[Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 113, Issue 7

Arshad Iqbal arshadsanwal at gmail.com
Mon Mar 9 02:01:14 NZDT 2015


Subject: How to map field tags in Marc edit?
Any one would like to  help me in mapping all field tags in marc edit for
data conversion.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:40 PM, <koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:

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>    1. Re: (no subject) (vikram zadgaonkar)
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>    3. Introduction about myself (Dr. B. RAVIIVVENKAT)
>    4. Re: Introduction about myself (Bob Birchall)
>    5. Koha 3.18 Manual Branched (Nicole Engard)
>    6. Re: Koha 3.18 Manual Feedback (Nicole Engard)
>    7. Koha ILS Driver for Vufind (Olugbenga Adara)
>    8. Re: Koha ILS Driver for Vufind (Galen Charlton)
>    9. Re: Koha ILS Driver for Vufind (Mark Tompsett)
>   10. Re: Koha ILS Driver for Vufind (Olugbenga Adara)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 10:08:17 +0530
> From: vikram zadgaonkar <vikramczadgaonkar at gmail.com>
> To: Haris Ahmad <harisahmad233 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz" <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
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> Hi,
> Have you mapped barcode field to 952$p while converting data?
>
> Vikram Zadgaonkar
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Haris Ahmad <harisahmad233 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > barcode no t showing when data import via marc edit how i resolve this
> > issue plz help me
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:14:24 -0800
> From: kohanews <kohanews at gmail.com>
> To: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: [Koha] Koha Community Newsletter: February 2015
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> Fellow Koha users:
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> The Koha Community Newsletter for February 2015 is here:
> http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-february-2015/
>
> Many thanks to the folks who submitted articles and news to this month's
> newsletter.
>
> Please feel free to email me with any corrections or suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chad Roseburg
> Editor, Koha Community Newsletter
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 11:12:57 +0530
> From: "Dr. B. RAVIIVVENKAT" <basralravi at gmail.com>
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: [Koha] Introduction about myself
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> Kudos to Koha community.
>
> I like to introduce myself as Dr.B.Ravivenkat , working as Deputy Librarian
> in TumkurUniversity, Karnataka India. I have nearly 18 years of experience
> in administrationof library. Starting as apprentice, library asst,
> Documentation asst, Asst. Librarian,Librarian in college library and Deputy
> Librarian in University Library.
>
> I started learning  automation activities by using CDS/ISIS, Inbuilt
> library softwares in institutions. but I exposed to the Koha in the
> University Library.
>
> >From the beginning I had some fascination for this open source compared
> to other may be due to its universal appeal.
>
> At present as an administrator I have completed the task of bibliographic
> record
> entry. Circulation module been used to full extent. further the library is
> going to use the Software to maximum extent and make the koha as software
> to be
> used in our University jursidiction(degree colleges and community colleges)
>
> I like to learn new things and to retain koha as indispensable in future
> development of library activities.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dr.  B. RavivenkatDeputy LibrarianTumkur University,
> Tumkur-572103Karnataka, basralravi at gmail, ravivenkatb at tumkuruniversity.in
> <ravivenkatb at tumkuruniversity.in>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:15:53 +1100
> From: Bob Birchall <bob at calyx.net.au>
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Introduction about myself
> Message-ID: <54F7F499.7010006 at calyx.net.au>
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> On 05/03/15 16:42, Dr. B. RAVIIVVENKAT wrote:
> > Kudos to Koha community.
> >
> > I like to introduce myself as Dr.B.Ravivenkat , working as Deputy
> Librarian
> > in TumkurUniversity, Karnataka India. I have nearly 18 years of
> experience
> > in administrationof library. Starting as apprentice, library asst,
> > Documentation asst, Asst. Librarian,Librarian in college library and
> Deputy
> > Librarian in University Library.
> >
> > I started learning  automation activities by using CDS/ISIS, Inbuilt
> > library softwares in institutions. but I exposed to the Koha in the
> > University Library.
> >
> >  From the beginning I had some fascination for this open source compared
> > to other may be due to its universal appeal.
> >
> > At present as an administrator I have completed the task of bibliographic
> > record
> > entry. Circulation module been used to full extent. further the library
> is
> > going to use the Software to maximum extent and make the koha as software
> > to be
> > used in our University jursidiction(degree colleges and community
> colleges)
> >
> > I like to learn new things and to retain koha as indispensable in future
> > development of library activities.
> >
> >
> Welcome to the community Dr Raviivvenkat.
>
> Its great to see more universities adopting Koha.  You'll find that this
> list is a great source of information about Koha.  Enjoy!
>
> Bob Birchall
> Calyx
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:33:23 +0100
> From: Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
> To: koha-docs at lists.koha-community.org, Koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: [Koha] Koha 3.18 Manual Branched
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> I have created a 3.18 manual branch.  So master is now 3.20 (or will be
> once I edit it):
>
>
> http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/manual3.18.x
>
> Thanks
> Nicole
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:34:17 +0100
> From: Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
> To: Anthony Mao <maolins at gmail.com>
> Cc: Koha <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3.18 Manual Feedback
