May 2004 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol
by Joshua Ferraro 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Benjamin, I think this question is a good one for the whole Koha community. Personally, I would love to see an interface between Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol but I've not heard any discussion along those lines thusfar. What do folks think? > Thanks for your message, which my colleague Peter Pissierssens passed to > me and which I found very interesting. > Sorry to pester you with questions, but I was also wondering if there was > any interface between Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for > Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). (and consequently Dublin Core). Several of > our colleagues and partner organisations have expressed interest in this > initiative as a way of getting the benefits of a distributed database > without the communication headaches of a fully distributed search. > > I have now subscribed to the mailing lists mentioned, so if you feel that > this question would be better answered by the community please feel free > to forward it on. > > Regards, > Benjamin Sims > Information Services > IOC/UNESCO > http://ioc.unesco.org > 1 rue Miollis > 75732 Paris Cedex 15 > FRANCE > Tel: [33] (1) 45 68 39 92 > Fax: [33] (1) 45 68 58 12 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Ferraro [mailto:jmf@kados.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:31 PM > To: Pissierssens, Peter > Subject: RE: KOHA > > > Peter, > > Greetings. The Z3950 Server for Koha works fine on a MARC21 system (NPL > has been using it for statewide resource sharing for several months now) > and can be found either as an add-on to Koha 2.0 (on my website at > http://kados.org/LibraryScience/zed-koha-server.pl) or in CVS in the > 2.2 tree. In both cases it is necessary to install the SimpleServer > Perl module from Indexdata (http://www.indexdata.dk/simpleserver/) > > The server can be started by running the zed-koha-server.pl script > in a terminal. Eventually it would be nice to build the server > into a daemon process but for now it is necessary to leave the > terminal open--it also logs all activity to the screen. > > There has been some talk about adding UNIMARC support and I would be > willing to develop that but would need shell access to a Koha system > using a UNIMARC database. If you require customizations for your > holdings data that could be arranged as well. > > If you want to see a Koha catalog in action you can check out Nelsonville > Public Library's at > > http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us > > If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask. You may also > be interested in checking out the Koha lists. You can subscribe at > > http://www.koha.org/mailing/ > > Regards, > > Joshua Ferraro > > > >> Hello MJ, >> >> Thanks for your quick reply. The reason I mailed you is that I am more >> comfortable writing in English than in French for technical subjects. As >> Z39/50 compliance is a pre-requisite for our use I will contact Joshua >> Ferraro to find out how far he has reached with that task. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MJ Ray [mailto:mjr@ttllp.co.uk] >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:25 PM >> To: Pissierssens, Peter >> Subject: Re: KOHA >> >> >> Hello Peter, >> >> I'm curious to know why you chose to contact me instead of the French >> developer? I studied in a university department which is active in >> oceanography, so I'm quite happy to help you, but I rarely get >> contacts from France. >> >> On 2004-03-01 13:30:48 +0000 "Pissierssens, Peter" >> <p.pissierssens(a)unesco.org> wrote: >> >>> I found your name on the KPHA web site. We are looking for an open >>> source >>> library management software application and Koha seems to fit that >>> description. However, one important feature I could not find on the >>> KOHA >>> site is Z3950 compliance. Can a KOHA library database be queried by a >>> z3950 >>> server? >> >> In 2.0, koha can query Z39.50 targets but cannot be queried. Joshua >> Ferraro, jmf(a)kados.org, is developing the Z39.50 interface for koha >> 2.2. >> >> By the way, should UNESCO people say "free software"? We are blessed >> with the UNESCO free software portal and directory, after all. >> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoftware/ >> >>> Also, can you lead me to a few KOHA based online catalogues? >> >> I suggest looking at the "Test Drive" koha servers on the www.koha.org >> site for now. I can't publish details of many servers. If you are >> looking for a demonstration of a particular feature, I can try to find >> someone using it for you. >> >>> Thanks in advance for your reply >> >> I hope you find this useful. >> >> -- >> MJR mjr(a)ttllp.co.uk www.ttllp.co.uk +44 (0)870 4321 9 10 >> Creative copyleft computing consultancy, code and articles. >> Latest news: Working on ISP control panels and koha.org 2.0 >> >

