Re: [Koha] Koha/Evergreen Comparison Site
Thanks for the suggestion, Jared. We can do that. -Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in software solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Jared Camins-Esakov jcam...@cpbibliography.com wrote: Lori, Diana will be responding in more detail but the home page of the site lists the versions being compared. We are a bit behind but we do try to keep it as current as possible. Perhaps you might mitigate some of the concerns by noting explicitly that The features are updated through Koha version 3.10 (released November 2012; current Koha version: 3.16) and Evergreen version 2.4 (released May 2013; current Evergreen version: 2.6). More recent releases may include some features not reflected on this site or something along those lines? Updated appropriately to reflect actual versions. I guess it should say Koha 3.14, and maybe Evergreen 2.5 (per Diana's e-mail)? Regards, Jared -- Jared Camins-Esakov Bibliographer, C P Bibliography Services, LLC (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445 (e-mail) jcam...@cpbibliography.com (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha/Evergreen Comparison Site
Hi Steve, Diana will be responding in more detail but the home page of the site lists the versions being compared. We are a bit behind but we do try to keep it as current as possible. I'm not sure who you are responding to when you make your true believer comment but I'm quite agnostic as to Koha and Evergreen and just generally interested in helping people see that both are extremely fully featured. So, the site was created to fulfill that purpose more than to point them away from either Koha or Evergreen. And, if you would like to help us correct any mistakes or add information that you feel is lacking, we'd love to have your help. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in software solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Steve Sowder sow...@andrews.edu wrote: For someone trying to make up their mind choosing between Evergreen and Koha the website would send them to Evergreen. Just because you are a Koha true believer (this is the Koha listserv!) doesn't mean that everyone else will choose Koha. There is nothing in the comparison to indicate version nor how old it it. The comparison should be correct, accurate, and up to date. my $0.02 Steve sow...@andrews.edu On 7/3/2014 4:39 PM, Nicole Engard wrote: I'm with Hugo and Chris - in that it's not really a useful tool, but I worry that people will see it and say oh Koha (or Evergreen) can't do XYZ and so isn't as good as Proprietary System ABC. Just thought you should all know it's out there so you can educate people accordingly - I know I will. Nicole ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Open source replacement for 3M self check station
I would expand on Galen's second item when it comes to RFID. RFID pads also have to handle the security settings on the item. In other words, communcation is two ways. Unlike a barcode that just conveys data, an RFID pad has to make changes to the RFID tag to indicate that the item should be allowed to exit the library without alarming the RFID-enabled security gates (and without setting off the security gates at Target). How security is handled and what RFID data models and encoding methods are used in libraries is defined by ISO 28560-2 (for the US, UK, and Australia). It is in a library's interest to have Koha develop around existing standards as much as possible so that their non-ILS equipment continues to be interoperable even if they left Koha or if/when they switch from one third party vendor to another (e.g. for RFID-enabled equipment). I think it would be great for the Koha community to develop an RFID interface for Koha. And if anyone was interested in that, I would urge you to look into the work done by BIC (in the UK) with the Library Communication Framework (LCF). The LCF establishes a message set and data elements needed in a library RFID environment (and a procedure for developing more as new needs are defined). Very importantly, they are building upon existing protocols (e.g. SIP) so that makers of RFID equipment and ILS vendors don't all have to create custom interfaces everytime they want to do something. I hope the Koha community will build on these standards so that the libraries using Koha continue to keep all their options open for using products from a range of vendors and not getting locked into one vendor's/developer's solution. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in software solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Galen Charlton g...@esilibrary.com wrote: Hi, On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:45 AM, glaws glaw...@rhcl.org wrote: Unfortunately it seems that you need a system now, and anything we do won't be worked on until at least mid- late-2014. This is, however, a good discussion topic and worth continuing. Would it be an accurate statement that the primary distinctive issues (as opposed to the usual issues with setting up a kiosk computer) that an open-hardware self-checkout machine would be need to deal with are: - interacting with whatever device desensitizes security strips? - interacting with RFID pads? Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: g...@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 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] SIP message pairs supported
Brendan, Yes, that is the complete list of SIP2 messages but I can't tell by what you sent me if that means they are all supported at this time. Can you clarify? Thanks for finding! Lori http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=koha.git;a=blob;f=C4/SIP/Sip/Constants.pm;h=ee58b44c476005d8e01788a009bab7e7e2db02a2;hb=HEAD#l106 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Brendan Gallagher i...@bywatersolutions.com wrote: Lori - Is this what you are looking for - http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=koha.git;a=blob;f=C4/SIP/Sip/Constants.pm;h=ee58b44c476005d8e01788a009bab7e7e2db02a2;hb=HEAD Try reading or starting around line 106. Cheers, Brendan On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre lori.a...@galecia.comwrote: Could someone tell me which SIP2 messages pairs are supported in Koha? I tried figuring it out looking at Bugzilla and documentation but I couldn't figure it out. 01 Block Patron 09/10 Checkin 11/12 Checkout 15/16 Hold 17/18 Item Information 19/20 Items Status Update 23/24 Patron Status 25/26 Patron Enable 29/30 Renew 35/36 End Session 37/38 Fee Paid 63/64 Patron Information 65/66 Renew all 93/94/Login 96/97 Resend last message 98/99 SC/ACS Status =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- --- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting and Complete Support Packages Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA - Office: West Haven, CT Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com i...@bywatersolutions.com ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] SIP message pairs supported
Could someone tell me which SIP2 messages pairs are supported in Koha? I tried figuring it out looking at Bugzilla and documentation but I couldn't figure it out. 01 Block Patron 09/10 Checkin 11/12 Checkout 15/16 Hold 17/18 Item Information 19/20 Items Status Update 23/24 Patron Status 25/26 Patron Enable 29/30 Renew 35/36 End Session 37/38 Fee Paid 63/64 Patron Information 65/66 Renew all 93/94/Login 96/97 Resend last message 98/99 SC/ACS Status =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://doodle.com/loriayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] California, USA Conferences
I'm not exactly a Koha library but I'll be attending the Digital Summit and would love to connect up with other Koha folks (and Evergreen folks too). Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:33 PM, glaws glaw...@rhcl.org wrote: http://www.librarysummit.com/2012/ http://www.infotoday.com/il2012/ Rolling Hills Library is sending 2-3 people to the above conferences, and I believe Nicole is presenting at one. Will there be other Koha-user attendees, enough for a get-together of some type? -- Greg Lawson Network Administrator Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Request for IRC Meeting to Begin Planning KohaCon13
Nancy, I wanted to offer to help with program planning (or whatever). I know Im not right around the corner but I'm not terribly far away! So, if I can help in some way, let me know. I'll be a sponsor of course but I mean anything that a more-or-less local person can do...let me know. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Keener, Nancy nkee...@washoecounty.uswrote: Hi everyone. Please join us Wednesday August 22nd us for a preliminary IRC meeting to begin planning KohaCon 13. Our main need right now is to determine the number of days for the conference and hackfest. I will then get the local hotel/casinos to begin vying for our business. All of your ideas and help will be greatly appreciated. Here are the links to get you there. The conference site hasn't got much on it yet, but that will change soon. http://koha-community.org/get-involved/irc IRC Channel http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=KohaCon13+Planning+Meetingiso=20120822T08p1=599 Get the right time http://koha-community.org/kohacon/kohacon13-2 Main conference site. Nancy Keener Systems Librarian I.T.O.S.C. Chair Washoe County Library System Reno, Nevada 775 327-8347 nkee...@washoecounty.us ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Fwd: KOHA Hold Settings Costs
FYI, I responded to Josh too...with slightly different answers! I wish the Koha list replied to all by default. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lori Bowen Ayre lori.a...@galecia.com Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Koha] KOHA Hold Settings Costs To: Josh Mikow joshmi...@gmail.com Josh, 1. Yes, see the emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlacedhttp://manual.koha-community.org/3.10/en/administration.html#emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlaced system preference. 2. I think you have to create a manual invoice for lost items. See http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/patroninformation.html#patronfines 3. See the circulation fine rules table. More info here: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/patscirc.html#circfinerules 4. yes. The answers above can be dug up from the documentation which is more complete for version 3.8 than 3.10 but you can find what you need with some poking around. See http://koha-community.org/documentation/ for both manuals. Hope that helps! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Josh Mikow joshmi...@gmail.com wrote: Good Afternoon, I'm a tech person who is working with our church librarians to upgrade their software and they asked me a few things about KOHA that I'm not sure about. 1. Can we have an email sent whenever a hold is placed on a resource by a patron? This would allow us to notify the librarians so they can pull the resource. 2. How do we set the replacement costs for a resource? 3. How do we configure the system to automatically set fines for resources that are checked out? 4. Is there a way to show the amazon image of a resource if we don't have one available? We're currently on version 3.8.03 and I really don't know anything about library management so any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Josh ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] KohaCon 13 Survey Problem
