[Koha] Official Koha Newsletter : Volume 1, Issue 7: July 2010

[Nicole Engard]

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Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328)
Volume 1, Issue 7: July 2010
Table of Contents

    * Tips & Tricks
          o Search in Koha
          o Amazon Content Not Appearing?
    * Koha in Libraries
          o Koha Users Forum launched in Nigeria
          o Archive & Access Project
    * Koha Events
          o Second Koha Open Day in London
          o KohaCon 2010 Program Available


Tips & Tricks


Search in Koha
by Marilen Aretius Corciovei

For people used to web searches and database oriented application Koha
way of dealing with searches (since v.3) might seem a bit alien. This
is a small set of notes related to some not very obvious questions
which I had to answer in order to do some configurations which seemed
trivial at the beginning. I am not saying this is wrong or
ineffective, just different and different means time to learn. I’m
writing this to help you reduce this time. [Read Part 1 & Part 2.]


Amazon Content Not Working?
by Nicole C. Engard

Question: Why is Amazon’s enhanced content not appearing?

Answer: Amazon uses your server time in its API requests and so if
your system time is off you will not be able to use Amazon content.
Update your server time and make sure all of your Amazon preferences
are turned on, this should solve the problem.


Koha in Libraries


Koha Users Forum launched in Nigeria
by Olugbenga Adara

Projektlink Konsult Limited, the premier Koha support company in
Nigeria hosted the first ever Koha Users Forum at its premises in
Ibadan, Nigeria on Monday June 21, 2010. The event, which had 22
participants from 12 different institutions using Koha in Nigeria,
featured tutorials, tips and tricks and discussions on challenges and
solutions to problems encountered by the participants while running
Koha. More details are available here.


Archive & Access Project
by Savitra Sirohi

The Archive and Access project aims to set up a consortium of archives
and libraries in India with the purpose of catalog sharing and
eventual sharing of full text digitized resources. The project is
supported by the Jamsetji Tata Trust and housed at the Centre or the
Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore.

This will be a union catalog, powered by Koha, of historical
collections of libraries and archives from different parts of the
India. This is an ongoing process, with the regular introduction of
new institutions to the catalog.

The project wishes to solicit contributions from libraries,
organizations, historians and other scholars for this catalog. Those
interested in participating can contact project members at:
publicarchivesindia at gmail.com and more information can be found on the
official page.


Koha Events


Second Koha Open Day in London
by Andrea Chandler

The Kings Fund and CAMLIS are pleased to announce that we will be
holding another free open day for people interested in finding more
about implementing or switching to Koha. All Koha users are also
welcome.

The event will be held in the afternoon of Friday 10th of September at
CAMLIS, from 2pm-5pm. At the moment we don’t have a strict schedule
but we hope to include some short presentations with discussion,
followed by hands-on experience in small groups at
the library computers. There will be some time for existing Koha users
to chat with each other. If any user is interested in giving a 10
minute presentation or demonstration of some aspect of Koha, please
contact one of us.

Places for this event are limited so please book early by contacting
Matthew Hale at the King’s Fund: m.hale at kingsfund.org.uk. If there is
sufficient interest we will repeat it at a later date, so do register
your interest even if you can’t necessarily make this day.


KohaCon 2010 Program Available
by Nicole C. Engard

As we get closer to the next annual KohaCon (this year in NZ – where
it all started) it’s time to check out the program for the event! We
are still gathering speaker bios and program description updates, but
the preliminary program is available on the conference site.





Newsletter edited by Nicole C. Engard, Koha Documentation Manager.
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