interested in integrating
> some of our archives and digital images collections into the catalog
> - are there any Koha libraries that have already done anything like
> this?  Is there any documentation or discussion that I should look at
> to give me a better idea of how this might work?  Everything I've
> found so far focuses on MARC.
>
> Thanks!
> Cody
> ____________________________
> Cody Hennesy
> Reference and Instruction Librarian
> California College of the Arts
> 510.594.3659 | chennesy at cca.edu
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:03:51 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "George Adams" <g_adams27 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Koha] A question about fines and account lines
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID: <20080326200351.D166D1581BE5 at www.grbc.net>
>
> Short version: In the "accountlines" table, there is a field called
> "accounttype" that can have values like L, F, FU, FM, O, etc.  What do
> those values mean?
>
> Long version: I'm using the script <KOHA>/bin/cronjobs/fines2.pl to
> calculate fines on a nightly basis.  It works pretty well, but I
> noticed that it has this line:
>
>  UpdateFine($data->[$i]->{'itemnumber'},
>  $data->[$i]->{'borrowernumber'},$amount,$type,$due);
>
> This calls the UpdateFine subroutine in C4/Overdues.pm, which runs this
> command:
>
>    my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare(
>      "INSERT INTO accountlines
>      (borrowernumber,itemnumber,date,amount,
>      description,accounttype,amountoutstanding,accountno) VALUES
>      (?,?,now(),?,?,'FU',?,?)"
>    );
>
> Note how "FU" is hardcoded as the "accounttype" in this section.  But
> when a patron is viewing his/her summary screen in the OPAC (i.e.
> http://www.example.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl) and has an overdue
> item, the line under "Fines" always says "No".
>
> Why?  Because opac-user.pl has this bit of code:
>
>    my $charges = 0;
>    foreach my $ac (@$accts) {
>        if ( $ac->{'itemnumber'} == $issue->{'itemnumber'} ) {
>            $charges += $ac->{'amountoutstanding'}
>              if $ac->{'accounttype'} eq 'F';
>            $charges += $ac->{'amountoutstanding'}
>              if $ac->{'accounttype'} eq 'L';
>        }
>    }
>    $issue->{'charges'} = $charges;
>
> So, $charges is only going to be passed to the template if the
> accounttype is "F" or "L".  But since C4/Overdues.pm is always setting
> it to "FU", that will never happen, and the Summary screen will always
> tell the patron they have no fines.
>
> So, can anyone tell me what the different accounttypes are?  I could
> fix this, I guess, by changing the code for the UpdateFine subroutine
> or opac-user.pl fine calculation, but I don't want to go fiddling with
> the code lest it have some unforseen side effect.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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