I was under that impression too and would not have voted the way I did had I known otehrwise. Lori On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Marc Balmer m...@msys.ch wrote: As I understand, I could have given points only to one location, not giving points to any of the other locations, right? I was under the impression that I must pick five locations, which seems not to be the case. -- Marc Balmer micro systems, http://www.msys.ch/ Tel. +41 61 383 05 10, Fax +41 61 383 05 12 Am 05.07.2012 um 19:38 schrieb Jared Camins-Esakov jcam...@cpbibliography.com: Marc, Yes, please restart the vote. I was not aware that I could only give points to one location. Every location you vote for gets points. It's just that it gets a different number of points depending on whether you rank it 1..5. Regards, Jared -- Jared Camins-Esakov Bibliographer, C P Bibliography Services, LLC (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445 (e-mail) jcam...@cpbibliography.com (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Relevance
This this help? 01:42 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958182Milts_NZHey Idlers, is there anyone I can talk to about stopwords in Koha? 01:42 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958183 druthbHi, Milts. :) 01:43 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958184Milts_NZhey :D 01:43 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958185 we're playing with stopwords, and it seems to make little difference... is it correct that you can't use stopwords if Zebra is turned on? 01:43http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958186 because without them our relevancy ranking is pretty off... 01:44http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958187druthbThe short answer is, if you're using NoZebra, there are stopwords, but you have bigger problems, as that is deprecated, and really shouldn't be used. If you're using Zebra, there are no stopwords. 01:44http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958188Milts_NZah I was wondering that. We are using Zebra. 01:44 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958189 druthbI've not observed that problem here; lemme grab a couple of settings for you to check. 01:44http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958190mtjooh, that sounds like it needs a bug logged 01:44 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958191 druthbwhat does? 01:44 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958192wahanuidoes is calculate the discount on this price or the tax is removed before to calculte the discount on the price before taxes? 01:45http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958193druthbwahanui: forget does 01:45 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958194wahanuidruthb: I forgot does 01:45 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958195Milts_NZI've got a screenshot of a search for the title of an item uploaded here: http://www.4freeimagehost.com/[…]=8740fa83bc35.pnghttp://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=8740fa83bc35.png 01:46 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958196 and it appears 6th in the list with all the items before it seemingly appearing because they have a and the in the titles 01:46http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958197druthbwe get best results with QueryAutoTruncate set to only if * is added, QueryFuzzy Try, QueryStemming Try, QueryWeightFields Enable. 01:47http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958198 Now, in the default install, defaultSortField/defaultSortOrder are set to relevance/ascending, which doesn't make much sense...it puts the *lowest* relevance first. 01:47http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958199Milts_NZOK. We don't have QueryFuzzy and QueryStemming on, maybe they would help 01:47 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958200 o o.0 01:47 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958201druthbI always end up setting defaultSortOrder and OPACdefaultSortOrder to descending, which makes better sense for relevance. 01:48http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958202Milts_NZwill that also make a difference when searching in the staff side? 01:48 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958203 druthbdefaultSortOrder is the staff sidd, OPACdefaultSortOrder is the OPAC 01:48 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958204 *side 01:49 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958205 mtjdruthb: a patch to remove stopwords, after nozebra code is deleted 01:49 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958206 druthbno need to reindex when you change those; it Just Works. 01:49 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958207 mtj++ once NoZebra is gone, yeah, all the stuff that only works for NoZebra needs to go away to 01:50http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958208Milts_NZdruthb: Thanks, playing with the sort order's done it 01:50 http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958209 druthbGlad to have been of service Milts. I set up new installs all the time, and that's just one of my setting-up steps. 01:52http://irc.koha-community.org/irclog/koha/2012-04-27#i_958210Milts_NZdruthb: SpaceLibrarian also says Hi and THANKS I found it in the IRC logs by searching relevancy in the home page search box. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:38 PM, BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER cbran...@cdalibrary.org wrote: I was wondering if anyone
Re: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts
Excellent! Thanks Nora! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Nora Blake nbl...@masslibsystem.orgwrote: Hi Lori, ** ** We tuck the year of graduation into the sort2 field and the current classroom teacher into the sort1 field. Our elementary librarians like having the school teacher in there because the kiddies tend to come to the library by class. A “student” template for patron records would be nice!* *** ** ** I use a program called Great Barcode Generator to create the scannable barcode images. ** ** Nora Nora Blake MassCat Manager Massachusetts Library System P.O. Box 609 South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 508-357-2121 x123 866-627-7228 Email: nbl...@masslibsystem.org AIM: noraatmls ** ** ** ** *From:* loria...@gmail.com [mailto:loria...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Lori Bowen Ayre *Sent:* Friday, May 25, 2012 5:59 PM *To:* Nora Blake *Cc:* Koha list; Ruth Bavousett *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts ** ** I'm sure we can come up with a better solution! Let's continue to flesh this out ** ** Do these students have only one teacher to worry about each year? Or are there several teachers that need to be associated with each student? ** ** Would it help to add a field indicating their (expected) graduating year? Maybe to make some batch changes for example? ** ** What's the name of the program that you use to generate the scannable barcodes. ** ** I'm copying this to a ByWater miracle worker...Ruth Bavousett, in case she has brilliant ideas to make this easier for everyone! ** ** Lori ** ** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre ** ** Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Nora Blake nbl...@masslibsystem.org wrote: Hi Lori, We don't do this exactly. Instead we create these checkout sheets for each grade of the elementary school. We store the grade level information in the sort 1 field, write a report to export the patron name, grade level and barcode number, run the spreadsheet through another program (not open source) that creates a scannable barcode image for each patron. We then import the barcode images one by one into a word document where we group them by grade so that the librarians have a scan sheet for each grade. Not easy at all! We've tried convincing the staff at our elementary schools that they can just look the students up by name, but they're convince it takes too long and they just simple NEED to have these scan sheets (which systems like Winnebago created for them very easily). If anyone can come up with a better solution, I would worship you forever. Nora Nora Blake MassCat Manager Massachusetts Library System P.O. Box 609 South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 508-357-2121 x123 866-627-7228 Email: nbl...@masslibsystem.org AIM: noraatmls -Original Message- From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:46 PM To: Koha list Subject: [Koha] Classroom Checkouts Anyone ever heard of Classroom Checkouts? Evidently it is a feature of Follett in which a patron record get labelled as a teacher and this allows that teacher to be somehow related to his or her students. The idea is that when the students are going to the library, the library staff can easily generate a list of barcodes associated with that teacher (in lieu of library cards I guess). Anyone heard of such a thing or have a way to accomplish something similar in Koha? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling
[Koha] Receipt Printers
Anyone using either of the following receipt printers with Koha? Epson TM-TGGV WASP RP-300-H =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like p 000123 which they need to have interpreted as P123. Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Joel, I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want p 000123 to be interpreted as P123 That seems like too much to ask! Lori On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle joel.harbot...@hotmail.com.au wrote: Hi Lori, We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes. Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes. From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha. Kindest Regards, Joel From: Lori Bowen Ayre lori.a...@galecia.com Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like p 000123 which they need to have interpreted as P123. Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Kohacon13, was: KUDOS 2012
Brooke, As you mentioned somewhere in this thread, I think it would be lovely to have everyone come to my lovely little home town of Petaluma, CA. We have a small Sheraton Convention Center space that would accommodate everyone and they'd love to have us. There's also a retreat space, Walker Ranch, that might work (but I haven't checked that one out for KohaCon). We have lots of great places to eat, a music venue, and its small and manageable. One hour from both Oakland and SF airports with a direct shuttle available to get here. Not really any public transportation once you get here though And the only places to stay are the Sheraton and the Metro and a Motel 6 or something. Although by 2014, there may be another hotel that is in the work which should be very cool. Here's a nice page about Petaluma:http://www.visitpetaluma.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:30 AM, BWS Johnson abesottedphoe...@yahoo.comwrote: Salvete! One option you could consider is to put in a bid to host KohaCon13. [...] Who might be interested in hosting KohaCon13? Well heck, I might. I just edited the wiki to that effect, too. I'll continue to add information to flesh things out nicer. I started a table so that other folks can put their bids in, too, just like 2011 Bidding. I also don't think it's a bad idea to start a page for a US Regional convention so folks don't feel left out there. Come on, let's have some expression of interest, please! Did I see Mexico mentioned in IRC a few days ago? Mexico would be swank, and I'm willing to defer my bid in favour of having KohaCon in countries we've not visited yet. Cheers, Brooke ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Fwd: Koha questions!
