Re: [Koha] Conver Koha 2.2.5 database to 3.2.2

Wow, it is good to hear these stories of positive MASSIVE upgrade scenarios in Koha. - that there are work-arounds with the data - that the new instances are responsive I personally need to investigate the Koha to MARC mapping more (

Re: [Koha] Setting DueDates and Sending OverDue Notices

ARE going out unimpeded. Thank you again, Jesse On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Nombre <d0...@yahoo.es> wrote: > El 01/02/16 a las 20:22, Jesse Lambertson escribió: > > Thank you Craig. > > > > Yes, there is a client running to send mail. > > Our sysadmin set it

[Koha] Setting DueDates and Sending OverDue Notices

Hello everyone, We are working in a koha set up (3.20 on debian 7 - package install on local server). Our notifications are edited to send, most of them are going out etc. But the system is sending NO Overdue notices for some reason, Let me summarize what I have set up in case this is helpful

Re: [Koha] Setting DueDates and Sending OverDue Notices

RVICES MANAGER > THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY > TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning > 273 Bloor Street West > Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 > 416.408.2824 x338 > www.rcmusic.ca > > -Original Message- > From: Koha [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Beha

Re: [Koha] Big Koha Migration of Turkey

What a great project. Thank you for sharing. Jesse On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 6:20 AM, Mengu Yazicioglu wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm glad to share that we successfully migrated old 2.x Koha to new one, > 3.20. > I should also say that this a quite derived version of 3.20, we

Re: [Koha] Question about Item Type listings in Facets of search results

item-types listed in Facets? Is this the type of thing I can remedy in a round of batch record modifications? Thank you (again). Jesse On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambert...@sqcc.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am experiencing some slightly odd beha

[Koha] Question about Item Type listings in Facets of search results

Hello everyone, I am experiencing some slightly odd behaviour regarding search results. I am getting a list of results with two IDENTICAL listings in the facets under item-type. Say, for instance, I am searching in Arabic for the term شعر (which is "poetry", or poems). I get back a number of

[Koha] Question about outgoing messenging from Koha

Hello everyone and happy new year. I am wondering if in messaging settings, notice slips & notifications, if anyone has experimented with uploading documents so that EVERY new patron gets these documents to their e-mail when they are added as users and receive their login data? I was wondering

Re: [Koha] [ByWater Partners] [Koha North America] Your suggestions for a new name of Koha NA

I just want to add that I believe in-person meetings are good for human beings and are often the most efficient way of sharing from each others' situations and institutional contexts. I have no opinion on the name issue - just that we strive to meet in-person as we can. Thank you, Jesse On

Re: [Koha] Curious about "Software Error" Issue

quire at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl > line 25. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/mainpage.pl line 25. > > > ******** &g

[Koha] Curious about "Software Error" Issue

Hello everyone, We have a koha instance on a local server (no public URL yet) 3.20 (package install on Debian 7) Our administrator was working on the email configuration today. He left, but afterward, when I tried to access the staff client, I get this error message: "Software error: Can't

Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] E noho rā, Koha

Indeed. Congratulations Robin. Enjoy Europe. Jesse On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: > Robin, I've been trying to think how the project will be without you > around... We'll survive :-D but it won't be the same. I hope you keep good > memories

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

Thank you. I had added the non-zipped file before. But I just added the zipped file to the bug. Grazie, Jesse On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Tajoli Zeno <z.taj...@cineca.it> wrote: > Hi Jesse, > > Il 13/11/2015 16:27, Jesse Lambertson ha scritto: > >> >> I

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

FYI, I did go ahead and submit a bug: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15187 Thank you again. Jesse On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Lambertson <jlambert...@sqcc.org> wrote: > Thank you David et al,. > > I am looking over what you suggested wi

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

field in the biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml > file, so as > > to prevent deviations between how the fields are indexed. > > > > Of course, since you're probably only trying to provide access to a > handful of > > commonly used fields, this shouldn't be too laborious of a pro

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

the steps as suggested there or do we really need to rework the whole thing because of the Arabic and the linkages to their respective fields? Shukran, grazie, Danke and merci... Jesse On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Tajoli Zeno <z.taj...@cineca.it> wrote: > Hi Jesse, > > > Il 12/11

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

tarball, or Git? > > Cheers, > > David Cook > Systems Librarian > Prosentient Systems > 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007 > > > > -Original Message- > > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:41:48 -0500 > > From: Jesse Lambertson <jlambert...@sqcc.org> >

