[Koha] Maraming salamat from KohaCon2017 organizers
2017 Koha International Conference (KohaCon2017) is over and done last week and the organizers (Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines andKoha ILS Philippines volunteers) of the KohaCon2017 would like to thank the sponsors, speakers and participants formaking the event a success. For our venue sponsors - the Ayala Museum throughthe Filipinas Heritage Library (Main Conference venue) and the Asian Instituteof Management (Hackfest venue). For our international sponsors: Biblibre(France) having Paul Poulain and Gaetan Boisson was such an honor. Gobi LibrarySolutions from EBSCO in U.S. having Alvet Miranda again updating us on EBSCO’sefforts talking about EDS and OpenAthens. Scanbit Technology Servicerepresented by Cristina Gareta and Josu Moreno. We did not have anyrepresentatives from ByWater Solutions but their donation was very much wellappreciated. Our local sponsors Vibal Foundation, Onstrike Library Solutions(OSLS) and Tulong Aklatan (TA). OSLS and TA curiously volunteered in makingKohaCon2017 a reality. To our foreign speakers Paul Poulain, Gaetan Boisson,Sher Afzal Khan, Mengü Yazicioglu and Cristina Gareta, our heartfelt thanks. Toour local speakers: our keynote speaker Hon. Yolanda C. Granda of the Philippines’Professional Regulations Commission Board for Librarians, Ayala Museum Head Ma.Elizabeth L. Gustilo for the Welcome remarks, Cecil Ayson, Lea de los Reyes,Fernan R. Dizon, Aprilyn T. Gallana, Alexander Lunar, Erwina T. Menesis, EdgardoB. Quiros and Robert ‘Bob’ Reyes. To our foreign attendees: 6 from Malaysia, 2from France, 2 from Spain, 2 from Pakistan, 1 from U.S.A., 2 from Australia, 1from Turkey, thank you for braving going to the Philippines despite of negativenews that you heard, which is actually thousand miles away from Makati City. Toour local participants (the numbers I will update once I get it from our thosein charge with registration), to our souvenir program sponsors, our toursponsor – the Department of Tourism and Intramuros Administration, UP SLISstudent volunteers for helping in the documentation and registration. To Paul,Gaetan and Mengu for helping in the hackfest. And to numerous people that Imight forgot to mention. Maraming maraming salamat!The Conference was actually streamed live over Youtube and ASLP Facebookpage. An edited and collated version of it will be uploaded in archive.org inthe following weeks. There is an e-souvenir program available in issuu, willupdate the link once it’s okay. Presentations in PDF format are available at https://aslpwiki.wikispaces.com/Forums%2C+Seminars%2C+Conferences+and+Other+Activities.I will try to create a blog post for the presentations to be posted at http://kohacon2017philippines.com/. We’re looking forward for KohaCon2018. God willing, we will try toattend, but for sure we will save for KohaCon2020 in New Zealand. Mabuhay at maraming salamat from the Philippines! Eugene Jose T. Espinoza Manuel S. Tamayao Jerwyn G. Fernandez Raul V. Migriño, Jr. Mary Grace L. Medina ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Syspref itemBarcodeFallbackSearch
Hi Pedro, you are right, at the moment a barcode in the item is still needed for checkouts to work. We have used another value as a replacement for the barcode in the past, duplicating the (unique) callnumber into the barcode field or assigning a number with a special prefix or something like that. Hope that helps, Katrin On 23.06.2017 13:11, Pedro Amorim wrote: Hello everyone, I imported records with *dedupbarcode* option and some of them were imported with no barcode, because there were already some items with the same barcode, as expected. Now, I want to be able to check out some of the items that have no barcode information, and tried the syspref *itemBarcodeFallbackSearch*. This is nice because in the check out interface I can now input other information (callnumber, copy number, record title) and still retrieve the item. However, it seems that this search only provides the items that actually have barcode information associated with it. In the code: https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/master/circ/circulation.pl#L359 It seems that the item is only added to the list of options if there is, in fact, bar code information. After a couple of tests, it never returns the items with no barcode, only the ones that have it. Has anyone tried this? Is this the expected behaviour? Thanks, Pedro Amorim ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Add a branch, or not?
We are considering a union catalogue with another small specialist library in a different location (170+ miles away). While it's useful for both libraries to be able to see what the other holds, most users will want to prioritize searching their local library. We are two distinct organizations, so it would be best if each library could have their own home screen, and a preference set to search for local items. What's the best way to do this with Koha? Would setting up a branch work, or would it be better to set up a different instance and somehow get them to link together for broader searches? The idea of using branches is appealing as there will be a lot of overlap between holdings, and it might be easier to link their holdings to our records instead of converting their database to MARC. They will probably both be hosted on the same (remote) server. Neither library has the budget (or the IT skills) for a complicated front end . If it's a small bit of digital magic that needs doing, we might be able to beg some help from a friendly IT wizard. One more question, will it cause any problems to add a new branch to our existing Koha setup (16.11)? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. -- Elaine Bradtke VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel+44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