What I have (so far) is a Google spreadsheet that compares Koha and Evergreen features. The version of Koha being compared is the community version of Koha, not any of the Liblime products. It's here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak7HAdCKcNqtdFRjSnlKTEZRbXpDUmtQbmFScE5xM3c#gid=0 Note that it is fully editable so tread carefully! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:51 AM, dsch...@tx.rr.com wrote: You might contact Lori Ayer and see what she has to help you: http://www.galecia.com/ Seems like she has some type of document already like what you are talking about. There is a huge difference between Koha.org - Liblime and koha-community.org - the original community of developers and users. LibLime/PTFS is going more in a proprietary direction - don't touch it we will do it for you stance. They put the code out there but with a user beware stance and little help unless you are a client. Or you can work with any of the other companies that will work with you and you get community development which is 100% open source. Then one would hope any work you put into it would get contributed back to the community in a collaborative way. -- David Schuster Library Technology Coordinator Plano ISD Chris Cormack ch...@bigballofwax.co.nz wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Catherine Murphy catherine.mur...@marist.edu Date: 7 March 2012 13:53 Subject: Koha questions! To: koha-ow...@lists.katipo.co.nz Hello, My supervisor asked me to look at Koha and compare its features with our current ILS (Voyager). We had seen a support company's version of Koha a few years back and I started using this company's version for the comparison. Are support company versions of Koha part of the Koha open source community? How different is LibLime Koha from other open source Koha? How many libraries use Koha currently? How many academic institutions? Are most Koha sites hosted? Are any academic institutions maintaining their own open source Koha and working with the Koha community? Is there a list of features Koha offers, compared to traditional ILS? Thank you, Catherine Catherine Murphy / Information Technology catherine.mur...@marist.edu Marist College, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 | 845.575.3000 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] items that are lost, fees assessed, and then found
If a patron has lost an item and paid a fine. What happens when they then return the lost item? Is there a slick way to figure out how much they should be refunded based on the fine assessed and the late fee that would apply? Lori ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] backdating, merge patrons and telecirc
Much obliged, Gents! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2012/1/23 Jim Maroon storyp...@gmail.com We have the same issue with backdating. If you want to go back farther than the last day open, then the bookdrop function doesn't do you much good. We have a bookdrop that we only check once a week, for example. And our circ manager tells me she would like the freedom to do other things with backdating. It would be nice to have a feature where you could actually select the date for checkin. ByWater Solutions is currently working on a telephony solution. --Jim ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] backdating, merge patrons and telecirc
Hi All, Is it true that there is no backdating feature in Koha? By this I mean, the ability to check-in items (e.g. book drop stuff) with check-in dates of the previous day (or even several days ago to handle long weekends). Is it true there is no handy way to identify duplicate patrons and to merge select patron records into one record? What about telecirc...is anyone currently using a telephone-based notification system (such as Asterisk) with Koha? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] integration of electronic content
Could anyone point me to a library catalog that does a great job integration e-content into their catalog? I am assuming this will mostly be e-books unless someone knows a library that has done a great job integrating databases as well (and could direct me to those libraries-this wouldn't be evident without an account but I'd still like to know if someone has done a good job of it so I can talk to them). Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Stop SOPA web page looping back to itself
I do agree that if the click-thru isn't working, the website should be returned to normal. I had trouble making a click thru work on my site as well so I just posted a message about it (with help from O'Reilly). Lori 2012/1/18 Paul pau...@aandc.org At 08:20 AM 1/18/2012 -0600, you wrote: I'm not having any problems clicking through to the site this morning. Our cataloguers are also complaining that the http://koha-community.org/ is unavailable despite clicking the original site button -- they use the manual from NZ, rather than a local copy. I have double checked, and cannot get in myself (FF 8.0.1) to koha-community.org/documentation/ or koha-community.org/koha-3-6-1/ -- I just get to the politics of the USA page. Politics notwithstanding - could we please, please, pretty please, go back to supporting open source software? Many thanks - Paul :T 2012/1/18 amutsikiwa amutsik...@uzlib.uz.ac.zw I am trying to access http://koha-community.org/ , which is been redirected to http://koha-community.org/stop-sopa/. Which is fine. However, when you click on the Continue to sitehttp://koha-community.org/link, which I think should take you to the usual website, it is redirecting you back to the Stop-sopa page. There is some information I want on our usual website Kind Regards, Admire Mutsikiwa ICT Projects Manager Library IT University of Zimbabwe Tel:+263-4-303276 Cel:+263-772-239187 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Thatcher Rea Lead Support Specialist ByWater Solutions Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Office: Lawrence, KS Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA Phone/Fax # (888) 900-8944 ext. 1 Cell # (785) 760-3009 http://bywatersolutions.com VISIT US AT ALA MIDWINTER BOOTH # 2048 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ** ** --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. http://UltraMarine.ca http://ultramarine.ca/, http://AandC.orghttp://aandc.org/ and http:// http://mardoc.ca/MarDoc.ca http://mardoc.ca/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] US-Centric question - SOPA/PIPA protest blackout on k-c.org tomorrow (US time)?