Re: [Koha] Searching in Arabic

> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_and_old_books#Pros_and_cons > > Regards ... > > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Tajoli Zeno <z.taj...@cineca.it> wrote: > >> Hi Jesse, >> >> >> Il 12/11/2015 15:16, Jesse Lambertson ha scritto:

[Koha] Searching in Arabic

Good morning everyone (if it is morning when you are...) A while back, we figured out how to search and retrieve results in Arabic (much of our collection is in this language). I thank everyone who helped us get this done. But we have been searching "keyword" in Arabic for so long, we just

Re: [Koha] Koha] KohaCon 15 Was Awesome

> > Chris > On 26 Oct 2015 5:01 pm, "Jesse Lambertson" <jlambert...@sqcc.org> wrote: > >> AsSalam Alay Kum Massoud al-Shareef.. >> >> I was unable to make Kohacon this year, but your company did this great >> instance of Koha, correct? http://makt

Re: [Koha] Koha] KohaCon 15 Was Awesome

AsSalam Alay Kum Massoud al-Shareef.. I was unable to make Kohacon this year, but your company did this great instance of Koha, correct? http://maktabat.mu.edu.sa/ It looks great. Just wanted to share. Glad you had a good time. Maybe I will be able to make it next year... Shukran, Jesse On

Re: [Koha] Records missing from data export

Hmm. Did they go missing at the import step or are they missing at the export stage? I ask because I had weird things happen when I was first building my Koha database up that item-level data would affect the import and some would not import. Certain records would get read as duplicates because

Re: [Koha] Off topic: Do you consider Android to be open source software?

I guess I consider it open-source, but with the loosest of definitions. It is so proprietary. I am an idealist who prefers the Richard Stahlman vision for tech as long as there are options still available. Open source is not as important as OS if it is not also free. Thanks, Jesse On Thu, Sep

Re: [Koha] Question about Koha Item types.

> index. I'd run a few tests with one or two manually added records - > checking the advanced search and also the item type facet. > > Hope this helps, > > Katrin > > Am 17.09.2015 um 16:52 schrieb Jesse Lambertson: > > Hello everyone. > > > > I am doing a bu

[Koha] Question about Koha Item types.

Hello everyone. I am doing a bunch of record editing right now and I have a question about the Koha item-types as defined in 942 Vs. 952. I know we can edit items and define holdings according to defined item types in what is the 952 via the edit function. But if I have a bunch of records that

Re: [Koha] Can I limit the opac to see only the main library?

Tim, My investigation seems to show that controlling a catalogue user's ability to borrow books is controlled in Field 952 $7 (for *Not for Loan*) and $5 (for *Restricted*). I and my library are new to Koha so I am learning a lot (and hoping to give back to the community when I am able).

Re: [Koha] Koha NA user's conference 2016 (Jesse Lambertson)

t likely be mid or western states for 2016. > > ___ > Christopher Brannon > IT Coordinator > > > 702 E Front Ave > Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 > (208)769-2315 Ext. 456 > cbran...@cdalibrary.org > www.cdalibrary.org > > Date: Tue, 1 Sep

[Koha] Koha NA user's conference 2016

Good morning everyone, I am putting together some budget information for 2016 and I am curious if anyone in North America is thinking about where the 2016 NA user's group meeting will be. It just helps me to get as accurate data as possible, Thank you in advance, Jesse -- Jesse A Lambertson

Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] Koha Statistics

Yes, thank you for getting this data out and congrats to all the Koha peeps putting in so much consistent effort. It takes a community to run a community! Cheers for now, Jesse On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Tomas Cohen Arazi tomasco...@gmail.com wrote: El 25/8/2015 3:32 a. m., Chris

Re: [Koha] Koha Iframe ??

wrote: Hie, There is only one bug I know on OPAC when using iframe. Its a javascript problem with the basket. I send you this patch which corrects the problem. In my opinion since OPAC is responsive now, using a frame will be very odd. Best regards, Le 12/08/2015 17:47, Jesse Lambertson

[Koha] Koha Iframe ??

Hello everyone, We are in the process of building our public access to the catalogue and our library website. The web design team we are working with wants to know if the catalogue can be embedded in a website as an Iframe? Or if it is preferred to embed just the Koha search bar for quick

Re: [Koha] Strange uploading procedure

, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Jesse Lambertson jlambert...@sqcc.org wrote: Katrin, Thank you for your reply. With the first batch, I DID import multiple times as I fixed things. I reversed the import, but this does not clean the previously imported records out. I didn't know this would happen

Re: [Koha] Strange uploading procedure

in mind: If you want to use matching rules for your imports, you have to make sure that the data in the catalog is all indexed correctly before you import the next batch. Katrin Am 10.07.2015 um 20:41 schrieb Jesse Lambertson: Hello everyone, I am experiencing strange things upon upload

[Koha] RDA Framework??