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Re: [Koha-devel] Ready to Hack
by Chris Cormack 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Hiya Nathan Nathan Gray wrote: > I've been watching Koha for a little while now, and finally my wife told > me to just install it, because she wants to use it. As she reads books, > she wants to keep track of which ones she likes, so she can check them > out when our two-year old gets to that reading level. > > So now we've got a working Koha system on her computer. I've noticed > already a few things I'd like to tweak, so I can use it more > comfortably. > Excellent > I am downloading from CVS right now. Is there a way to run Koha > directly from the CVS tree? Any quick start pointers? I figure I can > leave plain Koha on my wife's machine, and put the CVS version on mine, > both running off her database. > There is a little tutorial on the wiki about running Koha from cvs. http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=CVSSymLinkInstallation > I'm a Perl programmer by trade, with a lot of my time spent re-writing > modules to increase stability, efficiency, and readability (at least, I > understand it better when I'm done). That's mostly what I'd like to do > here. > Sounds good to me. Code cleanup is always appreciated. What would also be highly useful is, while you tidy modules. Write some unit tests for them. > First off, I'd like to get Z39.50 searching a little nicer. Part of > that might just be clearer documentation. (I'm having problems finding > some ISBN numbers in the Library of Congress, even when they have a LC > call number, so it would be nice to be able to search on that as well, > or know which other servers I should be looking at.) And so when I > search by title and get lots of records with the same title, it would be > nice to have a few more columns to differentiate between them, like date > published, or LC call number if there is no ISBN. > Sounds like a good plan to me. > I would also like to allow the use of Net::SMTP, rather than > Mail::Sendmail, and perhaps the DateTime suite rather than Date::Manip. > I would also like to be able to use DBD::Pg, rather than DBD::mysql, > though I am not volunteering for that quite yet. > > How should I go about getting changes back into CVS? Is there a contact > person I need to go through? > The thing to bear in mind, is that in CVS there is the HEAD where development for 2.2.x is going on. Paul Polain is the release manager for 2.2 so talking to him about what you plan to work on is a good idea. Just to remove duplicated effort etc. Then there is the rel_2_0 branch, which is where the 2.0.x releases are drawn from. So bugfixing etc should be done in that branch, new features added in the HEAD. M J Ray is looking after the 2.0.x releases. So he's your best contact for work in that branch. When you've had a chat with them, (im sure they will see this message and reply). You can let myself or Pat Eyler know your sourceforge username and we'll give you write access to the cvs repository. Chris -- Chris Cormack Programmer 027 4500 789 Katipo Communications Ltd chris(a)katipo.co.nz www.katipo.co.nz

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Re: [Koha] koha setup: problems, information request for the same
by KSS Vijaya Bhaskar 31 May '04

31 May '04

Dear Koha Dev [Rachel], Thank you very much your response for my queries. But, we are still facing the problems in making Koha setup up and running. We are here with giving you a snapshot of the setup of what we have and try to address our major concern. Our Concern:Koha system is not allowing us to issue a book with out entering the bar code. We are struck at the screen in the below URL [keeping at a URL, because attachments clog your mail boxes] http://www.angelfire.com/indie/vijayk/koha/circulation.html We want to know which parameter should be turned off inorder to avoid entering bar code. The system parameters in our setup are as shown in the following URL http://www.angelfire.com/indie/vijayk/koha/systempreferences.html We will be really thankful to have your inputs and any further setup we have to do. Thanks in advance, Vijay --- vijay.kankipati(a)tcs.com wrote: > ----- Forwarded by Vijay Kankipati/HYD/TCS on > 05/26/04 08:07 PM ----- > "Rachel Hamilton-Williams" <rachel(a)katipo.co.nz> > wrote on 05/11/200402:41:58 AM: > > Dear Vijay > >> > 1. Is there a screen through which, we can > 'Issue a book?'. We triedand> > found a screen like that. But, has not > been > able to figure out, how> > exactly, we say 'issue a book' > >> Yes - the word you are looking for is > "Circulations" and is where youboth> issue and return books. > >> > 2. Is it mandatory to use 'barcode system' to > issue books?. If> yes, could you > > > please provide any links/resources from which we > can have technical > > > specifications of the barcode to be acquired for > the s/w setup. > >> You must have some way to identify each individual > book if you want toissue> them - it does not need to be a printed > barcode, > you can just put inyourown> numbers as long as each one is unique. If > you > have many books thatyou're> needing to issue (like a public library), > then > printed barcodes are good > because you can get barcode readers which is > a lot > quicker than typingin the> numbers. > >> Hope it helps > >> Cheers > > Rachel > >>>> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo > Communications> WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 > 128 or +64 04 934 1285> mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box > 12487, > Wellington > > http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand > > Koha Open Source Library System > > http://www.koha.org > >>> -- IM : kssvbhaskar (AOL, YAHOO, MSN) 133028959 (ICQ) Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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MARC Authority management ideas on wiki
by paul POULAIN 29 May '04