Kyle ++ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Kyle Hall kyle.m.h...@gmail.com wrote: Instead of a complete blackout, a new front page explaining the SOPA/PIPA issue with a click-though to the standard site would be a reasonable compromise. I certainly don't want to sound US-centric, but it seems that US policy often has world-wide ramifications ( often negative ) and it's probably in the best interest of every Internet user anywhere that SOPA/PIPA don't become law. Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM, MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Liz Rea l...@nekls.org It would be easy to participate in the SOPA/PIPA web blackout protest tomorrow on koha-community.org, should we? Good idea? Bad idea? If this means taking the websites offline, then I feel it's an awful idea for many reasons: firstly, it's self-harm, hurting our friends and not directly affecting our opponents; secondly, US websites didn't protest or go offline while Brits were fighting EUCD, RIPA, IPRED and so on (solidarity is not a one-way street and I see no prospect that US websites will go offline for future foreign issues); it demonstrates that the web can survive without those who oppose; and probably more reasons I've not thought of quickly. Protest banners/posts: +1 Defeating ourselves with a blackout: -1 Hope that explains, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Well, this is disappointing ...
I'm with you Gary. I think this is a great opportunity for the LIS students and hope that they are indeed learning about library systems. And it is great that Liblime is supporting the students this way. I just hope they aren't getting instruction in how to be a part of an open source community from Liblime too! As I tweetedI'd rather be the one doing the Open Source instruction for these students than Liblime! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/12/12 Harris, Gary, DCA gary.har...@state.nm.us I for one, as a member of the “real” Koha community, kind of like what is happening. I love the fact that Koha is being used to teach these kinds of skills to library school students. On the other hand, I am dismayed by the way this is happening. Hopefully, students in these classes will figure this out. They don’t need a benefactor like this company to learn about open source, Koha, and how to make work. I wish there was something the community could do, I just don’t know what right now. Anyone else experiencing mixed emotions on this particular topic? Would it not be wonderful to have interested library school students everywhere using community-based Koha? ** ** Sorry, this company just gets to me sometimes. ** ** Gary New Mexico, USA. ** ** *From:* koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Joann Ransom *Sent:* Monday, December 12, 2011 1:16 PM *Cc:* Koha list *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Well, this is disappointing ... ** ** You can't help those who won't help themselves. The LibLime relationship with Koha is well documented and a cursory internet search would clearly show that. It does seems short sighted though.. J On 13 December 2011 05:00, Cab Vinton bibli...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16375 LibLime Academic Koha to be used by University Students in Spring Semester 2012 [Dec. 8, 2011] Spring semester 2012, three schools are joining LibLime in the Koha with Class program. The three schools working with LibLime on this project include: The School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University; The Information School at the University of Washington Gallagher; and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. Library school students at these three Universities – taking classes in library automation and technology systems -- will be studying the principles for design, selection, implementation and management of automated systems of all types in libraries. Each course will cover the use of ILSs for technical service processing, reference and user services, and management. Both courses will include presentations and demos from vendors and systems librarians and possible site visits to libraries using ILS systems in their day-to-day operations. Free hosting is a nice bonus, but still ... Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. Thomas Sowell ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Plea for help from Horowhenua Library Trust re: Koha
As much as I hate to say it, I wonder if it isn't time to give up this fight. The truth is that the law isn't really on the Koha community's side on this issue because of the sale of the domain to Liblime way back when. That sale really makes the difference as to whether we have any legal footing on this issue. It is clear that the moral issue is meaningless so hoping for others to just do the right thing isn't going to happen. There has already been plenty of outrage expressed by the Koha community and clearly it hasn't made a difference. In the interest of keeping the community on track, I strongly urge everyone to reconsider taking up this legal battle and focusing again on Koha, the name, instead of Koha, the software and, more important, Koha, the community. We lost over a year in wrangling with Liblime/PTFS and I think the product suffered for it, as did the community. Could we possibly find another wonderful word from the birthplace of Koha and make a fresh start? I'm sure the same creative minds that came up with Koha could find another word that is appropriate for this new stage of life and we could just start fresh. Let Liblime take the word, they will never take the community. And the confusion between the true Koha and Liblime Koha hurts the community a whole lot more than it hurts Liblime. I say this with the community interests at heart. I really believe it would be best to walk away from this fight. Disengage and focus on what is most important. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/11/21 Joann Ransom jran...@library.org.nz As I am sure most of you are aware, Horowhenua Library Trust is the birth place of Koha and the longest serving member of the Koha community. Back in 1999 when we were working on Koha, the idea that 12 years later we would be having to write an email like this never crossed our minds. It is with tremendous sadness that we must write this plea for help to you, the other members of the Koha community. The situation we find ourselves in, is that after over a year of battling against it, PTFS/Liblime have managed to have their application for a Trademark on Koha in New Zealand accepted. We now have 3 months to object, but to do so involves lawyers and money. We are a small semi rural Library in New Zealand and have no cash spare in our operational budget to afford this, but we do feel it is something we must fight. For the library that invented Koha to now have to have a legal battle to prevent a US company trademarking the word in NZ seems bizarre, but it is at this point that we find ourselves. So, we ask you, the users and developers of Koha, from the birth place of Koha, please if you can help in anyway, let us know. Regards, Jo. -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha and Third-Party commercial services
Ian, This issue came up with Evergreen recently and someone suggested creating an Vendors Module. They wrote up how it would workmaybe some useful ideas there. See http://egdev.mvlcstaff.org/Vendors_Module Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/11/5 Ian Walls ian.wa...@bywatersolutions.com Dear Community, In the last few months, I've seen more and more interest in developing Koha support for integration with third-party commercial services. These services usually require some kind of special coding to achieve that integration, instead of using a global standard for data transmission. To be fair, I think this is often because there IS NO global standard for the kind of data they want to transmit. But I'm still wary of this. All the external services we have now (Amazon, Babelthèque, Baker and Taylor, Google, Library Thing, Novelist Select, OCLC, Open Library, and Syndetics) are very self-contained; they have system preferences which just control whether or not a block of HTML/Javascript API code gets put into the template. This is pretty benign; it's template code and some database data (nothing structural), and can be completely disabled if the preferences are turned off. This seems like good integration to me. But other services require something a bit more heavy-weight. Things that would involve writing a fair block of Perl code, or altering Koha's data structure to store a new kind of information (new table columns or tables, instead of just entries in existing tables). Changes like this concern me, particularly if the service requires a subscription, is geographically-limited or has closed licensure. Perhaps I'm just being paranoid, but it seems that if we start letting these external services influence the development of Koha, we could eventually wind up with an ILS that is no longer in the interest of the global community. Am I being crazy? Is this a valid issue? Are the advantages of being able to talk to more external products greater than the risks of a few specific company's products getting hardcoded into our ILS? Thanks for any feedback you can provide, -Ian ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] New Release team elected
Congrats to the 3.8 team. Looks like a great group. Hooray for Koha! Lori 2011/10/5 Chris Cormack chr...@catalyst.net.nz It is with great pleasure that I get to announce that during last nights meeting, the release team for 3.8 was elected. You can read all about it here http://koha-community.org/koha-3-8-0-release-team-elected/ And all about the other stuff decided at the meeting here http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_5_October_2011 (There is a link to the minutes) Congratulations to all those elected Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Please take my survey
Bob, I recommended the same thing in my survey response! Also, the Open Bridge conference in Portland is very female-oriented (though not exclusively) and is for open source developers. Just FYI... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Bob Birchall b...@calyx.net.au wrote: On 29/09/11 01:18, BWS Johnson wrote: Salvete! I'm conducting a survey on Gender and Open Source. There hasn't been much research in this area, and Library and Information science data are scant in especial. I appreciate your time in taking it. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have further questions. http://tinyurl.com/42qfdud Thanks, Brooke Hi Brooke, You may want to contact these Aussie women who have a similar interest: http://adainitiative.org/ Best wishes, Bob CALYX __**_ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/**mailman/listinfo/kohahttp://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha on tablets