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> I have created the 3.18 branch.
>
> Nicole
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It still is a work in progress, I'm it quite done yet :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nicole C. Engard
> > Sent from my Android phone, please excuse brevity and typos.
> > On Feb 18, 2015 6:16 PM, "Anthony Mao" <maolins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Could some one kindly edit this page
> >> http://koha-community.org/documentation/, remove "(work in progress)"
> >> behind 3.18 Manual (English) [PDF].
> >>
> >>
> >> 2015-01-28 22:32 GMT+08:00 Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > I have finally "finished" the 3.18 manual and am looking for feedback.
> >> >
> >> > http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/
> >> >
> >> > It took me a lot longer than normal due to life issues, so I'd love to
> >> > hear from you all if you think something is missing or not documented
> >> > right.
> >> >
> >> > When I say "finished" I mean that I think I have all the new features
> >> > documented - I will keep updating it as I get feedback.  I will branch
> >> > this manual soon and start on the 3.20 manual.
> >> >
> >> > Nicole
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
> >> > Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> >> > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Wishing you all the best. . . .
> >>
> >>
> >> Anthony Mao ???
> >> ?886 2 29052334 (voice)
> >> + 886 2 29017405 (FAX)
> >>
> >
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 10:07:49 -0500
> From: Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at gmail.com>
> To: Koha List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: [Koha] Koha ILS Driver for Vufind
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> Hello all,
>
> I am hoping someone who has gotten Vufind and Koha working together can
> help me with this. I recently installed Vufind 2.3.1 and Koha 3.18.3 on
> Debian 7. I have configured Vufind and successfully imported the records
> from Koha into Vufind.
>
> However, I can't get Vufind to use Koha to authenticate patrons. I can see
> the status of Koha items update in Vufind searches, so I know Vufind can
> connect to the Koha database.
>
> The problem seems to be the password encryption used in the Koha ILS driver
> and the encryption used for passwords in the current Koha version. The
> Vufind Koha driver still uses MD5 while I have been informed that current
> Koha uses BCRYPT.
>
> Can anyone provide me with the Koha driver for Vufind or point me towards
> how I can update the driver to successfully authenticate with current Koha
> version?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> --
> Olugbenga Adara
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:10:39 -0500
> From: Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>
> To: Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at gmail.com>
> Cc: Koha List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha ILS Driver for Vufind
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> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The problem seems to be the password encryption used in the Koha ILS
> driver
> > and the encryption used for passwords in the current Koha version. The
> > Vufind Koha driver still uses MD5 while I have been informed that current
> > Koha uses BCRYPT.
>
> That's correct, modern Koha uses bcrypt.
>
> > Can anyone provide me with the Koha driver for Vufind or point me towards
> > how I can update the driver to successfully authenticate with current
> Koha
> > version?
>
> I've made a patch to Vufind's Koha driver that allows it to recognize
> both MD5 and bcrypt password hashes.
>
>
> https://github.com/gmcharlt/vufind/commit/bbb6e89717627412bb516b0ea84160f55b183df2
>
> Please note that this patch is not tested at all, but hopefully it
> should at least give you the idea.  If you try it, I would appreciate
> feedback on whether it works.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
> Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
> email:  gmc at esilibrary.com
> direct: +1 770-709-5581
> cell:   +1 404-984-4366
> skype:  gmcharlt
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>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:13:36 -0500
> From: "Mark Tompsett" <mtompset at hotmail.com>
> To: "Olugbenga Adara" <gbengaadara at gmail.com>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha ILS Driver for Vufind
> Message-ID: <BLU172-DS70EBF086481972906D411C61F0 at phx.gbl>
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>         reply-type=original
>
> Greetings,
>
> The Koha did not write the driver. This is a VuFind issue.
>
> I took a quick look by:
> $ git clone https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind.git
> $ vi ~/vufind/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/Koha.php
> -- And around line 484:
>
> // Koha uses MD5_BASE64 encoding to save borrowers' passwords, function
> // 'rtrim' is used to discard trailing '=' signs, suitable for pushing
> // into MySQL database
> $db_pwd = rtrim(base64_encode(pack('H*', md5($password))), '=');
>
> Correct that code on the VuFind repository and happiness should be
> restored.
> Sorry, but how to correct these lines is left as an exercise for someone
> who
> knows:
> - how to provide patches to VuFind
> - Koha, and
> - PHP.
> Sorry, but I don't know the first.
>
> In summary, this is a VuFind issue, not a Koha issue.
>
> GPML,
> Mark Tompsett
>
> P.S. I have an untested attempt at a re-write of the problematic function.
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:40:06 -0500
> From: Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at gmail.com>
> To: Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
> Cc: Koha List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha ILS Driver for Vufind
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>
> Thanks Galen and Mark. I will try these ASAP and give a feedback.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> >
> https://github.com/gmcharlt/vufind/commit/bbb6e89717627412bb516b0ea84160
> >> f55b183df2
> >>
> >
> > Galen's is better.  :)
> > gmcharlton++
> >
> > GPML,
> > Mark Tompsett
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Olugbenga Adara
>
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