Re: [Koha] Using Athens to log in to Koha?

2015-09-28 Thread David Cook
Hi Natalee: I think that Shibboleth authentication has been available in Koha since version 3.18. Martin Renvoize from PTFS-Europe did the majority of the work there I believe, so I'm sure he'd know of some libraries using Shibboleth. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Shibboleth_Configuration

Re: [Koha] Koha with 3M SelfCheck systems

2015-09-28 Thread Sebastian Hierl
Hi, Vitor: we successfully connected our 3M selfcheck machines via SIP2 and overall things are going well. I could share further info off list, if necessary. Best regards, Sebastian Hierl -- Sebastian Hierl, Ph.D. Drue Heinz Librarian, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library American Academy in Rome Via

Re: [Koha] Purchase suggestions with existing bibliographic record

2015-09-28 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Iming, I think you are right that there is currently no feature for handling suggestion, where the record already exists in the catalog - I think filing an enhancement request would be a good idea. Katrin Am 21.09.2015 um 03:55 schrieb Iming Chan: > Dear all, > > Just looking to start use th

Re: [Koha] Disable displaying items from other locations (independent branches)

2015-09-28 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Gregor, did you check the staff's permissions? Editing other branches' items would be allowed for superlibrarians I think. Hope this helps, Katrin Am 25.09.2015 um 17:01 schrieb le-grex: > Am 21.09.2015 um 14:46 schrieb Mirko Tietgen: >> Hi Gregor, > > Hi Mirko, > >> >> Am 21.09.2015 um 14

Re: [Koha] Using Koha to manage equipment loans

2015-09-28 Thread Heather Braum (NEKLS)
Elaine, you could setup a collection code that all the equipment is housed under, and then use the OpacHiddenItems sys pref to hide that collection code. That's a possible easy solution... You could also set up a separate branch and hide it from the public using the same sys pref. -Heather On Mo

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Liz Rea
I have seen this as well, in the 3.20 series. Usually following a mass return session. We ended up putting more memory in the machine, and haven't heard of it since. Cheers, Liz On 29/09/15 06:11, Scott Owen wrote: > I'll have to wait until some of my people are back to see if I can reliably >

Re: [Koha] Holds on items waiting to be pick-up or in transit

2015-09-28 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Sonia, we had a library reporting this as a problem in the past and I agree - it should be possible to place holds on items waiting for pick-up with AllowOnShelfHolds turned off. There is some discussion on bug 4319, but putting a patch on a new bug report might be a little cleaner. Katrin A

[Koha] Using Koha to manage equipment loans

2015-09-28 Thread Elaine Bradtke
We have several laptops, cameras and recording equipment that various members of staff use, take off site, etc. The current method of keeping track of them is inadequate, and I proposed that we use Koha for checking them in and out, placing holds, tracking use, etc; all functions Koha can do. We

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Owen
I'll have to wait until some of my people are back to see if I can reliably reproduce the error ...(training day today) But...I do know that the error happens mostly (so far) as the librarian at the desk is mass-checking-in books. I don't know if there is a "magic number" of titles (checked in) t

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
Sorry, you have provided all details before! If you manage to reproduce the error on-demand it would be good to test with the master branch and with the patch on bug 14778 (not in master yet). 2015-09-28 17:26 GMT+01:00 Scott Owen : > Nope, SQL runs on the same server. > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 a

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Owen
Nope, SQL runs on the same server. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Jonathan Druart < jonathan.dru...@bugs.koha-community.org> wrote: > Does your mysql server run on another server? > If so, it should be defined in the koha-conf.xml, search the config > section, then hostname. > > 2015-09-28 16

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
Does your mysql server run on another server? If so, it should be defined in the koha-conf.xml, search the config section, then hostname. 2015-09-28 16:44 GMT+01:00 Scott Owen : > Looks like here is where things go south > > ** > > [Fri Sep 25 15:20:03 2015] Auth.pm