29 May '04

http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=MarcAuthorities pls read & feedback if you modify the wiki, pls post it here (nothing is sent when a wiki is modified. Would be a nice feature to "subscribe" to a wiki page to be warned when a modif is done) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Enhancements
by Owen Leonard 29 May '04

29 May '04

We've had a few people recently expressing interest in contributing to Koha. I think it would be great if people who were new to the project could take a look at the list of enhancement bugs and pick a first task from there. It would give new developers a chance to get familiar with the code, and it would give users a welcome update. Just my 2 cents. Pat, maybe you could weigh in? -- Owen ---- Web Developer Nelsonville Public Library http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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Re: [Koha-devel] Please restart IRC logger
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 28 May '04

28 May '04

I think it is a great tool and asset. yes please restart the logger. Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > > > MJ Ray a écrit : > > > On 2004-05-27 17:46:42 +0100 robweir(a)alum.drexel.edu wrote: > > > >> Could someone please restart the IRC logger? [...] > > > > The logger has gone? Cool, that's one less reason for me not to be > > there. I hate public-logged IRC channels. > > sometimes I want to tell some private things. In this case, I just open > a private channel... > > Otherwise, I agree with Owen it's an invaluable tool. > > -- > Paul POULAIN > Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres > responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id66&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/l Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - - See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you have anything we can use. Coury House / SMECC 5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522 Glendale Az 85301 USA CONFIDENZIALE: Questo messaggio e gli eventuali allegati sono confidenziali e riservati. Se vi è stato recapitato per errore e non siete fra i destinatari elencati, siete pregati di darne immediatamente avviso al mittente. Le informazioni contenute non devono essere mostrate ad altri, né utilizzate, memorizzate o copiate in qualsiasi forma. CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain reserved information. If you are not one of the named recipients, please notify the sender immediately. Moreover, you should not disclose the contents to any other persons, nor should the information contained be used for any purpose or stored or copied in any form.

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Re: [Koha-devel] Please restart IRC logger
by Owen Leonard 28 May '04

28 May '04

> The logger has gone? Cool, that's one less reason > for me not to be > there. I think everyone else will agree that the logger is a great idea, since valuable information can be gleaned from the IRC log (http://www.haz.cmsd.bc.ca/cgi-bin/kohalog.pl) by users and developers. Some of the best work we've done on Koha has been while in conversation with developers on the IRC channel (for which they are owed many thanks!). It's an invaluable tool to a community like ours that spans several countries. -- Owen

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MARC biblio framework => question
by paul POULAIN 28 May '04

28 May '04

I had a meeting yesterday with 35 librarians. I spoke of Koha 2.2 (and showed 2.0) About the MARC biblio framework, I had a very good suggestion, that I think we should adopt. For instance, a MARC biblio framework can be defined for an itemtype. The suggestion is "why do you want to connect framework & itemtype ? Sometimes, we want to catalog a simple monography, sometimes, a complex one. So, the framework could be defined freely. A librarian could have 1 for "simple cataloguing", one for "complete MARC cataloguing", one for "quick CDROM", one for "CDROM - full UNIMARC" ". I think that's a very good suggestion. If you have something to complete, pls write in this mailing list. Unless otherwise stated, I'll do it ASAP. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Please restart IRC logger
by robweir＠alum.drexel.edu 28 May '04