Hello and Happy Friday! I saw this link to the RDA Framework in a different thread (converting marc21 from aacr2 to rda) I was looking over the frameworks in my Koha instance and it seems I added a new RDA framework to KOHA - or am I confused? *Framework: RDA / Description: RDA Framework*. Do I

[Koha] Strange uploading procedure

Hello everyone, I am experiencing strange things upon upload of records to my koha instance. Our instance is in testing mode and is not live yet. Debian 7 - Koha 3.20 on a local server. When I do a search, say, Oman history, or fishes - Arabian Sea my results list returns with records SANS

Re: [Koha] Database without tables

Angelm My understanding is that KOHA 3.20 will not run on Jessie http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13979 Please advise if otherwise. Thanks, Jesse On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Angel angel...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello

Re: [Koha] Database without tables

-- Chris Cormack Catalyst 04 8032238 - Reply message - From: Jesse Lambertson jlambert...@sqcc.org To: Angel angel...@gmail.com Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Database without tables Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2015 5:20 AM Angelm My understanding

Re: [Koha] Converting MARC 21 from AACR2 to RDA

Great question. I look forward to the responses. Thank you, Jesse On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Elaine Bradtke e...@efdss.org wrote: Just wondering if anyone has done retrospective conversion of their Koha data. We're considering various options, and wondering if it's worth the trouble.

Re: [Koha] Diacritics displaying (or not) in Koha

Thank you Owen. You were correct. That next import worked in MARC-8. There are only a few that did not - which can be easily edited by the item. My next question has to do with indexing and choosing the ICU option to search in Arabic. Might I inquire where in the files I can add 880 to the

Re: [Koha] Diacritics displaying (or not) in Koha

Thanks Mark. That is what I needed. We will soon find how current it is... Cheers, Jesse On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Mark Tompsett mtomp...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, Jesse Lambertson asked: My next question has to do with indexing and choosing the ICU option to search

[Koha] Diacritics displaying (or not) in Koha

Hello everyone, What are the factors that determine whether diacritics display in Koha or not? Is this based on encoding or something else? I understand the encoding default for KOHA (during import) is UTF-8. But it also has a MARC-8 option. I am working with records created in OCLC Connexion,

Re: [Koha] RFC: Reverting MARC batches with deleted records

In my humble opinion, It should stay deleted. Thank you. Jesse On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Kyle Hall kyle.m.h...@gmail.com wrote: The batch record tool can A) overlay/replace existing records B) revert batches, including modifications due to overlays The situation becomes messy when

Re: [Koha] items not importing (Jennifer Perry)

Happy Friday everyone. I am also interested in seeing responses to this 952 $a/$b question because we are very close to importing our very first records into our very first Koha instance (running 3.20 on Debian). I have been building records in Connexion, adding a 952, but now I want to make

[Koha] ًQuestions about 952 Field

Curious, What kinds of issues have people run into relative to the adding of 952 to records or the importation of these records into KOHA? I mean, is it better to add local holding info and barcode data into KOHA directly or is it faster to have already added this info already? I ask because I

Re: [Koha] ًQuestions about 952 Field

Thank you Heather Mark, I am on the right track now..., but I am going to need to better edit my text strings now in 952 (which means some going back and reworking etc). I assume I can add the subfields in the order listed numerically/alphabetically instead of the order you have them listed? I

Re: [Koha] Koha 3.20 released

Thank you everyone. Jesse On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Tomas Cohen Arazi tomasco...@gmail.com wrote: It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Koha 3.20, the latest major release of the Koha open source integrated library system. Koha is the first free and open source

[Koha] Configuration of database and fields in Koha.

Hello everyone, We are moving ever so close to our Koha installation and other web components. Things take longer than you think they will. I need to clarify a few more things for our IT web people. Context: We will be hosting locally our instance on Debian Wheezy (with LAMP of course) and

Re: [Koha] Tomas Needs A Laptop!

Lots of hands make work light, right? :) On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Kyle Hall kyle.m.h...@gmail.com wrote: I just want to say thank you to everyone who's donated so far! I can't believe how far you have all gotten us to the goal in a single day! Kyle http://www.kylehall.info

Re: [Koha] Another Library using Koha online!

