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Koha architectural study
by Paul POULAIN 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hello Nicholas, We are translating your wonderful document to french. Do you have somewhere a source version of the pictures ? They can't be edited for instance. Thanks & read you soon (cc to ineo & ers-consulting, that are interested by the translation) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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scripts running in shell => checking for documentation
by Paul POULAIN 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Hello all, I want to speak of all scripts that can de run in a shell (to write some doc) For all those scripts, i describe : - author - status in 2.2 - feature PLEASE comment, confirm, add,... every script entry. PRODUCTION SCRIPTS : * misc/overduenotices.pl - Nelsonville (i've improved it recently, modifs untested yet) - work in 2.2 - This script send mail to patrons having late issues. * misc/fines2.pl - Katipo - Probably don't work anymore in 2.2 - calculates fines. * misc/notify/notes.pl - Katipo - Probably don't work anymore in 2.2 - calculates fines too ? * misc/merge_authority.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - This script (new in CVS) merges 2 authorities by reporting all "mergefrom" authority entries in biblio to the "mergeto" authority. (script in shell because can be longer than apache timeout) SETUP / MIGRATION SCRIPTS (all of them should be in migration_tool directory, even if some/most are not. I'll move them soon) * build_marc_word.pl - Nelsonville - work in 2.2 ? - MARC21 only, that builds a new marc_word table with a reduced number of tags (only those tags that should be searched) allowing for faster and more accurate searching when used with the SearchMarc routines. * bulkauthimport.pl - Paul Poulain - was intended to help migrating authority files. - Probably don't work. * cleanmarcdb.pl - Paul Poulain - Has not been updated to work with frameworks, does not work in 2.2, should be "easy" to update. - was intended to clean the MARC-DB by removing unused subfields (from marc structure). * compare_iso_and_marc_parameters.pl - Paul Poulain - Show all MARC subfields in a iso2709 that are not defined in MARC structure & all subfields in MARC structure that are not used in iso2709. Useful to check a data migration (with bulkmarcimport) - worked in 2.0, will use only default framework in 2.2, but otherwise, should still work. * dumparc.pl - Paul Poulain - work, I use it almost every day - dump an iso2709 file to a human readable form. * koha2marc.pl - Paul Poulain - should still work in 2.2. However, useful only for MARC=OFF libraries, and I don't have such libraries as customers. - script to migrate from 1.2 to 2.0 (non MARC datas) * rebuildnonmarcdb.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - script that rebuilds the non MARC-DB (after modif in the MARC parameters & mapping for example). * rebuildthesaurus.pl - will be deleted soon, useless (was useful before MARC authorities) * update_marcsubjects.pl - Waylon Robertson - Status unknown in 2.2, should work - This script is useful only for libraries with MARC=OFF (MARC=0) It rebuild the subjects in the MARC table from the non MARC tables. * buildLANG.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - rebuilds the LANG authorised value list from the biblios. This LANG authorised value list has to be connected with language marc subfields. * buildEDITORS.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - small script to recreate a authority table into Koha. This will parse all your biblios to recreate isbn / editor / collections for the unimarc_210c and unimarc_225a plugins. * build6xx.pl - Paul Poulain - Does not work & is not supposed to work from scratch. - This script rebuild the thesaurus/authorities from the biblios. Useful during migration, and ALWAY NEED tuning to fit your exact DB structure. Impossible to do a work "out of the box script" * bulkmarcimport.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - the well known script to import datas into a DB, during migration. Works, although often needs some tuning. * check_marc_definition.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - Script that compare the datas in the DB and the setting of MARC structure. It show all fields/subfields that are in the MARC DB but NOT in any tab (= fields used but not visible) Usually, this means you made an error in your MARC editor. Sometimes, this is something normal. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Release map for 2.2.2