I found the Shelf Browser doesn't work that well when I used the iPad connecting to the ByWater demo system =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Hal Bright hbri...@farmingtonlibraries.org wrote: We use Koha on the iPad for inventory and other work in the stacks. No issues that I know of. Displays great. Hal Bright From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] on behalf of Owen Leonard [oleon...@myacpl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:48 PM To: Crockett, John Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha on tablets Does anyone have any experience using Koha on tablet computers? Saying tablet computers is really too broad for a good answer, considering the range of devices available. I've used Koha on an iPod Touch and an iPhone and found that everything worked even though there is no mobile version of these interfaces. Koha's interface is built to conform to web standards, so theoretically any javascript-enabled, standards-compliant browser (which iOS's Mobile Safari is one of) should work. That said, I have never tested Koha on any tablet device. I too would be interested in hearing what devices folks have tried Koha on and what kind of experience they've had. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha on tablets
I couldn't get it to click to the next items, scrolling right. It scrolled one or two book images and then seemed to stall. It could just be my connection was too slow and couldn't handle loading the covers? Lori On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Owen Leonard oleon...@myacpl.org wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre lori.a...@galecia.com wrote: I found the Shelf Browser doesn't work that well when I used the iPad connecting to the ByWater demo system Can you elaborate? -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Searching the Koha Lists
I set up a Google Custom Search Engine because I was unhappy with the other options. http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011786948441045791508:mhiovu8klb0hl=en It is also imperfect but I'd be happy get help from others to improve it! Lori On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Mason James m...@kohaaloha.com wrote: On 2011-09-20, at 8:27 PM, Frédéric Demians wrote: How do we search the koha mailing list ? Try Nabble or Markmail: there's an page listing this info on the kc.org website, too http://koha-community.org/support/forums/ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Migration from Heritage to Koha
Congratulations and thanks for making your contribution! Lori On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Jean Francois Bucas jfbu...@stp.dias.iewrote: Dear Koha mailing list members, like anywhere else, from time to time, a success story is greatly welcomed. In the case of our small library, until last month, we were using Heritage[1], a Windows based proprietary ILS. We didn't like it, both for technical reasons and functional reasons. It took the combined efforts of the IT-guy (myself) and the librarian to export the data and process it in a way that was importable in Koha. After a few weeks, overcoming many small and big challenges, we are very happy to introduce our new system to our users, and to this date, no complain at all. If you are interested in the result and the steps of the migration, you can have a look at theses addresses: http://library.stp.dias.ie http://www.stp.dias.ie/library/Heritage2Koha/howto.txt Thanks a lot to the Koha community! Kind regards, Jef [1] http://www.isoxford.com/ -- Jean-Francois Bucas IT System Administrator School of Theoretical Physics Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 10 Burlington Road Dublin 4 Tel. +353 1 614 0132 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] April 13th, 2005 entry
Thanks, Amy. I've already posted my comment in response to the article, which overall, I thought was quite good. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:08 PM, DeGroff, Amy adegr...@liblime.com wrote: Hi everyone: As a former IT director for a library system that was planning to implement Koha, but subsequently chose an alternate path, I would recommend you approach this topic with delicacy, What is said publicly and what truly happened is not always the same story. I would not publicly discuss all aspects of what occurred with me and my former site, and the same is true for any library in this situation. It may be that discussing issues from two years ago is not productive for anyone - especially the hard working librarians in New Jersey about whom you'd be speaking. East Brunswick was an early PTFS customer and contributed ideas and energy to Koha - ideas which we proudly made available to all -- via our public git hub. Some features have been adopted by other Koha users -- some features have not. East Brunswick did indeed find Koha 3.x slow in areas related to circulation - we worked to address their concerns. They were a Horizon site and the speed of that thick client application was for them too tantalizing and familiar to give up; a web application - like Koha - is in some cases - slower than a thick client - like Horizon. Despite the departure of a valued customer, we have continued to make significant improvements in response time, both with sponsored development from customers and sponsored development by PTFS. We will soon be publishing a new release of LibLime Koha in download format as well as a unified git repository. This release includes the latest performance improvements we have made to the application including the use of the Plack environment which simulates a persistent run time environment for PERL. In that release, circulation transactions are now 1/3 of a second. Lori - what else can I supply to help you set the record straight? -- 2011/8/24 Robin Sheat ro...@catalyst.net.nz Lori Bowen Ayre schreef op wo 24-08-2011 om 16:17 [-0700]: As I read this, I recalled someone saying that the only library to have gone to Koha and then switched back was a Liblime customer I'm aware of one here in NZ (that I don't think was liblime), but they were happily running Koha, and then joined/got absorbed into a consortium that mandated something else, so it wasn't a switch due to unhappiness with Koha. -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Amy Begg De Groff Product Manager LibLime, a Division of PTFS, Inc. adegr...@liblime.com ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] April 13th, 2005 entry
I was just reading the article on LJ called Open Source Reality Check ( http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891350-264/open_source_reality_check.html.csp) which opens with In 2009, East Brunswick http://www.ebpl.org/ Public Libraryhttp://www.ebpl.org/ (EBPL), NJ, switched from a proprietary integrated library system (ILS), SirsiDynix’s Horizon, to an open source Koha ILS. In 2010, it switched back. As I read this, I recalled someone saying that the only library to have gone to Koha and then switched back was a Liblime customer. Can anyone verify that it East Brunswick was indeed a Liblime customer and if so, when did that relationship begin and end? I'd like to set the record straight by commenting on the article but I want MY facts straight first! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha and Drupal
Have you seen eXtensible Catalog? It provides a top layer that is Drupal based (one node per record as you mentioned). And they have some nice conversion utilities for grabbing catalog content and converting it to the XC Schema which relies on Drupal for the OPAC layer. http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/ Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Sébastien Hinderer sebastien.hinde...@ens-lyon.org wrote: Hello Henri-Damien, many thanks for your so detailed response ! you may find on git.biblibre.com koha_biblibre.git (which are also on git.koha-community.org/koha.git in so far as all the ils-di required infrastructure is concerned), sopac.git and locuum.git and insurge.git, which contains all the patches we had to do to install SOPAC on top of a Koha installation. Okay, many thanks for the pointers ! It is working but it not that handy to install. I see. Does it mean that, altough it is difficult to install, once the initial installation is done it is working relatively well and easy to maintain ? And some choices for SOPAC makes that project quite difficult to run (namely sphinx and the insurge/locum technology and the fact that it relies on old drupal version), along with quite hard coded css quite restrict the potential of SOPAC. Okay. I'd like to ask several questions here. 1. Which version of drupal does it rely on ? 2. I have to say I did not understand what locum and insurge are. Any clue for me ? We tried to contribute the patches we wrote in order to fix some bugs. But it is free software, ppl may or may not take on your contributions and proposals. Indeed. Does it mean that there are currently no exchanges with sopac maintainers ? It is in production for some libraries. We can assist in the realization of that or provide you with url for that. I'm interested in any URL. I'm trying to build yet another digital library. Now that I know about Koha and how good it is for cataloging and exploring an OPAC, I have to say it is difficult for me to renounce to powerful cataloguing/opac features. My first idea was ths a three component solution: Drupal for the protal, Koha for the OPAC and a third component yet to be chosen to handle files pertaining to each book. Such an approach has, however, several pitfalls: it is heavy and there is a problem if one wants to share authenticaiton. So I thought that SOPAC could help: the (Koha) OPAC and Drupal would merge, and then I could use Drupal to store and give access to the files associated with each book. Any comment here would be warmly appreciated. We are still convinced that drupal is really a nice thing and the fact that solr could be also used in drupal could make it really handy. Yeah I'd love to be able to use drupal for my digital library, find it rather convenient, too. Maybe you could also take a look at mkdrul from indexdata and find something interesting. Is such a module interesting even when you'd query only one Z39.50 server ? In my case, I think I'd query only my local Koha where everything would be catalogued. And would such an approach let one see from within drupal the virtual shelves defined in Koha. And finally: the fact that it seems to rely heavily on javascript makes me think it would perhaps not be very accessible, but I didn't try it out... Hope that helps. It helps, thanks a lot and best wishes, Sébastien. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Downloaded Liblime_Koha-4.02.06
Deepak, Technically the source is open since you've downloaded it (as you note). The problem is that the only people using that software are customers of Liblime/PTFS (well, and anyone else that has downloaded it). But that is a different product from the one that is supported by the Koha community. So, while you can download it and use it. There isn't really much in the way of support beyond Liblime/PTFS. So, you'd be isolated from the larger community by going that route. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Deepak Bhatia deepak.bha...@nechclst.inwrote: Thanks Liz, Actually I downloaded the liblime-koha package from http://www.koha.org So I felt it is the open source integrated library management system. Regards Deepak Bhatia -Original Message- From: Liz Rea [mailto:l...@nekls.org] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 1:50 AM To: Deepak Bhatia Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Downloaded Liblime_Koha-4.02.06 I'm sorry to report that you'll have to talk to LibLime about this issue. No one here knows anything about LibLime ILS. Liz Rea l...@nekls.org DISCLAIMER: --- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or NECHCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of NECHCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. . --- ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Summary of PhD findings and a final thank you!