[Koha] Label export failed to load PDF document

2015-09-28 Thread Caitlin Kleinpaste
I'm using 3.20.03.000. When I try to export barcode labels using the label creator, instead of exporting a pdf is gives me an error saying "Failed to Load PDF Document". I've never had this issue before and have been using the label creator for a year. It's only a problem for barcodes, not spine

Re: [Koha] software error

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Owen
Looks like here is where things go south ** [Fri Sep 25 15:20:03 2015] Auth.pm: DBI connect('dbname=koha_dlpms;host=localhost;port=3306','koha_dlpms',...) failed: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'sending authentication information', system error: 32 at /usr/shar

Re: [Koha] Report help needed

2015-09-28 Thread Paul A
At 09:00 AM 9/28/2015 -0400, Barton Chittenden wrote: Elaine, This query should do what you're looking for: select biblionumber, from biblioitems where ExtractValue( marcxml, '//datafield[@tag=942]/subfield[@code="c"]' ) = ''; Depending on the number of bibs, this could take quite a while to r

[Koha] Holds on items waiting to be pick-up or in transit

2015-09-28 Thread BOUIS Sonia
Hello, I think there's an issue with the possibility to place a hold on items waiting to be pick-up or in transit when you choose that on shelf holds are not allowed. In this case, items are not checked-out so there are considered to be available. But, they aren't, they are not on a shelf ready t

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

2015-09-28 Thread Jesse Lambertson
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 2

Re: [Koha] Report help needed

2015-09-28 Thread Barton Chittenden
Elaine, This query should do what you're looking for: select biblionumber, from biblioitems where ExtractValue( marcxml, '//datafield[@tag=942]/subfield[@code="c"]' ) = ''; Depending on the number of bibs, this could take quite a while to run -- I would try it after hours. Alternatively, if you

Re: [Koha] Fwd: Re: slow check out/check in

2015-09-28 Thread Sebastian Hierl
Hi, Jonathan: We run Koha 3.18.08.000. Everything is working fine now, thankfully. Best, -Sebastian -- Sebastian Hierl, Ph.D. Drue Heinz Librarian, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library American Academy in Rome Via Angelo Masina 5 00153 Rome Italy T: +39 06 5846 417 F: +39 06 5810 788 On Mon, Sep 28

Re: [Koha] Disabling the link "Sign in with your Email" On OPAC

2015-09-28 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
my bad! I've never used Persona, so entirely missed that one! Jonathon is correct! -idg On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Jonathan Druart wrote: > Hello Admire, > > Switch off the system preference "Persona". > > Regards, > Jonathan > > 2015-09-24 18:38 GMT+01:00 Admire Mutsikiwa : >> Hi >> >> >>

Re: [Koha] Fwd: Re: slow check out/check in

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
Hello Sebastian, What version of Koha are you using? What you describe should be fixed in recent versions (>=3.16), see bugs 14494 and 13242. Regards, Jonathan 2015-09-23 8:03 GMT+01:00 Sebastian Hierl : > Also be sure to check that patron expiration dates are not too far ahead, > but in the fai

Re: [Koha] Disabling the link "Sign in with your Email" On OPAC

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
Hello Admire, Switch off the system preference "Persona". Regards, Jonathan 2015-09-24 18:38 GMT+01:00 Admire Mutsikiwa : > Hi > > > > I would like to disable the link labelled "Sign in with your Email" on my > OPAC home page. How do I go about it > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Admire Mutsikiwa

Re: [Koha] Disabling the link "Sign in with your Email" On OPAC

2015-09-28 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
Hi, On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Admire Mutsikiwa wrote: > I would like to disable the link labelled "Sign in with your Email" on my > OPAC home page. How do I go about it "Sign in with your Email" doesn't sound like anything Koha has on the OPAC. However, you can grab it with a :contains

[Koha] Report help needed

2015-09-28 Thread Elaine Bradtke
We have one record in the catalogue that is missing a 942 $c. but I can't find it. I'm looking for a 942$c that is empty. If I could get the biblio number of the problem record, I could fix it. Thanks in advance -- Elaine Bradtke VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org

Re: [Koha] Disable displaying items from other locations (independent branches)

2015-09-28 Thread le-grex
Am 21.09.2015 um 14:46 schrieb Mirko Tietgen: > Hi Gregor, Hi Mirko, > > Am 21.09.2015 um 14:33 schrieb le-grex: > > I'd assume the server that is able to run 20 small libraries in one > instance will also run 20 seperate instances for these libraries. And it > allows individual settings, too.