by Paul POULAIN 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Release map for 2.2.2 : * Release warning for translators march, 18 * Public release April, 7 or 8 (be warned that the week after i'll be in Nelsonville, the week after in Koha teaching, so 15 without support from me) The release notes are already long : ***** Critical * 2 bugfixes in suggestions : - major : a suggestion was not shown in acquisition except when ordered by the suggestor itself. - minor : the name was not shown in "accepted by" column, in acquisition ***** Minor * showing marcnotes in opac-detail (bug #920) * renewal date was improperly calculated. Now, returndate is calculated from today, not from previous returndate * some fixes in authority search (worked, but could fail to return results under certain circumstances) * display waiting status only if item has arrived at pickup branch. Setting 'atdestination' variable if so. Changes are required in the template to take advantage of this. * in circulation, when clicking on member, the member page is opened twice (in main window & in a popup). The popup has been removed. * some fixes for date & currency format IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major * The stat module is here !!! In Reports menu, you now have 4 powerful "stat builder" (for catalogue, borrowers, issues and acquisitions). You can define 3 things in a report : what you want in columns, what you want in lines, and filters you want on datas. For issues & acquisitions, you also can choose what you want in each cell (count or amount, or loan length). You can get those results in your borwser, or in your spreadsheet (MS-Excel & OpenOffice.org work fine). This module will continue to be improved to get the possibility to retrieve bulk datas in your spreadsheat (! still a little bit buggy today, problem with NULL values) * added a tool in misc/merge_authority.pl to merge 2 authorities (and modify biblios using them) * added a tool in misc/migration_tools/check_marc_definition.pl that can be helpful when you migrate your datas. It compare the datas in the DB and the setting of MARC structure It show all fields/subfields that are in the MARC DB but NOT in any tab (= fields used but not visible) Usually, this means you made an error in your MARC editor. Sometimes, this is something normal. * showing item status in result list. The book status is in items.notforloan (every non 0 value meaning "book not for loan). The item status should be mapped to an item MARC subfield & this subfield should usually be connected to an authorised_value list. * in authorities search forms, adding a "main entry" field ($a), to limit the search. The "anywhere" field is still here. An option has been added to search "contains" or "start by". * item status (opac & librarian interfaces) The item status has been improved : It now can be : - on order (= item has been ordered, but not yet arrived at the library) - not for loan : if the "notforloan" field is mapped to an authorised value list, the right value is shown. Thus, an item can be "lost" or "being repaired", or whatever you put in the authorised values list. (reminder : the "notforloan" field, when 0 means 'ok, book can be issued', and all other values means 'nok, book can't be issued' (whatever the reason, that can be in the authorised value table) * in catalogue search, the user can now order asc or desc. * added an option to duplicate a biblio * added a stylesheet for the printer (useful in acquisition basket printing. The doNotPrint style can be used anywhere to remove a part of the screen during printing) **** Minor * Show the current borrower in librarian interface, normal view of a biblio (with a link to jump to borrower page) * in authorities, added a "main entry" search field. Will limit the search to the main entry of the main field of the authority (the $a of the tag_to_report field) * acquisition, module, adding a button to delete a line in order (was possible by setting qty to 0, but it's more user-friendly) * added small tool to check MARC fields/subfields in your DB that are related to subfields ignored in MARC structure (Koha >> parameters >> biblio framework) (misc/migration_tools/check_marc_definition.pl) * changes in overdue_notice.pl script : - moving all parameters at start of script => easier to maintain - sending overdues for borrowers without mail to a "koha admin mail". - ignoring borrowers with "overduenoticerequired" set to 0 (= don't send overduenotice) - removing "print" to have a silent script (ie can be put in crontab) * in circulation, adding a button to edit the borrower & go back to the circ screen directly. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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new patch for renewscript.pl