Brenda, I want to echo Bob's sentiments, this is very useful information. I have only cursorily read it but I have ideas of the different ways to put your research to good use for both the Koha and Evergreen communities. Thanks so much for sharing it. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Bob Birchall b...@calyx.net.au wrote: On 05/08/11 13:07, Brenda Chawner wrote: Several years ago I invited subscribers to this email discussion list to complete a Web-based survey as part of my PhD research. Since the data gathered were anonymous, I don’t know who the individual respondents were, which means I’m sending this summary of the findings to the list rather than to individuals. I am very grateful to the people who took the time to complete the survey, and provided such interesting perspectives on what factors influenced their satisfaction with a free/libre and open source software project. The abstract for the thesis is below, outlining the research method and summarising the main findings. Abstract The purpose of this research was to identify factors that affect participants’ satisfaction with their experience of a free/libre open source software (FLOSS) project. The research built on existing models of user satisfaction from the information systems literature, and also incorporated two characteristics of FLOSS projects first identified by Ye, Nakakoji, Yamamoto, and Kishida (2005), product openness and process openness. The central research question it answered was, What factors influence participant satisfaction with a free/libre and open source application software project? Richard Stallman’s reasons for setting up the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation arose from his frustration at being forced to be a passive user of software used for a Xerox printer. These suggest that being able to be an active participant in a FLOSS project is one factor that should be examined, and therefore the first sub-question this project answers is, What types of contributions do participants make to free/libre and open source software projects? Several studies have shown that the extent of participation in a FLOSS project varies from individual to individual, and this variation leads to the second sub-question, Do the factors that influence satisfaction vary for different types of participation? If so, in what way? A preliminary conceptual model of factors affecting participant satisfaction was developed, reflecting the key concepts identified in the literature. The main theoretical goal of this research was to test the model using empirical data. The research used a sequential, mixed methods approach. The first, qualitative stage involved reviewing documents from selected projects and interviewing a purposive sample of FLOSS project participants. The second, quantitative stage involved an online survey of FLOSS project participants, and the data gathered were used to test the conceptual model. The results of the first stage showed that participation in FLOSS projects was a more complex construct than previously reported in the literature. Seven distinct categories of activities were identified: * use; * interaction with code; * supporting the community; * outreach; * sponsorship; * management; and * governance. Four attributes that modified these categories were also identified: organisational focus, role formality, remuneration, and time commitment. Data from 154 responses to the online survey were used to test the model using stepwise multiple regression, which determined the effect of each of the variables on overall participant satisfaction. Moderated regression analysis was used to test the effects of three potential moderating variables. The results showed that that perceived system complexity had the largest effect, decreasing satisfaciton if respondents perceived that the software was complex, while project openness and perceived developer communication quality accounted for the most variance in satisfaction. The main theoretical contribution of this research lies in its extension of satisfaction studies to FLOSS communities, showing that communication and openness are more important than in conventional software projects. Its practical contribution will help people involved in the management and governance of FLOSS projects to identify ways of increasing their participants’ satisfaction, which may in turn encourage them to contribute more. The final version of the thesis is available in the VUW
Re: [Koha] How to add Koha OAI archives in OHS
Ah, I see. I thought it was a Koha side thing. My bad! On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Chris Cormack ch...@bigballofwax.co.nzwrote: The documentation of the Harvesting software? Thats a bit outside of the scope of what we can do as Koha developers. Maybe you could email the developers of it? Chris On 5 Aug 2011 07:56, Lori Bowen Ayre lori.a...@galecia.com wrote: Can the documentation or the system itself display Catalog URL instead of simply URL? OAI Base URL seems relatively descriptive but the generic URL parameter could be more useful. Lori On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Magnus Enger mag...@enger.priv.no wrote: Hi! 2011/8/4 Abdul Vali abdul.val...@gmail.com: hi all i hv installed koha 3.4.3 on ubuntu server. i have enabled oai-pmh and oai archive id is koha123. now i want to add this archive in Open Harvesting System (OHS) that is installed on another machine. Can someon tell me the details of the following values which require for OHS: URL: This is probably just the URL of your OPAC, e.g. http://catalog.bywatersolutions.com/ OAI Base URL: This would be the URL + cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl - e.g.: http://catalog.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] volunteer to identify Koha features
Hi All, I'm working on a project to develop a comprehensive Koha Feature List. I'm also doing it for Evergreen. I have a first draft of the Evergreen features and I'd like to use that list as the source for my Koha list. What I need is someone (or someones) who could volunteer some time to review the Evergreen feature and give me a quick yes or no (or don't know) for those features that are also present in Koha. If you know Koha, this should go quickly for you. And any help is provided. If you are willing to get a list of 10, 50, 100 Evergreen features from me that you could indicate whether they are also Koha features or notthat would be awesome. Let me know if you are willing and how many I can send you! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] volunteer to identify Koha features
The current format is a spreadsheet. I can't deal with a wiki at this stage! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Owen Leonard oleon...@myacpl.org wrote: What I need is someone (or someones) who could volunteer some time to review the Evergreen feature and give me a quick yes or no (or don't know) for those features that are also present in Koha. Sounds like a job for the wiki! -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] QSOS.org and Koha
I just stumbled upon a site called QSOS.org that evaluates open source projects and I note that it evaluated Koha 3.0 residing at www.koha-fr.org. I'm wondering if anyone (Paul perhaps) knows how to get the most current version of Koha evaluated (and perhaps point them to the community website while we're at it. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha and Computer Management Systems
PC Reservation interfaces with Koha. I would definitely look at that. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/7/19 Melissa Parker mpar...@sekls.org Good Morning All, My system is looking into computer management systems for our library. We need one that interfaces with KOHA. Currently we have been looking at cybrarian and libki, but are there any others that you recommend that are work well AND interfaces with KOHA? Thanks for your help in this search Melissa Parker SEKLS ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha and Computer Management Systems
Melissa, For clarity...Envisionware makes PC Reservation. They aren't two different products. ;) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/7/19 James Ghiorzi jghio...@lib.co.san-benito.ca.us EnvisionWare and Cassie will work with the SIP interface as well. With Cassie you can opt to have a separate server for wireless connections which is called - Spot, both have a printing management option as well. Cassie will require self install, EnvisionWare can install for you or you can self install. Hope that helps :) Respectfully, James Ghiorzi Library Assistant II San Benito County Free Library 470 Fifth St. Hollister, CA 95023 (831) 636-4107 -- *From:* koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of G. Laws [glaw...@rhcl.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:02 AM *To:* koha@lists.katipo.co.nz *Subject:* Re: [Koha] Koha and Computer Management Systems Userful (userful.com) also works with koha using the SIP interface. If you have any specific questions let me know. Kyle was working on a completely new version of libki, but I haven't checked on the status of that project recently. --- On 07/19/2011 08:39 AM, Melissa Parker wrote: Good Morning All, My system is looking into computer management systems for our library. We need one that interfaces with KOHA. Currently we have been looking at cybrarian and libki, but are there any others that you recommend that are work well AND interfaces with KOHA? Thanks for your help in this search Melissa Parker SEKLS ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.orgk...@lists.katipo.co.nzhttp://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Greg Lawson Rolling Hills Consolidated Library ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Ldap + Active Directory