28 May '04

Could someone please restart the IRC logger? I like to check the logs occasionally to keep up with what's happening with the project, and the logger seems to have died about a week ago. Thanks, Rob

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blank acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
by Nathan Gray 26 May '04

26 May '04

I linked up CVS (see script below) and went to add a new biblio, but find that the addbiblio.pl script displays only the tabs, the heading "MARC biblio:", and buttons for "Add biblio" and "z3950 search". The Id line from the script is: # $Id: addbiblio.pl,v 1.36 2004/05/18 15:22:10 tipaul Exp $ I'm not yet familiar enough with Koha to see immediately what might need some tweaking. Any pointers? -kolibrie #!/usr/bin/perl # See http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=CVSSymLinkInstallation # for more information about running Koha using symlinks to CVS use Getopt::Long; my %param = (); GetOptions(\%param, 'cvs=s', 'opac=s', 'intranet=s'); sub usage { print qq{Usage: link_cvskoha.pl --cvs SOURCE_DIR --intranet DIR --opac DIR --cvs Directory where Koha CVS is (like sandbox/koha) --intranet Directory where webserver looks for intranet files (defaults to /usr/local/koha/intranet) --opac Directory where webserver looks for opac files (defaults to /usr/local/koha/opac)\n\n}; exit; } my $cvs = $param{cvs} || usage(); my $opac = $param{opac} || '/usr/local/koha/opac'; my $intranet = $param{intranet} || '/usr/local/koha/intranet'; my %map = ( # CVS module => installed location '' => $intranet . '/cgi-bin', 'koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl' => $intranet . '/htdocs/intranet-tmpl', 'C4' => $intranet . '/modules/C4', 'opac' => $opac . '/cgi-bin', 'koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl' => $opac . '/htdocs/opac-tmpl', 'koha-tmpl/opac.html' => $opac . '/htdocs/index.html', 'koha-tmpl/intranet.html' => $intranet . '/htdocs/index.html', 'z3950' => $intranet . '/scripts/z3950daemon', 'updater' => $intranet . '/scripts/updater', 'misc' => $intranet . '/scripts/misc', 'marc' => $intranet . '/scripts/marc', ); my %necessary_files = ( # filename => description '/etc/koha.conf' => 'Koha configuration file', '/etc/koha-httpd.conf' => 'Koha webserver configuration', $map{z3950} . '/z3950-daemon-options' => 'Z39.50 daemon configuration', ); # make sure opac and intranet directories exist foreach my $dir ($opac, $intranet) { (my $subdir = $dir) =~ s|\/[^/]*$||; unless (-d $subdir) { system("mkdir $subdir"); chmod(0755, $subdir); } unless (-d $dir) { system("mkdir $dir"); chmod(0755, $dir); } } # loop through CVS module names and create links foreach my $dir (keys %map) { my $source = $cvs . '/' . $dir; my $dest = $map{$dir}; # remove previous links if (-e $dest) { local $| = 1; print "$dest already exists. Overwrite? [y/N]: "; my $response = <STDIN>; chomp($response); if (uc($response) eq 'Y') { if (system("rm -rf $dest")) { print " FAILED to remove $dest: $!\n"; } } else { next; } } # ensure directory for storing links exists (my $subdir = $dest) =~ s|\/[^/]*$||; unless (-d $subdir) { system("mkdir $subdir"); chmod(0755, $subdir); } # link from CVS to installed location print "ln -s $source $dest\n"; if (system("ln -s $source $dest")) { print " FAILED to create link: $!\n"; } } # alert user if necessary files are missing foreach my $file (keys %necessary_files) { unless (-e $file) { print "Cannot find $necessary_files{$file}: $file\n"; } }

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