by Ernesto Silva - Webmaster 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Hi, this patch overrides the one sent by Andrés last week, I've killed some bugs ;) Ernesto. --- /usr/local/src/packages/koha/koha-2.2.1/intranet-cgi/renewscript.pl.orig 2005-03-04 09:27:45.007947848 -0300 +++ renewscript.pl 2005-03-08 13:49:32.898799512 -0300 @@ -23,44 +23,57 @@ # Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, # Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +# Revision History: +# 2005-04-03 E. Silva and A. Tarallo: We added a local customization to allow +# borrowing a book to an arbitry choosen date, overriding the issuing rules. +# To use this feature you must pass as parameters both stickyduedate_$itemno +# (a chek box) and date_$itemno (due date) for each item you want to renew. +# This CGI might be called from moremember.pl or circulation.pl; if you call +# it from circulation.pl you must pass the parameter destination with the +# value circ and cardnunber with the user cardnumber. + use CGI; -# use C4::Circulation::Renewals2; use C4::Circulation::Circ2; #get input my $input= new CGI; -#print $input->header; - -#print $input->dump; my @names=$input->param(); my $count=@names; my %data; +my %date; for (my $i=0;$i<$count;$i++){ if ($names[$i] =~ /renew/){ my $temp=$names[$i]; - $temp=~ s/renew_item_//; - $data{$temp}=$input->param($names[$i]); + $temp=~ s/renew_item_//; # $temp contains the itemnumber + $data{$temp} = $input->param($names[$i]); # $data{$temp} contains 'y' or 'n' + $date{$temp} = $input->param("year_$temp")."-".$input->param("month_$temp")."-".$input->param("day_$temp"); } } + my %env; my $destination = $input->param("destination"); my $cardnumber = $input->param("cardnumber"); my $bornum=$input->param("bornum"); while ( my ($itemno, $value) = each %data) { -# warn "$itemno = $value\n"; - if ($value eq 'y'){ - #means we want to renew this item - #check its status - my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - if ($status == 1){ - renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - } - } + if ($value eq 'y'){ +#means we want to renew this item +#check its status + my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + if ($status == 1){ +# ORT: We enabled a way to override standard issuing rules. Items could be +# borrowed till a date filled by the operator. + if ($input->param("stickyduedate_$itemno")) { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno,$date{$itemno}); + } else { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + } + } + } } if($destination eq "circ"){ print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=$cardnumber"); } else { print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?bornum=$bornum"); -} \ No newline at end of file +}

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2.2.x roadmap
by Paul POULAIN 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Hi, I would be happy if ppl working on a translation of Koha 2.2 send a mail on this list to say "hey, i'm working on translation to XXX", and comment this mail... I plan to release other 2.2.x & I want to organise the release process. 1- define which translations can be called "officially supported" and which can be called "not up to date" (french & english being officially supported. what about chinese ? spanish ? other translations) To be "officially supported" a translation must be updated often enough. 2- warn translators (through koha-translate) that "a release will be made in 15 days". 3- Translators have 15 days to update their translation file & commit it (or send it to me) 4- if a commit occurs between the "release warning", that has something to do with translations, i send a mail to koha-translate, describing what has been updated. 5- I generate all translated templates, build the release, test it as usual (! but in english only), then release it. all translation files that have been sent to me between the "release warning" and the public release are called "officially supported". Other are "not up to date". If a translation is more than 3 releases old, it's deprecated to "out of date" & removed from public release. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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To Chris : Problem on Loan Period calculation
by Henri-Damien LAURENT 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Hi, We are trying to design a stat report module for Koha here in France with Paul. And we have a problem on issues stats reporting. In issues table, timestamp is modified as soon as the table is touched and returndate stores the date of return. The issue date is never stored in this table anywhere else. Nevertheless, it is stored in statistics. And returns are also stored there. But then, there is no way to know how they are related to one another. A selection on itemnumber and borrower card will tell us it was issued and return, but not Which returns answers Which issue. Suppose One borrows an item more than once and we are lost. If one has a convenient code to know the average Loan period, that is a way to calculate the average time between issue and return date of an item for a borrower, we would be grateful. Many Thanks -- Henri-Damien LAURENT

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Re: [Koha-devel] To Chris : Problem on Loan Period calculation
by Chris Cormack 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:43:37PM +0100, Henri-Damien LAURENT said: > Second look. It may be a great help. > Many Thanks. > -- I think this is the only way to get historical data, but for the future I see no reason not to add an issue_date field to the issues table. And store the date an item was issued in there. Chris -- Chris Cormack Programmer 027 4500 789 Katipo Communications Ltd chris(a)katipo.co.nz www.katipo.co.nz