True! More of us would benefit from the answer but it is hard to monitor so many places at once and the super techie folks are more likely there than here. Luckily the IRC channel is logged so it isn't lost forever (see http://stats.workbuffer.org/irclog/koha/2011-07-13). Lori 2011/7/13 bash-fu34 licens...@high-voltage.com Will try that, thanks! ** ** Just appears that email would be more efficient and good for reference later. : ) ** ** ** ** *From:* Lori Bowen Ayre [via Koha] [mailto:[hidden email]http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=4582740i=0] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:39 AM *To:* Licensing *Subject:* Re: Ldap + Active Directory ** ** Since you didn't get a response on this list, you might jump onto the IRC channel. Have you tried that? ** ** Here's how: Point your favorite IRC client at *click here. * -- View this message in context: RE: Ldap + Active Directoryhttp://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Ldap-Active-Directory-tp4533702p4582740.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archivehttp://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-Discuss-f3047918.htmlat Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Federated searching
I think (and I would like those that know the answer to respond) that you can also make your Koha catalog harvestable via OAI-PMH. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/7/12 Paul Nielsen pa...@hauraki-dc.govt.nz ** ** Hi all, ** ** We are wanting to try out federated searching whereby one of our local colleges can return search results from our catalogue when they search on their catalogue. Is making Z39.50 Target Public the way to go about this? See instructions below from manual, using V 3.01.00.999. ** ** Thanks in advance for your help ** ** *Paul Nielsen | **Library Manager* *ddi:* (07) 862 5064 | *email:* pa...@hauraki-dc.govt.nz *Hauraki District Council* | William Street Paeroa 3600 | PO Box** 17** Paeroa 3640 | NZ *ph:* (07) 862 8609 or 0800 734 834 (from within district) | *fax:* (07) 862 8607 *web:* www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz | *email:* i...@hauraki-dc.govt.nz | HDC Libraries http://library.hauraki-dc.govt.nz P Please consider the environment before printing this email ** ** *J.9.2. Making Z39.50 Target Public* *Question*: Could someone tell me the exact steps I need to take to configure Zebra to expose my Koha 3 db as a public Z39.50 service? *Answer*: Edit the KOHA_CONF file that your Koha is using. Uncomment the publicserver line like: !-- listen id=publicserver tcp:@:/listen -- to be: listen id=publicserver tcp:@:/listen Then restart zebasrv and connect on the port specified (). ** ** -- *DISCLAIMER: *This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and subject to privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender or Hauraki District Council at mailmars...@hauraki-dc.govt.nz immediately and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. -- ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] CFParticipation: SIP 3 draft up for voting
I, for one, would like to lobby for keeping the focus on NCIP. In fact, I would like to know if anyone is working on developing Koha suport for NCIP at this time. And if not, who would be interested in working with me to sponsor such development? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Greg Barniskis gr...@scls.lib.wi.uswrote: On 6/28/2011 7:22 AM, MJ Ray wrote: As you may know, Galen and myself were invited to discuss the SIP 3 draft that 3M are preparing. On the one hand, it is really very nice that open source developers are being invited by 3M into this process (ditto for you inviting us in as well, to the extent that you're allowed to). ++ all around. On the other hand, I am wondering why effort on 3M SIP would be more valuable in the long term than comparable effort on the continued evolution (and adoption) of NCIP? I've read the March 2010 press release from 3M about the SIP 3 development process, and was a bit surprised to see that it gives a small nod to ISO standards but doesn't even mention NCIP. Is the NCIP development process broken? -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) gregb at scls.lib.wi.us, (608) 242-4716 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Summary of Global Signoff Day 2011-06-15 - more to come?
Maybe there should be some kind of Bug Swatter Award given each month or after each GSOD session. I understand that closing out bugs is less sexy and exciting than developing something new so we need to recognize those that are willing to do that work. It is certainly equally important! Even if we don't have a cash prize or a bouquet to give the award recipient, there's nothing wrong with giving the developers some extra ++'s from the user community! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Magnus Enger mag...@enger.priv.no wrote: Dear Community! * GSOD #1 Our very first Global Signoff Day (GSOD) was held on 2011-06-15. During the 48 hours that make up a day in all available time zones, we reduced the number of bugs that had status Needs signoff from about 76 to about 45. (There were some bugs that got the Needs Signoff status during the day, which complicates counting somewhat...) You can see a more or less complete list of what bugs were changed here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Global_sign_off_day,_2011-06-15 See the bottom of this page for some more numbers, and keep in mind that the dates there are relative to UTC: http://bugs.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/progress.pl As far as I can tell we were about 6 people signing off on things during GSOD #1, which is not an astronomical figure, but i still think we made some good inroads into the queue. (A number of the remaining bugs are actually ones that depend on other bugs that have failed QA, so they are not really available for signing off.) Imagine what we could have done if there were more of us... ;-) * GSOD #2 BibLibre have said all their staff will dedicate half a day every two weeks to signing off on bugs and similar tasks (woohoo!). I would like to propose another GSOD to coincide with their first such day, which is scheduled for 2011-07-08. Motto: The more, the merrier! Some questions spring to mind: - How can we get more people involved? - Should the name of the event reflect that other activities (such as closing bugs) are encouraged too? - How can we make it even more fun? -- Better/other lists and visualisations? -- Could we have the huginn bot on IRC annonunce new signoffs, the same way it does needs signoffs? -- Could we use some kind of VoIP/videoconferencing tools to make the social interactions seem more um... real? Or is GSOD a really bad idea, would it be better to channel our energy into making signoffs (and similar activities) look more like an ongoing task, and less something you only have to think about once a month? Best regards, Magnus Enger ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Self check-out and Message 4
Daniel, You mean you are trying to return the item (sounds to me like retour so I'm guessing that's what you mean). In which case, you would be attempting to check in the item. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to your question but I think I understand what you are asking! Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:19 AM, schwitzd schwi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I configured a self check-out station, when I try to check-out one item appear this message You cannot renew this item again. please see a member of the library staff. If I press return this items and the the check-out again is working... Can you please explain me why I have this message? I want only retour the book not renew my reservation. Thank Daniel -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Self-check-out-and-Message-4-tp652p652.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Search on koha-community.org
Liz and Nicole, Is there something we can do to make the search box more useful on the koha-community.org site? The fact that it doesn't search the documentation is very problematic. I created a Google Search Engine which I rely on quite a bit. I find it much more useful than the search box on the website but it isn't able to grab the documentation in any useful way either. It's here: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=011786948441045791508:mhiovu8klb0hl=en I know the Evergreen folks had a similar problem and it was fixed. You not only access a wide variety of sources for Evergreen info (including the documentation) but you can also limit your search by any of the sources (e.g. Notices - limit to documentation). Could I get you two to talk to the folks at Evergreen and figure out how they did that? I think it has something to do with the format of the documentation on the website. This seems like something that would really make the site and the documentation much more useful so it seems important to me. So, let me know if I can help in any way. Sent directly to Nicole and Liz because I know you two have a big hand in both the website and the documentation (and a big thanks to you both for that!) Copied to others in case anyone has a brilliant idea that would help us make it even better. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Why are there 2 versions?