[Koha] Lowering max reserves/ holds

2015-09-28 Thread Cab Vinton
Hi, All -- Our maxreserves is currently set for 50 items, that is patrons can have up to 50 holds at a time. Turns out we have a patron who actually comes close to reaching this limit on a regular basis -- almost continuously in fact. Since staff are spending an inordinate amount of time dealing

[Koha] Disabling the link "Sign in with your Email" On OPAC

2015-09-28 Thread Admire Mutsikiwa
Hi I would like to disable the link labelled "Sign in with your Email" on my OPAC home page. How do I go about it Kind Regards, Admire Mutsikiwa (Mr) ICT Manager Libraries University of Zimbabwe Tel:+263-4-303276 Mob:+263782476883 "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but

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

2015-09-28 Thread Christopher Davis
Dear Colleagues, Please excuse any cross posting. I am doing a presentation tomorrw on issues of open source software in libraries and I wanted to know how many of you consider Android (as in an Android powered smartphone) to be open source software. Why or why not? TIA, Christopher Davis mr.c

[Koha] Upgrade 3.00.xx to 3.20

2015-09-28 Thread Scott Owen
Is this a valid method to upgrade from 3.00.xx to 3.20 ?? Or have there been database changes that would kill this idea?? ** I have upgraded from 3.00.xx ( do not remember which) to 3.4. The process was a bit contort

Re: [Koha] batch item modification problem

2015-09-28 Thread www retive
hello, updating to the 3.20 version fixes the problem regards philippe Le Mercredi 23 septembre 2015 9h40, Jonathan Druart a écrit : Hello, It will certainly not be fixed. You should use the 3.20 version to fix these kind of encoding issues. Regards, Jonathan

[Koha] Using Athens to log in to Koha?

2015-09-28 Thread Mousley-Metcalfe Natalee (HEART OF ENGLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Hello, Just wondered if there was anyone with Koha who uses Athens/OpenAthens/Shibboleth as the means for library members to log in to their library account please? With best wishes, Natalee Natalee Mousley-Metcalfe | Area Systems Librarian | BASE Library Consortium +44 (0)1283 617 917 | nata

Re: [Koha] Migrate all Koha data from old server to new server

2015-09-28 Thread khurram
Carol Ku writes: > > > Would the following instruction work for stand alone koha on windows?  Would myuser-3oomeqodtxv54taoqty...@public.gmane.org still applicable to Koha on Windows' C drive?Greg Vickers wrote: Joshua Ferraro wrote:>Hi Greg,>>Probably the safest way to proceed is to install

Re: [Koha] batch item modification problem

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
You could try this: http://pastebin.com/EqtnnPPU 2015-09-22 23:30 GMT+01:00 www retive : > hi, > > yes, all authorised values have descriptions, including those that are not > displayed. > And yes, the authorised values that are not displayed have diacritics in the > description. > > i found out

Re: [Koha] batch item modification problem

2015-09-28 Thread Jonathan Druart
Hello, It will certainly not be fixed. You should use the 3.20 version to fix these kind of encoding issues. Regards, Jonathan 2015-09-22 23:41 GMT+01:00 Liz Rea : > Hi, > > Please file a bug for this issue at http://bugs.koha-community.org, with > the information you've provided here. Thanks! >

Re: [Koha] Fwd: Re: slow check out/check in

2015-09-28 Thread Sebastian Hierl
Also be sure to check that patron expiration dates are not too far ahead, but in the fairly recent future (10 years or so). For select patrons we had as the date and that led to 1 min. delays, as Koha was calculating when books would be due. -Sebastian -- Sebastian Hierl, Ph.D. Drue Heinz L