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Problem with Koha copywrite date
by Bernadette Cassidy 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hi, Our Koha catalogue version 2.0 will not display the copywrite date for new acquisitions. This is becoming a real pain as our records are displaying without a publication date - particularly serials. I've attached 2 koha pages to see whether this can shed any light on the problem. Kind regards, Bernadette Bernadette Cassidy Library & Learning Coordinator Allan Bean Centre for Research and Learning in Rehabilitation Private Bag 4708 Christchurch Tel: (03) 383 9492 Fax (03) 383 7500 Email: bernadettec(a)burwood.org.nz <mailto:bernadettec@burwood.org.nz>

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enhacements to renewscript.pl
by Andrés Tarallo 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

Our librarians requested the following feature: They want to renew a current issue till an arbitrary choosen day, overriding the issuing rules. We made a local customization to do that. we added this feature to the script availiable in koha 2.2.1, attached you'l find a patch to do this; developed by Ernesto Silva and me. Enjoy it, hope I can send a template in a few days, we modified the spanish templates. Andres --- /usr/local/src/packages/koha/koha-2.2.1/intranet-cgi/renewscript.pl.orig 2005-03-04 09:27:45.007947848 -0300 +++ renewscript.pl 2005-03-04 10:23:19.585015080 -0300 @@ -23,14 +23,19 @@ # Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, # Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +# Revision History: +# 2005-04-03 E. Silva and A. Tarallo: We added a local customization to allow +# borrowing a book to an arbitry choosen date, overriding the issuing rules. +# To use this feature you must pass as parameters both stickyduedate_$itemno +# (a chek box) and date_$itemno (due date) for each item you want to renew. +# This CGI might be called from moremember.pl or circulation.pl; if you call +# it from circulation.pl you must pass the parameter destination with the +# value circ and cardnunber with the user cardnumber. + use CGI; -# use C4::Circulation::Renewals2; use C4::Circulation::Circ2; #get input my $input= new CGI; -#print $input->header; - -#print $input->dump; my @names=$input->param(); my $count=@names; @@ -48,19 +53,24 @@ my $cardnumber = $input->param("cardnumber"); my $bornum=$input->param("bornum"); while ( my ($itemno, $value) = each %data) { -# warn "$itemno = $value\n"; - if ($value eq 'y'){ - #means we want to renew this item - #check its status - my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - if ($status == 1){ - renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - } - } + if ($value eq 'y'){ +#means we want to renew this item +#check its status + my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + if ($status == 1){ +# ORT: We enabled a way to override standard issuing rules. Items could be +# borrowed till a date filled by the operator. + if ($input->param("stickyduedate_$itemno")) { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno,$data{"date_$itemno"}); + } else { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + } + } + } } if($destination eq "circ"){ print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=$cardnumber"); } else { print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?bornum=$bornum"); -} \ No newline at end of file +}

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Koha 2.2.1 is available
by Paul POULAIN 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

Hello all, The new version of Koha is available. ============= INSTALLATION ============= * Download the package * tar xvfz koha-version.tar.gz * cd koha-version * ./installer.pl * READ and FOLLOW the instructions READING what is on screen during installation is VERY important. Some decisions you make during install stage are very hard to reproduce after. UPGRADE from previous 2.0.0preX or RCx version ******* * Download the package * tar xvfz koha-version.tar.gz * cd koha-version * ./koha.upgrade * Follow the instructions UPGRADE from previous 1.2.x version : ******** UPGRADE TO A 2.0.0 version before upgrading UPGRADE from a 2.1.x version is NOT AVAILABLE. Don't install 2.2 on a 2.1.x test database. A lot of DB changes have been done since 2.1.x & cannot be handled by the DB updater. ======= DIFFS ======= Diff 2.2.0 => 2.2.1 ******************* BUGFIXES ***** Critical * fix for http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=811 : The OPAC requires uses to log in to view virtual shelves, but it does not require a user with librarian privileges * multiple biblio subtitles are correctly stored & shown in simple (non-MARC) view, even after a biblio modif. * multiple main authors are now correctly handled in simple (non-MARC) view * it was possible to create a cardnumber that was already defined ***** Minor * in serials module >> add subscription >> select biblio : The next / previous page were invalid. * in serials module >> add subscription >> select biblio : impossible to report the biblio when there is a quote in it (' was not escaped) * "waiting" status was often inaccurate for a reserved material (should show "in transit" while not in destination branch) * issn were not stored correctly in non-MARC DB on biblio modification * in catalogue, modifs were not stored properly the non-MARC item DB. Affect only libraries without barcodes. * in thesaurus structure, deleting a tag delete the tag in each authtype, not only in the selected authtype. * plugin unimarc_225a (seriestitle) did not show the seriestitle list, when there was no ISBN * in authority structure, trying to delete a tag in an authority type, deleted the tag in the default authority type. * in authority structure, trying to define the 400$0 created a "400$@" ("subfield" for fields <100) * many bugfixes for a better mod_perl support * bug in acquisition : the title was also stored as subtitle. IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major * serial subscriptions : modifs to handdle correctly more than 1 subscription of the same biblio. Enter subscription detail in subscription notes (like "for branch XX" or "for 2nd floor"). The subscription details are all shown in OPAC. * serial subscriptions : you can now delete a subscription that is not yet active (= has only 1 issue in "waiting" state) * adding series title and publication year limits in opac-search form. * improvements and fixes in Nelsonville templates * adding a brief/detailled display in biblio basket view. **** Minor * in biblio basket, adding the possibility to open a biblio (in the main window) by clicking on the title * circulation >> issue : showing borrowernumber code just after the borrower name. * the search on barcodes has been changed to "start" instead of "contains". It's more logic * in ISBD & MARC view, codes like itemtypes, authorized values... are shown in complete form, not as code. * do not show reserve fees if they are not applicable (0) * show a message for libraries with no reserve possible, when the user clic on "request" button. * adding a "un-debar" button in circulation screen, to unset "debarred" flag for a borrower (ported from nelsonville templates) * adding a link to member page to jump to issues page directly (ported from nelsonville templates) * Adding two print versions of the member details screen (ported from nelsonville templates) - moremember-print.tmpl is a full-page view with information about the patron, issues, and reserves - moremember-receipt.tmpl is a brief view with information about issues, designed to be appropriate for a slip printer. * member detail : adding opac login in main page * adding notforloan column in admin/itemtypes list * in unimarc_field_225a plugin (collection chooser), ordering the list alphabetically * in member search, adding an option to order result by name or cardnumber * added the price in order history Diff 2.2RC5 => 2.2.0 ******************** BUGFIXES ***** Critical * rolling back lock_tables_privs = 'Y' during install stage (too many problems) The option is shown in bulkmacimport instead. * bugfix for the search on a MARC detail, when you clic on the magnifying glass (caused an internal server error) ***** Minor * error in authority => biblio 'jumper' that make the jump fail (was a remaining ') * when modifying a biblio, on a repeated field with many subfields, the test to show empty subfields in X>1 was wrong : the missing subfields of the 1st field were repeated. Example : 606 has $a$x$z 1st is 606$a (so $x$z empty) 2nd is 606$a$x The marc editor in the 2nd field showed before this fix : 606 $a a_value $x another_value $x $z (the 2nd $x being useless) * Authorities : Minor changes in summary "exploding" (the 3 digits AFTER the subfield were not on the right place). * partial support of the "linkage" MARC feature : if you enter a "link" on a MARC subfield, the magnifying glass won't search on the field, but on the linked field. I agree it's a partial support. Will be improved, but I need to investigate MARC21 & UNIMARC diffs on this topic. IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major * New systempref parameter : opacstylesheet If this parameter is set to a stylesheet URL, this stylesheet will be used instead of the opactheme one. With this parameter, you can have your own stylesheet for OPAC, that will be used and kept when you update your version of Koha. The systempref must be a complete URL (http://www.koha.org/stylesheet/somestylesheet.css for example) * improvements in shelves management in OPAC (synch'ing with librarian interface) : the user can modify a bookshelf, add a book into a bookshelf from the biblio, create a bookshelf "on the fly", from the bookshelf popup. * new directory migration_tools in $KOHA/misc Will store various migration