I'm not part of the development team or anything but here's my explanation: not everyone is able to upgrade to the newer versions so the older versions remained supported for some period of time. So while there is no more development to 3.2, any bugs found will be fixed. At some point, even that will stop and everyone will be expected to get themselves upgraded. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/6/3 Muhammad Abdullah mam...@gmail.com Hello, May I ask why are there 2 different versions of official Koha? 3.4.1 and 3.2.9. Just curious why are u still working on 3.2, isn't it obsolete now that 3.4 is out? ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Why are there 2 versions?
Thanks Paul! I appreciate getting my wrong assumptions straightened out. Very good points about that being another value of being on an open source product. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Paul pau...@aandc.org wrote: At 01:00 PM 6/3/2011 -0400, Owen Leonard wrote: So while there is no more development to 3.2, any bugs found will be fixed. At some point, even that will stop and everyone will be expected to get themselves upgraded. And indeed, the 3.2.x Release Maintainer has said that the upcoming 3.2.10 release will most likely be the final release of the 3.2.x branch. expected to get themselves upgraded ... or, of course, to retain 3.2.x in production. We have a functional, extensively customized, 3.2.5 that meets the requirements of our cataloguers and users. While I might spend some of my spare [?] time looking at 3.4 (I really like the concept of templates), the customization has to be done all over again, and is proving troublesome. Nothing wrong with Koha, all to do with our requirements; I ended up modifying the SQL structure to accept longer, searchable keywords and abstracts; to facilitate serials cataloguing; and to remove all lending library features to speed things up considerably (we are reference/research only.) If and when I get 3.4 running to our requirements, we'll evaluate whether we migrate; but in the meanwhile, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I'm sure there's got to be a lot of other Koha users who are also wary of upgrading a fully functional tool. This is the great strength of community-driven, open license products - you can reach a point where you have achieved what you set out to do. Anything after that can be considered much lower priority. Quite frankly, my only concern at this point is to get rid of Zebra and integrate different search methodology which is apparently not high on the Koha horizon; barcoded spine labels, dustjacket images and emailed fines are not in our specifications. Everyone achieving their own specs, again, is a Koha strength. Otherwise we'll end up following the M$ business code - if Win98 is good enough for a Koha kiosk (and it most certainly is) you don't need to go chasing Vista, Win7 or Win8. Our Ubuntu 10.10 server is perfect for Koha, so I only look for the ultra-rare Ubuntu security alerts. Given our satisfaction with Koha, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on future versions; but in the meanwhile, I respectfully beg to differ with the statement that everyone will be expected to get themselves upgraded. Regards - Paul Tired old sys-admin. --- Archives and Collections (ACS) Society 205, Main Street, Picton, Ontario, K0K 2T0, Canada http://www.AandC.org Canadian Charitable Organization 88721 9921 RR0001 Dedicated to maritime conservation and education. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Seeking basic intro on cron-jobs
Lesley, Cron jobs are run at the server operating system level (or your remote Koha server) so I recommend you talk to ByWater. I'm not sure how much access ByWater gives you to the command line but I'm sure they will set them up for you and also give you a lesson on how to use cronjobs (one way or another!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2011/6/1 Lesley Kimball wiggi...@comcast.net Hi everyone, We're still learning all the ins and outs of running koha in our small public library. I need to set up cron-jobs for our overdue notices and I've never done that before. So far, the info I've found is just the scripts for different jobs and references to having your admin make the changes on your server. Our Koha is hosted by ByWater Solutions. Can anyone point me to a very basic resource for getting these jobs set up (like where to enter the scripts, etc.). Is it something I do on our network server? Or is it on our remote server for Koha? Thanks for any assistance! Lesley Kimball ~~ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. -- Monty Python, Gorilla Librarian sketch ~~~ Lesley Kimball Director Wiggin Memorial Library Stratham, NH direc...@wigginml.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] [RESOLVED] Circulation System Operation Failure- 3M SelfCheck System - KOHA SIP 2 ISSUES,
Susan, Thanks for sharing this. I'm sure it will help someone down the road even if you don't get a thank you note! Lori 2011/5/12 Susan Mustafa susan.must...@gmail.com Dear All, I have resolved the issue. Basicly I followed the e-mail below, http://lclpioneer.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/getting-a-3m-self-check-to-work-with-koha/ Except instead of sip\r, I put in my sipuser ID and sipuser passwords :). Hope this helps someone, What I have done, Changes made to the 3M Self Check Machines to work with Koha. 1. Login to 3M Self Check System Administration web page. 2. Select the network menu 3. Scroll down to “Host Communications” and change 1. Communication Type “Telnet” 2. TCP Port “8041” 3. Host Name or IP “75.101.142.135” (This is the test SIP server IP) 4. Scroll down to the 3M Command Center (CIMS) and click “Save Changes” 5. Scroll down to “Send/Expect Scripts” and click “Edit Login Send/Expect” (in 2 and 3 below replace sipuserid with your SIP USER ID and sipuserpassword with your SIP USER PASSWORD , see below) No double quotes -- 1. Click “Menu+” 1. Send String (leave blank) 2. Expect String “login:” 3. Timeout “30” 4. Retries “3” 5. Click “Add” 2. Click “Menu+” 1. Send String “sipuserid\r” 2. Expect String “password:” 3. Timeout “30” 4. Retries “3” 5. Click “Add” 3. Click “Menu+” 1. Send String “sipuserpassword\r” 2. Expect String “Login OK. Initiating SIP” (note 2 spaces after “OK.”) 3. Timeout “30” 4. Retries “” (or 3 works as well) 5. Click “Add” On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Susan Mustafa susan.must...@gmail.comwrote: Good Day All, I hope that I may find someone who has come a cross this issue before: Completed: SIP 2 Server SETUP - Using http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/appendices/sip2-integration sipserver.xml has been changed to include the machine IP, + port 8023 Tested: telnet 10.106.0.93 8023 login: someuser password: somepassword %s Initiating SIP OK. did a command here and it returns 941 which is ok i guess. === Problem: 3M SelfCheck System is showing [ Circulation System Operation Failure - Unspecified Error] in RED. We have already done everything, ensure the username/password/ip/ports/configurations all CORRECT and still does not work. We have already done a telnet session [telnet xx.ip.xx.xx 8023] from inside the 3M SelfCheck Machine [Command Line] and it works OK, returning us results and everything. We have attempted to do something like http://lclpioneer.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/getting-a-3m-self-check-to-work-with-koha/ but no use, it still does not work. I hope someone has come a cross this issue when working with 3M SelfCheck with KOHA 3.01.00.999 I appreciate all the help I can get, we have been stuck for over a week attempting at resolving this. Thank you all, ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com lori.a...@galecia.comSpecializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
