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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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Introducing myself
by Andres Tarallo 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

Hi Everybody !!!! I've been contracted to help in the migration of an existing instalation of MicroISIS under DOS (CEPAL Catalog) to Koha. As a side efect of this migration I've to translate to spanish Koha, and add some funcionalities needed by our university: we don't fine with money people who are late to return their books. We also want to integrate our development to the main project, since we're aware that it would be usefull to other libraries in South America (were I live), we also want to integrate the translation. I've a working instalation of Koha 2.1.0 were i want to develop. I'm aware that there are works in argentina and Chile with similar goals and I want to contribute with this developments and integrate them to the main source tree. In the true free software spirit, in this way will get a better package.

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Re: [Koha-devel] koha 2.0.1beta2 uploaded - Checked by Vexira DEMO vers
by Owen Leonard 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

> Stephen questioning moving 2.0.x out of CVS, I > think. Actually, I think Stephen was asking whether you comments meant that you thought 2.0.x should no longer me made available for download at all, not whether it should be moved out of CVS. You wrote: > rel_2_0 is mostly dead for development, so there's > no point downloading it IMO. And I think he thought (as I did) that you meant that it should no longer be provided for download *at all*. It is obviously necessary for there to be places where anyone can download the latest stable release! -- Owen

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koha 2.0.1beta2 uploaded
by MJ Ray 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

I have fixed some bugs with 2.0.1beta0 and uploaded a new beta version to http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/ One bug still blocks the release of 2.0.1, please help solve http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=791 if you can. Changelog: Fix perldoc C4::Search Fix search parameter display bug 196 Half-fix thesaurus word search bug 791 - thanks to M. Parienti Fix member.pl search bug 789 Fix mysql command syntax in Install.pm (database must be after -e in some v3) Removed FIXMEs from upgradecomplete by moving message inside Install.pm Fixed koha.upgrade mysql password handling Removed duplicate restoremycnf() calls from Install.pm - this is installer.pl's concern Thanks in advance for any help or comments, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and not of any group I know http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing "To be English is not to be baneful / To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful / Racist or partial..." (Morrissey)

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Koha Marc
by Library 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Dear sir/madam, Please let me know that Which koha field map to a which MARC tag. -- Librarian Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana (Punjab) India

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CVS status, the next 2 weeks & holidays
by Paul POULAIN 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi koha developpers, I've commited my last stuff. It's about "suggestions" (I don't have replaced the word by "request", as "request" is used in Koha for "book reservation"). I think acquisition should work, but probably poorly. It's because I've modified the DB structure, to fix a long lasting problem that causes race conditions & limited features. For instance, there is nothing to describe a "basket". A basket is only stored in order lines. now, a table, called "aqbasket" will store "orders headers". Other features in CVS are : * baskets in OPAC. doXulting commited it's work, it works fine, except for mail sending of a basket that will be completed soon, to let the user choose the format of the mail (iso2709, attached file, biblio in mail...) * Authorities management : seems to work fine. Needs some documenting (IMPORTANT : jean, pls, write some doc on the wiki to explain how authorities work) I've updated the wiki roadmap page (www.koha.org/wiki) to reflect Koha status. The roadmap is still valid, except for 2.1.1 that will be released a little bit after july 30 (because of my holidays). The 2.2 should still be released in end of september. In the next 2 weeks... * I'll be off. It's Holidays here in France. I'll be back on August, 1 (or maybe 2) * Jean baron will work on serial cataloguing, serial management (subscription...) * doXulting should complete OPAC baskets. * Stephen Hedge (from NPL) & Irma birchall (from NZ) should work on onlineHelp. don't hesitate to give them a hand if you have some time to spend. Bye & see you again in august. Take care of our common dream becoming reality. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Another sigle line patch for authorities-home.pl
by Baiju M 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

I would like to apply this kind of small patches in the coming months to Koha CVS, so please add me as a developer in sourceforge Any advise for check-in to Koha CVS? My sourceforge ID is 'baijum81' (ofcource, without quotes) With thanks and regards, Baiju M --- authorities-home.pl.orig 2004-07-15 12:12:38.000000000 +0530 +++ authorities-home.pl 2004-07-15 12:12:52.000000000 +0530 @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use C4::Interface::CGI::Output; use C4::AuthoritiesMarc; use C4::SearchMarc; -use C4::Catalogue; use C4::Koha; # XXX subfield_is_koha_internal_p my $query=new CGI; -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.as…

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Single line patch for Acquisition.pm (CVS HEAD)
by Baiju M 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

--- Acquisition.pm.orig 2004-07-15 11:19:05.000000000 +0530 +++ Acquisition.pm 2004-07-15 11:19:25.000000000 +0530 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -package C4::Catalogue; +package C4::Acquisition; # Continue working on updateItem!!!!!! # -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.as…

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Koha@Buffalo continues
by Christopher Brown-Syed 07 Jul '04

07 Jul '04

Greetings one and all. This past January, we began using Koha to catalogue two special collections in the State University of New York at Buffalo. We have run practicums for Master's students in library studies, with the intention of providing access to a unique colledtion of books and archaeological field notes housed in the Classics Department,involving about six volunteers. The students were impressed enough to set up a discussion for their colleagues in April. This project will continue in September. A second project involves the university's teaching and learning collection of materials to support instructors. Chien-Lin Liu, the UB Koha guru, has produced a custom Web interface which allows access to these collections, and provides a feedback bulletin board to collect student experiences and suggestions. We have not finished analyzing these, but will post summaries when available. Our ongoing use of Koha in the classroom continued during the first Summer session here in the University at Buffalo. About 17 students in a course on UNIX/Linux systems administration mounted Koha servers as part of their six-week course. One suggestion which arose from both of these experiences was that a more typical MARC table be included in the generic Koha parameters. A "cheat sheet" of "most frequently used" MARC tags was procured from the campus libraries, and we would be happy to share the specs.For instance, the publisher field designations currently include only the date ($c), not the place and publisher fields of the MARC 260 tag. This is confusing for newbies to MARC. The Library of Congress does publish a compact MARC brochure for about $10, but we think it might help to turn on the most frequently used tags and subfields from the get-go. At any rate, we now have a couple of dozen newly-minted open-source enthusiasts here - about six cataloguers and about seventeen budding sysadmins.I'm allowing for one or two who might not yet be convinced. :) -- Christopher Brown-Syed, PhD, Editor, Library and Archival Security. University at Buffalo School of Informatics <clb24(a)buffalo.edu>

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Re: [Koha-devel] Limit on size of grid in admin/charges.pl?
by Stephen Hedges 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Try using the npl templates instead of the default templates. I think you'll discover that there really is no limit on the number of categories, it's just the way the template looks. Stephen Kris Boutilier said: > We've been casually experimenting with Koha v2.0.0 and noted that although > the number of definiable Borrower Categories (admin/categorie.pl) seems to > be unlimited, and the number of columns shown on admin/charges.pl reflects > this, the actual data entry grid on this page stops at 9 columns. > > Bug, feature or user fault? > > Thanks. > > Kris Boutilier > Information Systems Coordinator > Sunshine Coast Regional District > -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com

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