tools. bulkmarcimport has been moved here. **** Minor * minor change in MARCdetail : when a field is repeated, the field header is not repeated but replaced by a nice little empty space. Diff 2.2RC4 => 2.2RC5 ********************* BUGFIXES ***** Critical * limiting the number of search term to 8. There was no limit before, but 8 words seems to be the upper limit mySQL can deal with (in less than a second. tested on a DB with 13 000 items) In 2.4, a new DB structure will highly speed things and this limit will be removed. FindDuplicate is activated again. * bugfixes in french translation (that made cataloguing in french impossible) * set lock_tables_privs = 'Y' during install stage. Note this requires a mysql version not too old. ***** Minor * during update, if the user enter a different directory for backup than the default one, the updater does not obey and stores in default directory anyway ! * minor (spelling) fix for adding an organization * member search (bug 851) : stripping out comma and apostrophe from search terms * various methods to split subjects (depending on OS, a <CR> / <CR><LF> problem) IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major * circulation / issue : adding a button to cancel an issue when a confirmation is required (bug #858) * circulation / issue : adding a checkbox to confirm reserve cancel when a reserved book is issued by someone else (bug #858) * virtual shelves : adding feature to create a virtual shelf on the fly, when adding a biblio, and feature to modify a virtual shelf name/status * catalogue : adding a systempref to define default view in OPAC (either normal, MARC or ISBD). Created automatically during install or update. Check that you have a Koha >> parameters >> systempreferences >> BiblioDefaultView, Variable type : Choice, Variable options : normal|marc|isbd **** Minor * an improvement has been done in DB calls that needs a new index. It's automatically added in fresh installs, but for updates, run the following SQL command : ALTER TABLE `marc_subfield_structure` ADD INDEX ( `kohafield` ) * adding a systempref to define default view in OPAC (either normal, MARC or ISBD). Created automatically during install or update. Check that you have a Koha >> parameters >> systempreferences >> BiblioDefaultView, Variable type : Choice, Variable options : normal|marc|isbd * the list of authorities types is now ordered by authtypetext. Thus you can use the "space trick" : if you add a space before an authtype text, it's shown first. Useful when you have an authority type that you use more often than others. * authoritiy list shown in authtypetext order (so authtypetext with a space appear first, hint used everywhere else for lists) * some minor html changes (like changing "images" numbers in "text" numbers for result list page numbers. Diff 2.2RC3 => 2.2RC4 ********************* BUGFIXES ***** Critical 1 CRITICAL bug in acquisition (another one...) : when MARC=ON, and an order line is created from an existing biblio (to buy another item), the MARC biblio is lost and replaced by the non marc one (that has a lot less informations...). To solve the problem, the biblio can no more be modified after the order has been placed. Less feature, but more reliable ! (not simple solution to solve this problem. Would imply to rewrite the MARC biblio from the non marc datas, and no API is provided for this yet) 2 CRITICAL bugfix in Biblio.pm, removing &branches declaration (was due to an untested cvs rollback, opac-search.pl was crashing) 3 CRITICAL bugfix in Biblio.pm when MARC=OFF. subjects were stored and immediatly deleted. And not stored correctly in MARC part of the biblio. (thanks to Waylon Robertson) ***** Minor 1 bugfix in updatedatabase (auth_header creation table). Don't affect previous install of 2.2, only upgrades 2.0 => 2.2 2 reading rec : Fixing link to toggle between full and limited display 3 bugfix for moremember.pl that no longer outputed item type for issues 4 defaulting actual cost to estimated cost (was 0 by default) 5 bugfix : in biblio search, - and other signs where not properly managed. Leroy-Beaulieu could not be found 6 the popup of the 210c plugin closes when a collection is choosed 7 bugfix : could not select a biblio in subscription creation if the book was not for loan 8 minor fixes in spelling in subscription 9 adding acquisition in default userflags. This flag can be set for librarians that have access to acquisition 10 in subscription enddate calculation, bugfix when subscription based on number of issues (worked when based on subscription length) 11 in subscription next issue date calculation, bugfix when subscription frequency is 1/quarter. 