Stephan, That looks great. Thank you for sharing. It's good for me to see the variations of KOHA in use. Cheers, Jesse On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Witoszynskyj Stephan step...@wito.org wrote: Dear Koha Community, Our Koha installation is now online! We are a small Ukrainian

Re: [Koha] Another Library using Koha online!

طبعا Indeed. I mean to leave nobody out. :) Cheers, Jesse On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Witoszynskyj Stephan step...@wito.org wrote: And three cheers to Katrin Fischer for assistance provided. yes, and to everyone who takes time to answer questions on this list! Stephan Cheers,

Re: [Koha] Another Library using Koha online!

library's Facebook page. I did some research on this already and it shouldn’t be too hard to implement. Cheers, Stephan Am 02.02.2015 um 15:49 schrieb Jesse Lambertson jlambert...@sqcc.org: Stephan, That looks great. Thank you for sharing. It's good for me to see the variations

Re: [Koha] Debian/Ubuntu vs .tar enhancements

Thanks for thinking about it. We'll be running the Debian version on the new server. Jesse On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Bob Ewart bob-ew...@bobsown.com wrote: There are a lot of enhancements in the Debian/Ubuntu version of Koha which are not in the plain old .tar.gz build it yourself

Re: [Koha] Koha 3.18 Manual Feedback

Thank you Nicole. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Nicole Engard neng...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I have finally finished the 3.18 manual and am looking for feedback. http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/ It took me a lot longer than normal due to life issues, so I'd love to

[Koha] Journey to Koha installation (server question)

Hello everyone, We are finally about to order our Linux server on which will be installed Koha. Logistics take longer than one thinks sometimes. :) In previous submissions to the list, I have asked about virtualization on a windows server and RAM specs to properly run Koha if we went with a

Re: [Koha] Installing koha on window

Is it possible, though, to run Koha on a **VIRTUAL**Linux/Debian production server which is actually a windows server? Thanks, Jesse On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Mark Tompsett mtomp...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, I think the problem is that some people do not understand the difference

Re: [Koha] Installing koha on window

Thank you Chris. It looks like this is what we will need to do. All the pieces are coming together slowly but surely. Best, Jesse On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Chris Cormack chr...@catalyst.net.nz wrote: * Jesse Lambertson (jlambert...@sqcc.org) wrote: Is it possible, though, to run

Re: [Koha] Installing koha on window

Thank you Zeno. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Zeno Tajoli z.taj...@cineca.it wrote: Hi Jessie One more question on the topic of virtual servers running on Windows... What are people finding as good standard available RAM for Koha instances on Virtual Servers? 2, Gb, 4Gb, 6Gb, 8 Gb,

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

virtual machine to another, including a change in the version of Linux we run. Of all the online services we have, Koha was the easiest one to move, and had the fewest problems with the changes. On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Jesse Lambertson jlambert...@sqcc.org wrote: Thank you mark. We

[Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

Happy Tuesday everyone, I have a question about installation of Koha. Relative to hosting Koha in the cloud as opposed to on our own local servers on our domain (which I assume most people do), what is the thinking about the ease of installing and updating if it is hosted externally versus on

Re: [Koha] Cloud-based Koha vs locally hosted Koha

Thank you mark. We already do have a good plan for back-up. But with these other issues, your points are valid and jive with some other conversations I am having as we get ready to set this up (soonish). I will have to look at Brooke's other point about carefully picking the (external) hosting

Re: [Koha] Koha vs Liblime Koha

-17 98 73 E-POST: viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se BESÖKSADRESS: Södra vägen 9, 30180 Halmstad WEBB: www.regionhalland.se/regionbibliotek 4 dec 2014 kl. 22:00 skrev Jesse Lambertson jlambert...@sqcc.org: Hello everyone, We are about to set up our servers and technical services for our

[Koha] Koha vs Liblime Koha

Hello everyone, We are about to set up our servers and technical services for our library here at the Cultural Center. Changing offices and events have kept us very busy. But I was looking at the LibLime version of Koha and wondered, out of curiosity, what problems I might run into if I

Re: [Koha] Koha vs Liblime Koha

I am not asking to be rude or that I have any skepticism about anything in the community or the current package, this is merely a technical question for info's sake. This forum is so helpful to me as I prepare to install. I am sorry if I offended anyone. I did not mean to do that. Thank you,