12 datelastseen is updated when the book is returned 13 moredetail.pl shows incorrect date, incorrectly formatted (bug #689) 14 DuplicateFinder has been disabled : sometimes goes into a looonnnggg lasting loop. 15 when a query returns only one result, adding it to basket did not work. 16 deletion of a suggestion was buggy. Now fixed 17 for installation of Koha under Windows there is a bug with subject splitting. Now fixed. (thanks to Waylon Robertson) IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major 1 a lot in book shelves 2 Submitting with no barcode in issues should clear for next patron (bug #865) 3 screen added to see late issues from a given bookseller 4 Koha should now work under mod_perl (Release Manager don't use mod_perl. fixes comes from A. Tarallo, Argentina, that ensure Koha works fine with mod_perl with the patches applied) **** Minor 1 show also item tags into marc list of fields (in librarian search interface) 2 email sent basket : the sender can give it's name, in case the basket is sent to a friend, not to itself 3 removing useless string in isbd view 4 cataloguing, in isbnsearch, after searching a title/ISBN, the librarian can choose the framework (+ it's a cataloguing screen, not an acquisition one) 5 serials : in issues management, the waited/late issues bloc is before the collection state bloc. 6 serials : the intranet note has been removed, it's useless 7 after an authority is added/modified, go to this fresh authority (instead of authority-home) 8 search option in auth-top 9 in OPAC, the itemcallnumber search is a "start by" search (was a contains) 10 opac note is defaulted to '' (was 0, that means nothing) 11 adding blank to relshiploop (altrelationship) loop (Bug ???) 12 when deleting an itemtype, don't check issuingrules, but delete them too 13 For MARC=OFF installation, Waylon submitted a script to rebuild MARC part of the catalogue. It's in misc/updatemarc_subjects.pl (thanks to Waylon Robertson) Diff 2.2RC2 => 2.2RC3 ********************* * CRITICAL bug in acquisition : biblio badly stored in MARC part of Koha, deleting another biblio... * CRITICAL problem : the duplicate finder (when adding a biblio) has performances problems under certains circumstances. * bug #862 fixed : Upgrade does not work (from 2.2RC1 to 2.2RC2) * bugfix in acquisition, when a line is modified, aqorderbreakdown was duplicated. (Seems it was a mysql return value depending on mysql version) * bugfix in setting user permissions (they were stored, but not shown correctly after) * bugfix in translation error for basket sent in OPAC * bugfix in 225a plugin (editor chooser) * adding itemcallnumber entry in systempreferences during install * error in biblio detail showing when MARC=ON (bug from RC2, did not exist before) * bug in acceptorreject OPAC suggestion (bug from RC2, did not exist before) * Not really a bug but : stopword must not be empty. If it's empty, the search fail. * During install, the user can load french and english stopwords if he want. * French librarian interface seems OK * addbook (1st page when MARC=ON) is a catalogue screen, not an acquisition one * The barcode is shown in the list of books issued by a borrower in opac-user page. Diff 2.2RC1 => 2.2RC2 ********************* * bugfix for import in reservoir : title and isbn where not extracted. * bugfix in OPAC : it was possible to reserve books that where "notforloan" * bugfix in circulation : no warning when a reserve was made on a book that you try to issue to someone else. * bugfix & improvement for catalogue management behaviour when MARC=OFF * bugfix in bookshelves (in CVS, probably not in official tar.gz) * bugfix in online help (in CVS, probably not in official tar.gz) ============= NEW FEATURES ============= Koha 2.2 has, of course, all the previous features from Koha (acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, members modules, OPAC, complete MARC support...) plus the following new ones : General : ********* * (almost) complete rewrite of librarian GUI : now Koha uses CSS, and is easier to use. However, users of Koha 2.0.0 won't be lost, as the general organisation of the product has not changed. * Online Help : an online help is available everywhere in the librarian interface. It's complete in the parameters section of Koha and for new features. It will be completed for the rest of the product. * Better LDAP suport : Koha 2.2 can be "connected" to a LDAP server and get all borrower informations from there (including borrower category where applicable). However, to avoid problems for libraries without LDAP server, the LDAP features have been stored in modules/C4/Auth_with_ldap.pm file. The standard Auth.pm don't use it. If you want LDAP, just perldoc Auth_with_ldap.pm and manually tune your Auth package ! * Auto installer : if you install koha with ./install -i /path/to/auto_install_file, then Koha will be installed almost without question. A very usefull feature for developpers that want to install/uninstall Koha quite often. A sample of auto_install_file is provided in misc/auto_install_file. * Uninstaller : run misc/uninstall.pl, provide the mysql root password. that's all. Koha is completely deleted and can be reinstalled. With the previous feature, it's a very nice solution for test platform. * mod_perl : Koha should now work under mod_perl, that gives a big performance boost (Release Manager don't use mod_perl. fixes comes from A. Tarallo, Argentina, that ensure Koha works fine with mod_perl with the patches applied) * Nelsonville have shared their templates. They are available as NPL theme. * Language : in this version, only english and french versions are fully functionnal. Spanish and chinese are provided, but not fully functionnal. Polish, German, Arabic, Hebrew, and many other languages have volunteers and should be here in a future 2.2.x BE CAREFUL with uninstaller : 1- This script does not ask for confirmation after mysql root password. 2- This script uses /etc/koha.conf. If you have more than 1 koha on your server, use /etc/koha.conf for a "deletable-test" one. Acquisition : ************* * suggestion : borrowers can suggest items to buy in OPAC. Then, the librarian can manage (accept or refuse) and order them. * possibility to close a basket, he can't be modified then * order a basket by publisher or by bookfund/publisher * search order history Cataloguing : ************* * Cataloguing frameworks : you can define as many frameworks as you want. A framework describes how a material is catalogued (which fields, subfields, which constraints on them...) * MARC authorities : Koha now supports authorities in MARC. You can define the MARC structure for authorities like for biblios. * New contraints can be set for subfields : - subfield is hidden : appears in MARC editor, but not in OPAC. - subfield is an URL : the field can be cliqued - related fields : a search made on a subfield also uses other subfields automatically. Using this feature, a search on "title" can search title, but also subtitle, uniform title,... * Item location can now be done on 3 levels : the branch, the location (room), the callnumber. * The callnumber can now be calculated from the LC, the dewey, or be freely (and manually) entered. * Duplicate finder : this powerful feature help your cataloguers avoiding duplicate biblios. * ISBD view : in librarian interface as well as in OPAC biblios can be shown in standard (default) presentation, in MARC (human readable) or ISBD. The ISBD view can be tuned by the librarian team. There is also a systempref to define default view in OPAC (either normal, MARC or ISBD). Created automatically during install or update. Check that you have a Koha >> parameters >> systempreferences >> BiblioDefaultView, Variable type : Choice, Variable options : normal|marc|isbd * UNIMARC plugin for every 1xx fields : ESNMP have developped all the plugins for UNIMARC fields 1xx. Those fields are coded fields. Serial cataloguing : ******************** Koha 2.2 manage serial subscriptions and issuing of those subscriptions. (Only a few words to describe a very important & complete module !) Catalogue search : ****************** * Search in OPAC and librarian interface has been improved. They now are exactly the same. * Spelling suggestion : before sending a request, the user can ask for spelling suggestion. This shows other forms of words entered that would give results. Give poor results for instance, the Koha team is thinking to a true spellchecking. * The user can select the order of the results and the number of results shown. Members : ********* * The borrowernote field is shown on issue and transfer. * The textmessaging field appears in OPAC when the user logs in. Circulation : ************* * New issuing rules : Issuing can be set for branch / borrower type / item category, by number of days and number of items available. * "joker" issuing rules : the library can set issuing rules for "any branch" or "any borrower type", or "any item category". Both issuing rules are cumulative : a library can set issuing rules to 10 books, 5 CD, but 12 total (books or CD). OPAC : ****** In Koha 2.2, koha has : * baskets. A basket can be printed or sent by mail to the borrower * virtual shelves : a virtual shelf can be created and filled by any logged borrower. A given virtual shelf can be private or public. Or even free-for-all. * language chooser : the borrower can change the language on the fly. The default language being still choosen by the library * complete CSS definition. With a new systempref parameter : opacstylesheet. If this parameter is set to a stylesheet URL, this stylesheet will be used instead of the opactheme one. With this parameter, you can have your own stylesheet for OPAC, that will be used and kept when you update your version of Koha. The systempref must be a complete URL (http://www.koha.org/stylesheet/somestylesheet.css for example) Barcode printing : ****************** A new module has been added to the parameters section : barcode printing. It requires the PDF::Api2 Perl package and can print barcode on ============ Koha Future ============ The future of Koha is being discussed on mailing lists and on koha wiki : http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=KohaRoadmap2.2.x -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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